peace keeping mission

One of Italy’s largest trade unions has called for a protest outside the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons and ammunition, not food and medicine. Several workers at the Galileo Galilei airport refused to load one of the cargo flights advertised as carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The crates did not contain food and medication but weapons, ammunition and explosives instead, the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) said in a statement on Monday evening. “We strongly denounce this outright falsification, which cynically uses ‘humanitarian’ aid as cover to fuel the war in Ukraine,” the USB said. The union said the workers refused to load the military supplies as that would lead to the deaths of their colleagues in Ukraine – namely, those working at the bases targeted by Russian missile strikes, where the weapons processed through US and NATO bases in Poland get delivered. Francesca Donato, an Italian member of the European Parliament, commented on the union’s statement by calling on the government in Rome to “clarify” what is happening. Meanwhile, dockworkers at the nearby port of Livorno joined the protest on Tuesday, praising their airport colleagues for standing up for their values. “We stand alongside the Ukrainian peoples, the Donbass and Russia and we do not want to be complicit in this conflict,” the Porto Livorno chapter of USB said in a statement. USB is calling for air traffic control of the Pisa airport to “immediately block these flights of death disguised as humanitarian aid.” A protest under the slogan “bridges of peace, not flights of war” is scheduled outside the airport for Saturday, March 19. The union also called on all workers to refuse to load weapons and explosives, and for an immediate ceasefire and peace talks to end the conflict in Ukraine. Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 23, saying it needs to demilitarize and “denazify” the government in Kiev that sought NATO membership and nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of an unprovoked attack. NATO has pledged military and humanitarian aid to Kiev, while enacting a widespread embargo against Russia.

Revolution2022:
Independent newspaper is not an authentic medium because they are copy and paste publisher.I want to read it from CNN,and other legit foreign news.

cnn wey dey cap..

Femiwilli:
The war is not going as putin planned

shebi you and putin dey share thesame bed space.. why wont you know..
o you are one of his general

Penguin2:
Putin’s Nairaland urchins will be happy.

Please can you fools tell your master to withdraw the retards he sent to Ukraine now?

Or is there anything else he wants?

only a fool call others a fool

Pauldollars:



What concerns Americans and going to Russia?
The USA is 10 times better and more beautiful than Russia.

your mind, too poor...
maybe you dont know that north korea is more beautiful than America.. Brazil is the most astonishing place on earth.. ordinary spain fine pass America well you only watch American tv so you wont know there other better things.. qatar fine pass america..

ValCon888:
Putin thought he was going to take over Ukraine in a matter of days. Probably 7 days at the most before sanctions have any meaningful effect.

But projections and reality are two different things.

The economic hardship that will hit the Russian people is going to be enough to stage a revolution.
After all, the French Revolution started because of a piece of bread.

I won't be surprised if someone in Putin's inner circle tries to kill him.

if you say putin thought he would take ukraine in days, what makes you think thats the calculation.. why do you feel another persons pain.. how can you be thinking very slow like this and we are sharing thesame country with you.. who knows maybe you went to one of the best schools.. how long in your own thought would it take that russian convoy to move from chenchen to ukraine, then move within ukraine to get to maripol and kyiv and then to kiev.. shey na free passage them suppose get.. ordinary civilians can dig road to force them change route.. i beg stop behaving like this.. its not about whether you studied geography or so.. ronu

when he has woefully killed his own people

NATO allies don’t want to see Ukraine among their ranks and Kiev realizes that, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Western leaders on Tuesday. Now Kiev seeks protection from individual member states. “We’ve been hearing for years that the [NATO] doors were supposedly open, but now we know we won’t enter there. That is the truth, and we must acknowledge that,” Zelensky said during a video call with the UK Joint Expeditionary Force, a meeting of the leaders of Nordic and Baltic nations hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “I am glad that our people are beginning to understand that and to rely on ourselves and those partners that aid us,” he added. The Ukrainian leader apparently included the people he was addressing on the list of good friends of Ukraine, despite most of them leading NATO allies. He said the military organization was in no position to offer the security guarantees that his country wants to receive from other nations. But individual states could help Ukraine even with NATO doors closed to it, he suggested, and have been doing so for eight years of what he described as a Ukrainian war against Russia. Zelensky shamed NATO for not imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine due to concerns that this would escalate the hostilities into a full-blown world war. The refusal to impose it is shared by all members of the organization, with US, its de facto leader, reiterating it on many occasions over the past weeks. The Ukrainian leader claimed NATO member states “hypnotized themselves” with the fear of a global conflict that would have the potential of ending human civilization. He didn’t hide bitterness over the fact that allies refused to protect Ukraine the way they are bound to defend each other in case of a military attack. Ukraine made NATO membership a key goal of its foreign policy after the 2014 armed coup in Kiev put an anti-Russian government into power. The aspiration was made part of its national constitution in 2019. Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February. President Vladimir Putin stated that NATO’s creeping expansion into Ukraine without its formal accession was a major factor in his decision to order the incursion. Kiev blasted the attack as “unprovoked.” Western nations mostly agreed but refused to fight for Ukraine militarily. Instead, they ramped up weapons supplies to Kiev and imposed harsh economic sanctions against Russia, expecting them to inflict enough damage to stop the military offensive.

