New video from Zelensky this morning, in front of presidential residence in central Kyiv: "There's a lot of fake news that I'm calling on the army to put down its arms and evacuate. Here's how it is: we are not putting down any arms. …
"We will protect our country, because our weapons are our truth. The truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will protect them all. That is it. That's what I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine." Translation via @tvrain
And speaking of @tvrain: They are doing truly remarkable work bringing the reality of this war to people in Russia and Russian speakers around the world. It's 9 a.m. on Saturday morning in Moscow and their free, live YouTube stream has 200,000 viewers.
Declared a foreign agent last year, @tvrain now relies mainly on subscriptions and donations to survive tvrain.ru/donate/
Missed a line in Zelensky's video: "Here's how it is: I'm here. We are not putting down any arms…"

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Feb 27
Zelensky addresses the people of Belarus in his address this morning, speaking Russian; Belarus is holding a referendum today that's expected to tighten Lukashenko's grip on power.

“From your territory, forces of the Russian Federation are firing rockets at Ukraine… Image
"From your territory they are killing our children, destroying our houses, trying to blow up everything that was built over the decades, not just by us but by our fathers and our grandfathers…
“How will you look your children in the eyes? How will you look into each others’ eyes? How will you look into your neighbors’ eyes? We are your neighbors. We Ukrainians …
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Feb 25
Zelensky just called on Putin for talks "to stop the dying," but Russia signaled today it's not interested. "We are ready for talks at any moment," Lavrov said, "as soon as the Ukrainian Armed Forces…stop their resistance and put down their arms." nytimes.com/live/2022/02/2…
Now Kremlin seems to vaguely reverse course; Peskov says Putin is prepared to send representatives to Minsk, Belarus, for talks with Ukraine, after Zelensky earlier said he was ready to discuss Ukraine’s “neutral status.”
The Kremlin said it was ready for talks after Mr. Putin held a call with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. nytimes.com/live/2022/02/2…
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Feb 24
Another extraordinary televised Kremlin meeting, this one with oligarchs. The head of the industrialists' lobby group tells Putin to avoid wrecking the Russian economy further in responding to Western sanctions; Putin responds describing today's invasion as a "necessary measure."
Shokhin, the chief lobbyist: “Everything should be done to demonstrate as much as possible that Russia remains part of the global economy and will not provoke, including through some kind of response measures, global negative phenomena on world markets.”
Putin: “To be clear, what is happening is a necessary measure. They just gave us no chance to act otherwise. … The risks were such that it was unclear how our country would even continue to exist.”
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Feb 24
Putin: “I have taken the decision to carry out a special military operation. Its goal will be to defend people who for eight years are suffering persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime. For this we will aim for demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine…
"… as well as taking to court those who carried out multiple bloody crimes against civilians including citizens of the Russian Federation. Our plans do not include occupying Ukrainian territory.”
Calls on Ukrainian soldiers to lay down arms; all “follow these demands will be able to leave the battle zone.”
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Feb 23
Zelensky addressing the Russian people in Russian now:
“Today I initiated a phone call with the president of the Russian Federation. The result was silence, though the silence should be in the Donbas. As a result I want to address all citizens of Russia…
"We are separated by more than 2000 km of mutual borders, along which 200,000 of your soldiers and 1,000 armored vehicles are standing. Your leadership has approved their step forward onto the territory of another country. This step could become the beginning of a big war…
"The cause could come up at any moment, any provocation, any spark, a spark that could burn everything down. You are told that this flame will liberate the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free. …
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Feb 15
Russia says some troops deployed from military districts bordering Ukraine will head back to garrison; but troops deployed from farther away are, apparently, remaining for now. nytimes.com/live/2022/02/1…
As discussed last week — this is going to be a long crisis. nytimes.com/2022/02/08/wor…
At the same time as he's raised the stakes over Ukraine, Putin has intensified his personal outreach to leaders in Latin America. He hosts Bolsonaro tomorrow — the same day that American officials have said could be the start of an invasion. W/ @jacknicas nytimes.com/2022/02/15/wor…
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