Members phkrause Posted July 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2023 Ukraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The ambush had been postponed three times before Ukrainian commanders decided one recent night that conditions were finally right. Cloaked in darkness, a battalion of Kyiv’s 129th brigade pressed ahead, advancing stealthily on unsuspecting Russian soldiers. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-counteroffensive-putin-wagner-2c4923f665e5aab927073dc86ed3f1be? Rahab 1 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2023 🇺🇦 Pence in Ukraine Former Vice President Mike Pence became the first Republican presidential candidate to visit Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the war effort. Why it matters: The visit puts him significantly out of step with the Republican base, which has grown more skeptical of U.S. military aid to Ukraine as the war has dragged on. If Russia wins in Ukraine, Pence told NBC News, "the second half of the 21st century could look an awful lot more like the first half of the 20th century." Zelensky has invited both Trump and DeSantis to visit Kyiv, but neither candidate has accepted. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2023 Accounting error means US has more money to send arms to Ukraine | Fact check The claim: US accidentally sent Ukraine an extra $6.2 billion A June 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) condemns a recent announcement from the Defense Department. “Pentagon said we ACCIDENTALLY SENT $6.2 BILLION DOLLARS to UKRAINE,” reads the post. “Accounting error. This is straight up money laundering. Every American should be pissed off! Someone should go to prison for this!" The post was shared more than 5,000 times in a week. Our rating: False The U.S. did not mistakenly send extra money to Ukraine. The Defense Department said it overvalued military equipment shipped there from existing stockpiles. The error means the U.S. can supply more equipment than previously thought, not that it overspent. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/06/28/no-the-pentagon-did-not-accidentally-send-6-2-billion-to-ukraine-fact-check/70356180007/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 3, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 Russia-Ukraine latest: Russian troops advancing, says Kyiv https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/7/2/russia-ukraine-live-moscow-launches-drone-attacks-on-kyiv? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 5, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2023 🇷🇺 Putin's high-tech snooping Russia's police and spy agencies are using new tools to monitor and punish dissidents who oppose the war in Ukraine, the N.Y. Times reports. The tools, built by a "cottage industry of tech contractors," can track activity on encrypted apps, monitor the location of phones, identify anonymous social-media users and break into accounts. Why it matters: Russia is catching up to ways the authoritarian regimes in China and Iran control citizens' lives, The Times notes. One program can identify when people "make voice calls or send files on encrypted chat apps such as Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp." Some of the companies are trying to expand overseas — meaning the spyware may not stay in Russia. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 5, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2023 Ukraine warns of nuclear disaster as Russia orders staff to leave power plant KYIV – Ukrainian officials and intelligence officers warned Russia could be preparing to blow up a nuclear power station, leading to a radioactive environmental disaster. https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-warn-disaster-russia-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/amp/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 6, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2023 Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs' assets worth $2.5 billion ROME, July 4 (Reuters) - Italy has frozen Russian oligarchs' assets valued at around 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) following the invasion of Ukraine last year, the country's central bank said on Tuesday. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-has-frozen-russian-oligarchs-assets-worth-25-billion-2023-07-04/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2023 Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 6 people and injures dozens LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least six people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since the Kremlin’s forces invaded the country last year. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-lviv-1f18c9f3c181fa46316ccab97a732446? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2023 ☢️ New fears of nuclear horror Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine last Friday. Satellite image: Maxar Technologies via AP Ukraine and Russia accused each other yesterday of planning to attack one of the world's largest nuclear power plants. Neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian troops. Why it matters: Instability in Russia is raising doubts among Western officials "about whether Putin really provides the stability necessary to avoid an atomic Armageddon — or if he is the risk they should fear most," The Washington Post reports. 🇺🇦 Citing new intelligence reports, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky alleges Russian troops have placed "objects resembling explosives" on top of several of the plant's power units to "simulate" an outside attack, AP reports. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 9, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2023 Why the US is willing to send Ukraine cluster munitions now WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the front lines. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-cluster-munition-war-7332fa86b3c52d1ea8d63f92a7d5c2cb? EXPLAINER: What danger do cluster bombs pose? TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Rights groups and observers say Russia is using cluster bombs in its invasion of Ukraine, a charge Moscow denies. If confirmed, deployment of the weapon, especially in crowded civilian areas, would usher in new humanitarian concerns in the conflict, Europe’s largest ground war in generations. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-afghanistan-israel-syria-europe-4ac7b012f2b63567ffde368f65283921? EU takes a major step in approving plans to boost its anemic ammunition production to help Ukraine BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union took a major step early Friday in approving plans to boost its anemic production of ammunition and missiles within the 27-nation bloc, to both defend itself and quickly help Ukraine in trying to push back the invasion by Russia. https://apnews.com/article/eu-ukraine-support-ammunition-war-russia-5d9c64af0f46de70674a7254b08272bd? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 9, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2023 🇺🇦 3 keys to Ukraine peace With the war in Ukraine hitting the 500-day mark today, three big things have to go right to achieve peace, Axios' Dave Lawler reports. 1. The diplomacy: Former senior U.S. officials have met with well-connected Russians — including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov — to try and set the stage for potential peace talks, NBC News reports. Ukrainian officials told CIA Director Bill Burns on a secret visit last month to Kyiv that they believe if Ukrainian forces advance in the east and move within striking distance of Crimea in the south, Russia will negotiate in order to avoid defeat and keep control of the occupied peninsula, The Washington Post reports. 2. The counteroffensive: Ukraine has yet to bring many of its Western-armed-and-trained troops into the fight. The British Ministry of Defense estimates Russia's force is so depleted that Moscow couldn't mount an offensive of its own. What to watch: The White House is expected to provide cluster munitions to help Ukraine attack Russian entrenchments, despite concerns that dud bombs could endanger civilians. 3. The nuclear threat: Officials in Washington and Beijing are taking the prospect seriously. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Putin in March against using nuclear weapons, according to a report this week in the Financial Times. The U.S., U.K. and France informed Putin they'd attack Russia with non-nuclear means if he used a tactical nuclear weapon. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 10, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 10, 2023 Top Dems break with Biden over sending cluster bombs to Ukraine Some lawmakers say the decision cedes the moral high ground and will kill civilians. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/07/top-dems-break-with-biden-over-sending-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-00105246? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 11, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 With Ukraine’s Cluster Bombs Killing Its Own Citizens, Biden Readies Order to Send More A new Human Rights Watch report says Ukraine’s use of the internationally banned weapon has led to civilian casualties. https://theintercept.com/2023/07/05/ukraine-cluster-bombs-biden/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 11, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2023 Zelensky Brings Home 5 Azovstal Commanders, Russia Furious The five commanders were being held in Turkey “until the end of the war” per agreement with the Kremlin. New plan: Zelensky flew out of Turkey with all five on board. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/19245 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 12, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2023 Ukrainian minister says he fears Russia has ‘no red lines’ to prevent attacks on nuclear plant KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The catastrophic collapse of a dam in southern Ukraine has made Kyiv worried that Russia might stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to foment panic and quell Ukrainian advances on the frontline, Ukraine’s energy minister said Monday. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-energy-nuclear-power-c86f290c21041bddf73b11138540293f? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 13, 2023 Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian civilians woke long before dawn in the bitter cold, lined up for the single toilet and were loaded at gunpoint into the livestock trailer. They spent the next 12 hours or more digging trenches on the front lines for Russian soldiers. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-prisons-civilians-torture-detainees-88b4abf2efbf383272eed9378be13c72? 10 torture sites in 1 town: Russia sowed pain, fear in Izium IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — The first time the Russian soldiers caught him, they tossed him bound and blindfolded into a trench covered with wooden boards for days on end. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-treatment-of-prisoners-government-and-politics-aec9afe8d6631795ae9f9478a4ede4cc? Desperate Ukrainians take long and uncertain journey to escape Russian occupation KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Rima Yaremenko, the 5,000-kilometer (3,000-mile) odyssey to escape Russian occupation ended within sight of where it started. The 68-year old Ukrainian woman traversed several countries over six days only to settle across the river from her beleaguered hometown. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-escape-a52740fe034dd6f62bd1ee2da88b2a62? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 18, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2023 For a group of Ukrainian women, painting is a form of therapy to help them cope with loss KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a sunlit art studio in Kyiv filled with easels and canvases, Iryna Farion puts the finishing touches on an oil painting with a predominantly dark color palette in shades of blue and brown. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-widows-art-therapy-painting-ea0ac8a7de0a240a14513235423c6bd6? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 18, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2023 Ukraine bides its time in its counteroffensive, trying to stretch Russian forces before striking The first phase of Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory began weeks ago without fanfare. Apart from claiming that its troops are edging forward, Kyiv has not offered much detail on how it’s going. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-counteroffensive-explainer-ff774fce8608b464a406ae087b1a3607? Ukraine has an array of new Western weapons. What advantages could they offer in a counteroffensive? When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s military was largely reliant on Soviet-era weaponry, from tanks to artillery to fighter jets. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-western-weapons-counteroffensive-fd1d44d90e5f0ad6d1a37034753c6dfb? Russia’s improved weaponry and tactics pose challenges to Ukraine’s counteroffensive Ukrainian troops are probing Russian defenses as spring gives way to a second summer of fighting, and Kyiv’s forces are facing an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war. But analysts say Moscow also has learned from those blunders and improved its weapons and skills. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-counteroffensive-weapons-tactics-8fbdd80504e9d2d1f722b471081504c0? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 18, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2023 Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again as Putin vows response to attack that killed 2 An attack before dawn Monday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine, forcing the span’s temporary closure for a second time in less than a year. Two people were killed and their daughter was injured. https://apnews.com/article/crimea-bridge-russia-explosions-eafa1696fc5f2377cb83ac4b317c5386? Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs as Ukraine gets its own supply from US KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Moscow has a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, and warned that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-cluster-bombs-putin-2905bfce423a21a87f5ddb43fd419c69? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 19, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2023 Russia launches strikes on Odesa, 24 hours after Kerch Bridge attack Explosions were heard in the city of Odesa in southern Ukraine early Tuesday, about 24 hours after an apparent Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Bridge that connects the annexed Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia. https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-17-23/index.html? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 19, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2023 Ukraine Update: Long range missiles, cluster bomb hysteria, and Kerch Bridge hit Who wants to detour thousands of kilometers through an active war zone wishing range of Ukrainian artillery? https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/16/2181556/-Ukraine-Update-Long-range-missiles-disrupt-Russian-logistics-plus-cluster-bomb-hysteria? Ukraine Update: Putin just had his worst week of the war Since Feb. 24, 2022, every week has been a bad week for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. But this past week was next-level bad. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/15/2181355/-Ukraine-Update-Putin-just-had-his-worst-week-of-the-war? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 20, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2023 Russia strikes Ukraine’s critical port facilities in Odesa after halting grain deal KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday, damaging critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, including grain and oil terminals, and wounding at least 12 people, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-crimea-1676e6e746c888c8c8c1f0e4493be6fa? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2023 Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for third night since end of grain deal KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night Thursday, keeping Odesa in the Kremlin’s crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-mykolaiv-strikes-f99fcec6cca6509853934321792abd1e? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 23, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2023 Fugitive Combatant Wanted for Murder, an Army Vet Escaped to Ukraine — and Fought the Russians https://theintercept.com/2023/07/19/ukraine-war-american-foreign-fighter/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 25, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 25, 2023 Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces bombard Ukraine’s south KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow early Monday that saw one of the aircraft fall near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters, while the Russian military unleashed new strikes on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-crimea-drone-grain-3aeae8508ec55b87c0a1c85e257fe5d4? Ukraine’s Sustained Counteroffensive: Denying Russia’s Prolongation of the War The West risks handing the Kremlin another opportunity to prolong its war in Ukraine if it fails to resource Ukraine’s sustained counteroffensive. Delays and fragmented aid are exactly what allowed Russia to regroup prior to the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The West must not wait on the results of the current phase of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and, instead, help Ukraine maintain its momentum to prevent Russia from rebuilding its military strength and prolonging the war. https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine’s-sustained-counteroffensive-denying-russia’s-prolongation-war Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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