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hanse_mina, 7 hours ago to Bulgaria

Eurobarometer survey from May 24th shows strong support from the #EU citizens towards #Ukraine.

• 87% support humanitarian aid to the people affected by the war.

• 83% agree with welcoming into the EU people fleeing the war.

• 72% of EU citizens support economic sanctions on the Russian government, companies, and individuals

• 70% agree with providing financial support to Ukraine.

• 60% supports EU financing the purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2729

hanse_mina, 8 hours ago to Bulgaria

Greek and Polish leaders asked European Commission President Ursula Von der #Leyen to lead a charge to create a common air defense shield that would be financed by the bloc.

Von der Leyen blessed the idea in a post on X Thursday as she renewed her call for more common defense projects.

The two leaders are also asking for the issue to be discussed at the next #EU summit at end of June.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-23/greece-and-poland-ask-eu-to-create-a-common-air-defense-shield

#Ukraine #Russia #Poland #Greece

hanse_mina, 8 hours ago to Ukraine

Russian troops are "completely bogged down" in street battles for the town of #Vovchansk in #Kharkiv Oblast, having suffered "very heavy losses," Commander-in-Chief of #Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr #Syrskyi said on May 23.

Russian troops are now deploying their reserves from different sectors, but fail to support active assault operations in the region, Syrskyi said.

https://kyivindependent.com/syrskyi-russia-completely-got-stuck-in-street-fighting-for-vovchansk-suffer-big-losses/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 11 hours ago to Russia

#Russia's border guard removed more than 20 buoys demarcating shipping lanes from the #Narva River on Thursday (May 23), #Estonia's PPA said.

Estonia installed the markers in its waters based on the State Borders Act and the buoys' location were agreed by the border agencies in 2022.

However, this year Russia disagreed with the locations of approximately half of the 250 markers. Some of those removed on Thursday morning were those disputed by Russia

https://news.err.ee/1609350048/russian-border-guards-remove-markers-from-estonian-waters-in-narva-river

#Ukraine #EU NATO

hanse_mina, 21 hours ago to Russia

The leader of #Russia's #Chechnya region, Ramzan #Kadyrov, said early on Thursday he had met President Vladimir #Putin in the #Kremlin and offered to send more fighters to help Moscow in its more than two-year-old conflict in #Ukraine.

He said tens of thousands of "well trained and equipped fighters from the reserves" were prepared to fight for Russia in Ukraine if such an order were given.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/chechen-leader-meets-russias-putin-offers-more-troops-ukraine-2024-05-22/

hanse_mina, 19 hours ago to Ukraine

Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting #Ukraine Shoot #US Weapons Into #Russia

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.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/white-house-ukraine-weapons-russia.html

hanse_mina, 20 hours ago to China

By deepening economic relations with both #China and #Russia, #Orbán hopes to give #Hungary an oversized say in global decision-making. And his “friendship” with #Putin is feeding the ever-growing clientelism within his government and funding his cronies.

For example, while other European countries have been downgrading the size of their staff at Russian embassies and consulates, staff numbers at the Russian Embassy in Budapest are on the rise.

https://www.politico.eu/article/kremlin-russia-hungary-viktor-orban-oil-gazprom-media-gabor-kubatov-fidesz-party/

#Ukraine #EU #NATO

hanse_mina, 20 hours ago to Russia

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja #Kallas says #Russia is conducting a “shadow war” against the West.

Kallas cited a warning from an intelligence agency to a European country that one of its warehouses was targeted by Russian military intelligence. When a fire occurred at the warehouse two weeks later, officials in the country suggested that “we don’t know it is the Russians,” she said. Kallas did not identify the country.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-estonia-baltics-sabotage-spying-kallas-62835b00fdb31f648ebe2259908ca2a1

#Ukraine #EU #NATO #Estonia

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Ukraine

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 22 May 2024.

#Ukraine #Russia #UK #IntelligenceUpdate

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Ukraine

The Swedish government has agreed with its support party on a framework for additional military support to Ukraine totalling 75 billion crowns ($7.01 billion) over three years

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sweden-plans-7-bln-military-support-frame-ukraine-2024-2026-2024-05-22/

#Ukraine #Russia #Sweden #EU

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Bulgaria

#Moldova has signed a security and defence partnership with the #EU, the first country to agree such a deal with the bloc, EU foreign policy chief Josep #Borrell said.

The 28-point partnership plan takes account of "an increasingly challenging security environment" following #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine and calls for consultations in a wide range of sectors.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldova-signs-security-defence-partnership-with-eu-2024-05-21/

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Zelensky

In an interview on Monday with The New York Times #Zelensky said he appealed to senior #US officials to allow #Ukraine to fire American missiles and other weaponry at military targets inside #Russia — a tactic the United States continues to oppose. The inability to do so, he insisted, gave Russia a “huge advantage” in cross-border warfare that it is exploiting with assaults in Ukraine’s northeast.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-interview.html

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Russia

Russian forces have started the first stage of exercises ordered by President Vladimir #Putin to simulate preparation for the launch of tactical nuclear weapons.

The drills involve missile forces in #Russia's Southern Military District, which lies adjacent to #Ukraine and also includes parts of Ukraine that Russia now controls.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-starts-nuclear-military-drills-2024-05-21/

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to poland

#Poland's prime minister announced on Tuesday the re-establishment of a commission to look into undue Russian influence, as #Warsaw grapples with what it says is an intense campaign by #Moscow to destabilise the country.

"I issued an order on the establishment of a commission to investigate Russian and Belarusian influence on the internal security and interests of the Republic of Poland in the years 2004-2024," Prime Minister Donald #Tusk said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-arrests-nine-charges-russian-ordered-sabotage-2024-05-21/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU

hanse_mina, 1 day ago to Ukraine

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.

"We were positioned in the #Bakhmut area before, now we have been transferred here. It's much 'hotter' here. We didn't have shells there. Here, at least we have shells, they started delivering them. We have something to work with, to fight."

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-gunners-finally-get-shells-stop-russians-near-kharkiv-2024-05-21/

#Ukraine #Russia

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Russia

Estonian PM Kaja #Kallas has said the Baltic states should convey to Western countries the opinion that peace on #Russia's terms will not mean an end to human suffering.

"Even the end of the war does not mean the end of human suffering. If we look at our history, after the end of World War II in our countries, there were no military actions, but there were mass deportations and our culture, our language were repressed

All this happened in peacetime"

https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/20/7186308/

#Ukraine #EU #NATO

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Ukraine

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 21 May 2024.

#Ukraine #Russia #UK #IntelligenceUpdate

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Youtube

#YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.

Removing content related to human rights at the request of the Russian government and not because it violates Google’s content policies marks a “new trend,” Agentstvo said, citing an unnamed cybersecurity expert.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/20/youtube-blocks-anti-war-videos-at-russias-request-agentstvo-a85175

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Google

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Ukraine

An unprecedented war in the West should have been an opportunity for Britain’s sanctions watchdog to step up.

But when it emerged last month that the regulator had dished out zero fines to Russians circumventing their sanctions since the illegal invasion of #Ukraine in February 2022, few were surprised.

Critics fear the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (#OFSI) has become representative of the #UK’s approach to punishing #Russia for its war: in name only.

https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-ofsi-miss-opportunity-sanctions-watchdog-step-up-in-face-russia-war/

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Ukraine

Eagles that have migratory routes through #Ukraine have shifted their flight paths to avoid areas affected by the conflict, researchers have found.

GPS data has revealed that greater spotted eagles not only made large detours after the invasion began, but also curtailed pitstops to rest and refuel, or avoided making them altogether.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/eagles-shifting-flight-paths-to-avoid-ukraine-conflict-scientists-find

#Russia

hanse_mina, 2 days ago to Ukraine

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for #Ukraine, President Volodymyr #Zelenskiy told Reuters.

He also said he was pushing partners to get more directly involved in the war by helping to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine and allowing #Kyiv to use Western weapons against enemy military equipment amassing near the border.

"Every decision to which we, then later everyone together, comes to is late by around one year"

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/western-aid-ukraine-too-slow-risks-us-election-limited-zelenskiy-2024-05-20/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 3 days ago to Ukraine

Austrian businessman Otto #Hirsch visited the occupied #Luhanks earlier in May and brought material aid.

https://t.me/RusBotWien_RU/5080

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Austria

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hanse_mina, 3 days ago to Bulgaria

Research by News Insight has revealed several German websites disseminating pro-Russian narratives.

These sites frequently quote Russian state media and promote claims that support the #Kremlin.

Key narratives include blaming the West and #NATO for the war in #Ukraine, depicting #Ukraine as a Western proxy, asserting Russian victories, alleging NATO troop presence, and "Nazis" in Ukraine.

https://insightnews.media/which-german-websites-help-disseminate-pro-russian-narratives/

#Germany #EU

hanse_mina, 3 days ago to Russia

#Putin’s 2030 aviation manufacturing plan, was originally announced in June 2022. It was portrayed by several domestic and international commentators as “a massive program to make all-Russian airplanes… independent from Western technology.”

#Russia’s aviation industry finally acknowledges that it is in crisis as it publishes revised schedule for their President’s grandiose plans for the construction of commercial aircraft.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32921

#Ukraine

hanse_mina, 3 days ago to Russia

The #Laconian Gulf has become an important logistics hub for enabling #Russia to get its oil to the world. It’s in a relatively sheltered area where #Greece’s territorial waters only stretch six miles out to sea, meaning that the cargo switching takes place in a location where it’s difficult for #Athens to intervene.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-20/tankers-return-to-greek-gulf-to-switch-russian-oil-as-drills-end

#EU #Ukraine #NATO