#Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery #Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr #Zelensky and his top commander.
A formal announcement has not been made, however, a presidential decree is expected by the end of the week.
A video accompanying Thursday’s statement showed what appeared to be several waterborne #drones striking into both the sides and the stern of the warship. Ukrainian military officials identified the vessel as the #Ivanovets missile corvette.
#China demanded on Thursday that #Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as "international sponsors of war," saying it wanted #Kyiv to "eliminate negative impacts." #Russia
On Friday, judges said the #ICJ had jurisdiction to rule on #Ukraine's request for the court to declare that #Kyiv has not committed #genocide.
However, judges will not rule on whether #Russia's invasion or recognition of the independence of areas in eastern Ukraine amount to a violation of the #GenocideConvention. #TheHague
At least 12 scientists in #Russia have been detained in politically motivated arrests linked to Russian President Vladimir #Putin's much-touted #HypersonicMissile program. Three have died since their arrests.
The hypersonic Kh-24 #Kinzhal ("Dagger") has been regularly used by Russian forces in their full-scale invasion of #Ukraine to hit infrastructure in cities.
The deterioration of #Russia’s #AviationSafety record is undoing decades of work by Russia’s airlines to modernize their fleets after the end of the #ColdWar and turn around a reputation for questionable safety. #Ukraine
#YandexNV reached an agreement to sell its Russian business, including the nation’s most popular #SearchEngine, for about $5.2 billion, the highest-valued deal yet to exit #Russia following the invasion of #Ukraine.
The divorce, which took more than a year to negotiate, opens the way for #Yandex to develop some projects abroad after divesting Russian units that had generated most of its revenue.
"This is a very special time in Swedish history, both for the nation and the armed forces, coming from #neutrality and non-alliance, and then shifting towards collective defence within #NATO. It’s a big step,” said Colonel #DanRasmussen, commander of the Gotland Regiment. #Russia#Ukraine
#Finland closed the 1,340-kilometer (832-mile) land border late last year after about 1,300 migrants without proper documentation or visas had arrived across the frontier since September — an unusually high number, just months after Finland joined the #NATO alliance. #Ukraine#RajaJooseppi
Volodymyr #Zelenskiy has fired his top army commander, Valerii #Zaluzhnyi, in #Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up since #Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly two years ago.
The decision to push ahead with the dismissal is seen as a risky move for Zelenskiy, given Zaluzhnyi’s high approval ratings among Ukrainians
#Syrskyi has replaced Valerii #Zaluzhnyi, a popular commander whose relations with #Zelenskiy had become strained in recent months. Critics have suggested Zelenskiy may have been partly motivated by concerns over Zaluzhnyi’s high approval ratings in Ukrainian society and his potential to one day become a political challenger.
Working on #SuperBowl Sunday, in a critical 67-27 vote, the #Senate voted to end debate on whether to add the supplemental bill’s language into the shell bill the upper chamber is using to advance that legislation, surpassing the filibuster threshold. #US
Congress approved #Turkey’s acquisition of as many as 40 Lockheed Martin Corp. #F16 Block 70 aircraft and 79 upgrade kits to modernize its fleet as well as hundreds of missiles and bombs. The critical sale will reinforce Turkey’s defense at a time when #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine and the #Israel-#Hamas war has roiled the #MiddleEast.
The Senate voted 66-33, exceeding a 60-vote margin, to sweep aside the last procedural hurdle and limit debate on the measure to a final 30 hours before a vote on passage that could come on Wednesday.
“#Russia has chosen a path which is a long-term confrontation ... and the #Kremlin is probably anticipating a possible conflict with #NATO within the next decade or so,” Kaupo Rosin told reporters at the release of #Estonia’s national security threats report. #Ukraine
The bill appears to face long odds of getting to the floor in the House, where the Republican speaker, #MikeJohnson, criticised it for lacking conservative provisions to a record flow of migrants across the #US-#Mexico border.
#UrsulaVonDerLeyen is pushing the boundaries of the #EU urging member states to consider a #CollectiveDefence role, something never imagined when the first European community was established more than 50 years ago. #Europe#Ukraine#US
#Putin just created a martyr. He's put himself in the position of living on borrowed time. No one is going to believe Navalny's death was due to natural causes.
The Russian opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny has died in jail, the country’s prison service has said, in what is likely to be seen as a political assassination attributable to #VladimirPutin. #Russia#Ukraine
"If this is true, I want #Putin and everyone around him to know that they will be held accountable for everything they did to our country, to my family.
For me, very strong echoes of what happened to #NinoyAquino on that fateful day on the airport tarmac in Manila. His wife, #CoryAquino, then took over the opposition - the rest is history.
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