rvps2001

rvps2001, 10 months ago to languagelearning

🇷🇺 At least 81 people from the pre-war Forbes ranking of the 200 richest #Russians have been openly involved in supplying the #Russian army and its military-industrial complex, research done by investigative outlet Proekt shows.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/07/31/proekt-some-81-russian-oligarchs-involved-in-business-with-russian-defence-industry-and-army-en-news

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to Europe

🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned Monday that #Europe would not tolerate aggression in #Ukraine or the Indo-Pacific, as she renewed in a speech the EU’s recognition of a 2016 arbitration decision that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the disputed South China Sea.

https://apnews.com/article/european-commission-philippines-president-human-rights-8e4a0fd808e08ae16bb63de9de07bee1

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to Russia

🇷🇺 putin's #Russia: A 9-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother have been called as witnesses in a criminal case against their mother❗after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the #Russian army 🤦

https://apnews.com/article/russia-opposition-military-children-witnesses-7110cc95432a1a3c953ffb29f8f0a9fa

rvps2001, 10 months ago to ukrainian

🇺🇸 ISW:

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukrainian forces launched a significant mechanized #counteroffensive operation in western #Zaporizhzhia Oblast on July 26 and appear to have broken through certain pre-prepared #Russian defensive positions south of #Orikhiv

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-26-2023

#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to ukrainian

🇺🇦 🇺🇲-🇪🇺 Over the weekend, #Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told CNN that F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots will begin in August. An unnamed senior #European official says the country could actually have airplanes as soon as this fall.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/07/26/ukraine-is-on-track-to-get-f-16smaybe-by-this-fall/

#usa #europe #ukraine #f16 #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to ukrainian

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 In an interview with the Canadian Institute of #Ukrainian Studies, researcher Jade McGlynn said:

“…The aggression against #Ukraine is not Putin’s venture only. And if we — we being the West — believe that the catastrophic genocidal war will be easily solved if we get rid of one person, then we are going to fall victim to misconceptions and design wrong policies.”

https://kyivindependent.com/jade-mcglynn-russians-cannot-perpetuate-their-myth-of-russia-if-they-lose-control-over-ukraine/

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia's defence ministry accused #Ukraine of a "terrorist" drone attack on #Moscow on Monday, after the city's mayor said that two buildings were hit and media reported that debris was found not far from the defence ministry's buildings.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/drone-fragments-found-near-russias-defence-ministry-building-central-moscow-2023-07-24/

#russia #RussiaUkraineWar

rvps2001, 10 months ago to languagelearning

🇷🇺 Several pro-war #Russian military bloggers have publicly questioned the decision to arrest Igor #Girkin, a war criminal and a former official in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic who had also covered the war online.

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-22-23/h_582c45531eccd708e3c22275e8c5db04

#russia #ukraine #strelkov #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

rvps2001, 10 months ago to languagelearning

🇷🇺 The arrest of a prominent #Russian nationalist who branded #Putin a “coward” is likely to spark fury within the military, according to British intelligence.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-counteroffensive-putin-latest-b2380054.html

#russia #russianarmy

rvps2001, 10 months ago to anime_titties

🇷🇺 🇿🇦 South Africa’s presidency said #Putin will not attend next month’s heads-of-state summit of #BRICS leaders in person, Bloomberg News reports.

#russia #southafrica

rvps2001, 10 months ago to Russia

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 In the run-up to Monday's attack on Russia's road and rail bridge to #Crimea, state TV broadcast footage of long traffic jams in southern #Russia as tourists waited in their cars for hours to cross over to start their summer holidays.

