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2024-11-14 20:19:16

🇺🇦 #Ukraine is developing a 10-point "internal resilience plan" that will be presented next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Nov. 14.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-internal-resilience-plan-to-be-presented-next-week-zelensky-says/

2024-11-08 12:52:42

🇪🇪🇺🇦 The Estonian arms company Frankenburg Technologies will transfer air defense missiles to #Ukraine for testing, Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on Nov. 8.
https://kyivindependent.com/estonia-to-provide-ukraine-with-air-defense-missiles-for-testing/
#estonia

2024-11-05 19:09:12

☢️ “The fact that its #nuclear warheads are so close to #Ukraine could, in fact, tempt #Russia to conduct a false-flag operation on its own storage sites in order to justify a nuclear attack.”
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-war-ukraine-could-go-nuclear-accident

2024-11-02 05:56:15

🗣️ President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on #Ukraine's allies to stop "watching" and take action to tackle the presence of North Korean troops in #Russia before they start confronting his country in combat.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-urges-allies-stop-watching-start-acting-north-korea-2024-11-01/
#northkorea

2024-10-30 16:51:26

🇷🇺🇿🇦 #Russia’s plan to send two strategic bombers to Pretoria as a display of defense cooperation was postponed after the plan was criticized by one of the main members of South #Africa’s coalition government.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-30/russian-strategic-bomber-visit-to-south-africa-is-postponed

2024-10-22 19:19:27

🗣 "NATO should extend an invitation for membership to #Ukraine as part of guaranteeing its future security," the Lithuanian Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas told Euronews.
Kasčiūnas also said "Russia needs to know that it can’t have a ‘veto’ over another country, or over the future size of NATO".
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/22/give-ukraine-an-invitation-to-join-nato-lithuanian-defence-minister-says

2024-10-16 17:02:43

🗣️ Elon Musk, unlike other tech bosses, "is not able to recognize good and evil,” a European Union top official said Wednesday.
The multibillionaire tech mogul and boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is amplifying hatred, outgoing European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová told POLITICO in an interview, calling him a “promoter of evil.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-promoter-evil-vera-jourova-european-commission/
#elonmusk #twitter

2024-10-11 08:49:01

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Ukraine controls roughly 40-50% of the town of Toretsk while the rest has been captured by #Russia, the city's military administration head, Vasyl Chynchyk, said on Oct. 11.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-holds-40-50-of-toretsk/

2024-09-24 10:24:08

🇷🇺 🇧🇻 A Russian warship menaced a Norwegian fishing vessel in the Arctic Ocean earlier this month, firing a warning shot that forced it to flee, according to the small boat's skipper.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-warship-chase-away-norway-fishing-vessel/
#russia #norway

2024-09-20 10:14:56

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen travelled to Kyiv on Friday to announce a €35bn EU loan for #Ukraine as part of a G7 plan to raise $50bn on the back of future profits from frozen #Russian state assets, three people with knowledge of the plan told the Financial Times.
https://www.ft.com/content/937544f8-f65f-4f94-8a31-c9ae3c040331
Archive: https://archive.is/E3tnV
#europe #russia

2024-09-20 10:12:07

🗣️ The head of the International Energy Agency criticized European governments for being too "reticent" in supporting #Ukraine's energy sector ahead of winter, the third one since the start of Russia's invasion, The Financial Times reported on Sept. 20.
https://kyivindependent.com/europe-has-been-too-reticent-in-supporting-ukraine-ahead-of-winter-iea-chief-says/
#europe

2024-09-16 11:54:51

🇩🇰🇺🇦 The Danish government promised to transfer another batch of F-16 fighter jets to #Ukraine later this year, the DR broadcaster reported on Sept. 15, citing Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen.
https://kyivindependent.com/denmark-f16-2024/
#Denmark

2024-09-15 10:22:23

🇷🇺 Russian #disinformation adapts to different audiences, from young people to political groups. Osavul's co-founder explains how to recognise these tactics.
https://www.euronews.com/2024/09/15/battling-the-echo-chamber-osavuls-fight-against-russian-disinformation
#russia

