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The Ukrainian military says a large Russian ship has been destroyed near the southern port city of Berdyansk.

In a post on Facebook, Ukraine's Navy says a large landing vessel - the "Orsk" - was hit and set ablaze in the Sea of Azov this morning.

"The Orsk large landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the occupiers has been destroyed in the port of Berdyansk captured by Russia," the post says.

Ukrainian media report that one Russian ship has sunk and two others are on fire, and that an ammunition depot and a fuel warehouse were hit.

It is not possible to confirm this information from other sources.

Russia captured Berdyansk weeks ago and has been using the port for refuelling. It lies between Crimea and the besieged city of Mariupol.

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Epic Games says it has raised more than $50m (£37m) to aid humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

The Fortnite publisher announced on 21 March it would donate all proceeds from in-game sales, including cosmetic in-game items and virtual currency bought in a shop or online, until 3 April.

And Xbox is donating the fee it would usually take on items bought by players in Fortnite.

The amount raised so far is greater than that given by some countries.

A statement on the Fortnite website said it would send funds "as quickly as we can".

"We're not waiting for the actual funds to come in from our platform and payment partners, which can take a while depending on how the transaction was processed. As transactions are reported, we'll log them and send the funds to the humanitarian relief organisations within days."

Epic is sending money to Unicef, Direct Relief, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN World Food Programme.

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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

they finished talking and moved off.

Boris was hugely instrumental in getting support to the ukranians quickly, much quicker than anyone else in europe

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

we love fan fiction from butt-hurt tweeters who STILL cant belive their opinion wasnt the one we all voted for about Europe

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Boris had sent weapons and aid to the Ukranian front lines before the rest of the World leaders had even woken up (literally for Biden)

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...pdaughter.html

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BBC Text:
["Kiss it goodbye" is Metro's headline as it says
that Britain has humiliated one of Vladimir Putin's
closest allies by slapping sanctions
on his glamourous step-daughter.
Polina Kovaleva, the stepdaughter of
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov,
has had her assets and bank accounts frozen
along with 64 others connected to the
Russian president, the paper says.]

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Labours Lisa Nandy
confirmed Live on BBC1HD Q.T.
that they also Demand a VISA
for those from Ukraine.

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At least The Ukrainian
Leader did now ask for a No Fly Zone.


He wants Tanks and Weapons.


Meanwhile, Russia is carrying on Bombing
from outside the Country.

[MTVN]

If they do that then what does victory look like? An ungovernable wasteland? There needs to be some infrastructure there especially in the capital

I know they've already basically destroyed Mariupol but that's because it's the last thing standing between a land border between Crimea and Russian territory

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i think its a matter of principle now with putin. He would rather have rubble than an independent ukraine. If he does flatten it, he will have basically reinforced the borders of every country surrounding him because they will contain millions of displaced people that utterly despise him

[arista]

Russia is still
in the G20.

[U.S. says no more 'business as usual' for Russia
Russia faces barrage of economic sanctions
Outright exclusion from G20 not likely
Some nations could instead skip meetings]


[G20 finance ministers and central bank
governors meet in Jakarta
Head of delegates prepare for a meeting
on the last day of the G20 finance ministers
and central bank governors meeting in
Jakarta, Indonesia, February 18, 2022.]



[U.S. says no more 'business as usual' for Russia
Russia faces barrage of economic sanctions
Outright exclusion from G20 not likely
Some nations could instead skip meetings

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The United States
and its Western allies are assessing whether
Russia should remain within the
Group of Twenty (G20) grouping of major
economies following its invasion of Ukraine,
sources involved in the discussions told
Reuters on Tuesday.]

[The likelihood that any bid to exclude Russia
outright would be vetoed by others in the club - which
includes China, India, Saudi Arabia
and others - raised the prospect of
some countries instead skipping
G20 meetings this year, the sources said.]



It is a Massive nation
so I can see why it is best to keep
Evil Putin in it, sadly

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...20-2022-03-22/

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USA & EU sign new deal
to deliver 15Billion cubic metres
Liquefied Natural Gas LNG


Get Stuffed Putin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas

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Good thing we didn't leave the E... oh wait...

[MTVN]

Vladimir Putin has cited JK Rowling as he accused the West of "trying to cancel" Russia during a televised meeting with cultural figures.

There is also a campaign against Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, the Russian president added in a bizarre rant.

He appeared to be referring to the cancellation of events involving Russian music in some Western countries since his invasion of Ukraine.

"Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture - our people," Mr Putin commented.

"They are banning Russian writers and books."

Regarding JK Rowling, he said the Harry Potter author was cancelled "just because she didn't satisfy the demands of gender rights".

He continued: "They are now trying to cancel our country. I'm talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia."

https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowlin...ussia-12574823

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Originally Posted by MTVN

Vladimir Putin has cited JK Rowling as he accused the West of "trying to cancel" Russia during a televised meeting with cultural figures.

There is also a campaign against Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, the Russian president added in a bizarre rant.

He appeared to be referring to the cancellation of events involving Russian music in some Western countries since his invasion of Ukraine.

"Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture - our people," Mr Putin commented.

"They are banning Russian writers and books."

Regarding JK Rowling, he said the Harry Potter author was cancelled "just because she didn't satisfy the demands of gender rights".

He continued: "They are now trying to cancel our country. I'm talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia."

https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowlin...ussia-12574823

Is he lying there? Or is there truth in what he says there?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Vladimir Putin has cited JK Rowling as he accused the West of "trying to cancel" Russia during a televised meeting with cultural figures.

There is also a campaign against Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, the Russian president added in a bizarre rant.

He appeared to be referring to the cancellation of events involving Russian music in some Western countries since his invasion of Ukraine.

"Today they are trying to cancel a whole thousand-year culture - our people," Mr Putin commented.

"They are banning Russian writers and books."

Regarding JK Rowling, he said the Harry Potter author was cancelled "just because she didn't satisfy the demands of gender rights".

He continued: "They are now trying to cancel our country. I'm talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia."

https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowlin...ussia-12574823

To be fair, I do agree (with Putin ... ... ...) that wars generally have NOTHING to do with the civilian population of a country, and the people and culture should not be persecuted because of the actions of their leaders. It's what saw thousands of Japanese-americans shoved into internment camps in the US during WW2 like they had anything to do with or any say in the actions of Japan.

It becomes even more ridiculous if "general Russian stuff" like books are being banned.

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It's tricky because the aim is to exacerbate Russia's status as a pariah state and governments use culture all the time to increase their nations standing and their 'soft power' so it can be a legitimate tactic imo. Trying to purge historic books, ballets etc is taking it a bit far though

I just thought him referencing JK Rowling was pretty wild