rvps2001

rvps2001, 4 hours ago to Russia

🇬🇧 The UK government said the growing alliance between #Russia and #China is a threat to Western nations, as it urged European countries to boost lethal aid to Ukraine.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-19/uk-sees-direct-threat-from-russia-china-alliance-shapps-says

Archive: https://archive.is/6c774

#britain

rvps2001, 4 hours ago to Ukraine

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine’s Navy said on May 19 that it had “destroyed” Russian sea minesweeper Kovrovets overnight, refuting Moscow’s earlier claims of having repelled strikes on occupied #Crimea

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-navy-says-it-destroyed-russian-sea-minesweeper-kovrovets-overnight/

#russia

rvps2001, 1 day ago to random

⚡🇬🇪 Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-media-law-0b626b2cfe22761c03e6cce1b2a59d1a

rvps2001, 1 day ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian forces struck a residential area in the city of Kharkiv on the afternoon of May 18, injuring at least five people, including two children.
https://kyivindependent.com/authorities-russian-attack-on-kharkiv-injures-5-including-2-children/

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Two people were killed and two more were injured when a car with civilians trying to evacuate from Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian fire.
https://kyivindependent.com/prosecutors-office-2-killed-2-injured-in-russian-attack-on-kharkiv-oblast/

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

rvps2001, 1 day ago to Ukraine

🇺🇸 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push fellow G7 finance officials next week to agree to a plan to bring forward the interest earnings on frozen Russian assets to provide more money to #Ukraine quickly, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/yellen-push-g7-bring-forward-interest-russian-assets-aid-ukraine-2024-05-17/

#usa #russia

rvps2001, 1 day ago to France

🇨🇵🇷🇺 #France’s decision to invite #Russia to attend the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings has stoked tensions with allied nations as leaders prepare to gather on the Normandy beaches on June 6.

https://www.politico.eu/article/d-day-allies-vexed-over-france-macron-invitation-to-russia-80-anniversary/

rvps2001, 2 days ago to Ukraine

🇱🇹🇺🇦 Vilnius has sent #Ukraine a new batch of military and humanitarian aid, including ammunition and reconnaissance drones.

#Lithuania

rvps2001, 2 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺🇨🇳 #Russia and #China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister said.

https://apnews.com/article/joseph-wu-taiwan-interview-russia-china-492fbd5e896ae3231de5f3fbf3c93012

rvps2001, 2 days ago to Russia

🗣 #Russia’s ongoing offensive in #Ukraine doesn’t have the legs for a breakthrough, NATO’s supreme allied commander for Europe said Thursday.

“They don't have the skill and the capability to do it, to operate at the scale necessary to exploit any breakthrough to strategic advantage," said the U.S. general, but added: "They do have the ability to make local advances and they have done some of that.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/top-nato-commander-christopher-cavoli-russian-offensive-war-in-ukraine/

#russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 2 days ago to random

🇲🇩 Parliament in #Moldova voted on Thursday to hold a referendum in October on European Union membership, the cornerstone of President Maia Sandu's policies, alongside a presidential election.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-parliament-votes-hold-referendum-eu-membership-oct-20-2024-05-16/

rvps2001, 2 days ago to Russia

CTP:

🇷🇺🇱🇾🇨🇫 #Russia has reinforced its military presence in Libya and expanded military cooperation with former Portuguese colonies in West Africa as it continues to expand its influence in #Africa

https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/africa-file-may-16-2024-russian-outreach-across-africa-irans-uranium-aims-is-mozambique-continues-march

rvps2001, 3 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia has stepped up its disinformation efforts to discredit #Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and raise questions about his legitimacy in recent months, US intelligence agencies have observed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/us-intelligence-russia-disinformation-zelensky/index.html

rvps2001, 4 days ago to Russia

🇦🇹🇷🇺 Austrian weapons continue to flow to #Russia despite EU sanctions and #Austria's stance of neutrality, which Vienna uses to justify its refusal to officially supply weapons to #Ukraine

https://theins.press/en/news/271563

rvps2001, 5 days ago to poland

🇵🇱 Young people hired in #Poland, seeing chance for ’easy money,’ take part in Russian sabotage in #Europe

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/the-misfits-russia-is-recruiting-to-spy-on-the-west-7417b2b5

#russia #spying

rvps2001, 6 days ago to Ukraine

🇷🇸🇺🇦 Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic expressed support for #Ukraine in its war against #Russia after meeting Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday, but stopped short of committing to sanctions against Moscow.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbia-reaffirms-support-ukraine-holds-back-sanctions-2024-05-13/

#serbia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 6 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 Kremlin-owned energy kingpin Gazprom, once #Russia's most profitable company, could face a long period of poor performance as it struggles to fill the gap of lost European gas sales with its domestic market and Chinese exports.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gazprom-loss-shows-struggle-fill-eu-gas-sales-gap-with-china-2024-05-13/

#europe #china #oilandgas

rvps2001, 6 days ago to Ukraine

🗣️ 'Denys Yaroslavskyi is angry.

As the Commander of a Ukrainian Special Reconnaissance Unit, he fought in #Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Kharkiv in the autumn of 2022, which pushed back an initial Russian invasion all the way back to the border.

But now Denys and his men are facing the prospect of doing the same all over again.'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72p0xx410xo

#russia #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 7 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 A military unit called "Bars Kaskad" is recruiting #Russia's elite, the UK Ministry of Defence said.

The unit is mostly involved in drone operations far from the front lines in #Ukraine

It likely allows recruits to "sidestep" usual service requirements "with guaranteed safety," said the MoD.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-drone-unit-recruits-sons-kremlin-elite-them-safe-uk-2024-5

#russianarmy #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 7 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 #Russia is recruiting far-Right extremists to carry out attacks in the UK and Nato countries, The Telegraph understands.

Intelligence sources have said that terrorists recruited by Russian GRU agents have been responsible for a series of attacks in Western Europe and the US in the last six months.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/11/russia-recruiting-far-right-extremists-attacks-west-putin/

Archive: https://archive.is/321cB

rvps2001, 8 days ago to Ukraine

🇺🇦 #Ukraine received an emergency electricity supply from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia amid an ongoing power shortage following Russia's attacks on energy infrastructure, the Energy Ministry reported on May 11.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-receives-emergency-energy-supply-from-europe/

rvps2001, 9 days ago to Portugal

🇵🇹 #Portugal said it is "greatly concerned" by reports that its former colony Sao Tome and Principe has signed a military cooperation accord with #Russia, the latest in a series between Moscow and West African nations.

https://www.barrons.com/news/portugal-voices-concern-at-russia-sao-tome-military-accord-75eed588

#africa

rvps2001, 9 days ago to sweden

🇸🇪🇺🇦 #Sweden will allocate 28 million euros to several funds to support #Ukraine's defense capabilities, the country's Defense Ministry announced on May 9.

https://kyivindependent.com/sweden-to-allocate-28-million-euros-for-ukraines-defense/

rvps2001, 9 days ago to Ukraine

🗣 Boris Johnson’s former top adviser Dominic Cummings launched a sweary attack on Western support for #Ukraine Thursday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/dominic-cummings-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-war-corruption/

#Britain

rvps2001, 10 days ago to poland

🇵🇱 #Poland's prime minister wants to revive a Polish commission investigating Russian influence, he said on Wednesday, amid heightened fears about espionage after a Polish judge who had access to military secrets asked for asylum in #Belarus

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polands-tusk-seeks-revive-commission-investigate-russian-influence-2024-05-08/

#russia