JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN
REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500 million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD OVER ALL CASES 440,947,352 - DEAD 5,995,271 - AS OF THU MAR 03,2022
Amid Ukraine invasion, Jerusalem court nixes transfer of Old City property to Russia-Judge rules only the government is able to decide on ownership of Alexander’s Courtyard, due to matter’s political and religious considerations-By TOI staff-MAR 3,22-Today, 5:01 pm
The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday annulled a decision giving the Russian government control of the prominent Alexander’s Courtyard church compound in the capital city, the Globes newspaper reported.The verdict was given following a petition by the Orthodox Palestine Society of the Holy Land, which owned the property until last year.The complex is located near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.In 1859, Czar Alexander II purchased the land on which Alexander’s Court — also known as the Alexander Nevsky Church — was built. Until the Russian Revolution of 1917, the area was under the control of the Russian Imperial government.Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved giving Alexander’s Courtyard to Russia in 2020. The move was seen as a goodwill gesture following Russia’s release of Naama Issachar, an Israeli woman who was imprisoned after a small quantity of marijuana was found in her backpack during a layover in Moscow.After the Russian government was registered as the rightful owner of the church, the Land Registry Commissioner responded to a string of appeals against the move, explaining that the Russian Federation had been recognized by international bodies and by the State of Israel as a “continuing state” of the Russian Empire.In his ruling on the appeal Thursday, Judge Mordechai Kaduri ruled that since Netanyahu had designated Alexander’s Courtyard as a “holy site,” the only body able to decide on the matter is the Israeli government, given various religious and political considerations.Prime Minister Naftali Bennett set up a panel on the issue last July, but it has yet to convene.The court decision comes amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Israel, which enjoys close ties with both countries, has largely refrained from condemning Moscow, apparently due to concerns Moscow could limit the IDF’s ability to act against Iranian-linked targets in Syria, where Russia maintains a military presence.
Interior minister predicts tens of thousands of new immigrants from Ukraine, Russia-Ayelet Shaked orders 3-month suspension of need for a police background check on those fleeing the conflict, says wave of arrivals will be sent to boost Negev communities-By TOI staff-mar 3,22-Today, 3:42 pm
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said Israel believes a huge number of Jewish refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine could immigrate to Israel and instructed her office on Thursday to allow them to move to Israel without the need for a police background check.“We think tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of immigrants will arrive from Russia, Ukraine, and former Soviet states,” Shaked said Thursday during a conference with local council leaders at the Golan Regional Council.The interior minister said that next month the government will make a decision to set up seven to 12 new communities in the southern Negev region of the country.Shaked said the new communities will bolster the Negev and will be necessary to absorb the expected wave of new immigrants.Noting that there is a national housing crisis, she asked: “What will happen when new immigrants reach us from Ukraine and Russia?”“Even though we’re at full throttle now, we’ll need [to build] even more [homes]” requiring “aggressive and rapid” construction to accommodate the mass arrivals, she said.Shaked later tweeted that she had ordered a three-month suspension on the requirement for a notarized police background check for immigrants from Russia and Ukraine to ease their immigration to Israel.“Whoever wants to immigrate to Israel can do it fast,” she wrote.The Ministerial Committee for Immigration and Absorption is slated to hold a meeting about the situation in Ukraine on Monday, Army Radio reported.Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai told Army Radio on Thursday that so far 350 Ukrainians have reached Israel, six of whom were rejected due to some aspect of their past.He said the government needs to formulate a proper policy “in order to bring in those people without relatives or friends in Israel as well.The Jewish Agency has received thousands of inquiries from Ukrainian citizens in recent days about immigrating to Israel after Russia invaded Ukraine last week, setting off a conflict that has cost at least hundreds of lives, likely thousands.The Jewish Agency, a semi-governmental body that is responsible for encouraging and overseeing immigration to Israel, or aliyah, has been working to facilitate the expected wave of migration from Ukraine to Israel in light of the Russian offensive, including setting up emergency hotlines to answer questions about the immigration process.Ukraine has about 43,300 people who self-identify as Jews and about 200,000 eligible to immigrate to Israel under its Law of Return for Jews and their relatives, according to a 2020 demographic study of European Jewry.Shortly before Russia’s invasion, dozens of new immigrants from Ukraine arrived in Israel.Some 300 new Jewish immigrants who had fled from Ukraine are scheduled to reach Israel on Sunday.According to Israel’s Law of Return, Jews and their children, grandchildren, and spouses are eligible for citizenship.Israel tried to send back 14 Ukrainian immigrants saying they were not eligible to enter under the Law of Return, Channel 12 News reported Monday.Israel has rarely granted refugee status to non-Jews in the past, and has not granted it to thousands of asylum seekers from Africa who arrived in the mid to late 2000s.Tens of thousands of Ukrainian asylum-seekers came to Israel following the 2014 war with Russia. Most came as tourists and tried to stay as refugees, but few were actually granted refugee status.