How the next few weeks could shape the West's support for #Ukraine via @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/section/glob... #Russia #Putinswar
In this week's edition: Ukraine faces crucial decision weeks, NATO talks strategy and EU looks how to restrain Israel.
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Basic training in #Ukraine is barely covering the basics, commanders say
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Ukrainian commanders in the field say they are bracing for most of the new troops under a new conscription law to arrive with poor training.
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#Japan Defense Chief Vows Continued Support for #Ukraine
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Singapore, June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem…
www.nippon.comRomanian Prime Minister discusses sending #Patriot system to #Ukraine www.euronews.com/my-europe/20... #Russia #Putinswar #Romania
Euronews Romania interviewed the country's Prime Minister about the possibility of supplying Ukraine with a Patriot system.
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#Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas: We have no Plan B for a Russian victory. Because then we would stop focussing on Plan A - helping #Ukraine push back the Russian invasion.
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Estonia is pouring money and weapons into Ukraine’s war effort to try to push back the Russians.
www.bbc.comUkrainian ‘ecocide app’ calculates #Russia’s bill for environmental damage www.euractiv.com/section/ener... #Ukraine #Putinswar
Ukraine’s environment has been the “silent victim” of the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets, but thanks to app-wielding Ukrainian citizens, he can now put a...
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Listening to citizens of #Ukraine: the poverty and human impacts of #Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Assessment in English on Ukraine about Education, Health and more; published on 29 May 2024 by World Bank
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A Military Strategy to Outlast #Russia
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The Russian Drone Plant That Could Shape the War in #Ukraine
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#Spain to give #Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal www.theguardian.com/world/articl... #Russia #Putinswar
Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, says the funding will improve Kyiv’s air defences just days after Russia killed 18 people in Kharkiv
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The new #NATO Force Model: ready for launch?, by @johnrdeni.bsky.social
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#Putin’s patience snapped: Insiders marvel at #Russia’s military purge www.theguardian.com/world/articl... #Putinswar #Ukraine
Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com#NATO allies seek clarity on Stoltenberg’s €100B plan for #Ukraine www.politico.eu/article/nato... #Russia #Putinswar
Alliance boss fears funding for Kyiv could run dry in the absence of a binding commitment.
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Meet the Peaky Blinders - #Ukraine's drone squad defending #Kharkiv
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High-tech drones help Ukraine's defenders - but they say they need more support from allies.
bbc.com#Russia is producing artillery shells around three times faster than #Ukraine's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost news.sky.com/story/russia... #Putinswar
Sky News visited a group of new recruits who were learning how to use an N-LAW anti-tank missile, first provided to the Ukrainian military by the UK.
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#Russia Is Increasingly Blocking #Ukraine’s Starlink Service
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Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.
www.nytimes.com#Poland tightens security at #Ukraine hub airport over Russian sabotage threat notesfrompoland.com/2024/05/24/p... #Putinswar #Ukraine
“We are facing a foreign state that is conducting hostile action on Polish territory," says the interior minister.
notesfrompoland.comThe West is tapping Russian money to arm #Ukraine. Much more could follow edition.cnn.com/2024/05/24/b... #Russia #Putinswar
Money generated by Russian financial assets frozen in Europe will soon start flowing to Ukraine, giving Kyiv a boost as it struggles to counter an advance by Moscow’s troops. Now, the West is trying t...
edition.cnn.comInside the White House, a Debate Over Letting #Ukraine Shoot U.S. Weapons Into #Russia www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/u... #Putinswar
After a sobering trip to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
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US will announce $275 million more in artillery and ammunition for #Ukraine, officials say
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Two U.S. officials say the Biden administration is expected to announce an additional $275 million in military aid for Ukraine on Friday.
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‘Everything is burning’: Battles rage outside #Kharkiv as #Ukraine tries to hold back Russian advance
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The grip the nation keeps on many of its towns is tenuous, and if Russian forces take Lyptsi, they can position artillery within range of Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv.
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#Ukraine NGO urges Taiwanese to invest in self-defense focustaiwan.tw/politics/202... #Taiwan #Russia #China #Putinswar
A Ukrainian NGO representative on Wednesday called on Taiwanese to be prepared to defend themselves against China, while noting that the key to effective civil defense efforts is collaboration between...
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#Russia wants to redraw sea borders with #Lithuania and #Finland, Vilnius calls it escalation
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The Russian authorities have unilaterally decided to change the country’s maritime borders with Lithuania and Finland in...
www.lrt.ltUkrainian gunners finally get shells to stop Russians near #Kharkiv www.reuters.com/world/europe... #Russia #Ukraine #Putinswar
Ukrainian servicemen operating a howitzer in Kharkiv region near the Russian border work around the clock to stop an incursion by Moscow's troops, and they are finally getting the shells to do it.
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Justice Ministry: Over 3,000 Ukrainian convicts have applied to join military
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More than 3,000 convicts have applied for conditional release to join Ukraine's Armed Forces, Deputy Justice Minister Olena Vysotska said on national television on May 21.
kyivindependent.com#Ukraine's President Zelenskiy said to Reuters the situation on the battlefield was one of the most difficult he had known since the start of #Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. www.reuters.com/world/europe... #Putinswar
Western allies are taking too long to make decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday.
