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hanse_mina, 20 days ago to Zelensky

In #Kharkiv, President #Zelensky addressed the world leaders from the ruins of #Ukraine's once largest printing house.

"I am appealing to the leaders of the world who are still aside from the global efforts of the Global Peace Summit – to President #Biden, the leader of the United States, and to President #Xi, the leader of #China. Please, show your leadership in advancing peace. Real peace, not just a pause between the strikes."

https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/10484

#Russia #Switzerland #EU #NATO #US #UK

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hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Ukraine

The recent arrests of five top Russian military officers are likely just the first of dozens of military figures who will be jailed in a sweeping purge by the security services.

“There is a fierce cleanup underway. The #FSB is mopping up [former Defense Minister Sergei] #Shoigu's team. It’s to be expected. This kind of operation can only be carried out with approval at the very top [of the country's leadership]”

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/24/fsb-launches-sweeping-purge-of-military-elites-with-kremlins-approval-a85213

#Ukraine #Russia #Putin

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Russia

2 people died and 24 people were injured when #Russia hit a home improvement store in #Kharkiv.

Possibly up to 200 people were inside when it happened.

https://t.me/synegubov/9699

#Ukraine

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hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Ukraine

#Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry into the 125th Brigade and its subordinate units over the lack of preparedness and improper organization of defenses in #Kharkiv Oblast.

According to the preliminary investigation detailed in the court document, the 125th Brigade and its subordinate units "did not properly organize the defense of positions on the border of Kharkiv Oblast" due to a "careless attitude to military service."

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-opens-investigation-into-improper-organization-of-defenses-in-kharkiv-oblast/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to hungary

On June 9, #Hungary is going to the elections. Citizens will simultaneously elect members of the European Parliament, as well as local authorities throughout the country.

This vote is almost guaranteed to cause a sensation. Its creator is Peter #Madyar - until recently, almost no one knew the representative of the government. His party called Tisa, which appeared on the political map of Hungary a little over a month ago, already has second place and 20-25% support.

https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2024/05/25/7186723/

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Bulgaria

#NATO’s boss wants to free #Ukraine to strike hard inside #Russia

Jens #Stoltenberg says the rules on using Western weapons should be eased

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/05/24/natos-boss-wants-to-free-ukraine-to-strike-hard-inside-russia

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Germany

#Germany has delivered a new batch of military assistance to #Ukraine, which includes artillery shells, #Leopard 1 AP tanks, machine guns, drones, rifles and ammunition.

https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/24/7186681/

#Russia #EU

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Ukraine

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 25 May 2024.

#Ukraine #Russia #UK #IntelligenceUpdate

hanse_mina, 21 days ago to Russia

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, #Russia has suffered heavy losses in both personnel and military materiel. The high rate of losses is forcing #Moscow to send units into battle with improvised equipment, saving its limited resources until everything else has failed. It is a sign of weakness in the invading forces which can be overlooked by headlines about Russian advances on multiple fronts.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/24/how-battlefield-motorcycles-and-turtle-tanks-expose-the-weaknesses-of-russias-army-a85209

#Ukraine

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to China

While the Russian authorities boast that they were able to replace the “toxic” #dollar and #euro by transferring a significant part of transactions to the #yuan, the Central Bank is sounding the alarm. For normal operation, companies must be able to attract financing in yuan, but Russian banks are in short supply. #China does not provide them, so you can only rely on the Central Bank and the savings of Russian companies and citizens.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/05/24/tsentrobank-priznal-proval-popitok-privlech-yuani-v-rossiyu-a131842

#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Ukraine

Russia losing a strategic early warning radar system is a new twist in the Ukraine conflict that could have further reaching ramifications.

Satellite imagery confirms a Russian strategic early warning radar site in the southwestern end of the country was substantially damaged in a reported Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week.

https://www.twz.com/news-features/strike-on-russian-strategic-early-warning-radar-site-is-a-big-deal

#Ukraine #Russia #Crimea

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Arizona

The first batch of Ukrainian pilots have graduated from F-16 training at an #Arizona military base, a crucial step toward putting modern, American-made fighter jets in Ukraine’s skies, Capt. ERIN HANNIGAN, a spokesperson with the Air National Guard, told.

