International
Russia has reached Kyiv, takes negotiations off table until Ukraine stands down
Russian troops have entered Kyiv, and Putin’s Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov has made it clear to Ukraine that no negotiating will take place until Ukraine stands down. Still fighting, Ukraine’s leaders have told its capital residents of Kyiv to “prepare Molotov cocktails” to defend itself.
Officials also warned its citizens to stay indoors as Russia’s forces advance after missile strikes hit Kyiv. Reports say a rocket crashed into a residential building. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a televised address vowing to defend the country, lamenting that no foreign troops were coming to their aid.
Moscow has made it unequivocally clear that the intention is to swiftly topple Zelensky’s government, which is democratically elected. Ukrainian officials have announced at least 137 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been killed.
Russia touted it had seized control over the historically famous Chernobyl nuclear plant, and said it was working with Ukrainian guards to ensure its safety. Ukraine, however, indicated that to be false, saying instead that U.S. troops were holding the plant’s personnel hostage.
Russia’s attack against Ukraine ends a peaceful era in Europe, being one of the most significant military actions since World War II. The New York Times reports:
“Russia’s attack against Ukraine…raises the prospect of a rekindled Cold War between Russia and the West, with potentially devastating consequences for the security structure that has governed Europe since the Soviet Union’s collapse three decades ago…
Essentially, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is seeking to redraw the post-Cold War boundaries of Europe, establishing a broad, Russian-dominated security zone and drawing Ukraine back into Moscow’s orbit.”
International
Mental health crisis spikes among Afghan women after Taliban regained control two years ago
The women of Afghanistan are suffering a mental health crisis since the Taliban regained power two years ago. According to a joint report from three U.N. agencies released Tuesday, approximately 70% of women experience feelings of anxiety, isolation and depression.
The numbers continue to rise, as there has already been a significant jump between April and June of this year alone, with an increase from 57% the preceding quarter.
The report, conducted by U.N. Women, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, interviewed women online, in-person and in group consultations as well as individual telesurveys.
592 Afghan women in 22 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces took part in the study. The Associated Press reports:
They have barred women from most areas of public life and work and banned girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade. They have prohibited Afghan women from working at local and non-governmental organizations. The ban was extended to employees of the United Nations in April.
Opportunities to study continued to shrink as community-based education by international organizations was banned and home-based schooling initiatives were regularly shut down by the de facto authorities — a term use by the U.N. for the Taliban government.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education and the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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MicMac69
February 25, 2022 at 10:31 am
Where is jews’ leading the US reaction? RINOs’ reaction? Buffoon american “heroes” reaction? Pedo-clergy’s reaction? Globalist EU’s reaction? Fecking hypocrite cowards!!! I’ll spit on your graves!
Norman
February 25, 2022 at 6:52 pm
“Ukraine, however, indicated that to be false, saying instead that U.S. troops were holding the plant’s personnel hostage.” What?
M. Simon
February 25, 2022 at 7:25 pm
U.S. troops were holding the plant’s personnel hostage.
Ben M.
February 25, 2022 at 7:32 pm
Ukraine socialists now begging USA to help? You should have thought about that before 2014 and your radical socialist Antifa rioting in Kiev. And the left has been suppressing, litigating, canceling Christian conservatives and their businesses (like Trudeau) especially hard during and since Obama. But oh NOW they want us to pray with them for Ukraine? Just what do they think “reap what you sow” means?
The only people in the Ukrainian region hating this annexation are the Euro socialists and the stupid left.
Putin is invading. This started in 2014 with Obama using the CIA to help socialists overthrow & ousting of a duly elected Russian leaning Ukrainian president. Back at ya. They think that they can play Antifa and Occupy with Putin. Not so.
Ben M
February 25, 2022 at 7:35 pm
Putin: We Live In A World Based On Biblical Values; Liberals Are Trying To Dismantle It
“We” being Russia and the Russian speaking Orthodox Christians in Ukraine who want annexation.
https://youtu.be/CCMUeryzX2Y
Bedeyah Emmanuel
February 26, 2022 at 11:28 am
WAR : by Facebook: These are obvious questions that need to be asked.
We’re all are Doomed if the Father doesn’t step in & save us.
(the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s “FACEBOOK PAGE”,
the battalion decided the only way to stop them was to blow up the bridge, reports the Daily Mail. Shakun, a marine, blew himself up along with the bridge; an act of bravery and valor so great it is hard to comprehend.)
According to the “FACEBOOK PAGE”, Shakun told his comrades he had no time to escape and was going to detonate. Immediately after, they heard the explosion.
When was he fighting……. 1750? When the military couldn’t have a delayed explosion?
Are you “SERIOUS?’ We’ve been giving Ukraine for the last 15 years and they didn’t have a detonator?
Stephane
February 26, 2022 at 4:52 pm
The EX-KGB ASSASSIN wants to get the riches the USSR had back.
The oligarchs are complaining the freedoms the people enjoy are costing them too much. And “””putin””” himself requires a bigger share for his complicit acquiescence.
The last “””mansion””” of “””putin””” cost $85 Millions to build on the Black Sea. ( Supposedly a “retreat” for the highest people in government. But the Security is a private company working ONLY for “””putin”””!
wm ridenour
February 27, 2022 at 9:34 am
You’re wrong. What is happening now is the result of 30 years of NEOCON US aggression on Russia.