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created by WorldNewsMods on 08/03/2022 at 13:34 UTC
2028 upvotes, 294 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by WorldNewsMods at 08/03/2022 at 18:04 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by lennybird at 08/03/2022 at 16:19 UTC
312 upvotes, 2 direct replies
From DW Live-feed, Ukrainian Minister Kira Rudyk asked by reporter, "Almost ridiculous to ask, but being International Women's Day, what does it mean to be woman in Ukraine, today?" She answers:
Instead of flowers, you are carrying guns.
But I'm privileged to be carrying guns today, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the men of Ukraine.
You know when Putin was attempting to conquer us, he only calculated men in his math. He didn't calculate that Ukrainian women—and the whole Ukrainian nation—would be standing up to him.
Comment by PHDONCURRENTEVENTS at 08/03/2022 at 14:10 UTC
242 upvotes, 2 direct replies
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1501197569980080136[1][2]
1: https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1501197569980080136
2: https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1501197569980080136
Breaking: Japan no longer playing.
Comment by allenthalben2 at 08/03/2022 at 13:38 UTC*
213 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Almost 13,000 people (total) have purpotedly been arrested in anti-war protests in Russia according to the UN.
Selon Michelle Bachelet, qui s’exprimait devant le Conseil des droits de l’homme, « 12 700 personnes ont été arrêtées arbitrairement pour avoir participé à des manifestations pacifiques » contre la guerre déclenchée le 24 février.
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According to Michelle Bachelet, speaking at the Human Rights Council, "12,700 people have been arbitrarily arrested for participating in peaceful demonstrations" against the war launched on 24th February.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 13:45 UTC
424 upvotes, 1 direct replies
"A member of the Latvian parliament has packed his bag and gone to defend Ukraine, his party confirms"
Comment by Aibeit at 08/03/2022 at 13:49 UTC
179 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Russian Government apparently considering seizing factories owned by foreign companies.
Comment by PrincipledInelegance at 08/03/2022 at 14:10 UTC
816 upvotes, 9 direct replies
r/conspiracy has suddenly lost 30% of it's active users lol. Russia has blocked Facebook and restricted Twitter. Reddit bans links to Russian state media sites. Effects..
Comment by eskimoboob at 08/03/2022 at 13:45 UTC
356 upvotes, 4 direct replies
So Putin wants to turn off the gas to EU… isn’t this just sanctioning himself at this point? How stupid can one person be?
Comment by 247365yo at 08/03/2022 at 14:21 UTC
168 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Russia tried using humanitarian corridor to Mariupol to move their troops into the city. Fuckers.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 15:39 UTC
169 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by DerelictDonkeyEngine at 08/03/2022 at 14:14 UTC
309 upvotes, 2 direct replies
AP Source: Biden to ban Russian oil imports over Ukraine war
Good. Rip off that bandaid.
Comment by cool_school_bus at 08/03/2022 at 13:39 UTC
490 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Shell has officially stopped buying Russian crude and has closed all gas stations in Russia.
Comment by rishcast at 08/03/2022 at 16:07 UTC
123 upvotes, 2 direct replies
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1501204883390742545
⚡️US senators seek to lock down Russia's gold reserves.
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill seeking to apply secondary sanctions to U.S. entities that trade in gold in Russia, the Axios news site reported on March 8.
If this actually happens...what value the ruble does have is linked to Russian gold reserves. With depleted reserves, we may actually see Zimbabwe/Venezeula levels hyperinflation there
Comment by theslothening at 08/03/2022 at 13:55 UTC
230 upvotes, 2 direct replies
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1501187244706648070
Ukraine says a long-awaited convoy of humanitarian aid for the besieged city of Mariupol appears to have come under fire. "There are now signals that Russia is shelling the direction of humanitarian convoy," a Ukrainian official said this morning.
Comment by EverlastingShill at 08/03/2022 at 14:47 UTC
112 upvotes, 2 direct replies
https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1501202152001355782
Under the guise of agreements on the "green corridor" in Mariupol, Russian troops tried to organize a breakthrough into Mariupol city
Comment by theslothening at 08/03/2022 at 13:36 UTC
313 upvotes, 4 direct replies
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1501170083976126464
Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban.
I remember seeing the videos of trains hauling all this stuff and thinking that there is no way this is actually for the Russian military. Guess I was wrong.
Comment by haavarl at 08/03/2022 at 15:08 UTC
106 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Through it all, Zelenskiy said, Ukrainian forces were showing unprecedented courage.“The problem is that for one soldier of Ukraine, we have 10 Russian soldiers, and for one Ukrainian tank, we have 50 Russian tanks,” he told ABC News in an interview that aired Monday night.
Comment by helooksfederal at 08/03/2022 at 16:22 UTC*
106 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The mayor of the besieged city of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, says the body of a six-year-old girl called Tanya was pulled from the rubble of a destroyed residential building. He says she had died from dehydration.
“Her mother was killed. We don’t know how long the girl was fighting for her life. We can’t imagine how much suffering she had to bear. In the last minutes of her life she was alone, weak, frightened, thirsty.”
The mayor says the story of the girl, also mentioned earlier today by President Volodymyr Zelensky in his address, was “one of many tragic stories of Mariupol, the city surviving in a blockade for the past eight days”.
Boychenko said: “Russian invaders have cynically left the city of half a million without water, light, heat and communications. All routes into the city are blocked. All efforts to deliver food and medicine to the residents of the city were blocked by the Russian army.”
He called on the West to do more to help Ukraine, including introducing a no-fly zone.
Boychenko added: “It will not bring back our Tanya, but will save the lives of thousands of other children in Ukraine.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155
Comment by ADystopianHouseplant at 08/03/2022 at 13:42 UTC
97 upvotes, 1 direct replies
1,335 civilian casualties - 474 killed and 861 injured.
Comment by groovygyal at 08/03/2022 at 13:49 UTC
95 upvotes, 1 direct replies
@ap
President Joe Biden to ban Russia oil imports, AP source says, toughening the toll on Russia's economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 13:49 UTC
247 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Biden is making the call to ban Russian oil imports today. As someone in the US, this is going to make us feel pain at the pump but it’s a price we might have to pay to stop Putin. Most of their economy is oil and gas
Comment by BostonDrivingIsWorse at 08/03/2022 at 15:24 UTC
161 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Apparently Herbalife is on the list of companies still doing significant business in Russia, according to that Yale article.
We should push them to expand in Russia, as it’ll just tank their economy faster.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 15:34 UTC
79 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by IllegitimateHeir at 08/03/2022 at 15:56 UTC
78 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Ukrainian army has captured the second Russian tank painted in a parade color scheme. Obviously they were sent to Ukraine in the first days of the invasion to participate in a “Victory parade”. Earlier Ukrainians captured boxes with RU parade uniforms. Reminds me Wehrmacht 1941.
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1501223676179451904
No parades in Kyiv, or Moscow, for a while.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 15:20 UTC
71 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Speaking on Tuesday, it says it will cut Russian gas imports by two-thirds this year, and eliminate its overall need for Russian oil and gas “well before 2030”.