2024-09-15 10:18:17

🇨🇵🇷🇺 In years past, if you wanted to spot a Russian oligarch, you headed to the southeast of #France
Even now, with war still raging in #Ukraine, nothing has really changed (but you might have to look a little harder).
https://www.politico.eu/article/never-mind-ukraine-war-french-riviera-south-france-love-rich-russians/
#russia

2024-09-13 12:19:07

🇪🇺 🇷🇺 European leaders have dismissed #Putin’s warning that the west would be directly fighting with #Russia if it allowed Kyiv to strike Russian territory with western-made long-range missiles.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/13/ukraine-russia-european-leaders-putin-threat-western-long-range-weapons
#europe #ukraine #russiaukrainewar

2024-09-13 12:09:38

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces focused their assaults in eastern #Ukraine near the embattled town of Kurakhove on Friday as Ukrainian troops tried to hold the line at a critical juncture of the war, Kyiv said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-steps-up-attacks-near-ukraines-kurakhove-east-2024-09-13/
#russia #russiaukrainewar

2024-09-12 14:08:03

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Ukraine accused #Russia on Thursday of using strategic bombers to hit a civilian grain vessel with a missile in the Black Sea in #NATO member Romania's maritime economic zone, in what it described as a "brazen attack" on freedom of navigation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-hits-civilian-ship-with-ukrainian-grain-black-sea-zelenskiy-says-2024-09-12/

2024-09-04 14:54:50

🇱🇹 🇷🇺 Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in #Lithuania to express its strong protest over the Kremlin’s recently intensified shelling of civilian targets in #Ukraine
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2353121/lithuania-voices-protest-over-russia-s-attacks-on-ukraine
#russia

2024-09-04 14:33:46

🇷🇺 Consumer goods giant Unilever has received Russian government approval to sell its assets in #Russia, the RBC business daily reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/moscow-approves-unilever-deal-offload-russian-assets-rbc-cites-sources-2024-09-04/

2024-09-03 19:05:06

🇺🇦 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday dismissed his deputy chief of staff Rostyslav Shurma, according to a decree on the presidential website.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-dismisses-deputy-chief-staff-deputy-pm-resigns-2024-09-03/
#ukraine

2024-09-01 09:42:41

🇷🇺 #Russia has not provided a humanitarian corridor for its citizens to leave #Kursk more than three weeks after #Ukraine began its incursion into the region, said Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Operational Tactical Group Siversk.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-has-not-provided-a-humanitarian-corridor-from-kursk-says-ukrainian-official/

2024-09-01 09:36:53

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Overnight Russian attacks on Sumy, Donetsk, and Kherson oblasts left three dead and nine injured, local authorities reported on Sept. 1.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attack-in-kherson-and-sumy-kill-2-injure-5/
#ukraine #russia

2024-09-01 09:33:13

🇷🇺 Searchers found no survivors among the wreckage of a Russian helicopter that crashed in the far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka with 22 people on board, state news agency TASS said on Sunday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/wind-rain-make-search-missing-russian-helicopter-with-22-aboard-difficult-2024-09-01/
#russia

2024-08-27 15:35:27

🇰🇵🇷🇺 North Korea sent containers presumably to #Russia that could contain as many as more than 6 million artillery shells, Yonhap reported on Aug. 27, citing a South Korean military intelligence report.
https://kyivindependent.com/north-korea-could-have-sent-over-6-million-artillery-shells-to-russia-seoul-says/

2024-08-27 11:40:24

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 One of the objectives of Ukraine's #Kursk Oblast operation was to divert a significant number of Russian forces from other sectors, primarily from the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors in Donetsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Aug. 27.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-kursk-operations-aimed-to-force-russia-to-redeploy-its-forces-from-pokrovsk-sector-syrskyi-says/
#ukraine #russia

2024-08-24 10:15:56

🇷🇺 Despite international sanctions, #Russia continues to import unique microchips essential for missile and drone navigation, internet content filtering, and facial recognition.
https://theins.press/en/society/274083

2024-08-19 19:20:15

🇧🇾 🇺🇦 #Belarus has deployed aircraft and air defense troops to its border with #Ukraine, a day after Lukashenko announced he would station almost a third of the country’s military along the frontier.
https://apnews.com/article/belarus-border-ukraine-troop-movement-6d914756f4f873bb1d4462f63cccd5db