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV 17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031 One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32 And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE ATTACK ON AM
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD BILLION IN WW3)
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDI-ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(SPAIN) with all the young lions thereof,(ENGLAND,AND ALL ITS ASSOCIATES-CANADA,AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND, USA, AND WESTERN ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS) shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.(I belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)
NBC News-1 million flee Ukraine as Russian assault targets key cities, fuels exodus-Rachel Elbaum and Anastasiia Parafeniuk-Thu, March 3, 2022, 4:51 AM
One million people have fled Ukraine in a rapid exodus after a week of war, with Russia’s military bombarding key cities across the country in an effort to overcome staunch resistance to their invasion.The conflict has fueled a growing humanitarian crisis in Europe and left those who have remained in Ukraine facing an intensifying assault from the air and ground.But the mileslong Russian military convoy threatening the Ukrainian capital has made little progress over the last three days, with Russian forces struggling to overcome fierce defense and their own logistical issues in their northern advance. They appear to have had more success in the south, with two key port cities struggling to hold out.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on his countrymen to keep up their resistance, while branding Russian soldiers “children who are being used.”The Kremlin's international isolation grew on Wednesday when the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution denouncing its invasion and calling for the end of hostilities in Ukraine.Latest developments on Ukraine:1 million people have fled the war in Ukraine in the week since the invasion began, according to the U.N.Russia's long military convoy stalled 18 miles outside KyivTwo key port cities in Ukraine's south were struggling to hold out amid fierce Russian attacks.Russia said nearly 500 of its troops have been killed, but the actual number is likely considerably higher, Western officials say.From the central capital, Kyiv, to Kharkiv in the northeast and Kherson in the south, Russia’s advances have brought destruction to major cities and civilian areas.The bombardment of Ukrainian cities has pushed residents to flee for neighboring countries and displaced many more inside the country of 44 million people.“I have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years, and rarely have I seen an exodus as rapid as this one,” Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a statement issued Thursday.Residential areas of several cities came under attack early Thursday, according to an update from the Ukrainian military posted on Facebook.Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, and surrounding towns came under particularly heavy shelling on Wednesday and into Thursday. In the last 24 hours, 34 people died and 285 were injured in the region, including 10 children, the interior ministry said in a statement.Russia has consistently denied targeting civilians.The strategic port city of Mariupol remained in Ukrainian hands, according to the Ukrainian military statement, despite days of intense Russian attacks.The statement did not mention Kherson, further along the coast on the Dnieper river, where it was unclear who was in control of the city.In the latest update from the city’s mayor late Wednesday, he said there had been “armed visitors in the city council building,” but insisted the Ukrainian flag was still flying.Nearly 20 miles outside Kyiv, Russia’s military column stood largely in place, with both mechanical breakdowns and the Ukrainian defense delaying its advance, according to British military intelligence. "The column has made little discernible progress in over three days," the country's defense ministry said on Twitter."The enemy is trying to break through to the capital. But Ukrainian defenders hold the defense and stop the occupiers on the outskirts of the capital," Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an update on Telegram.Shells landed overnight in residential areas damaging homes and cars, but not causing any casualties, he said.Russia reported military casualties for the first time since it launched the invasion of its democratic neighbor last week, saying nearly 500 of its troops had been killed and almost 1,600 wounded.In line with Ukrainian estimates, two Western officials told NBC News that about 5,800 Russians have been killed. One U.S. official, however, cautioned that the estimates are extremely difficult to pin down in the fog of war and have ranged from as low as 500 to more than 5,000.NBC News has not confirmed the numbers of any deaths from the conflict.
