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Russia threatens Europe's gas supplies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...latest-updates

“A rejection of Russian oil would lead to catastrophic consequences for the global market,” said Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak, saying the price could more than double to over $300 per barrel.

Noting that Germany last month froze the certification of Nord Stream 2 that was due to pipe gas from Russia to Germany, he said Russia could cut off the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline – one of the main sources of natural gas to Europe.

“We have every right to take a matching decision and impose an embargo on gas pumping through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline,” said Novak.

A lô a lô dầu thô lên giá
Ai có stocks đổi lấy dầu thô…

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A lô a lô dầu thô lên giá
Ai có stocks đổi lấy dầu thô…

Thế nên phải năng vận động. Đi bộ là liều thước kíu cuốc.

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tái diễn câu chuyện "xâm lăng". Không phải ở Mỹ, ở Anh cơ. Ngày xưa Anh thoát ly EU vì không muốn nhận người tị nạn theo công thức Dublin II. Cớ sao GB ngày nay lại có thể nhận ai từ Ukraine chứ.

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Ukrainian refugees, meet Britain’s ‘hostile environment’. We should be ashamed
Simon Jenkins

One and a half million desperate Ukrainian refugees. Fifty British visas. It beggars belief.

In time of war we should keep emotional responses in proportion, but sometimes the hypocrisy is intolerable. Boris Johnson is frantically – and blatantly – traipsing his Churchill act through the capitals of Europe. He hurls abuse at Vladimir Putin and promises Ukraine guns and missiles, aid and sanctions, persecution of oligarchs, anything short of soldiers. But when asked to do the one concrete thing that might directly relieve that country’s agony, he reverts to type. For god’s sake keep these Ukrainians away from our shores. Remember the ark of the Brexit covenant.

Across Europe, EU countries have thrown open their doors. Thousands of families have literally done so. There are no border guards, wire fences, sheafs of documents and demands for proof of identity and health. These people are frantic. They could soon be spreading out across Europe. Obviously most will be temporary and most will want to stay within reach of their homes. But that still leaves tens of thousands begging for refuge farther west, many in England as they speak the language.

When the surge began Johnson won headlines by promising to let in 200,000 “eligible” Ukrainians. It turned out that “eligible” meant only those with direct, immediate relatives, though even this didn’t include the parents of anyone over 18. Only after an eruption in the House of Commons did Johnson make what he presented as a grand concession, to include grandparents. By the weekend it emerged that of 5,535 laboriously completed online applications, just 50 had been granted. More than 1,000 have already entered the much smaller Republic of Ireland. It is obscene.

The factory of excuses has been working overtime. There is talk of Ukrainians “not really wanting to be permanently settled here” and of the need to submit them to official security clearance and biometric data checking. One hundred and fifty of 400 refugees who had made it to Calais were reportedly told by British officials to go to Paris or Brussels to try for visas there. Ukrainians without families in Britain could only get in if they found someone to sponsor them. Details of what this means are still being “worked up at pace and will be communicated in due course”. We can only assume that Priti Patel’s officials are still operating under Theresa May’s “hostile environment” policy towards immigrants. She and they are oblivious of the crisis in common humanity now looming over Europe.

A frostier welcome to Britain could hardly be imagined. There is no hint that Ukrainians should have unrestricted right of entry as they flee the Russian invasion, as elsewhere in Europe for the past horrific week. Johnson presumably believes it is not what the British public want. I can hear him saying, they voted for Brexit, didn’t they?

It is hard not to see Johnson’s electoral calculus beneath all this. The obsession with halting migration has entered the Home Office soul, a department now institutionally xenophobic. The result is shameful. When today’s Britons are asked by their grandchildren what they did in the great Ukrainian war, they will have to reply that, thanks to Johnson, “at least we kept the foreigners out”.

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Bức tâm thư của đệ nhất phu nhân Ukraine:

"...Despite assurances from Kremlin-backed propaganda outlets, who call this a "special operation" - it is, in fact, the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians..."

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An Open Letter to the Global Media by Olena Zelenska
8 March 2022 - 22:11




Recently, an overwhelming number of media outlets from around the world have reached out with requests for interviews. This letter serves as my answer to these requests and is my testimony from Ukraine.

What happened just over a week ago was impossible to believe. Our country was peaceful; our cities, towns, and villages were full of life.

On February 24th, we all woke up to the announcement of a Russian invasion. Tanks crossed the Ukrainian border, planes entered our airspace, missile launchers surrounded our cities.

