REFERENCE: The Initial State (Part II)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Volodymyr_Zelenskyy

In order to quickly end the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia planned to have groups enter Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and destroy Ukraine's leadership. Presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak stated that "Russia's key intention [was] to remove the country's top leadership, create maximum panic, and try to establish its own puppet government".

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/zelensky-told-eu-leaders-this-might-be-the-last-time-you-see-me-alive-2022-2

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday told European leaders on a conference call that it "might be the last time you see me alive" as the Russian military pushes ahead with its offensive in his country.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Russian troops entered Ukraine from the north in Belarus (towards Kyiv); from the north-east in Russia (towards Kharkiv); from the east in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic; and from the south in Crimea. Russian equipment and vehicles were marked with a white Z military symbol (a non-Cyrillic letter), believed to be a measure to prevent friendly fire.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/02/world/europe/kyiv-invasion-disaster.html

After the disastrous initial attempt on Kyiv, Russia resorted to a different strategy: encircling it. An outer ring would block crucial weapons and supplies from getting in. An inner ring would seal off opposing forces and provide a solid base for a more robust attack.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kyiv_(2022)

The Battle of Kyiv was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, and surrounding districts. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle lasted from 25 February 2022 to 2 April 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hostomel

On 24 February 2022, Russian airborne forces arrived via helicopters and battled Ukrainian forces for control of the Hostomel Airport. Ukrainian forces initially evicted the Russian airborne troops from the airport, but were soon engaged by Russian reinforcements.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2624095/Video-Vehicles-burn-Pobeda-Venue-Ukraine-Russia-invades.html

Vehicles burn on Peremohy Avenue in Ukraine and gunshots ring out as Russian invasion continues.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/02/zelensky-ukraine-president-selfie-video-kyiv/622949/

As of Friday evening, the heads of the democratically elected government of Ukraine were still alive, and still in power, and still vowing to resist. “We are all here,” Zelensky said. “Our soldiers are here. The citizens of the country are here.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-russia-fighting.html

A skirmish in an eastern suburb of Kyiv illustrated how close Russian forces have come as they continued to tighten a noose on the city, but also revealed their strategic vulnerabilities.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/22/three-pictures-tell-us-putin-power/

Despite being a former spy, Putin is also an inveterate technophobe, who reportedly hates mobile phones and computers, preferring briefing folders, secure …

 

https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/zelensky-remains-in-ukraine-despite-false-claims-on-social-media/

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of himself to his Facebook and Instagram accounts on March 18 announcing humanitarian aid projects and reporting on Russian military tactics. The video was filmed in front of Kyiv’s famed House with Chimeras, where Zelensky had recorded one of his first videos following Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24.

 

https://archive.ph/gCoJx

Which is why Vladislav Gorodetsky's House of Chimeras in Kiev is so wonderful. Its skin bulges with frogs, elephants, catfish, stags, lizards, rhinos. A snake hangs down one corner like a scaly drain pipe. Mermaids straddle thrashing fish on the roof. It couldn't be more over the top.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_world%27s_a_stage

"All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII Line 139. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play and catalogues the seven stages of a man's life, sometimes referred to as the seven ages of man.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/entertainment/volodymyr-zelensky-acting-career/index.html

Journalist Amy Spiri tweeted a video of Zelensky from 2016 doing a comedy bit in which he and others appeared to play the piano with their pants down. “Who among us has not played “Hava Nagila” on a piano with their genitals on stage and then gone on to lead their country against a foreign invasion?,” she tweeted.

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158150926/volodymyr-zelenskyy-president-ukraine-russia-war

Over the past year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has undergone one of the most dramatic political transformations in modern history. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Zelenskyy was polling around 25%. Today, some compare him to Winston Churchill.

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-said-found-russian-parade-uniforms-left-behind-in-kyiv-2022-4

Russian soldiers advancing on Kyiv brought parade uniforms with them, seeming to expect a victory in less than two days, a Ukrainian army official said on Thursday. The official said the soldiers left them behind when withdrawing from the Kyiv area, after weeks of trying without success to take the Ukrainian capital.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-04/ukrainians-emerge-celebrate-as-russians-pull-back/100963856

Civilians whose towns and villages were occupied by Russian troops laying siege to Kyiv have been celebrating the invaders' withdrawal.

 

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/11/15/7376378/

Ukraine has outlined the following 10 propositions: ...

 

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