China denies it demanded Russia wait to invade until after Winter Olympics-Beijing calls New York Times report that it had advance knowledge of Moscow’s Ukraine war plans ‘fake news’By AFP-mar 3,22-Today, 3:21 pm
BEIJING, China — China on Thursday denied a New York Times report that it asked Russia to delay its invasion of Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics.The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Chinese officials had told senior Russian officials not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics, citing senior officials in the Biden administration as well as a European official.The report said Beijing had some level of direct knowledge about Russia’s war plans or intentions before the invasion started last week, four days after the Olympics closing ceremony.In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesman dismissed the report.“The New York Times report is complete fake news. These kinds of diversionary, blame-shifting remarks are thoroughly despicable,” said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.Beijing has not condemned the invasion of Ukraine but has stopped short of outright support. In the weeks leading up to the February 24 invasion, Chinese state media repeatedly dismissed Western warnings as US hype and did not evacuate its citizens from Ukraine.-Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to meet Xi in nearly two years and was a guest of honor at the Winter Games opening ceremony.The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion, which demanded that Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine.China was among 35 countries that abstained, while just five — Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, Belarus and Russia — voted against it.
IAEA urges Russia to ‘cease actions’ at forcibly seized Ukraine nuclear sites-UN nuclear watchdog passes resolution deploring Moscow’s activity in Ukraine and ‘other violent actions,’ including taking control of Chernobyl disaster site-By AFP-mar 3,22-Today, 3:54 pm
VIENNA, Austria — The UN nuclear watchdog passed a resolution on Thursday urging Russia to “cease all actions” at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, including the site of the Chernobyl disaster, after it invaded the country.The resolution at the board of the governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also “deplores the Russian Federation’s actions in Ukraine, including forcefully seizing control of nuclear facilities and other violent actions,” according to a copy of the text sent to AFP.A diplomatic source said the resolution passed by a large majority, with 28 countries in favor and only Russia and China voting against.Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam, Pakistan and India abstained, according to the source.Ukraine has four active nuclear power plants, providing about half the country’s electricity, as well as stores of nuclear waste such as the one at Chernobyl.Poland and Canada had requested the meeting, which began on Wednesday, and proposed the resolution.Chernobyl was the site of the worst nuclear accident in history in 1986 and last Thursday the site fell to Russian troops.On Wednesday, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called for an immediate end to the conflict at the meeting, saying this was “the best action to ensure the safety and security of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities.”
Turkey walks a diplomatic tightrope between warring allies Russia and Ukraine-Ankara has bought Russian weapons and depends on it for energy sources, but has also sold military drones to Ukraine, its closest regional post-Soviet ally-By Fulya Ozerkan-mar 3,22-Today, 4:07 pm
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — The signs of Russian presence have long been visible in Turkey, from rows of tourists on Antalya beaches to the Russian battleships ploughing their way through the Bosphorus.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has worked hard to forge close ties with his counterpart Vladimir Putin, despite being on opposing sides of several conflicts, including in Syria and Libya.Ankara has bought Russian missile defense systems against the wishes of its NATO partners and is dependent on Moscow for energy and trade.The two nations even managed to leave behind a crisis sparked by the downing of Russian military jet by Turkey in 2015.But now, Erdogan finds himself in a delicate balancing act.Ukraine is Turkey’s closest post-Soviet ally in the region, and Ankara wants to show solidarity without triggering the full-blown ire of Moscow.Erdogan visited Kyiv only last month to ink a deal on expanding drone production in Ukraine.The use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in the war has been a clear source of tension with Russia.Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 airstrike-Video source https://t.co/fmxMKITUK8 pic.twitter.com/KIfVSy4jAG- MilitaryAviationInUa (@Ukraine_AF) February 27, 2022-For some analysts, Turkey’s position is clearer than it might seem.“Turkey is actually not balancing between Russia and Ukraine. Turkey is actively supporting Ukraine and pivoting away from Russia,” Ozgur Unluhisarcikli of the German Marshall Fund told AFP.“Turkey is treading carefully so as not to attract Russian retribution,” he said.‘Skillful diplomacy’Turkey depends on Russia for energy supplies, importing 44 percent of its gas from Russia last year.Russians also made up 19% (4.7 million) of the country’s foreign visitors last year.