Despite assurances from Kremlin-backed propaganda outlets, who call this a "special operation" - it is, in fact, the mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.

Perhaps the most terrifying and devastating of this invasion are the child casualties. Eight-year-old Alice who died on the streets of Okhtyrka while her grandfather tried to protect her. Or Polina from Kyiv, who died in the shelling with her parents. 14-year-old Arseniy was hit in the head by wreckage, and could not be saved because an ambulance could not get to him on time because of intense fires.

When Russia says that it is 'not waging war against civilians,' I call out the names of these murdered children first.

Our women and children now live in bomb shelters and basements. You have most likely all seen these images from Kyiv and Kharkiv metro stations, where people lie on the floors with their children and pets – trapped beneath. These are just consequences of war for some, for Ukrainians it now a horrific reality. In some cities families cannot get out of the bomb shelters for several days in a row because of the indiscriminate and deliberate bombing and shelling of civilian infrastructure.

The first newborn of the war, saw the concrete ceiling of the basement, their first breath was the acrid air of the underground, and they were greeted by a community trapped and terrorized. At this point, there are several dozen children who have never known peace in their lives.

This war is being waged against the civilian population, and not just through shelling.

Some people require intensive care and continuous treatment, which they cannot receive now. How easy is it to inject insulin in the basement? Or to get asthma medication under heavy fire? Not to mention the thousands of cancer patients whose essential access to chemotherapy and radiation treatment have now been indefinitely delayed.

Local communities on social media are full of despair. Many people, including the elderly, severely ill and those with disabilities, have been debilitatingly cut off, ending up far from their families and without any support. War against these innocent people is a double crime.

Our roads are flooded with refugees. Look into the eyes of these tired women and children who carry with them the pain and heartache of leaving loved ones and life as they knew it behind. The men bringing them to the borders shedding tears to break apart their families, but bravely returning to fight for our freedom. After all, despite all this horror, Ukrainians do not give up.

The aggressor, Putin, thought that he would unleash blitzkrieg on Ukraine. But he underestimated our country, our people, and their patriotism. Ukrainians, regardless of political views, native language, beliefs, and nationalities, stand in unparalleled unity.

While Kremlin propagandists bragged that Ukrainians would welcome them with flowers as saviors, they have been shunned with Molotov cocktails.

I thank the citizens of the attacked cities, who have coordinated to help those in need. Those that keep working - in pharmacies, stores, public transportation, and social services – showing that in Ukraine, life wins.

I acknowledge those that have provided humanitarian aid to our citizens and thank you for your continued support. And to our neighbors who have generously opened their borders to provide shelter for our women and children, thank you for keeping them safe, when the aggressor has rendered us unable to do so.

To all the people around the world who are rallying to support Ukraine. We see you! We’re here watching and appreciate your support.

Ukraine wants peace. But Ukraine will defend its borders. Defend its identity. These it will never yield.

In cities where shelling persists, where people find themselves under debris, unable to get out of basements for days, we need safe corridors for humanitarian aid and evacuation of civilians to safety. We need those in power to close our sky!

Close the sky, and we will manage the war on the ground ourselves.

I appeal to you, dear media: keep showing what is happening here and keep showing the truth. In the information war waged by the Russian Federation, every piece of evidence is crucial.

And with this letter, I testify and tell the world: the war in Ukraine is not a war "somewhere out there." This is a war in Europe, close to the EU borders. Ukraine is stopping the force that may aggressively enter your cities tomorrow under the pretext of saving civilians.

Last week to me and my people, this would have seemed like an exaggeration, but it is the reality we’re living in today. And we do not know how long it will last. If we don't stop Putin, who threatens to start a nuclear war, there will be no safe place in the world for any of us.

We will win. Because of our unity. Unity towards love for Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

/* nguồn: https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news...tovih-zm-73437

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Đối nghịch:

• Đồng rúp tuột dốc, người Việt ở Nga ‘ồ ạt về nước’
• Nhiều người Việt ở Ukraine không muốn về Việt Nam, tìm đường sang nước thứ ba

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tái diễn câu chuyện "xâm lăng". Không phải ở Mỹ, ở Anh cơ. Ngày xưa Anh thoát ly EU vì không muốn nhận người tị nạn theo công thức Dublin II. Cớ sao GB ngày nay lại có thể nhận ai từ Ukraine chứ.

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Ukrainian refugees, meet Britain’s ‘hostile environment’. We should be ashamed
Simon Jenkins

One and a half million desperate Ukrainian refugees. Fifty British visas. It beggars belief.

