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[Spartan]

Ukraine official says at least 57 killed and 169 injured following attacks by Russian forces

[Spartan]

Russian military transport aircraft crashes near Ukraine, Russian state news agency reports

 

A Russian Antonov-26 military transport aircraft crashed in the Voronezh region, near Ukraine, while transporting equipment, the Russian Western Military District said in a statement on Thursday, according to RIA, a Russian state news agency.

“The crew died," the statement read, without clarifying how many were on board and saying the cause of the crash was “equipment failure.”

[Picheshwar]

Just now, Spartan said:

Russian military transport aircraft crashes near Ukraine, Russian state news agency reports

 

A Russian Antonov-26 military transport aircraft crashed in the Voronezh region, near Ukraine, while transporting equipment, the Russian Western Military District said in a statement on Thursday, according to RIA, a Russian state news agency.

“The crew died," the statement read, without clarifying how many were on board and saying the cause of the crash was “equipment failure.”

[Anta Assamey]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

Russian military transport aircraft crashes near Ukraine, Russian state news agency reports

 

A Russian Antonov-26 military transport aircraft crashed in the Voronezh region, near Ukraine, while transporting equipment, the Russian Western Military District said in a statement on Thursday, according to RIA, a Russian state news agency.

“The crew died," the statement read, without clarifying how many were on board and saying the cause of the crash was “equipment failure.”

Crashed aa leka shot aa... Russia vallu covering chestunaru antava....

[Spartan]

Just now, Anta Assamey said:

Crashed aa leka shot aa... Russia vallu covering chestunaru antava....

they wont reveal..

mostly shot untadi ilanti cases lo

[Spartan]

Here's a look at the unveiled sanctions and who they will target, according to the White House:  

• Cut off Russia's largest financial institution, Sberbank, and 25 of its subsidiaries from the US financial system. Sberbank holds nearly one-third of the overall Russian banking sector's assets
• "Full blocking sanctions" on VTB Bank, Russia second largest bank, and 20 of its subsidiaries. 
• "Full blocking sanctions" on three other large Russia banks: Bank Otkritie, Sovcombank OJSC, and Novikombank. 
• Cut off 13 major state-owned companies from raising money from the US market. The list include: Sberbank, AlfaBank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Gazprombank, Russian Agricultural Bank, Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Transneft, Rostelecom, RusHydro, Alrosa, Sovcomflot, and Russian Railways.
• Sanctions on Russian elites and family members. The list: Sergei Ivanov (and his son, Sergei), Andrey Patrushev (and his son Nikolai), Igor Sechin (and his son Ivan), Andrey Puchkov, Yuriy Solviev (and two real estate companies he owns), Galina Ulyutina, and Alexander Vedyakhin.
• Sanctions on 24 Belarusian people and companies. This includes "two significant Belarusian state-owned banks, nine defense firms, and seven regime-connected official and elites," according to the White House. 
• Sanctions on the Russian military.
• Sanctions on certain technological imports into Russia.  

[Spartan]

What happens if Russia is removed? There is precedent for removing a country from SWIFT.

SWIFT unplugged Iranian banks in 2012 after they were sanctioned by the European Union over the country's nuclear program. Iran lost almost half of its oil export revenue and 30% of foreign trade following the disconnection, according to Shagina.

"SWIFT is a neutral global cooperative set up and operated for the collective benefit of its community," the organization said in a statement in January. "Any decision to impose sanctions on countries or individual entities rests solely with the competent government bodies and applicable legislators," it added.

It's not clear how much support there is among US allies for taking similar action against Russia. The United States and Germany have the most to lose if Russia is disconnected, because their banks are the most frequent SWIFT users to communicate with Russian banks, according to Shagina.

The European Central Bank has warned lenders with significant exposure to Russia to prepare for sanctions against Moscow, according to the Financial Times. ECB officials have also asked banks how they would respond to scenarios including a move to prevent Russian banks accessing SWIFT.

[r2d2]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

What happens if Russia is removed?

Putin is Cryptonite...

[Android_Halwa]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

What happens if Russia is removed? There is precedent for removing a country from SWIFT.

SWIFT unplugged Iranian banks in 2012 after they were sanctioned by the European Union over the country's nuclear program. Iran lost almost half of its oil export revenue and 30% of foreign trade following the disconnection, according to Shagina.

"SWIFT is a neutral global cooperative set up and operated for the collective benefit of its community," the organization said in a statement in January. "Any decision to impose sanctions on countries or individual entities rests solely with the competent government bodies and applicable legislators," it added.

It's not clear how much support there is among US allies for taking similar action against Russia. The United States and Germany have the most to lose if Russia is disconnected, because their banks are the most frequent SWIFT users to communicate with Russian banks, according to Shagina.

The European Central Bank has warned lenders with significant exposure to Russia to prepare for sanctions against Moscow, according to the Financial Times. ECB officials have also asked banks how they would respond to scenarios including a move to prevent Russian banks accessing SWIFT.

Russians now developed an equivalent of SWIFT. However, it's not widely accepted as SWIFT.

Europe cannot afford to cut off Russia from SWIFT...

[Swatkat]

Looks like borris johnson is pretty serious on this. Full sanctions chesadu. Banks investments and btw powerful @Spartan speech. @Android_Halwa @Ryzen_renoir 

Honestly ukraine kavatti poyadu gani ledha uk ithey epatiki russia situation vere la unde. The main issue is threat to poland in future and other eu states if ukraine becomes a part of Russia after invasion. God save ukraine. Lk putin gadu.

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11 minutes ago, Spartan said:

an Antonov-26 military transport aircraft crashed in the Voronezh region, near Ukraine, while transporting equipment, the Russian Western Military District said in a statement on Thursday, according to RIA, a Russian state news agency.

[Android_Halwa]

4 minutes ago, Swatkat said:

The main issue is threat to poland in future and other eu states if ukraine becomes a part of Russia after invasion.

This will never happen. 

90% of Russian private wealth is concentrated in UK. 

UK odu thoka adiyadam, awaaz chesi matladadam thappa peekedi emi ledu...at the most freeze Russian Oligarch's business accounts. 

By the way, this is a chance for Boris Johnson to step up and clean his image after the criticism he received recently...lekapothey Rishi Sunak is ready to occupy 10 DS

[Piracy Raja]

[Swatkat]

Ukranian forces are trying hard to stop russians

 

[Spartan]

Russia has launched "more than 160 missiles," US senior defense official says

From CNN's Ellie Kaufman

Russia has launched “in total more than 160 missiles for airstrikes,” a senior US defense official told reporters Thursday.  

Most of the missiles are “short-range ballistic missiles,” but the total airstrikes include a “mix of medium-range as well as cruise missiles,” the official said.

Right now, the official said the US is not seeing “a push deeper or further into the West.”