-Such factors have led Erdogan to insist he will “not abandon either Russia or Ukraine.”Turkey has offered to host talks between their leaders and has refused to join sanctions against Moscow, abstaining during a vote at the Council of Europe.But it also blocked warships from using the key Bosphorus and Dardanelles waterways that Russia needs to access the Black Sea from the Mediterranean.Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday that Ankara denied access to three Russian warships through the straits on February 27-28, because they were not registered to Black Sea bases.This was not a major blow to Russia, said Turkey analyst Anthony Skinner, since Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was already deployed in the campaign.“The fact that Turkey has not closed its airspace to, or imposed sanctions on, Russia shows how concerned Ankara has been not to trigger a costly breach in relations with Moscow,” he said.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walk ahead of their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 3, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)Sinan Ulgen of the Istanbul-based EDAM think tank praised Ankara’s “skillful diplomacy” and said limiting access to its waterways was “not a sanction against Russia” but a “very firm position” in applying an international treaty.Turkey is bound to block access to battleships in time of war under the 1936 Montreux Convention.‘Vulnerabilities’And despite its desire to help Ukraine, Turkey is vulnerable in other areas.“Turkey and Russia have unresolved issues in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh which means that if Turkey goes too far with this policy, Russia can exploit Turkey’s vulnerabilities,” said Unluhisarcikli.This is a particular problem for Erdogan as he fixates on the presidential elections in 2023, Skinner added. But it could also be an opportunity.“While Erdogan will not throw all his eggs in one basket, this crisis could offer an opening to at least partially mend some of the many fences that have been damaged with the West,” Skinner said.“The big question is what Washington and other Western capitals have to offer. What is on the table for Turkey?”Erdogan has already called on the EU to treat his country with the same concern as it does Ukraine, without waiting for it to be “hit by a war.”“It required a catastrophe for that… Turkey won’t wait for a catastrophe.”
'Wars are easy to start and very difficult to finish' Bennett calls on global powers to avert ‘total destruction’ in Ukraine-PM says world leaders have a ‘responsibility’ to bring Kyiv, Moscow to the negotiating table; Netanyahu calls for end to ‘bloodshed,’ proposes absorbing Ukrainian tech workers-By Carrie Keller-Lynn-mar 3,22-Today, 2:30 pm
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that Ukraine faces “total destruction” if world leaders don’t act quickly amid Russia’s invasion of the country.“Things are looking bad on the ground right now, but it’s important to understand that if world leaders don’t act quickly, it can get much worse,” he said at Tel Aviv’s CyberTech conference. “I’m talking about untold loss of life, total destruction of Ukraine. Millions of refugees. And it’s not too late.”“It’s the responsibility of the major players in the world to get the two sides out of the battlefield and on to the negotiation table,” he added.Bennett has spoken at least twice with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered Israel’s service as an intermediary since the conflict broke out, in line with a request from Zelensky.“I participated in five or six different conflicts as a soldier, a commander and later on as a security cabinet member. It’s just a horrible thing,” Bennett said. “We in Israel have had our fair share of wars, and I can tell you one big lesson: Wars are easy to start and very difficult to finish.”While the war rages on, Israel should open its borders to all Ukrainian refugees, said opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, also addressing CyberTech.“I fully support giving short-term visas, or as long as is necessary, visas for non-Jews in Ukraine who want to find refuge in Israel,” the former prime minister said.While Israel has accepted Ukrainian refugees, the Interior Ministry has been demanding deposits of several thousand shekels from the family members of Ukrainians who don’t have standing in the country, which they say is a measure against the refuge-seekers potentially overstaying their welcome.Israel and Ukraine’s tech economies are highly intertwined, with many Israeli companies employing Ukraine-based development teams.“We have now tens of thousands of programmers in Ukraine, some say it is up to 50,000. If we don’t find a solution to that problem, Israeli high-tech, and cyber with it, will hit a brick wall,” said Netanyahu.Netanyahu proposed providing Israeli visas for tech workers fleeing the conflict.“We have to find a solution and our best solution is to include [Ukrainian employees of Israeli companies] in the people that we offer visas and refuge to,” he said.“An alternative would be to have neighboring countries like Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria [take them in and] to make international arrangements to have these people stay there and continue to work for us.”Netanyahu also recalled Israel’s commitment to absorb Ukrainian Jews who want to immigrate to Israel, reportedly now in the thousands.“We in Israel have a personal, specific vested value in helping the Jews in Ukraine who want to immigrate to Israel to do so, that is to come to Israel, the homeland of all the Jewish people,” Netanyahu said.Regarding the conflict itself, Netanyahu did not mention Russia by name, but said: “I think everything should be done and every effort should be made to stop the tragedy and bloodshed in Ukraine.”
