#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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Stories of Slovaks who have not given up on #Ukraine
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Not a single one wants Russians near the Slovak border.
spectator.sme.skWhere would #Slovakia be without #NATO? Look at #Ukraine, experts say. With Mikuláš Dzurinda, Miroslaw Wlachovsky, Martin Sklenar & @Rastislav Káčer. spectator.sme.sk/c/23305956/n... #defense #security #Russia #Putinswar
Slovakia marks 20 years in the Alliance.
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Split over #Ukraine war, #Slovakia votes for president
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Slovakia will on Saturday hold the first round of a presidential election that is a battle between the Central European country's Russia-leaning ruling camp and a pro-Ukraine opposition-backed candida...
www.france24.comSlovak Ice Hockey Association: No KHLers at the World Championships thehockeynews.com/internationa... #Slovakia #Russia #Putinswar #Ukraine
Following a meeting this week, the executive committee of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association announced that, for the second year in a row, the team’s roster for
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Peter Pellegrini elected next Slovak president
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Predictions made by the dailies Denník N and Sme rule out Ivan Korčok's win. More than 96 votes have been counted.
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A Chinese academic's forecast that Russia will eventually be defeated is a dramatic departure in messaging from Beijing.
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Interesting headlines re probably the most visible #Czechia-#Slovakia political crisis ever: Czechs burn bridge with Moscow-boosting Slovaks www.politico.eu/article/czec... Czechs Snub Cabinet Meeting With Slovakia On #Ukraine Rift
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Prime Minister of Czechia cancels informal gatherings with Slovak cabinet over differences in Russia policy.
www.politico.eunews.yahoo.com/ukraine-dest... Another bites the dust. #Ukraine #putinswar #russia
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters Ukraine has destroyed the newest patrol ship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the $65 million Sergei Kotov, and left pro-Kremlin war reporters sulking.“A...
news.yahoo.comWhen russia invades Rome then we'll see where he stands on the white flag. #Ukraine #putinswar #russia
Shut the fuck up, pope
Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the "white flag" and negotiate an end to the war with Russia that followed Moscow's full-scale invasion two years ago and that has killed tens of thousands.
www.reuters.comContaining Global #Russia, warontherocks.com/2024/03/cont... #Ukraine #Putinswar
"It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union," George Kennan wrote in 1947, "must be that of long-term, patient
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Will America Let #Ukraine Collapse?
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#Europe is trying to fill a US-shaped hole in funding for #Ukraine
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European officials face the question of whether the EU can fill the gap, as they see funds being blocked across the Atlantic and the potential return of Donald Trump.
www.google.com#Ukraine strikes oil refineries deep inside #Russia www.ft.com/content/4bd2... #Putinswar
Kyiv aims to ‘deprive the enemy of resources and reduce the flow of oil money and fuel’
www.ft.comFacing #Putin threat, #EU pushes to arm #Ukraine - and itself timesofmalta.com/article/faci... #Putinswar #Russia
Kyiv's troops are struggling to hold back the Russian army
timesofmalta.com#Ukraine: Russian Forces Executed Surrendering Ukraine Soldiers, @hrw.org reports. www.hrw.org/news/2024/05... #Russia #Putinswar
Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered, since early December 2023, Hum...
www.hrw.org#Ukraine electricity imports soar after Russian attacks www.euractiv.com/section/elec... #Russia #Putinswar
Ukraine's daily electricity imports reached their highest this year on Tuesday (26 March) after a series of Russian missile strikes on critical infrastructure caused blackouts in many regions, the ene...
www.euractiv.comIt's 20 years in #NATO for Slovakia! Ambassadors Peter Bator, Radovan Javorcik & Igor Slobodnik write (in Slovak) about how it works and why it's important. nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-po... #security #defense #Ukraine #Russia #Putinswar
PETER BÁTOR, RADOVAN JAVORČÍK a IGOR SLOBODNÍK: Vstup Slovenska do NATO, od ktorého v týchto dňoch uplynulo 20 rokov, pokladáme za jedno z najdôležitejších rozhodnutí v novodobej histórii štátu.
nazory.pravda.sk#Ukraine receives new #EU funds, sees three more tranches in 2024 www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine... #Russia #Putinswar
Ukraine received a new 1.5-billion-euro ($1.6 billion) tranche of financial support from the European Union on Wednesday and hopes to get another 10 billion euros later this year, officials said. Fin...
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The message #Japan sends by backing #Ukraine
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An evolving foreign and defence policy is on display.
www.lowyinstitute.org#Putin’s Next Term: More Repression in #Russia, Aggression in #Ukraine www.usip.org/publications... #Putinswar
Vladimir Putin views his election for a fifth term as president as a plebiscite to cement his legitimacy as a great wartime leader leading an existential fight to save Russia from Ukrainian “Nazis” an...
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#Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn
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Assessments suggest Kremlin agents preparing covert bombings, arson and attacks on infrastructure
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#Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for #Ukraine
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Proposed five-year military aid package to shield Kyiv from ‘winds of political change’
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Slovakia will elect its sixth president on Saturday, March 23, when the first round takes place, Speaker Peter Pellegrini, who is clearly also running, announced
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Hlas leader Peter Pellegrini, a presidential hopeful, will not step down as speaker unless people elect him the next Slovak president.
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Russian disinformation on #Ukraine has grown in scale and skill, warns Berlin
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German diplomat says Moscow’s messaging combines greater subtlety and plausibility with automation
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