Russia claims control over parts of Donbas, Luhansk regions of Ukraine | ABCNL

ABC News' Britt Clennett breaks down the latest developments from Kyiv as Russia is continuing its advance through Eastern Ukraine.

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[Sziasztok]

On this day, 8 years ago, on June 8, 2014, during the shelling of Slavyansk, Polina died. She became the first child to be killed by the Ukrainian army in the war in Donbass. She was 6 years old.

[knowledge]

After 19 years since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, has the West forgotten this war?
The Iraq war is said to have resulted in 1 million deaths the difference is russia have weapons of mass destruction

A message to the future generations never make russia feel threatened
the difference between "looking dangerous" and "being dangerous".Russia
describes military doctrine as defensive military doctrine. With regard
to nuclear weapons specifically, Russia reserves the right to use
nuclear weapons: in response to the use of nuclear and other types of
weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies, in case of
aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the
very existence of the state is threatened
Russia has the World's Largest Bomber
As of 2022, the Federation of American Scientists estimates that Russia possesses 5, 977 nuclear weapons, while the United States has 5, 428; Russia and the U.S. each have about 1, 600 active deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
Russia has the most nuclear weapons of any country, at 6, 257. Of these, 1, 458 are active, meaning they are already deployed, 3, 039 are available (can be deployed if needed) and 1, 760 are retired (out of use and awaiting dismantlement

How do Russian nuclear weapons compare to the rest of the world?

Russia - 6, 257
America 5, 550
UK - 225
France - 290
China - 350
Israel - 90
Pakistan - 165
India - 156
North Korea - 40

When you tell the truth it's always gonna be controversial.
sar Bomba, (Russian: “King of Bombs”), byname of RDS-220, also called Big Ivan, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off, it produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded.

Russia's Tsar bomba: World's most powerful nuclear weapon of mass destruction. The Tsar bomba exploded about 4 km above the ground and reportedly produced a mushroom cloud 60 km high
However, the Soviet Union developed three AN602 physics packages at 101.5 megatons (Mt) and these are more powerful than the Tsar Bomba, which was downscaled to 51 Mt before being used RDS-220 Vanya.

it was modified to yield 50 megatons, which was estimated to be about 3, 800 times the strength of the U.S. bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II

The declassified study from the scientists at the Los Alamos laboratory, published in 1947 had first shed light on the question that how many nuclear bombs it would take to destroy the world. According to the study, it would take about ten to a hundred 'super nukes' to end humanity

plus see this NATO attack:
14, 500 have died in Libya
165, 000 have died in Afghanistan
224, 000 have died in Syria
1, 200, 000 killed in Iraq
It did not shock anyone.
None of these countries received approval.
Russia's killing of 200 Ukrainian troops came as a shock. Human pain overflowed.

Does NATO have any right to blame Russia at all

The 10 Most Powerful Nuclear Bombs

RDS-220 Hydrogen Bomb—"Tsar Bomba" (50 Megatons)
B41 (25 Megatons)
TX-21 "Shrimp" (14.8 Megatons)
Mk-17 (10 to 15 Megatons)
Mk-24 (10 to 15 Megatons)
"Ivy Mike" H-Bomb (10.4 Megatons)
Mk-36 (10 Megatons)
B53 (9 Megatons)
Mk-16 (7 Megatons)
Mk-14 (6.9 Megatons)

[ericp]

But hasn’t the media been saying Ukraine is winning?

[tonycarrillo]

And it looks like Russia is accomplishing its goal but they said they were losing badly

[africankid]

why they never congratulate them, always condescending and try to crap on their victory...wtf, its very toxic behaviour, I never such things for Iraq or afgran even if USA lost

[flodareltih]

We stand with Ukraine
-Lockheed Martin and Raytheon

[JohnDoe-bfuu]

Good job Russia 🇷🇺 cleaning your backyard from nato nazis

[alexortuno]

I really wish I could have some of that 40 billion dollars we keep sending to help the nazis .

