{"id":175089,"date":"2022-04-12T00:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=175089"},"modified":"2022-04-12T00:58:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:58:20","slug":"ukraine-resists-russia-s-invasion-day-47-russian-army-raped-children-in-kyiv-suburbs-ukraine-economy-to-shrink-by-45-per-cent-russia-nearly-ready-for-donbas-offensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-resists-russia-s-invasion-day-47-russian-army-raped-children-in-kyiv-suburbs-ukraine-economy-to-shrink-by-45-per-cent-russia-nearly-ready-for-donbas-offensive","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine resists Russia\u2019s invasion. Day 47: Russian army raped children in Kyiv suburbs, Ukraine economy to shrink by 45 per cent, Russia nearly ready for Donbas offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russia nearly ready for new offensive in Donbas<\/strong>, said spokesperson of Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. Russia regroups troops to advance in the eastern operation zone, reinforces the command and supply systems, the spokesperson said. Russia\u2019s effort is to defeat Ukraine\u2019s Joint Forces, take full control of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and secure a land corridor to temporarily occupied Crimea.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Dvornikov who ran operation in Syria, Chechnya appointed to head Russian force in Ukraine. <\/strong>What to expect from the big battle for Donbas. Director of the Defense Express consulting company Serhiy Zhurets explained Dvornikov\u2019s campaign tactics in Chechnya, and later in Syria.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen [Russia\u2019s] advance met resistance on the ground, they used artillery and aviation to completely erase the areas of alleged civilian resistance. They used chemical weapons in areas where resistance continued. That\u2019s primitive operation of the war machine.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian army raped children in Kyiv region.<\/strong> In Kyiv region, particularly in Bucha and Irpin, the Russian troops raped children during their occupation of the area, Lyudmila Denisova, Ukraine\u2019s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the facts she quoted. In Bucha, a 14-year-old girl became pregnant after she was raped by five Russian soldiers. In Bucha, an 11-year-old boy was raped by Russians in front of his mother who was tied to a chair and forced to watch as it happened. In Irpin, a 20-year-old woman was raped by three Russians \u201cin all possible ways at once\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe level of brutality of Russia\u2019s army of terrorists and executioners knows no bounds \u2013 raped children. There is no place on earth or in hell where Russian criminals can hide from retribution,\u201d Denisova wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rape is strictly banned by Article 27 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, she reminded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denisova also urged the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine and the expert mission set up by the OSCE participating states in accordance with the Moscow Mechanism to take into account these facts of Russian war crimes in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

War to shrink Ukraine economy by 45 per cent. <\/strong>Russian invasion is to shrink Ukraine\u2019s economy by an estimated 45.1 per cent this year, the World Bank said in the War in the Region economic update. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s invasion has shut down half of the country\u2019s businesses, the World Bank said. The loss of access to the Black Sea cuts off half of Ukraine\u2019s exports. Russia\u2019s economic output is projected to contract by 11.2 per cent in 2022 because of the sanctions and the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Podcast Explaining Ukraine: It\u2019s Time to Stop Admiring the \u201cRussian Soul\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mysterious \u201cRussian soul\u201d has been an object of international admiration for centuries. We explain why this admiration is na\u00efve. Russia’s love for \u201cwide\u201d horizons, \u201cborderless\u201d thinking and \u201cextreme\u201d emotions has deprived it of key elements of Western civilization: the idea of balance and proportions. In the Russian culture, the distinctions between good and evil are difficult to draw. — Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor at UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist who is in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre. Listen to the episode<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine in Flames #30. How did the Russian-Ukrainian war become possible?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Putin may have started the war, but he is not the only one supporting it. In fact, 74% of the Russian population support the war, and 78% agree with Putin\u2019s decisions. It is a collective passion of the Russian people to destroy Ukraine. Russians believe that historical, social, political and economic connections that the Russian Empire and the USSR have entangled its neighbors in are still relevant and should be respected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To deal with the totalitarian past, Russia has developed a mythology of past victories. It refused to process its traumatic experience, which led to resentment, revanchism and militarism. Russia\u2019s self-image heavily relies on re-winning battles of the past, ritualistic victory frenzy, and the transformation of dead tyrants into \u2018effective managers\u2019. Meanwhile, Ukraine has worked through its traumas. The sovereignty, anti-colonial spirit and European ambitions of modern Ukraine betrayed the past-oriented Russian world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the Ukrainian \u2018little brother\u2019 became an enemy and needed to be subdued or punished. We are reflecting on further reasons for Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine in Ukraine in Flames #30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Hanna Shelest, Editor-in-Chief, UA: Ukraine Analytica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pylyp Illienko, film producer, Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Film Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vita Dumanska, leader of the \u201cCHESNO\u201d civil movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larysa Yakubova, phD in historical sciences, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine in Flames #31. What military support does Ukraine need today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukraine in Flames #32. How Russia is killing the future of Ukraine \u2013 children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russia nearly ready for new offensive in Donbas, said spokesperson of Ukraine\u2019s Defense Ministry Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. Russia regroups troops to advance in the eastern operation zone, reinforces the command and supply systems, the spokesperson said. Russia\u2019s effort is to defeat Ukraine\u2019s Joint Forces, take full control of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and secure a land […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":175090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[700,32721,611],"tags":[32716,1380,32700],"section":[743,648],"form":[],"yoast_head":"\nUkraine resists Russia\u2019s invasion. 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