In time of war we should keep emotional responses in proportion, but sometimes the hypocrisy is intolerable. Boris Johnson is frantically – and blatantly – traipsing his Churchill act through the capitals of Europe. He hurls abuse at Vladimir Putin and promises Ukraine guns and missiles, aid and sanctions, persecution of oligarchs, anything short of soldiers. But when asked to do the one concrete thing that might directly relieve that country’s agony, he reverts to type. For god’s sake keep these Ukrainians away from our shores. Remember the ark of the Brexit covenant.

Across Europe, EU countries have thrown open their doors. Thousands of families have literally done so. There are no border guards, wire fences, sheafs of documents and demands for proof of identity and health. These people are frantic. They could soon be spreading out across Europe. Obviously most will be temporary and most will want to stay within reach of their homes. But that still leaves tens of thousands begging for refuge farther west, many in England as they speak the language.

When the surge began Johnson won headlines by promising to let in 200,000 “eligible” Ukrainians. It turned out that “eligible” meant only those with direct, immediate relatives, though even this didn’t include the parents of anyone over 18. Only after an eruption in the House of Commons did Johnson make what he presented as a grand concession, to include grandparents. By the weekend it emerged that of 5,535 laboriously completed online applications, just 50 had been granted. More than 1,000 have already entered the much smaller Republic of Ireland. It is obscene.

The factory of excuses has been working overtime. There is talk of Ukrainians “not really wanting to be permanently settled here” and of the need to submit them to official security clearance and biometric data checking. One hundred and fifty of 400 refugees who had made it to Calais were reportedly told by British officials to go to Paris or Brussels to try for visas there. Ukrainians without families in Britain could only get in if they found someone to sponsor them. Details of what this means are still being “worked up at pace and will be communicated in due course”. We can only assume that Priti Patel’s officials are still operating under Theresa May’s “hostile environment” policy towards immigrants. She and they are oblivious of the crisis in common humanity now looming over Europe.

A frostier welcome to Britain could hardly be imagined. There is no hint that Ukrainians should have unrestricted right of entry as they flee the Russian invasion, as elsewhere in Europe for the past horrific week. Johnson presumably believes it is not what the British public want. I can hear him saying, they voted for Brexit, didn’t they?

It is hard not to see Johnson’s electoral calculus beneath all this. The obsession with halting migration has entered the Home Office soul, a department now institutionally xenophobic. The result is shameful. When today’s Britons are asked by their grandchildren what they did in the great Ukrainian war, they will have to reply that, thanks to Johnson, “at least we kept the foreigners out”.

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Germany receives more than 80,000 Ukrainian refugees
From Chris Stern in Berlin


People fleeing war-torn Ukraine arrive on a train from Poland at the city's Hauptbahnhof main railway station on March 9 in Berlin, Germany. (Steffi Loos/Getty Images)


Germany’s interior ministry has registered a total of 80,035 people from Ukraine since Russia invaded the country, more than 15,000 refugees from the previous day.

The actual figures could be higher, the ministry added.

Around 2.1 million people have fled Ukraine since Feb. 24, according to United Nations data.


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More than 1.3 million people have fled to Poland from Ukraine
From CNN’s Hannah Ritchie



People who fled the war in Ukraine rest inside a temporary refugee shelter after being transported from the Polish Ukrainian border on March 8 in Przemysl, Poland. (Omar Marques/Getty Images)

At least 1.33 million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since Russia launched its military invasion, Poland’s embassy to the European Union tweeted Wednesday, citing figures from the country’s border guard agency.

“Among them 93% are Ukrainian, 1% are Polish and 6% are from 100 other different countries,” the post read.

On Tuesday alone, some 125,800 people crossed into Poland according to the agency.

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Born to run:

From Taliban bullets to Russian bombs: war chases Afghan refugee across Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...-across-europe

Last August, Tajik was studying and living in Kabul when the Taliban arrived at the gates of the city on 14 August.

After days of waiting, on 21 August, Tajik, carrying only a backpack containing a laptop and Elif Shafak’s book The Forty Rules of Love, managed to find a seat on a plane bound for Kyiv.

Six months later, as Tajik was starting to make friends, her life imploded without warning, once more. On 24 February, Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine and head for Kyiv, which was hit by the first airstrikes soon after. For Tajik, it was time to escape again.

