russian invasion of Ukraine. Chronicle for February 18-19

20 February 2023

In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russia launched rocket attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct full-scale invasion. APU repulse the enemy

- Occupiers recruit children

God, what a horror, they are brainwashing children in boarding schools in the occupied territories.

▪️Under the guise of "truth", they carry a boy in military uniform with them, presenting him as a “scout” and give lectures to little children about the “holy war for the Motherland” convincing that their parents were killed by "Ukronazis"

The abomination, cynicism and manipulations of the RF Armed Forces are already taking root in small, bright minds

- Briefly about modern youngsters from the Russian Federation

Causes for pride - incredible

- Import substitution is in full swing

Further will bread be painted in the color of meat?

- Stop rowing students to war

▪️A prisoner born in 2003 (!) who was taken near Bakhmut

Why break the fate of a young guy?

- In the Perm Territory, schoolchildren and kindergarteners were explained how to shoot rifles

▪️Children were shown cartridges and even pointed weapons at them.

Is there no brain at all?

- The military registration and enlistment office monitors the Russians

▪️The military registration and enlistment offices have a database of potential mobilized. It will contain phone numbers, addresses, information about real estate and health status.

It will not work to leave or mow down…

- Offensive somehow, successful?

Another Batch of Asvabadites. Maybe you will recognize someone, don't worry, they are in safe hands…

- #losses of invaders as of 17.01

🔻+ 1010 dead of the RF Armed Forces over the past day:

▪️Senior Lieutenant Georgy Krugov

▪️Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Lyskov

▪️Senior Lieutenant Alexander Bichaev

▪️Lieutenant Pavel Sarov

- Putin crushed Belarus under him to strengthen his army, — ISW.

The Belarusian aerospace industry is ready (https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-17-2023) to produce Su-25 attack aircraft for the Russian military with the support of Russian technologies. At the same time, the Minsk Automobile Plant began producing components for the Russian KAMAZ.

- Account for shot down is open, — Kim.

In the meantime, they report on the work of air defense in the Khmelnytsky and Nikolaev regions.

- President Zelensky invited Orban to Ukraine.

Orban and Zelensky met at the EU summit (https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-orban-zaproshennia-kyiv/32276558.html). As it turned out, the Hungarian Prime Minister was the first to approach Zelensky and shake his hand.

President discussed with Orban Ukraine's European integration path and invited him to Kyiv.

- Russian assets in the amount of 5.32 billion euros are frozen in Germany, — Federal Ministry of Finance.

The amount consists (https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article243834349/Russische-Vermoegen-von-5-32-Milliarden-Euro-in-Deutschland-sanktioniert.html) of the assets of Russian "legal entities", which include the Central Bank of Russia, as well as individuals and legal entities included in the EU sanctions list.

- Payments to immigrants will be financed in the near future, — Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk.

She stated (https://www.facebook.com/MReintegration/posts/501361052172272) that 5.5 billion hryvnias have already been allocated for this.

- Ukraine expects to receive an invitation to NATO in July this year, — Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk.

"We expect that at the Vilnius summit Ukraine will receive such an invitation and will start its way to the alliance", — he declared.

- Legalization of prostitution in 30 seconds.

Minister of Justice of Ukraine Denys Malyuska turned to ChatGPT with a request to develop a draft law on the legalization of prostitution in the country. The chatbot wrote the project in 30 seconds.

"I suspect that the Ministry of Justice has been waiting for cuts since Monday," — added Denis Malyuska.

- Telegram has bypassed everyone: over the past 5 years, it has become the most popular cloud messaging application, according to Pavel Durov.

"Telegram is now behind (https://t.me/durov/206) only WhatsApp and is closing the gap every year. No wonder our competitors are worried", — Durov added.

- I was driving with 3 million hryvnias in my hands: the border guards detained the violator.

A 57-year-old man understood (https://www.facebook.com/DPSUkraine/posts/pfbid02ytBJdm3DgP7wpeWpm85sDEhq975V21D7rixxbQHk9ZNLfqYmUspF8VZeyVAjhidl) that he was illegally importing such an amount in cash and prudently tried to hide banknotes in several bags, cavities of the vehicle, as well as in the trunk . The border guards seized the money.

- In China, for the first time, they called Russia's war against Ukraine a war and announced a peaceful plan to end it, — CNN.

According to the adviser to the head of the PRC, the position of his country is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrunZDxYDzo) to respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all countries.

- The Netherlands expelled Russian diplomats from the country. They turned out to be spies.

Foreign Minister Wopke Goukstra stated (https://nos.nl/artikel/2464355-nederland-zet-opnieuw-russische-diplomaten-uit-om-spionage) that Moscow secretly appoints intelligence officers as diplomats.

- I want the victory of Ukraine, but against Russia being completely defeated, — Macron.

"I do not think, like some, that it is necessary to achieve complete defeat (https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/emmanuel-macron-ecraser-la-russie-cela-n-a-jamais-ete-la-position -de-la-france-et-cela-ne-le-sera-jamais-1584483) Russia, attack it on its own territory. They would like to defeat Russia first of all. But this will never be the position of France", — he declared.

- Kadyrov betrayed Prigozhin in the war with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, — ISW.

Wagner leader asked the Chechen leader to join his informational attack on the Ministry of Defense, but he suddenly refused. Kadyrov allegedly doubts that Prigozhin will be able to regain his waning influence.

As noted (https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-18-2023) in ISW, Kadyrov's connections with the Kremlin are more beneficial than political relations with Prigozhin.

- In the Krasnodar Territory, according to the design of Prigozhin, a black chapel was built for PMC «Wagner»

▪️It has a dome, an Orthodox cross, but on the ceiling — crosses, Catholic sculptures of angels are placed and sayings of famous commanders are written.

▪️You can enter the territory only with the permission of — this applies to both relatives and priests.

A "Wagnerian" who managed to escape to Europe claims that the owner of a PMC needs a "quality psychiatrist"

- #losses of invaders as of 19.02

🔻+ 590 dead of the RF Armed Forces over the past day:

▪️junior lieutenant Rauf Turabov

▪️Lieutenant Dinar Kadyrov

▪️Lieutenant Igor Ovsiuk

▪️Lieutenant Andrey Katrychev

▪️Senior Lieutenant Maxim Demin

▪️Lt. Alexey Usov

▪️Junior Lieutenant Airat Nasyrov

▪️Lieutenant Vyacheslav Kyzyn

- China may help Russia again and is approaching a decision to provide lethal military assistance, — CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/us-warns-allies-china-russia/index.html).

At the same time, NBC News reports (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-officials-believe-china-may-providing-russia-non-lethal-military-as-rcna71336 ) that China is already supplying non-lethal aid: equipment for Russia's spring offensive, including uniforms or bulletproof vests.

- 400,000 euros for leaking dаta: this is how much a German intelligence officer arrested on suspicion of espionage received from the Russian Federation, — The New York Times.

Through it, the FSB tried (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/world/europe/germany-russia-spies.html?searchResultPosition=1) to obtain data on the location of artillery and anti-aircraft positions of the Ukrainian army . In particular, the Russian intelligence service wanted to know the coordinates of the US-supplied HIMARS missile launchers and Iris-T air defense systems sent by Germany.

Identification of the mole led to the fact that the United Kingdom and the United States suspended the exchange of sensitive information with Germany.

- France will hand over AMX-10 RC light tanks to Ukraine at the end of next week, — Sebastian Lecornu.

According to (https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/guerre-en-ukraine-les-chars-legers-promis-par-la-france-seront-livres-des-la-fin-de- la-semaine-prochaine-declare-lecornu-20230219) of the Minister of Defense of France, the training of the Ukrainian military has ended, so the promised equipment will be delivered at the end of next week.

- EU countries may agree on a joint purchase of ammunition for Ukraine in March, — Bloomberg.

As the publication notes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-19/joint-ammo-purchases-for-ukraine-gain-traction-among-eu-members?srnd=premium -europe&leadSource=uverifywall), the Estonian ammunition initiative can be discussed by EU foreign ministers on Monday, February 20, and decide on a joint purchase of 155-mm artillery shells needed by Ukraine.

- The United States demanded that Ukraine urgently consolidate its achievements at the front and, possibly, launch its own counterattack before Biden's trip to Europe, — Politico.

The White House also said (https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/19/biden-ukraine-munich-russia-nato-00083540) the Zelensky team to prepare for the offensive now, as weapons and assistance from Washington and Europe are flowing freely, fearing that support from Ukraine's European neighbors may be limited."

- s Spotify will exclude Russian performers who drown for the Russian Federation: the Ukrainian authorities have already made such a request.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak told about this in an interview (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/) to the British newspaper The Sunday Times.

- List of authors of books withdrawn from Moscow libraries

- The authorities will discuss a one-time fee from companies with profits above ₽1 billion. A one-time payment from businesses to the budget can be reflected in the Tax Code as a fee and apply to companies with an average profit for 2021-2022 above ₽1 billion, with the exception of oil and gas