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#Europe Sees Signs of Russian Sabotage but Hesitates to Blame Kremlin
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G7 warms to plan for #Trump-proofing #Ukraine aid www.ft.com/content/0773... #Putinswar #Russia
Washington seeks to front-load aid for Kyiv by using profits from Russia’s frozen assets as loan guarantees
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Can #Russia's intelligence services help install an American president? My #podcast #TheGlobalAgora with CIA ex-official and authior Alex Finley: #Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Alex Finley is a former officer of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, where she served in West Africa and Europe. She has penned three satires about the CIA: Victor in the Rubble, Victor in the Jung...
podcasters.spotify.com‘Nothing to go back to’: residents of #Vovchansk relive the nightmare of a hasty evacuation www.theguardian.com/world/articl... #Kharkiv #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
Rescue operations become ever more dangerous in the town at the centre of Russia’s recent offensive in the Kharkiv region
www.theguardian.comHow #Russia has advanced in #Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming www.theguardian.com/world/articl... #Ukraine #Putinswar
Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attack
www.theguardian.comEuropean Banks Still in #Russia After Putin's #Ukraine Invasion www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #Putinswar
The ECB is stepping up pressure on lenders to speed their exit from the country.
www.bloomberg.com#Ukraine presses Biden to lift ban on using US weapons to strike #Russia politi.co/4ak0Grd #Putinswar
Kyiv watched as Russians massed on the border, but they weren't allowed to use long-range missiles provided by Washington.
politi.coFile Not Found: #Russia Is Hacking Evidence of Its War Crimes via @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2024/05/file... #Ukraine #Putinswar
It is often quipped that history is written by the victors. But, as the bloodshed in Ukraine drags into a third year, Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Second Russian invasion is worse than the first, #Kharkiv evacuees say
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Thousands of Ukrainians have fled border towns and villages in the northeast Kharkiv region as Russian troops advance in a new attack.
www.washingtonpost.com#Russia’s Bombardment of #Ukraine Is More Lethal Than Ever www.wsj.com/world/russia... #Putinswar
In Major Shakeup, #Putin Replaces Defense Minister #Shoigu www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/12/i... #Russia #Putinswar #Ukraine
In a major shakeup, President Vladimir Putin has nominated former First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov to replace longtime Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the upper-house Federature Council ann...
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On the road to Lviv with the ‘donkeys of war’
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Hugh Carnegy joins a small band of volunteers driving donated pick-up trucks and 4x4s from Britain to Ukraine
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There was no first line of defence. The Russians simply walked in, Ukrainian troops in #Kharkiv tell BBC
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The BBC's Jonathan Beale meets front-line soldiers battling Russia's new incursion in north-east Ukraine.
bbc.comDoes the West really think about how it can supply #Ukraine in the next two or three years of the war? Listen to my #podcast #TheGlobalAgora with @gresselgustav.bsky.social. If you enjoy what I do, please, support me on Ko-fi. Thank you. ko-fi.com/post/Is-the-... #Russia #Putinswar
Light in Darkness – How #Kharkiv’s Tech Sector Continues Thriving Amidst Constant Bombardment www.kyivpost.com/post/32453 #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
Olga Shapoval, executive director of the Kharkiv IT Cluster, told Kyiv Post how tech companies in Kharkiv have learned to leverage their proximity to the front to their advantage.
www.kyivpost.comTerror, grief and rising smoke leave streets completely empty - as Ukrainians flee border town's fiercest attack yet. Sky News followed a rescue team as they raced into #Vovchansk news.sky.com/story/elderl... #Ukraine #Kharkiv #Russia #Putinswar
Sky News followed a pair of volunteer rescuers, who drove a white van into the town to help residents evacuate.
news.sky.com‘If the Russians go through #Ukraine, do you think they won't go to #Europe?’ - on #Odesa’s front line www.euronews.com/2024/05/11/i... #Russia #Putinswar
Dima runs a perfume shop in Odesa that has now doubled up as a place where volunteers can restock supplies. He told Euronews about how it is to be in close contact with those fighting on the frontline...
www.euronews.com‘If the Russians go through #Ukraine, do you think they won't go to #Europe?’ - on #Odesa’s front line www.euronews.com/2024/05/11/i... #Russia #Putinswar
Dima runs a perfume shop in Odesa that has now doubled up as a place where volunteers can restock supplies. He told Euronews about how it is to be in close contact with those fighting on the frontline...
www.euronews.comDoes the West really think about how it can supply #Ukraine in the next two or three years of the war? Listen to another episode of my #podcast #TheGlobalAgora. I talked to @gresselgustav.bsky.social podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/and... #Russia #Putinswar
Let's assume the West finds the magic pink castle in Hollywood, where all the stuff is stored that Ukrainians need and immediately transfers it on the magic carpet to Kyiv. Even with this, Ukraine wou...
podcasters.spotify.comConfusion swirls over Western tank caveats in #Ukraine www.defensenews.com/global/europ... #Russia #Putinswar
There are no Dutch restrictions on Ukrainian forces using donated Leopard tanks in combat, as Ukrainian soldiers said they are still using US-made Abrams.
www.defensenews.com#Slovakia, #Ukraine and #Russia: When political expediency meets personal animus spectator.sme.sk/c/23327527/s... #Putinswar
Fico may be harbouring a grudge against Ukraine, but it meshes neatly with his political goals and long-standing Russophilia.
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