Wq/syl/2022 ꠕꠘꠦ ꠞꠣꠡꠤꠀꠞ ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘ ꠖꠈꠟ

ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘꠤ ꠝꠣꠔꠕꠘꠦ ꠅꠘꠥꠛꠣꠖ ꠇꠞꠣꠞ ꠅꠘꠥꠞꠥꠗ ⁕ ꠇꠤꠀꠘꠕꠘꠦ ꠀꠘꠣ ꠅꠁꠍꠦ ꠀꠞ ꠇꠣꠞ ꠇꠣꠞ ꠅꠛꠖꠣꠘ ꠀꠍꠦ ꠁꠔꠣ ꠖꠦꠈꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ uk:q:2022 ꠕꠘꠦ ꠞꠣꠡꠤꠀꠞ ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘ ꠖꠈꠟ ꠖꠦꠈꠃꠇ꠆ꠇꠣ ⁕

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a major escalation of the ꠞꠥꠡ ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘ ꠎꠋꠉꠅ (which began in 2014 with the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea.) Prior to the invasion, Russian troops concentrated near Ukraine's borders, although Russian officials denied plans to attack. The 2022 invasion began on the morning of 24 February, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘ.

ꠞꠣꠡꠤꠀꠞ ꠃꠇ꠆ꠞꠦꠘ ꠖꠈꠟ ꠟꠂꠀ ꠇꠅꠐꠣꠁꠘ

ꠝꠣꠞ꠆ꠌ 2022

Putin’s latest attack on Ukraine was premeditated and unprovoked. He rejected repeated efforts at diplomacy. He thought the West and NATO wouldn’t respond. And he thought he could divide us at home. Putin was wrong. We were ready. Here is what we did. We prepared extensively and carefully. We spent months building a coalition of other freedom-loving nations from Europe and the Americas to Asia and Africa to confront Putin. I spent countless hours unifying our European allies. We shared with the world in advance what we knew Putin was planning and precisely how he would try to falsely justify his aggression. We countered Russia’s lies with truth. And now that he has acted the free world is holding him accountable

— Joe Biden State of the Union (March 1, 2022)

• The claims by Ukraine do not compare to the falsehoods being spread by Russia...Instead, Ukraine’s online propaganda is largely focused on its heroes and martyrs, characters who help dramatize tales of Ukrainian fortitude and Russian aggression.

  — Stuart A. Thompson "Fact and Mythmaking Blend in Ukraine’s Information War" New York Times March 3, 2022

• On March 3 we unequivocally condemned this unprovoked aggression and stated our support for the Ukrainian people. Our company has represented the pianist Boris Berezovsky, an extraordinary gifted artist and paradoxical individual, for almost 20 years…
• We strongly condemn the comments he made during his TV appearance and we must sadly suspend the representation of Boris Berezovsky by our company
  • w:Productions Sarfati Pianist Boris Berezovsky dropped by agent following comments on Ukraine conflict (March 3, 2022)

• There are many theories for why Russian propaganda about Ukraine has fallen so flat. Perhaps the most obvious is that the invasion is just too ugly a pig to pretty up — an act so baldly unjustified that no amount of propaganda could set it right.
  • Farhad Manjoo "Putin No Longer Seems Like a Master of Disinformation" NYT March 2, 2022

Russia and Ukraine are Europe’s breadbasket ~ Maryn McKenna

• Russia and Ukraine are Europe’s breadbasket...The two countries account for almost 30 percent of global wheat exports, almost 20 percent of corn exports, and more than 80 percent of the world supply of sunflower oil. Those exports are stalled for different reasons—in Ukraine by Russia’s invasion, and in Russia by global sanctions—but the net effect is the same...Analysts worry that the countries that buy the most wheat from Ukraine—predominantly in Africa and the Middle East—will have the hardest time paying as prices rise.
  • Maryn McKenna "The War in Ukraine Is Threatening the Breadbasket of Europe" Wired (March 11, 2022)

	Good evening, we're from Ukraine..
	Original in Ukrainian: Доброго вечора, ми з України.
	— Vitaliy Kim

	You don't deserve what you're going through, you don't deserve what Ukraine is going through now, what your people are going through. More than anything in the world, you deserve the war to end. You did nothing to provoke it. There are things I don't understand. I can't accept this war. If I were 50 years younger, I would join the Ukrainian army.
	— Alain Delon

	I’m back in Mariupol. I was there in 2019 and didn’t recognize the city. I don't know how it could have come to such a point. Here is the report where we try to describe the indescribable. [This is] the siege of Mariupol, from within.  — when visiting Mariupol, city, that was totally ruined in 2022 by Russian Armed Forces
	— Manuel Alias, journalist