battle for kiev

Military authorities in Lviv say Russian military launched a deadly air strike targeting a Ukrainian military base in Yavoriv near the Polish border. People in Kyiv are scrambling to escape with the bulk of Russian ground forces about 25km (16 miles) from the centre of the Ukrainian capital. Mayor of Mariupol says 12 days of Russian bombardment have killed 1,500 people in the besieged port city as shelling continues. The United States has said it would rush up to $200m in additional small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine. Russia has said its troops could target supplies of Western weapons in Ukraine. Here are the latest updates: 12 mins ago (11:44 GMT) Pope calls Ukraine invasion ‘armed agression’ Pope Francis has issued his toughest condemnation yet of the war in Ukraine, saying the “unacceptable armed aggression” must stop. Speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing, Francis also said the bombing of hospitals and other civilian targets was “barbaric” and with “no valid strategic reason”. “In the name of God I ask you: stop this massacre!,” he said, adding that Ukrainian cities risked “being reduced to cemeteries.” 46 mins ago (11:10 GMT) At least 35 people killed in attack on Ukraine base, says governor At least 35 people have been killed and 134 wounded in a Russian air strike on a large Ukrainian military training ground near the Polish border, regional according to governor Maksym Kozytskyy. The previous death toll announced was nine. 1 hour ago (10:49 GMT) Qatar calls on all parties to ‘exercise restraint’ over Ukraine Qatar’s foreign minister has called on all parties to “exercise restraint” and to avoid further escalation over Ukraine in a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, according to a Qatari foreign ministry statement. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba that Qatar urged “all parties to exercise restraint, resolve disputes through constructive dialogue and diplomatic methods, and to settle international disputes by peaceful means,” the statement said.

i am just wondering o.. people in America posting on their twiter handle that Iran fired missile from tebris missile site to US consulate in Iraq.. what kind of news outlets are these.. the consulates are looking into the investigations but war mongers are already convinced its from iran.. what a disaster in the freedom of reasoning..

waiting we no go see

Washington has no plans to keep track of US citizens who volunteer to fight for Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian attack, the State Department said, warning, however, that such trips can result in “capture or death.” “When Americans travel abroad they are not required to register with the Department of State in any way, so these are not metrics we would track,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Friday, when asked how many Americans have traveled to Ukraine amid Kiev’s recruitment campaign for a “foreign legion.” Price noted that the US government still urges Americans to avoid going to Ukraine, but suggested no action would be taken against those who opt to do so. The spokesman went on to say that travel to Ukraine poses “risks to personal safety,” and that US citizens “should be aware that Russia has stated that it intends to treat foreign fighters in Ukraine as ‘mercenaries’ rather than as lawful combatants or prisoners of war.” Washington, nevertheless, expects Moscow to “respect all of its obligations and law of war,” Price noted, warning of “potential attempts at criminal prosecution” and a “heightened risk for mistreatment” for the American “volunteers.” The comments follow reports that around 100 Americans had been screened to join Kiev’s forces as they fight Russian troops after Ukraine explicitly called on foreign volunteers to join the conflict. Citizens from a number of other countries have also lined up to do the same. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that some 16,000 foreign fighters were expected to arrive in Ukraine last week. Moscow attacked its neighbor in late February, following a seven- year standoff over Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics in Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols had been designed to regularize the status of those regions within the Ukrainian state. Russia has now demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

hospital wey facisist dey use as operting ground.. why wont they bomb it after all no patience were there

so with all that you mentioned now corper how e take be government fault.. abi na the nysc officials dey sell food, do pos, charge phones, etc.. what makes you think your camp is same as others.. i served in tsafe 2020 and there was a back generator, it was in december there is always light, there are sucket yet some boys dod some connections that almost got us roasted even after being warned.. i no get much to say sha.. but no be everything they suppose tell person.. you go one camp out of 37 and you say naso waiting you see go be for others... na government...

