⚠️ Confirmed: Internet access has been knocked out in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, following reported Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌📉
"We are in the process of responding to a serious incident involving access to our network and headquarters-based systems. Several services, such as Logbook of The World® and the ARRL Learning Center, are affected." - ARRL https://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-systems-service-disruption
“What is the point of having power," she says, "if you will not use it to stop crimes against humanity?”
Jewish Presidential appointee Lily Greenberg Call resigned in protest at its refusal to stop arming Israel. It's an astonishing letter.
Update: a few minutes after tweeting this, her X account was suspended 🤨
US Treasury OFAC imposes sanctions on two Russians and three Russia-based entities for facilitating weapons transfers between Russia and the DPRK. https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240516
"The United States condemns the shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Fico. Our thoughts are with him, his family, and the Slovak people, and we wish him a full recovery." Statement from Secretary of State Blinken
ℹ️ Note: Metrics show reductions to internet connectivity in #Ukraine as Ukrenergo introduces controlled emergency power outages for industrial and household consumers, citing cold weather conditions and attacks by Russia targeting energy infrastructure since March
"Israeli officials hyped their country’s 5th place Eurovision finish as proof of quiet global grassroots support for their assault on Gaza. Now, they admit they manipulated the results through an international propaganda blitz"
"Ynet reported Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government publicity office invested in a targeted campaign to get votes not based on the song itself, but by appealing to pro-Zionist and Islamophobic views"
US Treasury OFAC designates one Russian and three Russia-based companies involved in an attempted sanctions evasion scheme in which an opaque and complex supposed divestment could have unfrozen more than $1.5 billion worth of shares belonging to US-designated Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2337