2024-08-19 15:11:33

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Yeah, "один раз не пидо..." 😁

2024-08-19 15:06:21

🇷🇺 #Russia is pretty chill about the mpox threat.
Anna Popova, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian consumer protection watchdog, said there is no risk of mpox spreading in Russia, hinting that's because incidence is higher among gay people.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-mpox-outbreak-disease-risk-traditional-values-lgbt-anna-popova-vladimir-putin-who/

2024-08-19 10:16:31

🇩🇪🇺🇦 The chairman of the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael Roth, reportedly told journalists that failing to provide new military aid for #Ukraine under future federal budgets would send Kyiv "a fatal signal".
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/19/german-parliamentarians-warn-that-any-fall-in-financial-aid-to-ukraine-would-send-fatal-si
#germany

2024-08-17 12:24:49

🇩🇪🇺🇦 #Germany has frozen its military aid to #Ukraine, claiming that a domestic budgetary crisis means it can no longer afford to supply Kyiv with new weapons.
Olaf Scholz told his defence minister this month that there would be no money available for further military aid, according to a new report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/17/germany-freezes-ukraine-military-aid-as-budget-crisis-hits/

2024-08-16 05:27:36

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Preliminary reports indicate that #Ukraine struck a ferry crossing in the city of Kerch in occupied #Crimea overnight on Aug. 16, as well as a boat near the community of Chernomorsk in #Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-fire-reported-near-kerch-in-occupied-crimea-local-media-reports/

2024-08-15 17:18:52

🇺🇸 The U.S. so far deems #Ukraine's surprise incursion into #Russia's Kursk region a protective move appropriate for Kyiv to use U.S. equipment, officials in Washington said, but they expressed worries about potential complications as Ukrainian troops push further into enemy territory.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/complications-loom-us-arms-policy-ukraine-moves-deeper-into-russia-2024-08-15/
#usa

2024-08-15 17:08:47

🇧🇾 Belarusian President and key Putin ally Aleksandr Lukashenko has called for peace between #Russia and #Ukraine as Kyiv's incursion into the #Kursk region of Russia enters its third week.
His plea, broadcast to Belarusian state media and published in part on his website, is set to be featured on Russian state-owned channel Rossia 1 on Sunday.
https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-aleksandr-lukashenko-russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-peace-scuffle/
#belarus

2024-08-15 17:04:59

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia appears to have diverted several thousand troops from occupied territory inside #Ukraine to counter a surprisingly successful Ukrainian offensive inside Russian borders in a move that potentially weakens Moscow’s war effort, two senior US officials told CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/russia-has-diverted-several-thousand-troops-from-occupied-ukraine-to-counter-kursk-offensive-us-officials-say/index.html

2024-08-14 07:53:49

🇵🇱 #Ukraine has full right to counter #Russia's aggression "as effectively as possible," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a press conference in reference to Kyiv's incursion into Kursk Oblast.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-operations-in-kursk-oblast-are-defensive-polish-pm-says/
#poland

2024-08-13 21:15:56

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia is using only five military airfields in occupied #Crimea, two of which were hit by the Ukrainian military and are now functioning "at a minimum," Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk, said on Aug. 13 on national television.
https://kyivindependent.com/2-out-of-5-operating-russian-airfields-struck-by-ukrainian-forces-in-occupied-crimea-military-says/
#ukraine

2024-08-13 07:43:17

🇬🇧🇺🇦 The U.K. government did not give #Ukraine permission to use #British Storm Shadow long-range missiles in Kyiv's incursion into Russia's #Kursk Oblast, The Telegraph reported.
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-storm-shadow-kursk/
#britain

2024-08-11 17:07:22

🇬🇧 There is “clear” #Russian involvement in the far-right riots and security services will be looking closely at the instigators, a former head of the MI6 #Russia desk has said.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/11/far-right-disorder-had-clear-russian-involvement-says-ex-mi6-spy
#Britain

2024-08-10 17:08:39

🇧🇾 🇺🇦 Belarus' Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian charge d'affaires on Saturday and told Kyiv to take measures against airspace violations after Lukashenko said a dozen Ukrainian drones had been destroyed.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-demands-measures-ukraine-against-new-airspace-violations-2024-08-10/
#ukraine #belarus #russia

