rvps2001

rvps2001, 7 hours 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, 7 hours 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, 7 hours 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, 1 day 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, 2 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, 2 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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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

rvps2001, 8 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 “Shreds of bodies hung from the branches.” Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans

The Russian capture of Avdiivka and its military’s slow subsequent advance this spring has come at the cost of thousands of deaths of its own servicemen.

https://theins.press/en/confession/271412

#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar #ukraine

rvps2001, 8 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 🇫🇷 #Russia warned #France on Wednesday that if President Emmanuel Macron sent troops to #Ukraine then they would be seen as legitimate targets by the Russian military.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-will-target-french-troops-if-they-are-sent-ukraine-2024-05-08/

#russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 8 days ago to Russia

🗣 Timothy Snyder:

🇷🇺 #Russia can lose. And it should lose, for the sake of the world — and for its own sake.

The notion of an invincible Red Army is propaganda. The Red Army was formidable, but it was also beatable. Of its three most consequential foreign wars, the Red Army lost two.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/08/opinions/victory-day-russia-war-ukraine-snyder/index.html

#ukraine #russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 8 days ago to italy

🇮🇹 #Italy’s president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that #Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding its aggression and peace can only come when #Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored.

https://apnews.com/article/italy-russia-ukraine-war-peace-aggression-sovereignty-1f225a6622c237eea92418af9c37f216

#russiaukrainewar

rvps2001, 9 days ago to poland

🇵🇱 Polish special services have found and dismantled bugging devices in a room where the council of ministers was due to meet on Tuesday, the special services coordinator's spokesman said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-says-it-finds-bugging-devices-room-where-government-was-due-meet-2024-05-07/

#poland #spying

rvps2001, 10 days ago to Russia

🇨🇿 🇷🇺 The Czech government summoned #Russia’s ambassador to protest cyber attacks against the country’s institutions and critical infrastructure, for which Prague and its #NATO allies blame the Kremlin’s intelligence services.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/czech-republic-summons-russian-envoy-to-protest-cyber-attacks

rvps2001, 10 days ago to Germany

🇩🇪 🇷🇺 #Germany has recalled its ambassador to #Russia after Berlin accused Moscow of launching cyberattacks on its defence and aerospace firms and ruling party, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said on Monday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-ministers-hold-special-meeting-after-spate-attacks-politicians-2024-05-06/

rvps2001, 10 days ago to Russia

🇷🇺 #Russia’s oil and gas industry has been crucial for bankrolling the invasion of Ukraine, giving the Kremlin the funds to keep fighting even as the conflict drags on through its third year.

But the industry is facing a shortage of manpower as the full mobilization of Russia’s economy for war exacerbates a longstanding demographic crunch.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/russia-s-war-mobilization-starves-its-crucial-oil-and-gas-industry-of-manpower

Archive: https://archive.is/fGfq1

rvps2001, 13 days ago to Ukraine

🇷🇺 Kremlin calls Cameron statement on UK arms for Ukraine a 'direct escalation' 🤡

❗ Once again for peskov, vatniks, and anyone who rants about an 'escalation' 👇

It happened a long time ago. The large-scale invasion launched by putin on February 24, 2022 was a major escalation of the war initiated by Moscow 10 years ago.

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

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