Welcome to Berlin’: Ukrainian refugees pour into Germany by the thousands-Volunteers greet new arrivals with food, medical aid and guidance as city braces for an expected influx of 20,000; at least 5,000 have already reached Germany-By Yannick Pasquet-mar 3,22-Today, 12:27 pm
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The loudspeaker announcement is nearly drowned out by the hubbub of passengers spilling out of the train from Warsaw, but it’s a message many of them have been longing to hear: “Dear passengers from Ukraine, welcome to Berlin!”Just over a week after Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, the trickle of war refugees arriving in Germany has swelled into a steady stream.“The situation has changed dramatically,” said Katja Kipping, senator for social affairs in the city state of Berlin.On Tuesday evening alone, 1,300 refugees arrived in the German capital by train.Mayor Franziska Giffey expects Berlin, less than 100 kilometers from Ukraine’s western neighbor Poland, to take in at least 20,000 Ukrainians in the weeks ahead, and his city is urgently preparing emergency accommodation.Germany’s interior ministry has officially registered more than 5,000 Ukrainian refugees so far. But given the absence of border checks between Poland and Germany, the real number is likely higher.At Berlin’s central train station, Ukrainian women and children make up the bulk of those arriving from Poland, having left behind husbands, fathers and sons to join the fight against the advance of Russian troops.Among the newcomers is Nathalia Lypka, a German professor from the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia who fled with her 21-year-old daughter.-‘Scared’“We met up in Lviv,” she told AFP, resting on a wooden bench set up by volunteers in a corner of the vast railway station, one of Europe’s busiest.“My daughter was in Kyiv, it was terrible, she was scared and had to take shelter in the metro station” to protect herself from the shelling, she said.“My husband and son stayed… My husband already served in the army and he had to return to duty,” she added.Lypka and her daughter plan to board a train for Stuttgart next, where friends are waiting to take them in. “We thank Europe for its support,” she added.-Free tickets-Although the Ukrainian influx pales in comparison with the hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Iraqis who fled their conflict-torn countries for Germany in 2015-2016, the scenes of refugees being greeted by volunteer welcome committees are remarkably similar.At the Berlin station, volunteers clad in yellow high-visibility jackets hand out bananas, bread rolls and water bottles to new arrivals.Some carry stickers on their chests that say they speak Russian or Ukrainian. Others help bewildered newcomers plan onward journeys, making use of rail operator Deutsche Bahn’s offer of free travel for Ukrainians.Nearby, volunteers folding blankets and clothes briefly pause to accept a German woman’s donation of anti-coronavirus face masks.Elsewhere in the station, the Red Cross is on hand to administer first aid to the refugees, or arrange hospital transport for those requiring more serious care.“A lot of people arrive here exhausted, they have headaches” and other pains, said Nicolas Schoenemann, who oversees a team of five Red Cross workers.Among those coming from Ukraine are also a significant number of people originally from Africa.Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine was home to some 16,000 African students, according to Liubov Abravitova, the Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa.Cameroonian Aurelien Kaze was studying economics in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, which has been hit by Russian shelling.“We heard the bombardments, there was panic everywhere,” he said, waiting to board a train bound for Brussels where he has relatives.The 25-year-old considers himself lucky to have had a smooth border crossing between Ukraine and Poland, following reports of racist behavior by border guards against Africans.Kaze said it appears to have gone “a little easier” for him than for some others. “They checked my papers,” he recalls, and he was waved through.