2024-08-09 07:50:22

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A drone strike against a military airbase in #Russia's Lipetsk Oblast on Aug. 9 set off a chain explosion that detonated more than 700 bombs, a Ukrainian intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent.
https://kyivindependent.com/military-airfield-energy-facility-damaged-in-reported-drone-strike-in-russias-lipetsk-oblast/
#ukraine

2024-08-07 15:39:32

🇨🇵 French authorities allowed the Russian sailing frigate the Shtandart to dock in a French port despite #sanctions over Moscow's war against Ukraine, a port source said on Wednesday.
https://www.barrons.com/news/russian-sailing-frigate-docks-in-french-port-despite-sanctions-source-8f647521
#france #russia

2024-08-06 17:11:36

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Before Feb. 24, 2022, many in #Odesa harbored pro-Russian sentiments due to Kremlin propaganda. But #Russia's attack quickly changed Odesa’s loyalties.
Watch The Insider’s report to see how.
https://youtu.be/gZrVH0Rq_rc?si=RrN70___87fiU9yO
#ukraine

2024-08-02 15:12:04

🇦🇿🇸🇮 #Slovenia started to receive natural gas from #Azerbaijan on Aug. 1, as European countries diversify away from Russian supplies of fossil fuels.
https://kyivindependent.com/slovenia-to-receive-azerbaijan/
#oilandgas #russia

2024-08-02 13:10:15

🇫🇷 🇷🇺 #France called on Friday for the immediate release of French researcher Laurent Vinatier by #Russia as it welcomed Thursday's major prisoner exchange that resulted in the release 16 prisoners from Russia to the West.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-demands-release-citizen-vinatier-held-russia-2024-08-02/

2024-08-01 16:23:46

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia is suffering heavy losses, but in some places has "minor gains" in #Ukraine's east, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Aug. 1.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-suffers-big-losses-on-eastern-front-but-has-minor-gains-syrskyi-says/

2024-07-31 10:06:45

🇷🇺 Putin ordered a signing-on bonus of 400,000 rubles ($4,600) for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, the latest sign of a scramble to boost #Russian troop numbers amid growing battlefield losses.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/31/putin-orders-4600-sign-on-bonus-for-new-army-recruits-a85882
#russia #russianarmy

2024-07-30 10:27:38

🇷🇺 🇺🇲 The U.S. intelligence community believes the Kremlin will direct its #propaganda efforts to support #Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/russia-will-likely-use-propaganda-support-trump-harris-us-intelligence-rcna164136
#russia #usa

2024-07-29 11:22:52

🇺🇲 Kamala Harris’s election campaign has accused Elon Musk of spreading “manipulated lies” after the Tesla chief executive posted a doctored video featuring the vice-president on his X account.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/29/elon-musk-accused-of-spreading-lies-over-kamala-harris-video
#usa #socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk #disinformation

2024-07-28 12:40:40

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@npub1zj4…fyjh
Ukrinform says the same: "a source in the Defence Intelligence"
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3889446-russians-unable-to-withdraw-cash-diu-cyberattack-intensifies-source.html

2024-07-26 14:39:45

🇾🇪 🇷🇺 Vessels carrying Russian goods have been attacked by Yemen’s #Houthi movement more than any other shipments from other parts of the world, according to a recent report by Bloomberg.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-houthis-attack-ships-russian-goods
#russia

2024-07-21 14:37:00

🇷🇺🇬🇪 Andrei Klimov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, stated that #Russia is willing to assist the ruling party Georgian Dream in retaining power if Tbilisi requests it from Moscow.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/21/7466741/
#georgia

2024-07-15 20:07:24

🇺🇸 A former Trump administration ambassador who could take a top role in a second term advocated a #Ukraine peace deal that he said would preserve the country’s territory but allow for autonomous zones.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/ex-trump-envoy-grenell-advocates-autonomous-zones-in-ukraine
Archive: https://archive.is/Rsv7E
#usa

2024-07-15 18:54:56

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The U.S. prohibits Kyiv from striking deep into Russian territory with American weapons to avoid the possible extension of war beyond #Ukraine's borders, Pentagon spokesperson Patrick Ryder told the Voice of America.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-prohibits-ukraine-from-strikes-deep-inside-russia-due-to-war-spreading-fears/
#usa

2024-07-13 16:20:50

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There's a video in the article.

2024-07-13 16:18:56

🇷🇺 Moscow is seeking to exploit ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans to provoke "instability and hinder the region's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions," the U.S. State Department has said.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-western-balkans-ethnic-tensions/33034985.html
#russia

2024-07-13 16:00:53

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian shelling of #Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-oil-fire-cd0e673169643690c5b9b57ff1c97186
#russia #russiaukrainewar

2024-07-13 14:08:55

🇷🇺 🇪🇺 The Kremlin on Saturday warned the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation.
https://www.barrons.com/news/kremlin-warns-us-missile-deployment-could-make-european-capitals-russian-targets-b1dc53df
#russia #europe #usa

2024-07-13 14:05:49

🇨🇭 Swiss prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating a Russian diplomat and suspected agent alongside two others reported to have tried to procure weapons and other potentially dangerous material.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2549056/world
#Switzerland #russia #spying

2024-07-13 08:41:50

🇷🇺 It is becoming an increasingly challenging task for the Russian authorities to conceal from the domestic audiences the information on the actual losses in the war against #Ukraine, as well to find resources to continue the act of aggression.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3884924-increasingly-difficult-for-russia-to-hide-losses-find-resources-to-continue-war-gur.html
#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar

2024-07-13 06:03:43

🇬🇧 Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to travel to the UK next week to address European leaders at Blenheim Palace who are meeting to discuss #Ukraine, European security and democracy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/zelenskiy-due-in-uk-for-meeting-of-european-leaders-at-blenheim-palace
#britain

2024-07-13 05:40:36

🇦🇺 🇷🇺 #Russia accused #Australia of inciting "anti-Russian paranoia" for charging a Russian-born couple with espionage, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday to tell Moscow to "back off".
https://www.reuters.com/world/moscow-condemns-australia-paranoia-espionage-arrests-russia-born-couple-2024-07-13/

2024-07-13 05:23:43

ISW:
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Western and US officials reportedly assess that Ukrainian forces will continue to be on the defensive for the next six months and will not be able to conduct a large-scale counteroffensive operation until 2025.
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-12-2024
#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

2024-07-12 21:37:23

Politico NatSec Daily:
🇺🇲🇺🇦 Ukrainian leaders walked away frustrated after Biden waved off their latest request to lift restrictions on the use of U.S. weapons to strike inside #Russia
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily
#usa #ukraine

2024-07-12 20:58:18

🇺🇦 #Ukraine expects to receive the first six F-16 fighter jets this summer and up to 20 of them by the end of 2024, Bloomberg reported on July 12, citing undisclosed sources in NATO.
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-expects-to-get-up-to-20-f-16s-in-2024-bloomberg-reports/

2024-07-12 18:17:54

🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said Warsaw is considering a proposal from Kyiv to shoot down Russian missiles heading towards Polish territory while they are still in Ukrainian airspace.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn09234xxn1o
#poland #ukraine #russia

2024-07-12 18:12:23

🇮🇹 The European Central Bank has overreached in pushing Italian bank UniCredit to get out of #Russia, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday 🤔
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ecb-has-gone-too-far-pushing-unicredit-quit-russia-italy-minister-says-2024-07-12/
#italy #banking

2024-07-12 18:08:23

🇺🇲🇮🇳 U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke to his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday, #India said, just days after the U.S. raised concerns with New Delhi about Indian PM Narendra Modi's meeting with Putin.
https://www.reuters.com/world/sullivan-talks-indian-counterpart-days-after-indian-pm-modis-russia-visit-2024-07-12/
#usa #russia

2024-07-12 15:01:20

🇺🇦 #Ukraine has documented the deaths of nearly 300 civilians from mines left by #Russia and is collecting evidence for the International Criminal Court, Kyiv's domestic security service said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-collecting-evidence-civilian-mine-deaths-icc-2024-07-12/
#RussianWarCrimes

2024-07-12 14:57:51

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 There was a series of explosions in Russian-occupied #Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast on July 12, said Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the city's exiled mayor.
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-reported-in-occupied-mariupol/
#ukraine #russia

2024-07-12 14:56:00

🇫🇮 #Finland's parliament on Friday adopted controversial legislation that would allow guards to turn away asylum seekers at the border under certain circumstances.
https://www.barrons.com/news/finland-passes-controversial-border-bill-1d66935d

2024-07-12 14:45:10

🇷🇺 A Russian passenger jet crashed Friday while flying without passengers, killing its crew of three, officials said.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 went down in the Moscow region.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-jet-crash-sukhoi-superjet-bd5d8ba256e31dea840853310b5d911c
#russia

2024-07-12 14:41:29

🇺🇦 #Ukraine's top prosecutor has called for the International Criminal Court to prosecute #Russia over a missile strike on a children's hospital in Kyiv earlier this week.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-top-prosecutor-wants-icc-prosecute-kyiv-hospital-attack-2024-07-12/
#RussianWarCrimes

2024-07-12 14:39:20

🇷🇺 The U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors passed a resolution on Friday condemning Monday's military strike on a children's hospital in the Ukrainian capital, blaming #Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/iaea-board-condemns-attack-kyiv-childrens-hospital-blaming-russia-2024-07-12/
#ukraine #RussianWarCrimes

2024-07-12 14:37:35

🇩🇪 Berlin is taking reports of a plot to assassinate the chief executive of arms manufacturer Rheinmetall very seriously and will not be cowed by Russian intimidation, the German government said on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-says-it-wont-be-cowed-by-russia-after-reported-plot-kill-rheinmetall-ceo-2024-07-12/
#germany #russia

2024-07-12 10:40:17

🇨🇳🇷🇺🇰🇵 #China and #Russia's joint military activities around Japan are of "grave concern" and North Korea poses a greater threat than ever, Tokyo's defence ministry said Friday.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20240712-japan-warns-on-china-north-korea-in-annual-defence-report
#northkorea #japan

2024-07-12 10:36:04

⚡ Tech billionaire Elon Musk's X platform is misleading users with its blue checkmarks for certified accounts, and is also violating EU content rules, Brussels said Friday, in a finding that could lead to hefty fines.
https://www.barrons.com/news/x-deceives-users-with-blue-checks-breaking-digital-rules-eu-642e9ddc
#socialmedia #twitter #elonmusk

2024-07-12 08:09:08

🇷🇺 The Russian authorities have begun slowing down YouTube in the country, a telecoms industry source has told Meduza.
The source said an earlier statement from Rostelecom warning YouTube may experience problems due to “technical problems” was inaccurate.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/07/12/russian-authorities-have-begun-throttling-youtube-source-tells-meduza
#russia #censorship

2024-07-12 07:51:12

🇷🇺 The Russian modernized deep-sea vehicle AS-36 was damaged during tests in the Norwegian Sea, Ukraine's military intelligence reported on July 12.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-deep-sea-vehicle-damaged/
#russia

2024-07-12 07:17:31

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- Poland begins training Ukrainian volunteer brigade
- Norway to give Ukraine $93m to boost air defences
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2024-07-12 06:33:24

🇪🇺 Coordinated networks of accounts spreading #disinformation “flooded” social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the European parliament, Dutch researchers have found.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/12/disinformation-networks-social-media-x-france-germany-italy-eu-elections
#europe

2024-07-12 06:31:54

🇺🇸🇰🇷 The U.S. and South Korea signed joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, weeks after North Korea and #Russia struck a defense pact that deepened concerns in the region about the North’s growing nuclear threats.
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-us-nuclear-guidelines-a0446c1ad624442e49061d02db92d165
#usa #southkorea #northkorea

2024-07-12 06:30:42

🇺🇲 President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 12 to address U.S. state governors at the National Governors Association summer meeting.
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-to-address-us-governors-in-salt-lake-city/
#ukraine #usa

2024-07-12 06:29:39

🇺🇦 The three-day #NATO summit in Washington, D.C., concluded on July 11 with the launch of the #Ukraine Compact, a security framework signed by 32 allies.
https://kyivindependent.com/nato-summit-ends-with-32-countries-signing-ukraine-compact/

2024-07-12 06:28:20

🇦🇺 #Australia said on Friday it had arrested a Russian-born married couple on #espionage charges, alleging the woman who was an information systems technician in the Australian Army sought to access defence material and send it to Russian officials.
https://www.reuters.com/world/australia-charges-russian-born-married-couple-with-espionage-2024-07-12/
#russia #spying

