DAY 61 | 03.02.22 | INVASION DAY 7 SPECIAL

Day 61 / 365

215YEARS ago today US Congress enacted a law to “prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States ... from any foreign kingdom, place or country.”, banning the slave trade in the U.S.

RECC’E OF THE DAY

5840RUSSIAN troops have been killed according to latest Ukrainian estimates. They are also reported to have lost 221 tanks, 31 helicopters, 30 aircraft, 85 artillery systems, 862 armored personnel carriers, 355 vehicles, 60 fuel tanks, 40 multiple launch rocket systems, and nine anti-aircraft systems. 

311UKRANIAN tanks and other armoured military vehicles have reportedly been destroyed by Russia. Further this they have reportedly lost 42 airplanes and helicopters, 51 multiple launch rocket systems, 147 field artillery weapons and mortars, and 263 specialised military vehicles.

80%OF 150 troops that Russia has massed along Ukraine’s borders have already crossed into Ukraine since the invasion began Thursday.

660kUKRANIAN citizens have now fled the country according to the UN. An additional 98k fled to Poland on Tuesday taking their refugee total to 450k.

21PEOPLE have been killed and another 112 injured after Russian shelling in the mostly Russian speaking city of Kharkiv. Russian paratroopers entered Ukraine’s second city in the early hours attacking a military hospital before airstrikes targeted police, state agencies and the security service. 

16HIGH PRECISION guided missiles were fired at residential areas of Kharkiv in less than an hour according to Ukraine's defence ministry.

1300ftTV TOWER in Kyiv is struck by 2 missiles knocking out some access to news and broadcasts. Ukraine’s Defence minister says Moscow aims to cut off communications to ‘break the resistance of the people’.

10SEPERATE incidents have been identified and verified by Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab as violations of international law which could amount to war crimes. 

4CLEAR sectors is what Ukraine was divided into when Belarus leader Lukashenko presented a map to his security council on live TV. The map appeared to show Putin’s battle plan and a suspected move into the country of Moldova, Ukraine’s neighbour. It also showed attacks on Zhytomyr which hand not materialised at the time of the meeting. They have now. 

4PEOPLE including 1 child were killed when homes in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr was hit by a Russian cruise missile apparently aimed at a nearby air base.

18MILES is how close the 40 mile convoy of some 15000 Russian troops - an entire army division - now is to the Ukranian capital of Kyiv. 

70JAPANESE men including 50 former members of Japan’s self defence forces and 2 veterans of the French foreign legion have answered Ukraine’s call for foreign volunteers to fight Russian troops in what Ukraines president has called an “international legion”. 

$113A BARREL for Brent Crude - the international benchmark for oil prices - was a new 8-year high. Despite fluctuations it is holding steady at over $110. Russia is the 2nd biggest exporter of oil after Saudi Arabia and this benchmark is up over 70% in the last 12 months.

$4bnWORTH of Russian oil and gas operations are being abandoned by ExxonMobil and the company has halted new investments in the country where it has more than 1000 employee’s; it comes after similar moves by BP, Shell and Equinor. Meanwhile, the world's biggest plane maker Boeing said it is suspending operations in Russia.

60mBARRELS of oil will be released from stockpiles by a 31 strong group of major oil consumers known as the International Energy Agency in the hope of stabilising markets. Russia produces more than 60m barrels every 6 days.

$630bnWAR FUND of Putin is declared worthless by U.S President Biden after he declared they were cutting Russia’s largest banks from the international financial system thus preventing Russia’s central bank from defending the Ruble.

200+TECH companies and experts from Ukraine’s thriving technology scene are rallying to use technology in efforts to assist their country; this ranges from apps to alert people to sirens through to organising supplies. Google has turned off traffic data across Ukraine to temporarily protect users however navigation is still active. 

2:1IS THE RATIO Apple will match its employees donations to certain humanitarian relief funds and it will make this retroactive for donations to those organizations since February 25.  Apple has also halted sales to Russia and it has also limited Apple Maps data sharing in Ukraine and Apple Pay use in Russia.

46JETS owned or leased by more than 20 Russian oligarchs - many of whom have been hit with sanctions and travel bans - are currently being tracked by a twitter bot produced by the same 19 year old who famously tracks Elon Musk’s private jet despite being offered $5k by the CEO to stop. 

2%OF MONTREAL’S annual port volume comes from Russia however Canada has now shut all ports to Russian owned ships. The port of Vancouver, Canada’s busiest, is also not likely to be commercially impacted as it also confirms minimal volume from Russia.

4%OF MASTERCARD’s net revenue comes from business within, into and out of Russia but now the payment firm, along with Visa have blocked multiple financial institutions from their networks. Both have also pledged $2m in humanitarian aid. 

2STATE OWNED media channels in Russia - RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik - have been banned by YouTube throughout Europe. YouTube's move follows European Union officials saying they are "banning Russia Today and Sputnik from broadcasting" in the EU.

$3bnPACKAGE of overall funding is being prepared by the World bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support Ukraine. $350m of this has been submitted to the board for approval this week as the institutions rush to get aid funding into the region. 

2mTONNES of imported wheat and a deal to purchase gas is the offering from Pakistan’s Imran Khan as Pakistan becomes the first major nation to back Vladimir Putin by signing the first new trade deal with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

50kSIGNATORIES of a petition calling for a referendum in Finland means the country will today debate joining NATO. Finland has Europe’s longest border with Russia at over 1,300 kilometers and Russian aggression in Ukraine has pushed the Finnish public closer than ever to NATO.

SIGN-OFF STAT

3HOURS a week of playing video games makes trainee surgeons perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors.

  

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