The European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell has asked citizens to turn down the heating in their homes, as one way for the bloc to cut its dependence on Russian gas amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “The challenges we face are going to require a very tough stance and we have to be willing to pay the price,” Borrell stated, suggesting, “European citizens lower the heating of their homes,” as part of their “individual effort to cut gas consumption.” The statement from the EU official comes after the bloc unveiled a new round of sanctions against Russia and Belarus over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The new restrictions cut off a number of Belarusian banks from the SWIFT network, hit the Russian maritime sector, and impose restrictions on 160 Russian lawmakers and business people. The EU currently imports 45% of its coal, 40% of its gas, and 27% of its oil from Russia, with Borrell stating the bloc is taking steps to cut the “umbilical cord that unites our economy and the Russian one” to cut off the “flow that allows [Russia] to accumulate reserves with which to finance” the conflict in Ukraine. The European Commission outlined on Tuesday a proposal to “make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before 2030.” The bloc will begin by reducing EU demand by two thirds before the end of the year in response to Russia’s military activity. “We simply cannot rely on a supplier who explicitly threatens us. We need to act now to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify our gas supply for next winter and accelerate the clean energy transition,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, as the plan was unveiled.

always drops.. doesnt increase... same story all the time

president macron said ''respect Russia''

Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral By Shayan Sardarizadeh & Olga Robinson BBC Monitoring 9 hours ago Russia-Ukraine war This footage from a 2020 TV series is being shared with claims it shows actors being made up to be victims of the Ukraine war Nearly two weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the flow of false or misleading information about the war hasn't let up and now there are some outlandish theories being shared online. Some have begun to circulate claims the war is a hoax, a media fabrication, or has been exaggerated by the West in terms of its scale. We've examined some of them. False claims about "crisis actors" A video of a young woman and a young man having fake blood applied to their faces has racked up millions of views on multiple platforms. It is shared as supposed evidence that the war in Ukraine is a hoax and civilian victims are actually "crisis actors" - people hired to act out scenes from an attack. This image is from a 2020 Ukrainian TV series and unrelated to the Russian invasion But the video is unrelated to the war. It was shot in 2020 on the production set of Ukrainian TV series Contamin . The male actor can be seen in behind-the-scenes images from the set tweeted in December 2020. Bts from set of Contamin tv series. #backstage #unitstillsphotography #onset #bts #setlife #hvozdkov #ukrainian @FujifilmX_US @_fujilove_ #fujixt30 pic.twitter.com/8xBY0HTjkk — CinemaPeople (@CinemaPeople_) December 7, 2020 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original tweet on Twitter Moving corpse A video of a news reporter in front of multiple body bags has gone viral on several major social networks, and has been spread widely by pro-Kremlin accounts. Seconds into the clip, one of the body bags starts moving, a man removes the cover and is attended to by a photographer. Social media posts claim the video was shot in Ukraine and proves the war is either a hoax or manufactured by "Western propaganda". Video of a climate change protest in Vienna is being presented as fake Ukrainian victims from the war But the claims are false. The video clip is from a climate change protest in Vienna in early February, as reported by Austrian newspaper Osterreich . Organised by "Friday for Future" climate activists, the depiction of body bags aimed to highlight the danger of carbon emissions to human life. The same video was shared by conspiracy groups last month with false claims that it showed a Covid "crisis actor" . False wooden guns claim A screenshot of a Fox News broadcast showing two Ukrainian men holding what appear to be wooden guns has gone viral. It is often accompanied by false claims that the war in Ukraine is a hoax and the fact that they are not real guns is proof of this. Fake guns were given to civilian volunteers willing to train to defend their communities before the war The footage actually dates back to mid-February, before the war began. It was taken during a training course provided by the far-right Azov battalion for civilian volunteers in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv willing to defend themselves and their communities in case of a Russian invasion. Ukraine invasion: Misleading claims continue to go viral Ukraine conflict: Further false images shared online Ukraine conflict: Many misleading images shared online