2024-07-12 06:26:49

☢️ The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that #Russia urgently withdraw its military and personnel from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and immediately return the facility to #Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/un-ukraine-russia-nuclear-plant-zaporizhzhia-resolution-be93a5e9fa99d7625aece1b47e17796e

2024-07-12 06:25:42

🇫🇮 #Finland's parliament is set to vote on a bill on Friday granting border guards the power to turn back asylum seekers crossing from #Russia, after more than 1,300 people arrived in the country forcing Helsinki to close its border.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-vote-turning-back-migrants-crossing-russia-2024-07-12/

2024-07-12 06:24:34

🇭🇺 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump on Thursday and the pair discussed the "possibilities of peace", a spokesperson for the prime minister said as he pushes for a ceasefire in #Ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-hungarys-orban-set-meet-thursday-sources-say-2024-07-11/
#hungary #usa

2024-07-12 04:58:15

ISW:
🇫🇮 Finnish authorities reported an increase in GPS "malfunctions" in the past week and that most disruptions to aviation and maritime GPS and radar originate from within #Russia
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-11-2024
#finland

2024-07-11 21:25:40

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian pilot passed on confidential information to #Ukraine's military intelligence that helped identify 30 commanders of the Russian heavy bomber aviation division.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-pilot-leaked-secret-data-on-russias-aviation-division-to-ukraines-military-intelligence-source-says/
#russia

2024-07-11 19:42:25

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⬆️ Updated & added archive ⬆️

2024-07-11 19:32:45

🇭🇺 How Orban Became Putin’s Pawn - Foreign Policy
'Among all of Russia’s useful idiots, few have sought to make themselves more useful than the Hungarian prime minister'
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/orban-putin-hungary-russia-war-politics-eu/
Archive: https://archive.is/cRl18
#hungary #russia

2024-07-11 19:28:51

🇮🇳 The families of Indian soldiers who were killed fighting with the Russian army in #Ukraine have begun to receive payments "from Russia," BBC's Indian service reported on July 11, citing two families whose relatives were killed in Ukraine.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-begins-paying-families-of-indians-killed-fighting-in-ukraine-bbc-reports/
#india #russia

2024-07-11 19:19:44

🇨🇳 🇪🇺 #NATO officials are discussing taking action to reclaim some Chinese-owned infrastructure projects in #Europe should a wider conflict with #Russia break out in the east of the continent, three officials involved in the discussions told CNN.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/nato-chinese-owned-infrastructure-europe/index.html
#china

2024-07-11 18:31:16

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@npub1fhu…00sq
This one is a follow-up to the CNN's piece (confirmation from diplomats).
I'll update the post when the latest version of the FT's article is archived.

2024-07-11 18:10:45

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2024-07-11 18:00:47

⚡️ #Nato diplomats have confirmed a report that #Russia plotted to assassinate the head of Europe’s largest arms manufacturer over his company’s support for Ukraine as concern rises about the Kremlin’s sabotage campaign.
https://www.ft.com/content/1b685d36-1981-4863-a868-b98d5f17cbe4
#germany

2024-07-11 17:53:12

🇪🇺 🇭🇺 Ministers from Sweden, Finland, Poland and three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will skip informal meetings in #Hungary during the first phase of its six-month EU presidency this summer.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-11/eu-nations-push-to-censure-hungary-s-orban-over-putin-meeting
Archive: https://archive.is/MX6E5
#orban #putin #russia

2024-07-11 17:51:21

🇷🇴🇧🇬🇬🇷 Romania, Bulgaria and Greece signed a deal on Thursday to enable swift cross-border movement of troops and weapons to NATO’s eastern flank, Romania's defence ministry said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/romania-bulgaria-greece-sign-deal-boost-military-mobility-2024-07-11/

2024-07-11 17:46:11

✍🏻📖 The team assembled by special counsel Robert S. Mueller to investigate alleged Russian interference and ties to Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election will have a book out this fall.
https://apnews.com/article/mueller-investigators-trump-russia-book-interference-eb21c07ed9f0258d627c0c0c94a7e713
#usa #russia