[avgjayevryday]

Who takes the MSM news seriously anymore? Patrick Lancaster and New Atlas knows what’s REALLY going on in Ukraine

[sebastiancherubagent]

At last, after 8 long years of brutal fighting, the Donetsk Peoples Republic and Luhansk Peoples Republic are free from Ukrainian hands. If Ukraine doesn’t interfere any longer, hopefully there would be peace.

[karl]

After 100+ days of combat...what progress has the Kyiv regime made with regards to the enumerated strategic/military goals that Zelenksy guaranteed to his populace consisting of 40 million slavs???

1) Reclaim Crimea.
2) Expel all Russian Federation forces out of its political border.

Thus far, NONE of the Kyiv regimes promises have even slightly materialized. >180, 000 km [and counting] of what was Ukraine has been claimed by the Russian Federation with its partners in arms.

Why should we in the West, continue to PRIORITIZE the support of sending munitions, real time actionable intelligence, astronomical sums of monies and military hardware without even the notion for realistic diplomacy that may bring peace now?

The United States WARNED Ukraine in December of 2021 that a Russian invasion was certain BUT Oleksii Yuriyovych Reznikov, Ukraine's Defence Minister categorically DISMISSED this warning, entirely. And then the events of 2/24/22 kicked off. So, WHY is Western Europe and the US paying the price for Ukraine's complancey & lack of military

The Kyiv regime has FAILED then and continues to FAIL at 100+ days into this special military operation.

The Kyiv regime continues to gamble away the lives of millions of Slavs for the their MISTAKES.. Its time for realistic diplomacy... Because at present the only claims the Kyiv regime can make on the battle space is more human loss, more financial cost & hardship; with no military victories ending this conflict.

Its 10 minutes before midnight.

[fswatyahoocom]

Ukraine should negotiate with Russia. The Ukraine can not win and prolonged war will only hurt the country further.

[osamabinlodong]

glory russia
saya dari indonesia selalu berharap russia menang

[DarkstarDarth]

Every 15 minutes one or the other takes control ….film at 11.

[omidpourhossein]

Once privatization vouchers were introduced, most of population was still extremely poor (it's around fall of Soviet Union, economy crisis). Well, imagine you are stuck in apartment that you don't own (you can't own in Soviet Union, government owns everything), you don't have liveably paid job, government just fell apart due to regime and barely can control ongoing chaos. One day out of sudden you get this gold coupon, but you can't do anything about it. You need money. You talk to people and find out that certain individuals form entire criminal families and hunt for these vouchers as the way to gain their influence and, well, become rich. Suddenly owning this voucher becomes a risk for your life as you might be the next in the list of such criminals. They will hunt you and first offer money, then if you don't agree will attempt to blackmail you instead until you pass it over. What's the point in coupon if you're about to die from hunger anyway? So you sell it. That person who got your voucher might be among those oligarchs today. Russia was always dark...

[p.a.andrews]

NO ONE CARES, LEAVE THE RUSSIANS ALONE, THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG!

[AnonymousYT-oyfm]

"russia's defending their own territories" here fixed it for you.

[joshuapaul]

Ukraine is losing the war. We can see mass surrender and desertion. The most important thing is that Ukrainian professional army including elite Nazi units like Azov regiment suffered unsustainable losses and you can't do much with conscripts (most of them are really unwilling to fight for the regime). Ukrainian army will be done by the end of the year. It’s obvious for any honest military expert. “I think that the war in Donbas is turning in favor of the Russians. They do not put the whole mass of combat power there with infantry and tanks. They have gathered their artillery, and that is how they succeed. Russia has a hell of a lot of combat power, much more than the Ukrainians. And there is no way the Ukrainians will ever destroy or defeat the Russians. And I will say more, the Ukrainians will never have enough combat power to drive the Russians out of Ukraine” Stephen M. Twitty, former deputy commander of US European Command.

[robertshrewsbury]

Putin should know this. “There is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.”
― Sun Tzu

[bisligalabama]

You say the latest, where is your date stamp. How do we know when is the latest NEWS?