Updates from Ukraine
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 23 September 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) September 23, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/Bot9jAVNWg
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/KK1twWxR5k
'Art helps you understand what you live for.'
— FT Weekend (@ftweekend) September 22, 2022
Meet the Ukrainian painters, poets, designers and dancers who stayed in Ukraine to save their culture https://t.co/i4CASsFDKo
⚡️ Ship carrying 30,000 tons of wheat for Afghanistan leaves Odesa.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 22, 2022
In total, Ukraine has exported 4.4 million metric tons of agricultural products since it signed the UN-backed grain deal with Russia in July, according to the Infrastructure Ministry.
My take on today's #UNSC on Ukraine https://t.co/OEZwxo1LqB
— Nika Melkozerova (@NikaMelkozerova) September 22, 2022
Zelenskyy’s aid: Ukraine guarantees decent treatment to those forcefully mobilized who will surrender in Ukraine. And, in accordance with Geneva convention, won’t be returning them back to russia if the don’t want to. https://t.co/WmN2z7edDq
— Kateryna_Kruk (@Kateryna_Kruk) September 22, 2022
Government Statements
Legendary woman, @BarbraStreisand is a new @U24_gov_ua Ambassador! She will help raise funds by promoting "24,000 Friends of Ukraine". This is a monthly subscription of 24$ donation to support Medical Aid. Incredible to see world's best people uniting around 🇺🇦. pic.twitter.com/ht8r2gPiz5
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) September 22, 2022
International Opinions
Fresh evidence shows how grim life is under Russian occupation in Ukraine https://t.co/KEJOcB8F8T
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 23, 2022
Zelensky said that Russia must be punished for waging war on Ukraine, through further sanctions and by the UN stopping Russia being a Security Council member. https://t.co/ciBoVZeYmC
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 22, 2022
Vladimir Putin has secretly approved a law that will send a further one million men to fight in Ukraine, a Russian newspaper reported on Thursdayhttps://t.co/pw9o9g9kp5
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 22, 2022
Sent to their deaths: Russian conscripts kiss their families goodbye as they board war buses https://t.co/IoJOamn8SK
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) September 22, 2022
🇺🇦 “A crime has been committed against Ukraine, and we demand just punishment.”
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) September 22, 2022
In a pre-recorded video address to the annual #UNGA, Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy called on nations to punish Russia for starting the war in his country https://t.co/Yp01mEeBX0 pic.twitter.com/FY3Hd9vFQc
“Everyone is very scared now. If you could find a way to ignore it before, now there’s no way.”
— max seddon (@maxseddon) September 23, 2022
Putin’s mobilization decree has brought the war in Ukraine home for many Russians – and left them scrambling for a way out of the draft. With @polinaivanovvahttps://t.co/sozALJC2J6
Volodymyr Zelensky is a hero of our time
— The Spectator (@spectator) September 22, 2022
✍️ Niall Fergusonhttps://t.co/aw0dEqfoff
Now if you protest the war, you get sent to fight in Ukraine.
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) September 22, 2022
Putin's spokesman just said it's not against the law to draft demonstrators.
At 4 Moscow stations, police have been doing exactly that, @OvdInfo says https://t.co/7KLBOIOysw
Correcting Misinformation
❌MYTH: #NATO is at war w/ Russia in Ukraine.
— Oana Lungescu (@NATOpress) September 21, 2022
✅FACT: NATO is not at war w/ #Russia, & we do not seek confrontation w/ Russia. What NATO does is support Ukraine in its right to self-defence, as enshrined in the UN Charter.
Top 5 🇷🇺myths about NATO: https://t.co/TUpyreX8hB pic.twitter.com/sl8YrLhK8Q
International Governments and Parliaments
Today at the @UN Security Council, we called on Russia to end its war of aggression. We will support Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes, as they bravely defend their country and its freedom, and we will hold Russia accountable for its atrocities. pic.twitter.com/HKMOkxWUrb
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) September 22, 2022