After explosions tore through the road bridge, it broadcast traffic jams going in a different direction as #tourists tried to drive home through Russian-controlled southern #Ukraine, territory that Kyiv is fighting to take back.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-tourists-flee-crimea-after-attack-landmark-bridge-2023-07-17/

rvps2001, 10 months ago to languagelearning

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Monday Briefing:

❗ #Crimea Bridge, key #Russian supply line, damaged, 2 dead amid reports of blasts

• #Ukraine says fighting in east intensified

• Ukraine changes #counteroffensive tactic to clear Russian minefields

• US gives green light to EU countries to train Ukrainians on #F16 jets

• Russia's economy has deteriorated since Putin ordered the invasion

• China intensifies #Russia military drills

• the weekend round-up

📨 More news in a daily newsletter: https://russia-ukraine-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

rvps2001, 10 months ago to Starlink

🇺🇦 Elon Musk’s #Starlink puts #Ukrainian soldiers at “increased risk” from cyber-spies, a #Ukraine security agency has said.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/14/elon-musks-starlink-is-putting-our-soldiers-at-risk-ukraine/

#russiaukrainewar #elonmusk #hacking #cybersecurity

rvps2001, 10 months ago to languagelearning

🇺🇸 ISW:

🇷🇺 The generally muted #Russian response to the #NATO Summit belies the reality that the summit demonstrated the degree to which the 2022 Russian invasion has set back the goals for which the #Kremlin claims it launched the war on #Ukraine

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-12-2023

#russia #natosummit

rvps2001, 11 months ago to Bulgaria

🇹🇷🇸🇪🇪🇺 Turkey's president has said his country will support Sweden's bid to join #Nato if the #European Union opens membership talks for his country.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66153641

#turkey #turkiye #sweden #SwedenNATO #europe #europeanunion

rvps2001, 11 months ago to Russia

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Here's Euronews look at the key moments since #Russia invaded #Ukraine on 24 February last year.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/01/30/ukraine-war-a-month-by-month-timeline-of-the-conflict-in-2022

#russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

rvps2001, 11 months ago to Ukraine

🇺🇦 A total of 494 children were killed during the 500 days of Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, says Ukraine’s Office of Prosecutor General.

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/07/08/ukraine-494-children-killed-in-500-days-of-russias-invasion-en-news

#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

rvps2001, 11 months ago to nuclear

🇺🇦☢️ #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant: experts say the cold shutdown of the plant's six reactors has largely curbed much of the risk that could come from an explosion at the #nuclear power plant.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/happen-russia-blows-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/story?id=100846888

#ukraine #russia

rvps2001, 11 months ago to Russia

🇷🇺 #Russia has blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s competitor app to #Twitter just a day after its launch, a senior #Russian lawmaker said Friday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/07/russia-blocks-metas-twitter-competitor-app-lawmaker-a81773

#instagram #threads #technology

rvps2001, 11 months ago to anime_titties

Reuters Exclusive: 🇷🇺 🇸🇾 As #Wagner mercenaries advanced on Moscow in an attempted mutiny in late June, authorities in #Syria and #Russian military commanders there took a series of swift measures against local Wagner operatives to prevent the uprising spreading, according to six sources familiar with the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/world/syria-brought-wagner-group-fighters-heel-mutiny-unfolded-russia-2023-07-07/

#russia

rvps2001, 11 months ago to ukrainian

🇬🇧🇷🇺 #Unilever has been named as an international sponsor of war by the #Ukrainian government after the Marmite, Dove and Domestos owner became subject to a law in #Russia obliging all large companies operating in the country to contribute directly to its war effort.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/03/unilever-named-international-sponsor-of-war-by-ukraine

#britain #ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

rvps2001, 11 months ago to ukrainian

🇺🇸 ISW:

🇺🇦 The #Ukrainian General Staff stated that Ukrainian forces seized the “strategic initiative" in the #Bakhmut direction and are currently conducting a broad offensive in the area.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-29-2023

#ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #russia

rvps2001, 11 months ago to anime_titties

🇷🇺 #Putin said #Wagner Group soldiers would be permitted to join the #Russian army, to leave the country for neighboring #Belarus, as Prigozhin did, or simply “to return to your family and friends.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/26/putin-says-russia-mutiny-organizers-will-face-justice.html

#russia

rvps2001, 11 months ago to languagelearning

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 As the United States and its European allies work to make sense of last weekend’s chaos in the #Kremlin, they’re urging Kyiv to seize a “window” of opportunity that could help its #counteroffensive push through #Russian positions.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-counteroffensive-russia-wagner-rebellion/

#russia #ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar