Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw #Sikorski in a speech before the Sejm, stated that #Poland has no territorial claims to #Ukraine.
“#Russia is lying about Poland’s alleged plans to annex part of Ukraine. #Donbas is Ukraine. #Crimea is Ukraine. #Lviv, #Volyn, and the former Eastern #Galicia [Halychyna] are also Ukraine. So, I’m repeating this for the Kremlin to hear: Lviv is Ukraine,” the foreign minister reiterated in Ukrainian as well as in Polish.
The sun of Ukraine rises over the Donbas – and that's why my latest amateur track, which I recorded this weekend, is called "Donbas Sunrise".
It's a lo-fi production, but I hope you still like it.
📆 On this day 10 years ago, the bloodshed in #Donbas, #Ukraine, started
A Russian special-ops group ambushed a group of Ukrainian officers near #Slovyansk. Ukrainians had the orders "not to respond". Captain Hennadiy #Bilichenko was killed on the spot. Three others were badly wounded. Lieutenant Vadym #Sukharevsky shot back
Between getting slaughtered and disobeying orders he chose the latter ⏩
↪ That was the moment of truth. “Brotherly #Ukraine” was meat to them, ready to be "minced". Killing them was a good way to celebrate a holy day
And it was Vadym #Sukharevsky who decided: not on my watch!
Give Hennadiy #Bilichenko a thought today - he was the first combat blood in #Donbas. And wish well to colonel Vadym #Sukharevsky, #Ukraine’s deputy commander-in-chief now ⏩
Trump has repeatedly said he could end Russia’s war within 24 hours if elected president, without specifying the steps for reaching the peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow.
Former president Donald Trump has privately said he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine by pressuring Ukraine to give up some territory.
#Trump’s proposal consists of pushing #Ukraine to cede #Crimea and the #Donbas border region to #Russia, according to people who discussed it with Trump or his advisers and spoke on the condition of anonymity because those conversations were confidential.
Today, we had a largish raid group of 11+ to take on an #OriginFormePalkia in - it turned out to be a good raid.
Just for fun, my strongest ditto was backing up my mega salamence who was in #1 position. Turns out that the ditto's shapeshift did not cancel out my salamance's mega form which was a happy surprise 😁
Mendras, who has written several books on #Russia, said #Putin has managed to stay in power since 1999 — when he was appointed the Prime Minister of Russia by then-President #BorisYeltsin — using "more and more political violence," as well as conflict and wars. They include five wars in #Chechnya, #Georgia, #Donbas, #Syria, and #Ukraine
Russian nationalist Igor #Girkin (#Strelkov) sentenced to 4 years in prison for extremism.
A former officer of #Russia’s Federal Security Service (#FSB) and an ex-military commander, Girkin played a crucial role in Russia’s annexation of #Crimea and the early stages of invading #Donbas, before becoming a prominent Russian military blogger with over half a million followers on Telegram.
'The new beneficiary of the Donbas economy'. How Viktor Medvedchuk, handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange, amasses his wealth through Donetsk metallurgy, Siberian oil, and Moscow real estate
@ScottLucas As they say, what's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Here is testimony from a French NGO worker who observed & filmed Ukrainian troops maiming and murdering captured Russian soldiers.
I imagine he would be willing to give testimony to any UN sponsored war crimes investigation. #Ukraine#Donbashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftusr_pX_AM
The #Kremlin is trying to change the demographics in the occupied territories by importing migrants from Central Asia to replace the indigenous Ukrainian population and plans to merge Ukrainian and Russian regions to create a “#Donbas” commonwealth, according to reports.
According to the Center for National Resistance (CNR), the total number of migrants from Asia has already exceeded 100 thousand people.
‼️ We will stop the war if we give #Crimea and #Donbas to #ruZZia, but #Ukraine will not make such a deal, - president Zelensky in an interview with Fox News
The Ukrainian president also said he was ready to meet with #Trump and listen to his peace plan for Ukraine.
Heat and dust below, war raging up above: Miners in the Donbas are working on two fronts.
Pokrovsk has been the Ukrainian mining capital since 2014. Thanks to its production of strategically important coking coal, a bit of everyday normality prevails in the town despite missile fire and nearby Russian military positions.
Media: Trump wants Ukraine to cede Crimea, Donbas to Russia (kyivindependent.com)
Trump has repeatedly said he could end Russia’s war within 24 hours if elected president, without specifying the steps for reaching the peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow.