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abqtommy's JournalGuardian: War-hit families flee to safety as 1m leave Ukraine - in pictures March 3, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/mar/03/war-flee-safety-ukraine-russia-un-poland-hungary-slovakia-moldova-in-picturesThis photo gallery shows the people and their pets fleeing the fighting in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera: Photos: Shelling continues in Ukraine as Russian forces advance, March 3, 2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/3/3/photos-shelling-continues-in-ukraine-as-russian-forces-advance'More than one million people have fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, in the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations says.
“In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighbouring countries,” UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi tweeted. “Unless there is an immediate end to the conflict, millions more are likely to be forced to flee Ukraine.”
Russian troops were in the centre of the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson on Thursday after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had captured a major urban centre for the first time in its eight-day invasion.
The capture of Kherson, a strategic southern provincial capital where the Dnieper River flows into the Black Sea, is the first significant city to fall since Moscow launched its attack on February 24.'
This photo essay provides text and photos of the current events in Ukraine with
access to further news reports.
Al Jazeera: Russia's invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day eight
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/3/russia-invasion-of-ukraine-list-of-key-events-from-day-eight>Kharkiv bombarded
Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv continues to come under severe Russian shelling, with police and university buildings among the latest struck.
>‘Massive explosions’ heard in Kyiv
Ukrainian media say several “massive explosions” have been heard in the capital, Kyiv, triggering air-raid sirens amid fighting on the outskirts of the capital.
>UK says Russian convoy ‘delayed by staunch resistance’
The miles-long Russian military convoy north of Kyiv remains more than 30km (18 miles) from the capital as a result of it having been delayed by “staunch Ukrainian resistance” and logistical issues, the United Kingdom’s defence ministry says.
>First Russian toll
Russia says 498 of its troops have been killed in Ukraine, its first declared death toll since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion on February 24. The true number of casualties on each side is not known. The United Nations has recorded at least 227 civilian deaths, but says the real toll is likely higher.
There's more text, access to videos, a map and related news at the link.
Reuters In Pictures: Scenes from the State of the Union March 1, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/scenes-from-the-state-of-the-union-idUSRTS5XKB5It's interesting to be able to match names and faces. I couldn't help but think of the movie
title 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'.
Al Jazeera: Russia's invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day seven
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/2/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-list-of-key-events-from-day-seven>Russia’s military claims it has taken control of the strategically important city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, as the Ukrainian armed forces said Russian troops had landed in Ukraine’s second-biggest city of Kharkiv and triggered immediate clashes.
Kherson
Russia’s military claims to have taken full control of Kherson, a key Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea. Footage showed Russian forces and tanks in the city centre amid reports of erecting checkpoints surrounding the city.
Kharkiv fighting
Russian paratroopers land in Ukraine’s second city amid heavy fighting. Ukrainian officials say a hospital has been attacked and the barracks of a flight school is on fire after an air raid.
Navalny urges Russians to protest
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urges Russians to protest daily against the invasion of Ukraine, saying they should not be a “nation of frightened cowards”.<
There's more text, photos and access to video at the link.
Reuters: Top Photos of the Day, March 1, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/top-photos-of-the-day-idUSRTS5WUFBToday's regular daily photo presentation is very heavy with informative views of
what's going on now with Ukraine and its people.
Happy 150th birthday to the nation's (and the world's) first National Park, Yellowstone!
from The Good News Network... This national park was created March 1,1872
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events070301/
>Known by many names over the years, from “Mi tsi a-da-zi,” to “Colter’s Hell” to “Wonderland,” its collection of geysers, hot springs, and boiling mud pools, nestled among pine forests, river gullies, and wide plains, is totally unique in the world. Spilling over the northern border of Wyoming into Idaho and Montana, and reaching down across Jackson Hole, the Grand Tetons, and the surrounding foothills, Yellowstone lies at the heart of the “GYE” or Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining nearly-intact ecosystem in the Earth’s northern Temperate Zone.
During expeditions across the west during the early 1800s, reports occasionally came back of a place where rivers boiled, the ground shifted and melted away, and trees turned to white rocks. They were dismissed as fairy tales— as John “Colter’s Hell” based on the man’s stories. Eventually mountain man Jim Bridger reported the same, but it wasn’t until Nathaniel P. Langford’s expedition following the Civil War that people began to consider it reality. His accounts, published as The Wonder’s of Yellowstone,” paired with the corresponding account of Truman C. Everts, who got completely lost for 37 days in what would become the park, and who fell into hot mud pools, was chased by wolves, and had to hide up a tree from a mountain lion, convinced the legislative branch a set aside an enormous chunk of that region as a “nation’s park”.
27 Native American Tribes have historic and modern connections to the land and its resources. For over 10,000 years before Yellowstone became a national park, it was a place where Native Americans lived, hunted, fished, gathered plants, quarried obsidian, and used thermal waters for religious and medicinal purposes. Today it’s one of the only places in North America one can find both wolves, and grizzly bears.<
There's a bit more text, access to a video and artwork/photos at the link. I've
enjoyed many trips to Yellowstone as boy and man and recommend it as a
destination for anyone who enjoys nature.
BBC: Ukraine crisis: 'This place will always remain Ukraine'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60561049>As an artist, Mark Neville has dedicated a decade to documenting Ukrainians. As Russian forces massed on the border he rushed to capture their lives in the shadow of a growing threat. His experiences leave him convinced "10 million Russian troops" could not capture Ukraine.
The love affair began in a military hospital in Kyiv.
London-born photographer Mark Neville had been invited to Ukraine following the publication of his book Battle Against Stigma, which documented war trauma and the mental health struggles of veterans.
"I instantly fell in love with Ukraine - with [Ukrainians'] resilience, with their bravery, with the culture, with the food, with the architecture, with the design," he said.<
This photo essay presents text and photos celebrating Ukraine and its people.
I'm enjoying watching the old Burns and Allen TV show this morning on the CW
channel on my cable. They used to just have it on during weekends but it's become
a regular daily thing. Some of the shows they put up are the newer ones where George
sees what's going on with the family by watching closed-circuit TV. My Step-Dad used
to get a big kick outta that and so did I. Still do, for that matter.
CBC*: Udderly beautiful views in this week's photo album, February 28, 2022
*Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/udderly-beautiful-views-in-this-week-s-photo-album-1.6366272
I always enjoy seeing photos of natural beauty and wildlife and this weeks' gallery
doesn't disappoint me.
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