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hanse_mina, 4 days ago to Ukraine

43 percent of Ukrainians believe that #Ukraine's democracy and the freedoms and rights of its citizens have deteriorated during President #Zelensky's five years in power, according to an opinion poll by the #Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.

At the same time, 48 percent of all respondents believe that democracy has either improved or has not changed during the same period.

https://kiis.com.ua/?lang=ukr&cat=reports&id=1411&page=1

#Russia

hanse_mina, 4 days ago to Ukraine

#US President Joe #Biden will meet with #Ukraine's Volodymyr #Zelensky in #Normandy, #France, this week and then again at the #G7 meeting in #Italy to discuss #Kyiv's fight against #Russia, the White House said Tuesday.

The double show of support comes after Biden faced criticism for saying he would skip an upcoming Ukrainian peace summit in #Switzerland to attend an election fundraiser featuring Hollywood stars George #Clooney and Julia #Roberts instead.

https://www.barrons.com/news/biden-to-meet-zelensky-in-france-at-g7-in-italy-white-house-8079bb04?refsec=topics_afp-news

hanse_mina, 4 days ago to China

#China’s top diplomat said more than two dozen countries have expressed backing for #Beijing’s vision to resolve the #Russia-#Ukraine conflict, days after China indicated it will skip an upcoming peace summit in #Switzerland.

Wang said 26 nations have agreed to join or are seeking ways to join — in the “common understandings” that China and Brazil have reached. He said a total of 45 countries have given “positive feedback” to the ideas, according to the foreign ministry

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-04/china-says-its-ukraine-plan-is-winning-support-after-summit-snub

hanse_mina, 4 days ago to Bulgaria

#Nato is developing multiple “land corridors” to rush #US troops and armour to the front lines in the event of a major European ground war with #Russia.

American soldiers would land at one of five ports and be channelled along pre-planned logistical routes to confront a possible attack by #Moscow.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/04/nato-land-corridors-us-troops-european-war/

#Ukraine #EU

hanse_mina, 4 days ago to Ukraine

#Ukraine's use of German and other Western-supplied weapons to strike targets in #Russia will not "contribute to escalation," German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz told the Antenne Bayern radio station.

#Berlin has long opposed lifting the ban on Ukraine's use of Western weapons to target Russia, but reversed course at the end of May amid growing calls from Western leaders to lift the restrictions.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-use-of-german-weapons-to-strike-russia-will-not-contribute-to-escalation-scholz-says/

#Germany #EU

hanse_mina, 4 days ago to Germany

The German army plans to get 200,000 additional 155mm artillery shells worth about 880 million euros ($960 million) within its framework agreement with the defence firm #Rheinmetall. It had already agreed to a 1.2 billion euro deal for several hundred thousand shells, fuses and charges.

The new shells are meant to refill the army's depots as #Germany helps supply #Ukraine as it fights off the Russian military, which invaded in 2022.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-army-increase-rheinmetall-artillery-shell-order-by-200000-spiegel-reports-2024-06-04/

#Russia #EU

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Ukraine

#Ukraine has launched a new website that contains information on sanctioned companies and individuals responsible for #Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, announced Head of the President’s Office Andrii #Yermak.

The new website now features details on sanctioned entities or individuals, individuals involved in promoting war in the art industry, and foreign components found by Ukraine in weapons Russia uses to attack the country.

https://war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/06/03/ukraine-launches-website-on-western-components-in-russian-missiles-and-weapons/

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Ukraine

The russian attack on #Kharkiv was a huge strategic failure.

Most likely, russians were trying to scatter Ukrainian defenses, but it backfired big time.

First, the russian gains were marginal and Ukrainian forces will be able to retake the lost positions.

🧵 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1797598654301376615.html

#Ukraine #Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Ukraine

“We are defending the whole of Europe, because this bastard would never stop in #Ukraine," says fire support platoon commander #Roman, who has been fighting in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion.

He also adds that part of the Western world still does not understand that the Ukrainians are defending the whole of Europe.

https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/zahranici/reportaz-z-linie-dotyku-cast-lidi-stale-nechape-o-co-rusum-j/r~d1867700218211efa065ac1f6b220ee8/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Ukraine

Few countries since World War II have experienced this level of devastation. But it’s been impossible for anybody to see more than glimpses of it. It’s too vast. Every battle, every bombing, every missile strike, every house burned down, has left its mark across multiple front lines, back and forth over more than two years.

This is the first comprehensive picture of where the #Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-destruction.html

#Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Ukraine

The New York Times traced how a web of politicians aligned with President Vladimir #Putin’s party carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from #Kherson.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000009497389/tracking-ukrainian-children-russia.html

#Ukraine #Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Netherlands

Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa #Ollongren has reassured Kyiv that the 24 F-16 fighter jets that the #Netherlands intends to donate to #Ukraine may be used to strike targets inside #Russia.

