Mark Francois talks about Neville Chamberlain "denuding the British forces of funding until it was too late."
This is wrong. Even while Chamberlain was signing the Munich Agreement in 1938, he was agreeing to a huge increase in spending to increase Britain’s armament in preparation for war.
During a speech at the Aspen Security Forum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Crimean bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine and must be "neutralized."
The commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has said its defences are being tightened amid a flurry of #Ukrainian drone strikes targeting its home base, the #Crimean port of #Sevastopol
Elon #Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official
Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’
a new biography revealed details about how the business magnate ordered his #Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the #Crimean coast last year to hobble a Ukrainian drone attack on russian warships.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that one span of the part of the Crimean Bridge for road vehicles is completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
The Crimean Bridge targeted on July 17 remains one of two ground lines of communication (GLOCs) supporting Russia’s southern force grouping. The other route passes through the occupied Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, the Institute for the Study of War explained.
🇺🇦 Rustem Umerov, who is set to become Ukraine’s new defence minister, is a leading member of the #Crimean Tatar community who has represented his country in sensitive negotiations with #Russia
80 years ago at the orders of #Stalin the #Crimean Tatars -around 220 thousand of them,- were deported to Central Asia. Nearly half of them died en route or in the first few years of their forced exile.
How #water is used as a weapon of war following #Russia ’s invasion of #Ukraine . An irrigation system, once created at #Stalin ’s order as a project of grand #Soviet social engineering, is now running dry. We dig into the history of the #Crimean water dispute - the surprising twists and turns and the narratives constructed by both Russia and Ukraine, on #TheGlobalJigsaw:
> The system also opens the possibility of using them to ambush Russian aircraft as they take-off or land on Crimean air bases. The USVs can sit off the Crimean coast and pick off the aircraft as they approach unawares. There is at least circumstantial evidence to suggest that this may have already been done.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Crimean Telegram channels report on explosions in the area of Cape Fiolent in occupied #Sevastopol on Sunday evening, intelligence says it was a joint operation of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence and the #Ukrainian Navy.
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The #Crimean Peninsula has been hit by an attack targeting its #internet providers, a proxy 'official' from Crimea’s Russian-backed administration said Friday.
"All is ready. We can destroy the #Crimean Bridge anytime we want. But we will do it when we need to!" - the leader of the Crimean #Tatar people, Mustafa #Dzhemilev.
Dzhemilev said in his interview that he would be one of the first to go to liberate #Crimea together with Rustem #Umerov. He also called on the remaining Crimean Tatars in the occupied territory to resist by all possible means. Everyone must contribute to the fight against the occupiers.
Zelensky: The Crimean Bridge must be neutralized (kyivindependent.com)
During a speech at the Aspen Security Forum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Crimean bridge is a legitimate target for Ukraine and must be "neutralized."
Russian occupation authorities close Crimean Bridge for traffic again (www.pravda.com.ua)
Russian occupation authorities have closed the Crimean Bridge for traffic for the second time today, saying this is a temporary measure.
Security Service of Ukraine Chief takes responsibility for damaging Crimean Bridge in 2022 (www.pravda.com.ua)
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has admitted its involvement in the attack on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022.
Russian Krasnodar Krai authorities urge people not to use Crimean Bridge (www.pravda.com.ua)
Veniamin Kondratiev, the governor of Russia's Krasnodar Krai, has urged residents of the region to refrain from travelling across the Crimean Bridge.
Train services stopped on Kerch Bridge (www.ukrinform.net)
Train services on the Kerch Strait Bridge (also known as the Crimean Bridge) have been stopped. — Ukrinform.
Russian official: One part of Crimean Bridge can't be restored (kyivindependent.com)
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that one span of the part of the Crimean Bridge for road vehicles is completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
ISW: Crimean Bridge attack continues to affect Russian logistics in southern Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The Crimean Bridge targeted on July 17 remains one of two ground lines of communication (GLOCs) supporting Russia’s southern force grouping. The other route passes through the occupied Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, the Institute for the Study of War explained.
Ukraine’s Zelensky Appoints Crimean Tatar Executive as New Defense Minister (www.wsj.com)
Rustem Umerov is taking over as Zelensky removes former defense minister Reznikov amid graft controversies.