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Preparing our move to Scotland to escape England. #FBPE Audio/video recording, editing, theatre sound design. Tactical Vote: https://my.tactical.vote/

My links: https://mylinks.gppixelworks.co.uk/@mark

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paka, to random
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Russia has stopped flying its A-50 early warning & control planes after the downing of the 2nd aircraft

Russia recently lost 2 of its A-50 planes. Each aircraft costs around $330 million

Ukraine’s Air Force have not detected an A-50 aircraft since Feb. 23

Russia will likely keep the planes grounded during internal investigations into failure to protect this highly valuable asset

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-ministry-russia-likely-grounds-its-a-50-aircraft-fleet/

paka, to Czech
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Ukraine may receive the first of 800,000 #artillery #shells identified through a Czech-led allied initiative within weeks

The initiative is demonstrating we are actually doing something, not waiting what is going to happen on Capitol Hill

While the U.S. Senate approved a $95 billion aid bill, allocating $60 billion for Ukraine, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to put it to a vote

https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-ukraine-may-get-first-shells-found-in-czech-led-initiative-within-weeks/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #StandWithUkraine #Czech

paka, to Netherlands
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holds liable for $180 million in costs related to downing

All 298 people on board, including 80 children, were killed when Russian proxy forces used BUK missile system to shoot down the Airlines flight

Two Russian nationals, Igor Girkin & Sergey Dubinsky, & Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko, found guilty of shooting down MH17 at the in 2022

https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-costs-investigation-mh17-downing/

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paka, to random
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Ukraine fatigue not based on evidence

Ukraine’s allies are not fatigued & this narrative is wrongly amplified by the media

"The panel I participated in Munich was called “Ukraine Fatigue,” Kuleba stated. “But no one talked about Ukraine fatigue, except for Nancy Pelosi, who said: ‘Why is this the title of the panel if there is no fatigue? Why are you imposing this narrative?’

https://kyivindependent.com/kuleba-ukraine-fatigue-is-not-based-on-evidence/

paka, to snowboarding
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Europe’s ski resorts are closing during what could be the hottest February ever

Stark images from resorts in the likes of France, Austria and Bosnia show huge swathes of mountains almost entirely bare.

It’s a striking contrast to how they usually look in mid-to-late February - typically the peak season for winter sports

Even cannons have stopped working due to the high temperatures.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/02/24/europes-ski-resorts-are-grinding-to-a-halt-during-what-could-be-the-hottest-february-ever

paka, to random
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Russian special services behind attack on Estonian minister’s car

The purpose of the operation was to sow fear and create tension in society. Six of the detainees are in custody.

Suspects performed various roles following instructions from Russian special services

They were also encouraged to commit crimes, such as smashing car windows of vehicles belonging to Ministers, journalist & vandalizing memorials

https://news.err.ee/1609258853/iss-russian-special-services-behind-attack-on-estonian-minister-s-car

paka, to random
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's death preceded by long list of Putin critics’ murders

Since he came to power in 1999, more than 20 Putin have been or died mysteriously.

Many other enemies of the have survived attempts. The list and background at the link.

https://kyivindependent.com/navalnys-death-preceded-by-long-list-of-putin-critics-murders/

paka, to hungary
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Pressure on Orban grows amid child sex abuse scandal

Hungarian opposition leaders gathered in front of the prime minister’s office denounced Orban’s silence on the issue and saying it indicated deeper structural problems

The backlash has grown expanding into direct criticism of ’s government, associated & corruption

Asking if Hungarians think it normal a few families own half the country

https://kyivindependent.com/pressure-on-orban-grows-amid-child-sex-abuse-scandal/

paka, to Ukraine
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Russia builds militaristic youth camps in occupied

has deeply harmed & youth, facing abductions, physical peril, & efforts to suppress their identity in re-education camps & Russian foster families

Moscow will open a center for military-sports training & patriotic education

Teenagers will be taught firearms training.

This is preparation for service in the Russian army

https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-russia-builds-militaristic-youth-camps-in-occupied-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast/

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Nordic-Baltic delegation visits US Congress to shore up support for Ukraine

Delegation from Estonia, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, & Lithuania visited advocating for continued commitment to Ukraine

“We came here, obviously, to show unity, to show our commitment and hoping that the Americans would hear us,” said Icelandic lawmaker

"We are leaving America a little bit sad,"

https://kyivindependent.com/nordic-baltic-delegation-visits-us-congress-in-bid-to-shore-up-support-for-ukraine/

paka, to Netherlands
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Netherlands is preparing to send Ukraine an additional 6 F-16 fighter jets

This brings the total number of jets pledged to Ukraine by the Netherlands to 24.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Dec. 22 that the was preparing the initial batch of 18 F-16s for delivery to Ukraine. There have been no updates on the status of those 18 jets since then.

https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-to-send-6-more-f-16-jets-to-ukraine/

#F-16

paka, to random
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Is USA Really Going to Abandon Ukraine

Tens of millions of other people—Poles, Germans, Romanians, Finns, Estonians, Swedes, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Czechs, Latvians, Norwegians—are also in range of Russian missiles

Former president Medvedev has threatened Poland with loss of statehood, Sweden & Finland with nuclear missiles, & said Baltic states belong to Russia

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/us-congress-support-ukraine-war/677256/

paka, to hungary
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Russia exploiting far-right in Europe against Ukraine

Russia is taking advantage of European far-right movements’ increasingly vocal claims to Ukrainian , the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported

Far-right movements in & raised concern this past week after party leaders claimed parts of Ukrainian territory.

https://kyivindependent.com/isw-russia-exploiting-far-right-nationalism-in-europe-against-ukraine/

paka, to Futurology
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Budapest to Lyon: Why I chose to take a night train with my 6 year-old son instead of a flight

It was my six-year-old son who figured out a way to make that happen. Engrossed in a picture book about trains, he came across one that depicted a family sleeping peacefully in a couchette.

I decided it was time to give night trains a go.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/01/28/budapest-to-lyon-why-i-chose-to-take-a-night-train-with-my-6-year-old-son-instead-of-a-fli

paka, to Russia
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Russia aims to create new world order via alliance with China

attempting to deepen economic & diplomatic ties with & to allow it to challenge the international financial system

The document envisioned a new financial system & Eurasian based on alternative payment systems between Russia & China to bypass dominance of current global financial transactions

https://kyivindependent.com/washington-post-russia-aims-to-create-new-world-order-through-alliance-with-china/

paka, to random
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An international commission is needed to establish cause of the Russian Il-76 transport plane’s crash, but Moscow currently rejects this

Ukraine has called Russia’s narrative into question & demanded an international investigation.

“Concerning specific causes of the plane’s crash, the request to create an international commission is logical and well-founded”

https://kyivindependent.com/military-intelligence-russia-currently-refuses-international-commission-to-investigate-il-76-crash/

paka, to Bulgaria
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NATO official warns of all-out war w/Russia within next 20 years

We have to realize it’s not a given we're at peace

Russia has put its economy on a wartime footing

Europe has fallen short of even its pledges to deliver weapons to Ukraine, let alone prepare its own armies for war

Some have drawn historical parallels to the leadup to WWII

Europe was hesitant to repeat horrors of WWI & appeased the Nazis

https://kyivindependent.com/nato-official-warns-of-all-out-war-with-russia-within-next-20-years/

paka, to drones
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A Ukrainian drone has struck an oil storage depot in western Russia, causing a massive blaze, officials said, as Kyiv’s forces apparently extended their attacks on Russian soil

4 oil reservoirs were set on fire after the drone reached , a city about 60 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, according to the local governor and state news agency Tass.

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/19/ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russian-oil-depot-causes-massive-blaze

paka, to Budapest
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European Parliament backs resolution calling for suspending Hungary’s EU voting right

Earlier this month a petition was launched to remove some of #Budapest’s membership rights due to the country’s “erosion of the rule of law” and obstructive behavior in the face of EU #consensus building.

https://kyivindependent.com/european-parliament-backs-resolution-calling-for-suspending-hungarys-eu-voting-rights/

#Hungary #EU #VotingRights #law #treaty #erosion #obstructive #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression

paka, to Bulgaria
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Putin attempts to destabilize Baltic countries

Vladimir Putin sets conditions for future escalations in the countries as part of the alleged plan to weaken the NATO alliance - Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

has long employed an expansive definition of Russia’s sovereignty and trivialized the sovereignty of former republics

https://kyivindependent.com/isw-putin-attempts-to-destabilize-baltic-countries/

paka, to hungary
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EU chief says aid package for Ukraine will be approved ‘with or without’ ’s approval

In December 2023, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban blocked the deal hours after the group agreed it would formally commence full membership talks with Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/eu-chief-says-aid-package-for-ukraine-will-be-approved-without-hungarys-approval/

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Trump businesses received millions from foreign investments during , claims report

A scathing report from the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee claims countries, including:

  • China
  • India
  • Turkey
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Qatar

Those countries paid the rent and bills in 2017 and 2018 of four Trump-owned businesses and properties

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/05/trump-businesses-received-millions-from-foreign-investments-during-presidency-claims-repor

paka, to nuclear
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Experts at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continue to be denied access to the reactor halls of units 1, 2, and 6 of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)

These restrictions are impeding the ’s ability to assess the safety & security, confirming reported status of reactor units, spent fuel ponds & safety equipment

https://kyivindependent.com/iaea-experts-continue-to-be-denied-access-to-reactor-halls-at-russian-occupied-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant/

paka, to humanrights
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2 men suspected of having helped Russian forces 500+ people in , Kharkiv Oblast have been identified

According to Police, suspects turned the town’s aggregate factory into the largest torture chamber in Kharkiv Oblast

They coordinated & participated in torture of local residents who refused to cooperate with the Russian occupying forces

https://kyivindependent.com/men-torture-chamber-in-occupied-kharkiv-oblast/

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