Steven Seagal is not fighting in Ukraine A false tweet - seemingly sent by CNN's verified Twitter account - claims US actor Steven Seagal, who is a dual US-Russian national, has been spotted "among Russian special forces" near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Along with ordinary users, the tweet has been picked up by influential accounts with huge followings, including US podcast host Joe Rogan, who shared it with his 14 million followers on Instagram. A false tweet about Steven Seagal fighting in Ukraine was shared by Joe Rogan But Mr Seagal is not fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, and the tweet was probably generated by one of the multiple free online tools that enables users to create fake - but authentic-looking - tweets from verified accounts. The actor, 69, told Fox News last week he looked at both countries as "one family" and hoped for a "positive, peaceful resolution". CNN said the image was fabricated and it had "never reported anything like this". Mr Rogan later deleted his Instagram post. Russian diplomat shares false tweet A Russian diplomat has shared screenshots showing a fabricated story about a journalist being killed in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. "How to make a fake… colleagues, beware, the main battle is not in Ukraine, it's with lies and fakes of MSM" tweeted Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's deputy ambassador to the UN, referring to "mainstream media" as MSM. His post was accompanied by a tweet alleging that CNN had reported on the death of "Bernie Gores" in Ukraine, after sharing a story about the same man's demise in Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover last year. An image of YouTuber Jordie Jordan was used with a false identity to claim he was reported as dead in Ukraine by CNN But the screenshots presented as proof of fabrication come from fake CNN accounts - both of which have since been suspended by Twitter. And the man presented in the images as Bernie Gores is in fact a YouTuber, who is very much alive, called Jordie Jordan. A CNN representative told fact-checkers from Reuters the posts were "absolute fiction" . War in Ukraine: More coverage LIVE: Latest updates from on the ground SYMBOL: Why has 'Z' become a Russian pro-war sign? VIRAL: False claims that war is a hoax EXPLAINED: Why Putin has invaded Ukraine? IN DEPTH: Full coverage of the conflict False footage Different versions of a video of a large crowd being asked by a director to run and scream in fear have racked up hundreds of thousands of views on multiple platforms. It is claimed the video was leaked from Ukraine, suggesting some of the distressing scenes run by media outlets are actually fabricated. Behind-the-scenes footage from the film Invasion Planet Earth is being shared in the context of the Ukraine invasion But the video was actually shot in Birmingham's Victoria Square in 2013 for the sci-fi film Invasion Planet Earth, which at the time was titled Kaleidoscope Man. The film's director, Simon Cox, said on Twitter he was "shocked to see my footage being used like this" . Vice-president's wife didn't join army Social media users have been sharing an image allegedly showing the wife of a 'Ukrainian vice-president' who has joined the country's armed forces to fight the Russian invasion. However, Ukraine does not have a vice-president. Twitter users have wrongly claimed that the woman in the picture is the Ukrainian vice-president's wife Another version of the claim doing the rounds on Twitter wrongly suggests that the woman in the picture is Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska. Fact-checkers Logically have ascertained that the photograph is an image of a Ukrainian soldier from August 2021. The original photo was taken during a rehearsal for a military parade in Kyiv.

MadamVanessa:



Upon the fact that he's living in "Hallelujah street" an heavenly language street, still he refused to be influenced by God.

Stupid men everywhere.

A girl in Kenya was sentenced for life for sleeping with a minor, this idiot here should be killed immediately.

yes fa, hes supposed to be killed..
though i dont know why person will marry one woman and another woman will be brought for him to come and be living and eating inside his bounty without any negotiation.. if na him sister, i belive the wife go for poison her instead.. God help us

Zonefree:

Late 30s could be 38.
Say the girl is 20. Her mum gave birth to her at 18.

Why asking her age? Is 20 not old enough for marriage? Or giving birth at 18 is a sacrilege in your village?

ha., that age question is very importanter.. with your own analysis, if the girl is 20 and her mum was 18 when she gave birth to her, this may mean she was begotten out of wedlock.. the father maybe dead but thats also not something i believe.. they are just trying to cash out from you ni ogbeni.. ma da awon alatenuje buruku loun.. talk to them..what am even saying.. for you to be asking such question on nairaland, you be those kind men be that.. smips abi what do they call it.. i dont have advice for you.. do what pleases your soul..olorun a wa pelu e

iyawo wa olowo...