Putin vows ‘uncompromising fight’ as 1st Ukrainian city falls, war enters 2nd week-Russia announces takeover of city of Kherson, population 280,000; heavy fighting on outskirts of strategic port city of Mariupol; Russia’s 40-mile -long convoy stalled outside Kyiv-By Agencies-MAAR 3,22-Today, 5:10 pm
KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed no let-up in his invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks and Kyiv appealed for relief supplies to reach battered cities.The Russian military announced Thursday that it had taken control of Kherson, and local Ukrainian officials confirmed that Putin’s forces have taken over local government headquarters in this Black Sea port of 280,000 people, making it the first major city to fall since the start of the war.Elsewhere, the Russians pressed their offensive on multiple fronts. Heavy fighting continued on the outskirts of another strategic port city on the Azov Sea, Mariupol, plunging it into darkness, isolation and fear. Electricity and phone connections were largely down, and homes and shops are facing food and water shortages.Overnight explosions heard by Associated Press reporters in the capital, Kyiv, were missiles being shot down by Ukraine’s air defense systems, according to the city’s mayor. Russia’s 40-mile-long (64-kilometer-long) convoy of tanks and other vehicles remains stalled outside Kyiv, which has been struck by deadly shelling.Russian forces have also been bombarding the country’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv.After the fall of a first major Ukrainian city to Russian forces, Putin appeared in no mood to heed a global clamor for an end to hostilities as the war entered its second week.Borodyanka. ???????? pic.twitter.com/d04f5kkzH2— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 2, 2022“Russia intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups,” Putin said, according to a Kremlin account of a call with French President Emmanuel Macron.But Ukraine insisted that corridors for medical and other supplies were the bare minimum it expected, as negotiators arrived for the talks at an undisclosed location on the Belarus-Poland border.A first round of talks on Monday yielded no breakthrough, and Kyiv says it will not accept any Russian “ultimatums.”Putin, however, said any attempts to slow the talks process would “only lead to additional demands on Kyiv in our negotiating position.”For his part, Macron said he feared that “worse is to come” in the conflict and condemned Putin’s “lies,” according to an aide.The invasion, now in its eighth day, has created a refugee exodus and turned Russia into a global pariah in the worlds of finance, diplomacy and sports.The UN has opened a probe into alleged war crimes, as the Russian military bombards cities in Ukraine with shells and missiles, forcing civilians to cower in basements.“We will restore every house, every street, every city and we say to Russia: learn the word ‘reparations,'” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement.“You will reimburse us for everything you did against our state, against every Ukrainian, in full,” he said.‘Just like Leningrad’Zelensky claims thousands of Russian soldiers have been killed since Putin shocked the world by invading Ukraine, purportedly to demilitarize and “denazify” a Western-leaning threat on his borders.Moscow says it has lost 498 troops and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would praise their sacrifice at a meeting with his security chiefs.“It’s a huge tragedy,” Peskov told reporters in Moscow.“But we also admire the heroism of our soldiers. Their exploits will enter into the history books, their exploits in the struggle against the Nazis.”The Kremlin has been condemned for likening the government of Zelensky, who is Jewish, to that of Germany in World War II.But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov kept up a verbal barrage, accusing Western politicians of fixating on “nuclear war” after Putin placed his strategic forces on high alert.While a long military column appears stalled north of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Russian troops seized Kherson, a Black Sea city of 290,000 people, after a three-day siege that left it short of food and medicine.Russian troops have been advancing elsewhere on the southern front and are besieging the port city of Mariupol east of Kherson, which is without water or electricity in the depths of winter.“They are trying to create a blockade here, just like in Leningrad,” Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said, referring to the siege of Russia’s second-largest city, since renamed Saint Petersburg, by Nazi Germany’s invading army in World War II.Ukrainian military authorities said residential and other areas in the eastern city of Kharkiv had been “pounded all night” by indiscriminate shelling, which UN prosecutors are investigating as a possible war crime.Oleg Rubak’s wife Katia, 29, was crushed in the rubble of their family home in Zhytomyr, west of Kyiv, by a Russian missile strike.“One minute I saw her going into the bedroom. A minute later there was nothing,” Rubak, 32, told AFP, standing stunned and angry amid the ruins in the bitter winter chill.“I hope she’s in heaven and all is perfect for her,” he said, adding through tears, “I want the whole world to hear my story.”