Ukraine Live Updates: First Key Southern City Falls, Ukrainian Officials Say

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Source: New York Times

Russian troops seized the strategically important city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials said, in a significant moment in the battle for the country’s south. Explosions struck the capital, Kyiv, and Russian troops continued to lay siege to Kharkiv.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/02/world/ukraine-russia-war

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Dammit.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

1. Disappointing

But not unexpected.

[TygrBright]

2. The Russians' troubles are just beginning.

If they're trying to hold a hostile occupied city, they better be prepared for a bottomless pit sucking in personnel, resources, etc.

And a constantly-escalating propaganda nightmare degrading their effectiveness.

prognosticatorially,
Bright

[Irish_Dem]

6. Hitler did it by sheer brutality and terror.

Machine gun down everyone who makes a peep.
Or throw them into a concentration camp.

The Nazis were able to hold quite a bit of captured territory that way.

[maxsolomon]

3. Right on the route from Crimea at the E97 Dneiper crossing.

2 hour drive from the Annexed Crimean border.

[AllyCat]

4. How will they hold it? The people hate them. They are armed.

[secondwind]

5. MSNBC announced just a short while ago that Ukraine will not win....

Russia will be declaring martial law on March 4th... Am devastated beyond words....

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "Russia will be declaring martial law on March 4th..."

except it is supposedly going to be IN RUSSIA to suppress the protests -

Facts
16:09 02.03.2022
Martial law may be introduced in Russia on March 4 – Podoliak
1 min read

On March 4, martial law may be introduced in the Russian Federation, adviser to the President's Office head Mykhailo Podoliak believes.

"On March 4, both chambers of the Russian parliament will convene for an emergency extraordinary session. As I understand it, the preventive imposition of martial law in Russia is on the agenda. With a total ban on all rallies, disconnection from the outside world, large-scale food and financial restrictions. The evacuation of those who can afford it is now beginning across the country," he said on Twitter.

https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/805569.html

Last Updated: 2nd March, 2022 22:08 IST
Russia-Ukraine war | 'Martial Law In Russia On The Cards': President Zelenskyy's Adviser Amid Ukraine Invasion

Adviser to the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak stated that he would not rule out the possibility of martial law being implemented in Russia.

Written By Rohit Ranjan


Image: Twitter/@Podolyak_M, AP



Mikhail Podolyak, who is the adviser to the President of Ukraine stated that he would not rule out the possibility of martial law being imposed in Russia. He shared a tweet earlier today, March 2, stating that both chambers of the Russian Parliament will meet in an emergency session on March 4, Friday. He further said that as far as he can tell, the possibility of martial law in Russia is on the table.

Earlier, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed martial law and accused Russia of acting like "Nazi Germany," after Russia's President Vladimir Putin began an invasion of Ukraine last week on February 24. Before that, President Zelenskyy declared a state of emergency, allowing authorities to restrict mobility, halt gatherings, and prohibit political parties and organisations in the interests of national security and public order.

Link to tweet

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/martial-law-in-russia-on-the-cards-president-zelenskyys-adviser-amid-ukraine-invasion-articleshow.html

TWEET TEXT

Михайло Подоляк
@Podolyak_M
On March 4, both chambers of the Russian parliament will convene for an emergency extraordinary session. As I understand it, the preventive imposition of martial law in Russia is on the agenda.
8:06 AM · Mar 2, 2022

As a note, Ukraine is already under "martial law" implemented ahead of this by Zelensky.

[Igel]

8. Note noted.

The difference being that Ukr is partially occupied by hostile haters, much of the rest of it under attack by haters.

None of Russia is being assaulted--except by facts--and none of it occupied.

In one case, martial law because of extreme circumstances. In the other, by fear of truth and of the government by the populace. In the first case, it's to defend liberty against an enemy oppressor; in the other, in the service of oppression by an oppressor.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Correct

[Spazito]

10. *LOCKING*

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