Ukrainian law enforcement has accused opposition MP Ilya Kiva of state treason. The nation’s prosecutor general, Irina Venediktova, informed the lawmaker about her agency’s decision in a fiery Facebook post on Sunday, accusing him of “doing everything” to invite the “Russian aggressors” to Ukraine. Kiva’s actions have dealt “colossal damage” to Ukraine, Venediktova said, warning that he will face “no other destiny” than arrest, extradition, and trial. She did not list any specific actions that earned the MP a place on Ukraine’s “list of suspects,” but instead accused him of “doing everything” to make Ukraine’s borders “change,” forcing millions of Ukrainians out of the country, and making “millions of Ukrainians hide in bombs shelters.” Venediktova, apparently referring to the ongoing Russian military invasion of Ukraine, said her words were based on, “not emotion,” but a list of “facts.” Kiva, a former member of the ‘Opposition Platform — For Life’ party, has long been a fierce critic of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Kiev’s pro-NATO policies. In a recent interview, the MP slammed the US and NATO for using Ukraine as “bait” to provoke Russia into a conflict. Washington and its allies tricked Zelensky and then just threw Ukraine away, he said. “The worst thing is that the Ukrainian people have gone down” along with the government in Kiev, Kiva added. The MP has long advocated for neutral status for Ukraine and opposed the nation’s aspirations to join NATO. After Moscow launched its miliary operation in Ukraine, Kiva accused Zelensky of provoking the bloodshed. “As a citizen of Ukraine, I must fight for my nation to join NATO… But I do not want into NATO, I want to live in an independent country that remains non-aligned and can serve as a bridge between East and West,” Kiva said on March 1. His statements put him at odds with his own party, which banished the MP from its ranks in late February, accusing him of “impeding” peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. Speaking on the prosecutor general’s decision on Saturday, Kiva said he had long been aware of plans to accuse him of treason, and left Ukraine as early as January 30. The lawmaker first flew to Spain and then moved to Moscow. He also warned Ukrainian law enforcement that they will soon have to “answer for the travesty of justice.”

opo

As Russian troops entered Ukraine, the government in Kiev ordered the “emergency destruction” of pathogens including plague and anthrax at US-funded laboratories near the Russian border, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow claimed on Sunday. Earlier rumors that the Russian military was targeting US-run biolabs were written off as conspiracy theories, but the ministry has promised to back up its claims with documents. “We have received documentation from employees of Ukrainian biolaboratories on the emergency destruction on February 24 of especially dangerous pathogens of plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases,” read a statement from the ministry. The statement accused the “Kiev regime” of conducting an “emergency cleansing” to hide evidence of the supposed biological weapons program, which the ministry claimed was funded by the US, and involved the production of “biological weapons components” at at least two laboratories in the cities of Poltava and Kharkov, both of which have seen intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in recent days. The documents published by the ministry purportedly include an order from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to destroy the pathogens, and lists of the germs in question. RT can not independently verify the authenticity of these documents. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that they are currently being analyzed by radiation, chemical and biological protection specialists. “In the near future we will present the results of the analysis,” the ministry said, adding that it believes the documents will prove that Ukraine and the US were violating Article 1 of the UN Biological Weapons Convention. The US, Ukraine and Russia are among more than 180 parties to this treaty, and under Article 1 of the agreement, all parties agree “never under any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile, acquire, or retain” biological weapons. As of the moment of this article’s publication, Washington has not commented on the ministry’s claims, and neither has Kiev. In the initial days of Russia’s military offensive last month, claims circulated online that Russia was targeting western-funded biolabs with missile strikes. These allegations were never verified and were derided by western sources as conspiracy theories , although the Pentagon has publicly stated that it works with the Ukrainian government to “consolidate and secure pathogens and toxins of security concern in Ukrainian government facilities,” for “peaceful research and vaccine development,” according to the US embassy in Kiev.

Wisesaying001:

You could easily prove his statement wrong,that would have been more soothing.

no way... the poster made his choice, the commenter made his choice too

infofta:
Putin is like Hitler he got pride and doesn't care about his people or scared to die. Before that happens he will take the world population with him by using nuclear weapons once NATO gets involved.

Who is ready for that?

you dont have to be ready.. it is a promise that will surely be fulfiled.. abi why are they keeping the bombs if not to use them one day?

Frankiss44:


Russia has no serious allies, even Putin knows he is safer in the hands of the west than China that is always in the fence .. This world wi are leaving in is sadly controlled by the west.. Know this and know peace

yes... and the only way to change this is to goto war with the west.. this is the only way we can have a new world order

awon alagbara nun