In an interview with POLITICO at the Shangri-La Dialogue in #Singapore, Ollongren said the Netherlands would not impose a limitation as was the case with #Belgium, where Prime Minister Alexander De #Croo has warned #Kyiv not to fly the F-16s it gets from his country in Russian airspace.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-can-strike-russian-targets-dutch-f-16s-fighter/

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Russia

There are multiple copies of #Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; the story in which Big Brother is always watching and the state has established near-total control over body and mind.

“The situation now in #Russia is similar to Nineteen Eighty-Four,” librarian Alexandra Karaseva tells me. “Total control by the government, the state and the security structures.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckrr1k1xl0lo

#Ukraine #1984

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Russia

Since the start of #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, #YouTube has removed tens of thousands of Russian propaganda and pro-war videos. Still, the platform hasn’t entirely rid itself of this type of content. Channels with videos that praise the Russian government and the war in Ukraine are still accessible and boast hundreds of thousands of subscribers — and millions of views. Moreover, YouTube’s algorithm continues to recommend these videos to users.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/06/03/millions-of-views

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Norway

#Norway’s chief of defense said the #NATO alliance has a window of two to three years to prepare before #Russia has rebuilt the ability to carry out a conventional attack.

“At one point someone said it’ll take 10 years but I think we’re back to less than 10 years because of the industrial base that is now running in Russia,” General Eirik #Kristoffersen, 55, said in an interview

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-03/norway-chief-of-defense-eirik-kristoffersen-sees-short-window-to-boost-nato

#Ukraine

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Russia

#US-Made M270 and #HIMARS Hammer Targets Inside #Russia, First Cross-Border Strikes Since #Biden Green Light

Ukrainian forces waited less than 24 hours after getting the green light from #Washington, #London, #Paris and #Berlin to hammer targets inside Russia with precision-guided munitions fired by top-end made-in-the-USA artillery, according to reports, firing dozens of long-range rocket salvoes across the border.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33713

#Ukraine

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to italy

#Italy's Prime Minister #Meloni will announce the next aid package for #Ukraine after the #G7. And the packagev will include a second battery of Samp-t, the surface-to-air weapons system and also a batch of Storm Shadow missiles.

https://www.corriere.it/esteri/24_giugno_03/armi-ucraina-italia-samp-t-shadow-solo-uso-difensivo-8b55ee3e-f7dd-415e-913b-28df11af8xlk.shtml

#Russia #EU

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov arrived in #Guinea on June 3 as part of his ongoing visits to West #Africa. These visits come amid a backdrop of coups and rising discontent with traditional allies such as #France and the #US, prompting some countries to shift their alliances towards #Moscow.

https://kyivindependent.com/russias-fm-lavrov-foreign-minister-visits-africa/

#Ukraine #Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Switzerland

#Switzerland's upper house of parliament on Monday rejected a 5 billion Swiss franc ($5.58 billion) aid contribution for #Ukraine contained in a broader financial package on the grounds that the plan breached borrowing restrictions in the neutral country.

With 28 against and 15 in favor, lawmakers voted down the 15 billion franc package, which also included 10.1 billion francs in additional funding for the country's armed forces.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/switzerlands-upper-house-rejects-5-bln-swiss-franc-aid-plan-ukraine-2024-06-03/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Russia

#Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say

A #Kremlin-backed media outlet — the #Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/03/russia-europe-far-right-espionage/

#EU #Ukraine

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Germany

Two pro-Russian activists in #Germany, whose ties to the #Kremlin were revealed in a Reuters investigation last year, have left Germany and moved to #Russia the couple’s lawyer said in a statement on Monday.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, Elena #Kolbasnikova and her romantic partner Max #Schlund have been active in Germany, organising pro-Kremlin rallies to urge #Berlin to abandon its military support to #Kyiv.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pro-kremlin-activist-couple-quit-germany-move-russia-2024-06-03/

hanse_mina, 5 days ago to Russia

#Russia may declare a nationwide emergency by the end of this week due to frosts that have damaged crops, Agriculture Minister Oksana #Lut said.

Several Russian regions have already declared local emergencies because of the frosts, which have hit crops ranging from grains to apples.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-may-declare-emergency-due-frost-impact-crops-farm-minister-says-2024-06-03/

#Ukraine

hanse_mina, 6 days ago to Bulgaria

Leaked internal documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is in fact a #Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries across Europe and around the world

More than 40 #Pravfond documents, obtained by the Danish public broadcaster DR, show that the organisation has had a number of documented former intelligence agents among its leadership

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/02/revealed-russian-legal-defence-foundation-pravfond-europe

#EU #Ukraine #Russia #Denmark

hanse_mina, 6 days ago to berlin

Within the limits of #Berlin's permission to strike #Russia, #Ukraine can theoretically shoot down the aircraft of the invaders in Russian airspace with German #Patriot air defense systems. This was stated by the head of the special staff of assistance to Ukraine at the German Ministry of Defense, Major General Christian #Freuding

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bab-deutsche-waffen-russland-100.html

hanse_mina, 6 days ago to Ukraine

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 02 June 2024.

#Ukraine #Russia #UK #IntelligenceUpdate