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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to the media after casting his
ballot in the referendum on the constitutional amendments at a polling station
in Minsk on Feb. 27, 2022.(Sergei Sheleg/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia-Ukraine War


RUSSIA–UKRAINE (FEB. 27): BELARUS REFERENDUM APPROVES PROPOSAL TO RENOUNCE
NON-NUCLEAR STATUS: AGENCIES

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Feb. 26.


BELARUS REFERENDUM APPROVES PROPOSAL TO RENOUNCE NON-NUCLEAR STATUS

A referendum in Belarus on Sunday approved a new constitution ditching the
country’s non–nuclear status at a time when the former Soviet republic has
become a launch pad for Russian troops invading Ukraine, Russian
news agencies said.

The agencies cited the Belarus central elections commission as saying 65.2
percent of those who took part voted in favor. The result came as little
surprise, given the tightly controlled rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.

The new constitution could see nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil for the first
time since the country gave them up after the fall of the Soviet Union.

It raises the stakes at a time when Lukashenko has fallen behind Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s military assault on Ukraine after earlier playing an
intermediary role between the two neighbors.

The West has already said it will not recognize the results of the referendum,
which is taking place against the background of a sweeping crackdown on domestic
opponents of the government. According to human rights activists, as of Sunday,
there were more than a thousand political prisoners in Belarus.

___


UKRAINE SAYS 352 CIVILIANS DEAD SO FAR IN WAR

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says 352 Ukrainian civilians have been killed during
Russia’s invasion, including 14 children. It says an additional 1,684 people,
including 116 children, have been wounded.

The ministry’s statement Sunday does not give any information on casualties
among Ukraine’s armed forces.

Russia has claimed that its troops are targeting only Ukrainian military
facilities and says that Ukraine’s civilian population is not in danger.

Russia has not released any information on casualties among its troops. The
Russian Defense Ministry acknowledged on Sunday only that Russian soldiers have
been killed and wounded, without giving any numbers.

___


RUSSIAN CONVOY OF GROUND FORCES, FUEL, TANKS MOVING TOWARD KYIV: MAXAR

Satellite imagery taken on Sunday showed a large deployment of Russian ground
forces including tanks moving in the direction of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv
from approximately 40 miles away, a private U.S. company said.

The images released by Maxar Technologies Inc. showed a deployment comprised of
hundreds of military vehicles and extending more than 3.25 miles, Maxar said.

The convoy was situated northeast of the Ukrainian city of Ivankiv and contained
fuel, logistics, and armored vehicles including tanks, infantry fighting
vehicles, and self-propelled artillery, it said.

The satellite images also showed damage caused by recent airstrikes on the
Antonov airport in Hostomel, and heavy fighting in and near the airport, Maxar
reported.

___


US URGES AMERICANS TO CONSIDER LEAVING RUSSIA IMMEDIATELY

U.S. citizens should consider leaving Russia immediately on commercial flights,
the State Department said on Sunday, citing an increasing number of airlines
canceling flights and countries closing their airspace to Russia after its
invasion of Ukraine.

“U.S. citizens should consider departing Russia immediately via commercial
options still available,” said a security alert dated Feb. 27 on the website of
the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

It has asked U.S. citizens to have “a contingency plan that does not rely on
U.S. government assistance.”

___


BP QUITS RUSSIA AFTER UKRAINE INVASION

BP is abandoning its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft in an abrupt and costly
end to three decades of operating in the energy-rich country, marking the most
significant move yet by a Western company in response to Moscow’s invasion of
Ukraine.

Rosneft accounts for around half of BP’s oil and gas reserves and a third of its
production and divesting the 19.75 percent stake will result in charges of up to
$25 billion, the British company said, without saying how it plans to extricate
itself.

“I have been deeply shocked and saddened by the situation unfolding in Ukraine
and my heart goes out to everyone affected. It has caused us to fundamentally
rethink BP’s position with Rosneft,” BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney said.

___


UKRAINE LODGES CASE AGAINST RUSSIA AT WORLD COURT

The highest U.N. court on Sunday confirmed that Ukraine has filed a suit against
Russia, saying Russia’s claim it invaded Ukraine to prevent a genocide is false
and asking judges to order “provisional measures” to protect Ukraine.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky had said earlier on Sunday he had filed
the suit at the International Court of Justice, also known as the world court.
In a statement, the court confirmed it has received Ukraine’s complaint. It did
not say when the case would be heard.

___


EU BANS RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA OUTLETS, ALL RUSSIAN FLIGHTS

The European Union will shut down the bloc’s airspace to all Russian planes and
will ban Russian state media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik, according to the
head of the European Commission.

The EU will be closed down to Russia-controlled, -owned, or -registered
aircraft, including the “private jets of oligarchs,” said European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday.