The pilots are now headed to Europe for additional training, according to a person with knowledge of their movements.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/05/23/a-new-military-era-for-the-us-and-kenya-kind-of-00159744

#Ukraine #Russia #US #EU #NATO #F16

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to hungary

Viktor #Orbán’s #Hungary is holding up legislation that would enable #Ukraine to receive up to €2bn for weapons from the #EU, in a blow to efforts to mobilise profits from Russian assets frozen under sanctions.

“For the time being they are blocking everything connected to the military support to Ukraine,” said one of the people, suggesting #Budapest’s reservations would remain until at least next month’s European elections.

https://www.ft.com/content/ce730028-688f-4c36-9f5b-6b240f76134a

#Russia

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Ukraine

Former president Donald #Trump again invoked authoritarian leaders at a rally Thursday, a reminder of a vision he has been outlining for a potential second term.

Trump referenced Russian President Vladimir #Putin, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Chinese leader #Xi Jinping and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor #Orban.

Trump said the leaders were “at the top of their game, whether you like it or not.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/24/trump-rally-bronx-putin-kim-jong-un/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #China #Hungary #NorthKorea

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Ukraine

Tank guns that cannot fire because important parts are missing. Electrical or hydraulic systems not working.

New information on a donation of at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks to #Ukraine from #Denmark, #Germany and the #Netherlands reveals a number of serious problems.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/danmark-og-tyskland-gav-leopard-kampvogne-til-ukraine-der-ikke-kunne-skyde

#EU #NATO

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Russia

#G7 finance ministers will lay the groundwork for using the profits from frozen #Russia assets to help #Ukraine, according to a draft of the communique that they’re set to sign off on Saturday.

The move comes after the #US pushed for the G-7 to leverage future revenue generated from about $280 billion in Russian central bank funds, most of which lies immobilized in Europe. The plan could unlock an aid package of as much as $50 billion for Ukraine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-24/ukraine-aid-from-russian-assets-is-moving-forward-in-g-7-draft

#EU

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Russia

Russian President Vladimir #Putin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskiy had no legitimacy following the expiry of his five-year term and this would raise a legal obstacle if #Russia and #Ukraine were to hold peace talks.

With Ukraine under martial law in the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskiy has not faced elections despite the expiry of his five-year term this week.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-legitimacy-ukraines-zelenskiy-is-over-2024-05-24/

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Ukraine

Ukrainian forces halted Russian troops in the #Kharkiv sector and are conducting counterattacks, Ihor #Prokhorenko, a representative of the Main Operational Directorate of #Ukraine's General Staff, said at a briefing in #Kyiv on May 24.

"At the moment, (Russian forces) have been halted, the situation is under control, we are carrying out counterattacks," Prokhorenko said.

https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-ukraine-conducts-counteroffensive-actions-in-the-kharkiv-sector-russia-troops-halted/

#Russia

hanse_mina, 22 days ago to Russia

Donald #Trump again claimed #Russia would not have launched its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine if he had won a second term in office.

Speaking during his first rally in New York in eight years on May 23, the former president also said he would have prevented #Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on #Israel and the ensuing war in #Gaza that followed.

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-once-again-claims-he-would-have-stopped-russias-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine/

hanse_mina, 23 days ago to Ukraine

Russian gasoline production fell again for the third week in a row.

During the week from May 13 to May 19, Russian refineries produced 740 thousand tons of gasoline - the minimum volume since October last year.

Compared to the previous week, production fell by another 2.5%, compared to the beginning of May - by 5%, and when compared with the levels of the end of December by 20% (then refineries produced more than 930 thousand tons of gasoline weekly)

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/05/23/proizvodstvo-benzina-vrossii-obvalilos-dominimuma-soktyabrya-posle-novih-naletov-nanpz-a131673

#Ukraine #Russia

hanse_mina, 23 days ago to Bulgaria

In recent years, concerns have grown over the presence of Chinese students and academics at European universities or collaborations between European universities and Chinese research institutes. Several universities, for instance, cut ties with the Chinese state-funded Confucius Institute after suspicions of espionage

Tech leakage is an "emerging risk", and one where the EU "cannot afford any longer to be naive," the bloc's research chief Iliana Ivanova told

https://www.politico.eu/article/academic-research-campus-eu-universities-intelligence-services-china-spying-technology/

#EU #China

hanse_mina, 23 days 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, 23 days 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, 23 days 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, 23 days 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