-Junk status-The war has displaced more than one million people, according to the United Nations. The body’s aid chief pleaded on Thursday for civilians in Ukraine to be protected and for humanitarian aid to enter unhindered. “Protect civilians, for God’s sake, in Ukraine; let us do our job,” emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths told AFP in Geneva.The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency urged Russia to “cease all actions” at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, including the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.Putin now finds himself an international outcast, his country the subject of sweeping sanctions that sent the ruble into further freefall on currency markets on Thursday.Russia’s central bank — whose foreign reserves have been frozen in the West — imposed a 30 percent tax on all sales of hard currency, following a run on lenders by ordinary Russians.The unfolding financial costs were underlined as ratings agencies Fitch and Moody’s slashed Russia’s sovereign debt to “junk” status.Turmoil deepened on markets more broadly. European stocks slid and oil prices approached $120 per barrel.Swedish furniture giant Ikea became the latest to halt operations in Russia as well as Belarus.Russia’s sporting isolation worsened as it lost the right to host Formula One races. And the International Paralympic Committee, in a U-turn, banned Russians and Belarusians from the Beijing Winter Games.The UN General Assembly voted 141-5 to demand that Russia “immediately” withdraw from Ukraine. Only four countries supported Russia — Belarus, Eritrea, North Korea and Syria. China abstained.Europe stepped up practical support as well as diplomatic. The German government is planning to deliver another 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, a source said.Leaving everything behind-Many Ukrainians have now fled into nearby countries, according to the UN refugee agency’s rapidly rising tally.“We left everything there as they came and ruined our lives,” refugee Svitlana Mostepanenko told AFP in Prague.Nathalia Lypka, a professor of German from the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, arrived in Berlin with her 21-year-old daughter.“My husband and son stayed… My husband already served in the army, and he had to return to duty,” she said, before boarding a train for Stuttgart where friends were waiting.Putin’s invasion has appeared hamstrung by poor logistics, tactical blunders and fierce resistance from Ukraine’s outgunned military — as well as its ever-swelling ranks of volunteer fighters.Scores of images have emerged of burned-out Russian tanks, the charred remains of transporters and of unarmed Ukrainians confronting bewildered occupation forces.US officials say the massive column of Russian military vehicles amassed north of Kyiv has “stalled” due to fuel and food shortages.Russian authorities have imposed a media blackout on what the Kremlin euphemistically calls a “special military operation.”The Ekho Moskvy radio station — a symbol of new-found media freedom in post-Soviet Russia — said it would shut down after being taken off air over its invasion coverage.But Russians have still turned out for large anti-war protests across the country, in a direct challenge to Putin’s 20-year rule. Thousands of anti-war demonstrators have been detained.“I couldn’t stay at home. This war has to be stopped,” student Anton Kislov, 21, told AFP.
Russian envoy to Israel claims nation not out to conquer Ukraine, rails at fake news-Anatoly Viktorov slams media coverage he says is trying to portray Russia and Putin as ‘monstrous,’ particularly regarding deadly strike in Kyiv near Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial-By TOI staff-MAR 3,22-Today, 5:13 pm
The Russian ambassador to Israel claimed on Thursday that his country is not seeking to conquer Ukraine and decries “fake news” about Russia’s invasion of its western neighbor.“We are only acting against those who took Ukraine hostage,” Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov said at a press briefing.He maintained that the Russian army was not targeting civilians.“There is incitement to hatred towards Russians all over the world. Everything we say is immediately defined as propaganda. Russian media were blocked in the West and Ukraine.”He refused to clearly answer questions regarding the violent crackdowns and arrests of anti-war protestors in Russia.Viktorov asked the Israeli government to examine the possibility that efforts of the Ukrainian embassy in Israel to recruit volunteers “constitute a violation of Israeli law or of Israel’s international obligations.”In addition, he referred to the Israeli-Russian so-called deconfliction in Syria and said that “it is in the common interest of Russia and Israel to continue the coordination mechanism in Syria.”He railed against media coverage that he says is trying to portray Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin as “monstrous,” particularly regarding a deadly strike in Kyiv near the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial earlier this week.The strike did not appear to cause any direct damage to the memorial itself, though at least one missile struck a crop of buildings in a Jewish cemetery located in the Babyn Yar complex.Ukrainian emergencies service said that five people were killed and five were injured in the missile strike.The attack sparked a flurry of outrage and denunciations from Israel and international Jewish organizations.“Ukraine claimed we bombed the Babyn Yar memorial. This is fake news,” Viktorov said.Asked how Russia claims to carry out a “denazification” of Ukraine, whose president Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish, Viktorov replied: “The Ukrainian government supports neo-Nazis.”
