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Russian national Vyacheslav Mamukov has been sentenced to 12 years and 6 months for “attempting to sell classified information about transport infrastructure to Ukraine’s secret services”, RIA Novosti reports.
“Dictatorships begin by annihilating their political opponents. And it is the independent media that take on the task of representing the millions who despise the war.” Dmitry Muratov, editor of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Nobel peace laureate #RSFAwards2022
The 3 PM of the
meeting before today’s European Council summit in Brussels to coordinate their negotiating positions. Italian PM
, Czech PM
and Polish PM
are calling on the EU to pass a 9th sanctions package against Russia.
BREAKING: “Belarus is probably preparing to participate in the war against Ukraine” – The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army.
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In 2011, when then-Russian President Medvedev was enamoured with the West, he championed the creation of an MIT-inspired research institute to put Russian science on par with Silicon Valley. For years, it seemed to be working. Then Russia invaded Ukraine.
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A few people (on here at least) are suggesting that the US will be crossing some kind of red line by giving Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine So it seems notable that Russian state TV is taking real pains to downplay the significance of such a move
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Belarus is preparing for war against Ukraine. – General Staff, Armed Forces “Territorial Defense is being made in the areas bordering Ukraine; The ban on visiting Ukraine regions is extended; New laws on treason; & other steps to prepare for war against Ukraine.” 1/2
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In Belarus , a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Army has begun. – Ministry of Defense of Belarus Typically it is just saber-rattling… or preparing for actual activity.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
Holodomor: Parliament recognises Soviet starvation of Ukrainians as genocide MEPs deplore that 90 years after the Holodomor, Russia is again committing horrific crimes in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland
The cost of freedom is always high, and one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. – JFK
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The European Parliament will today recognise the #Holodomor, the artificial famine inflicted by Stalin in 1932-1933 on Ukraine, as a genocide against the Ukrainian people. Learn why it is important from
#EPlenary speech
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The Russian army in eastern Ukraine: more cannon fodder but no new actual cannons
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Francis Scarr
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Donetsk militia commander Alexander Khodakovsky says the mobilised Russian troops arriving in Ukraine aren’t accompanied by new military vehicles and equipment: “There’s an injection of personnel happening, but so far there’s been no significant replenishment of equipment”
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Ukraine uncovers children’s torture chamber set up by Putin’s troops where minors were given water every other day and one victim was held just for taking pictures of broken Russian army equipment
dailymail.co.uk Ukraine uncovers children’s torture chamber set up by Putin’s troops The Ukrainian Parliament’s commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, made the harrowing revelation today during a news briefing to the Ukrainian press, according to Pravda
Putler’s failing invasion in Ukraine is fuelling the rise of ruZZia’s far right neo-Nazis.
Vladimir Putin’s failing invasion is fueling the rise of Russia’s far right
The European Parliament has awarded its 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Ukrainian people
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this is a very weird
commercial.
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Harold Chambers
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Words fail me… Positively absurd propaganda video from Kadyrov
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Turkey has proposed installing floating power stations in the Ukrainian port which are unblocked by the grain initiative, or in the ports of neighboring countries, such as Romania and Moldova, in order to supply Ukraine. 11/12
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Azovstal defender Mykhailo Dianov successfully underwent surgery in the U.S. The Marine was shot in March of this year while defending Mariupol. On December 13, Dianova underwent surgery on her right shoulder in St. Louis. Photo: Shakhtar FC
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Robert Potter is a cyber-security expert and part-time hacker working with the Australian government. He also works with Ukraine and knows everything about the main threat to its digital space – Russian hackers.
Famous Australian hacker calls Russian cyberpunks ‘regime slaves’
The Story of the Russian flagship becoming a lifeless submarine. Operation of Ukrainian Armed Forces with fascinating facts
Sinking the Moskva: previously undisclosed details. How the Ukrainian Neptune destroyed the…
13 April 2022 was, probably, the worst day to try to scupper the Moskva cruiser – the weather was foul.
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