At the same time, the EU will suspend “the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU” by
banning state-owned Russia Today, Sputnik, and their subsidiaries. Those
outlets, she said on Twitter, “will no longer be able to spread their lies to
justify” the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Read full story here

___


UKRAINE AGREES TO HOLD TALKS WITH RUSSIA

In a sign of de-escalation, Ukrainian officials said they will meet with their
Russian counterparts near the Ukraine-Belarus border as Russian President
Vladimir Putin said he’s putting his nuclear forces on high alert.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Kyiv government agreed to
talks with Moscow on the border. It’s not clear if Zelensky will attend the
meeting.

“We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian without
prior conditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in the area of the Pripyat
River,” Zelensky said on social media Sunday.

Zelensky, who is said to still be in Ukraine, added that Belarusian President
“Alexander Lukashenko took responsibility for the fact that at the time of the
departure, negotiations, and return of the Ukrainian delegation, all planes,
helicopters, and missiles placed on the Belarusian territory will remain on the
ground.”

Read full story here

___


PUTIN PUTS NUCLEAR FORCES ON HIGH ALERT

Putin put his country’s nuclear deterrence forces on high alert on Sunday,
announcing the move in a televised meeting with top ministers, as Russian troops
and tanks continue to wage a conflict in Ukraine.

“Western countries are not only taking unfriendly actions against our country in
the economic area. I’m speaking about the illegitimate sanctions that everyone
is well aware of. However, the top officials of the leading NATO countries also
make aggressive statements against our country as well,” Putin said on Sunday,
according to state-run media.

As a result, Putin said that he has ordered “the minister of Defense and the
chief of the general staff [of the Russian armed forces] to transfer the
deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty,”
according to televised comments he made. The deterrence forces include command
of Russia’s vast arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Read full story here

___


UKRAINIANS RETURN FROM ABROAD TO FIGHT RUSSIAN INVASION

While hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid Russia’s attack
on the country, some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across
Europe to help defend their homeland.

Poland’s Border Guard said Sunday that some 22,000 people have crossed into
Ukraine since Thursday, when Russia invaded the country.

At the checkpoint in Medyka, in southeastern Poland, many were standing in a
line early Sunday to cross into Ukraine.

“We have to defend our homeland. Who else if not us,” said a mustachioed man in
front of a group of some 20 Ukrainian truck drivers walking to the checkpoint to
enter Ukraine. They came from across Europe to return to Ukraine.

Members of the group declined to give their names, or only gave their first
names, citing their security and that of their families.

___


RUSSIANS ADVANCE ON UKRAINE’S PORTS, MEET RESISTANCE IN CITY

Street fighting broke out in Ukraine’s second-largest city and Russian troops
squeezed strategic ports in the country’s south Sunday, advances that appeared
to mark a new phase of Russia’s invasion following a wave of attacks on
airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere in the country.

The capital, Kyiv, was eerily quiet after huge explosions lit up the morning sky
and authorities reported blasts at one of the airports. Only an occasional car
appeared on a deserted main boulevard as a strict 39-hour curfew kept people off
the streets. Terrified residents instead hunkered down in homes, underground
garages, and subway stations in anticipation of a full-scale Russian assault.

Videos posted on Ukrainian media and social networks showed Russian vehicles
moving across Kharkiv and Russian troops roaming the city in small groups. One
showed Ukrainian troops firing at the Russians and damaged Russian light utility
vehicles abandoned nearby.

The images underscored the determined resistance Russian troops face while
attempting to enter Ukraine’s bigger cities. Ukrainians have volunteered en
masse to help defend the capital, Kyiv, and other cities, taking guns
distributed by authorities and preparing firebombs to fight Russian forces.

___


RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER UKRAINE’S 2ND LARGEST CITY OF KHARKIV

Russian troops have pushed into Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to a
regional official.

Russian troops approached Kharkiv, about 12.4 miles south of the border with
Russia, shortly after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. But
until Sunday, they remained on the outskirts of the city of 1.4 million without
trying to enter while other forces rolled past, pressing their offensive deeper
into Ukraine.

Early Sunday, Russian troops moved in and were engaged by Ukrainian forces, said
Oleh Sinehubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, who told
civilians not to leave their homes. He gave no further details.

___


MORE EU COUNTRIES CLOSE AIRSPACE TO RUSSIA

Austria and Italy are joining a growing list of European countries in closing
their airspace to all Russian aircraft as the West ramps up pressure on Russian
President Vladimir Putin for ordering an invasion of Ukraine.

Several other European countries, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland,
Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Luxembourg have also
announced they are closing their airspace to Russian planes.

Jack Phillips, The Associated Press, and Reuters contributed to this report.

Epoch Times Staff

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