Đất trời rộng sao em không bến đỗ
Giấc mơ của em và cánh chim hải âu
Bay ra khỏi tầm tay và tiếng súng…
(Bay đi cánh chim biển)

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Báo trái lề:

reporting on Ukraine outside the west
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tside-the-west

“The west’s horror at Putin’s actions should be placed in the context of the shameful history of western powers’ involvement in illegal wars,” said an article in the prominent South African newspaper the Daily Maverick, pondering South Africa’s perceived neutral position on the war.

An opinion article in the South African daily the Mail & Guardian called the conflict “soaked in contradictions”, criticising western media coverage and government responses that appeared to frame the war in Ukraine as worse than other conflicts outside Europe.

Yan Boechat, a Brazilian journalist who is reporting on the humanitarian crisis from Kyiv, scoffed at the “cynical, hypocritical” tears being shed by the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, over victims of the Ukraine conflict, given the carnage his country’s military had caused in Iraq.

“Under Obama, the US was just as cruel in Mosul as Putin. Nobody was left to mourn the dead. US planes killed them all,” Boechat tweeted, recalling how he had stumbled over body parts while reporting from the devastated Iraqi city six months after the war there.

“Unfortunately, cruelty, barbarity and injustice aren’t unique to Putin and the Russians,” the Brazilian journalist concluded. “Victims are mourned depending on the aggressor. [But] they are all victims: civilians who are Ukrainian, Iraqi, Syrian, Afghan.”

Kỷ sở bất dục, vật thi bản thân.

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Thừa nước đục thả câu ...

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German police warn Ukraine refugees of human traffickers

Police in Berlin have received reports of men harassing young women who have recently fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They have warned women not to accept rides from lone men purporting to be volunteers.


At Berlin central train station, helpers are awaiting Ukrainian refugees

Both police and volunteers working to greet and house refugees arriving in Berlinˈs central station from Ukraine have reported complaints that some people may be trying to exploit the plight of young women, arriving alone or with their small children.

They said that there have been reports of men approaching the women with offers of a ride or a place to stay, trying to use the chaos of the thousands of refugees arriving at the station to their advantage.

However, a Federal Police spokesman told DW that fortunately "they are so conspicuous that they immediately catch the eye of both volunteers and our own staff." He added that number of harassment cases was only in the "lower double digits," and they had no evidence that any crimes of sexual assault, kidnapping, or human trafficking had actually taken place.

"One woman came to us, to whom this happened," the spokesman said. A lone man had been trying to lure her to come with him, promising aid. "We had to remove him from the station. We currently have a huge number of people who want to help with honest intentions and, on the other hand, people who want to use this situation for their own purposes."



Volunteers keeping an eye out

Volunteers at the station have told local media that theyˈve had to follow suspected traffickers until they leave a woman alone. Police have responded by posting warnings on social media, including in Ukrainian, Russian and English. Workers are now also being made aware of the issue during morning meetings at the station with the refugee assistance teams.

"It would be better if those who take in a Ukrainian woman or family had to register," says Monika Cissek-Evans, "unfortunately, some people here also try to exploit others. And it's not just men who approach refugees either, women shouldn't be blindly trusted either."

Cissek-Evans has run "Jadwiga," a counseling center for victims of human trafficking, for 20 years. Many of the people she meets with are women from Eastern Europe. Her group is working on a flyer to be posted at train stations around the country, written in Ukrainian with the following advice: "Don't let go of your passport. Keep your phone with you at all times. Take a picture of the license plate before you get into a car. Ask to see an ID when you are offered an apartment or room. Write down the name and address. Be wary if someone promises you a lot of money quickly."

The threat of forced prostitution

Thus far, there is no evidence, either from German institutions or Ukrainian sources, of any human trafficking of Ukrainian women happening at Berlin's central station, or any other major port of entry in the country.

But Huschke Mau, an author and longtime activist and advocate for sex workers, says that the fear is understandable and the vigilance should remain.

"Every day, 1.2 million men go to a prostitute here. Germany is the number one destination country for EU-wide human trafficking," she said, adding that traffickers and pimps "know that the refugees can bring them a lot of money."

Government announces cooperation with Airbnb

On Thursday, however, the German government announced a new effort to make the situation safer for refugees arriving from Ukraine, many of whom until now have had to rely on the kindness of strangers to find a bed to sleep in.

According to the Interior Ministry, vacation rental firm Airbnb has promised "300,000 private residences will be made available across Germany," to new arrivals. The ministry praised the "wave of solidarity," it has seen from both individuals and companies, in light of the war in Ukraine.

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