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What is Catherine the Great known for? Catherine II, called Catherine the Great, reigned over Russia for 34 years—longer than any other female in Russian history. As empress, Catherine westernized Russia. She led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe.
She championed the arts and reorganized the Russian law code. She also significantly expanded Russian territory. Today Catherine is a source of national pride for many Russians.
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On #HumanRightsDay, existence of similar to the Izolyatsia illegal prisons, created by Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, should remind the world of 2 things: vestigiality of aggressor’s appeasement & the price of freedom that is paying. Russia must be held to account.
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MFA of Ukraine Retweeted
I met
Mirjana Spoljaric in Kyiv to thank for
’s aid and stress the need to free our POWs. I called on ICRC to help us stop one of Russia’s most heinous crimes of forceful transfer of Ukrainian children, return them home and prevent their illegal adoption.
Democracy and respect for universal human rights cannot be compromised. Today on #HumanRightsDay we remember all those whose rights are trempled on by #russian regime, who were cruelly massacred, gone missing, tortured, raped, illegally deported & put behing bars. 1/2
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We are grateful to the people of the Republic of Korea for the dispatch of much-needed assistance: twenty super-powerful 500kWt generators, medical equipment, and medicines, including vaccines for children and anti-cancer drugs, from Incheon Airport to Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again raising the specter of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The Russian leader is mulling the idea of adding the potential of a preventative nuclear first strike to his nation’s military doctrine
Morocco is the first African country to decide to provide open military assistance to Ukraine, promising to supply spare parts for T-72 tanks In all UN votes, Morocco has always supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine
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The fallen defender of Kyiv became a Hero of Ukraine. On the first day of the invasion, Lt.Col. Vyacheslav Yerko shot down a russian Su-25 and two Mi-24 helicopters. The next day, he destroyed a russian Su-35, was shot down, ejected, and the invaders cowardly shot him in the air.
The scale of russian destruction of Ukraine is immense. Nevertheless, russia is still a permanent member of the UN Security Council. The terrorist state has crushed the international order born after WW2. Now, it needs a revision & safeguards from the abuse of mad dictators
4 Ukrainian police officer have lost their lives to a Russian mine. Rest in Peace Heroes
“Strong leaders are calm and confident. Only weak ones try to silence people.” The reaction of Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to being sent to prison for eight and a half years. Our report for
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Ukrainian artist Maryna Khomenko expresses the sense of incompleteness and longing for home felt by millions of Ukrainian wartime refugees
With the ruZZian invasion of Ukraine now in its NINTH YEAR, Zelensky is urging the international community to establish a special tribunal for the crime of aggression in order to prosecute ruZZia’s political and military leadership.
Unlikely that Putin and his regime cronies will ever be captured, but it’s important that the international community recognize them for what they are – criminals.
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“The process of creating a tribunal against the Putin regime has begun,” Volodymyr Ohryzko, Ukraine’s former Foreign Minister (2007−2009)
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The decline of the Ukrainian economy in November is estimated at 41%.
english.nv.ua Russian missile strikes estimated to have caused 41% drop in Ukrainian economy in November The Ukrainian economic downturn is expected at the level of 41%, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Denys Kudin, said on Dec. 9,
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At night, Russia attacked three Ukrainian regions with kamikaze drones from Iran. Ukrainian air defense shot down 10 out of 15 drones. But there is no electricity in Odesa after the attacks. And Russia attacked Kherson region 51 times over the past day.
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The number of countries providing security assistance to Ukraine has expanded by one more important partner. I thank the Bulgarian Parliament for its historic vote to provide the first military aid package. It will arrive soon to strengthen our army and bring our victory closer.
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The Russian army is losing on the battlefield against Ukraine soldiers, so Putin has ordered them to attack Ukrainian civilians instead. Any honorable soldier would be embarrassed to carry out such attacks against grandmothers and children.
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Morocco is the first African country to decide to provide open military assistance to Ukraine, promising to supply spare parts for T-72 tanks In all UN votes, Morocco has always supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine
Lukashenka “You [the West] were preparing for it [the war]. And in the near future we will publish these facts, as they [Western countries] should have after the 2020 rebellion in Belarus, if the situation develops and they go to the border with the Smolensk region,
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Speakers of the parliaments of Finland and Sweden will visit Turkey in January to discuss issues related to their membership in NATO.
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