Posted by Gorbachev “We must without bloodshed find away out.”
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The former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that current tension between Russia and the West is putting the world in “colossal danger” due to the threat from nuclear weapons. In an interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, former President Gorbachev called for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed.
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Quotations Gorbachev. Environment core to his belief system.
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2,891 views Jun 9, 2023 Sky News Daily Podcasts
Thousands of people have been evacuated after a dam in the Russian-occupied Kherson region of Ukraine was breached on Tuesday. International intelligence organisations believe it is most likely the dam was deliberately targeted by Russian forces in an attempt to delay Ukraine’s expected counteroffensive. NATO’s secretary general has said the move demonstrates Russia’s brutality. But Moscow denies being responsible for the damage to the dam. It insists Ukraine is to blame. On the Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard is joined by our international correspondent John Sparks, and Sean Bell, military analyst and former Air Vice-Marshal, to discuss the implications of the dam breach for the course of the war.
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9th June 2023
BREAKING: Estonia imposes Magnitsky sanctions on the 9 Russians involved in the persecution of Vladimir Kara-Murza, as well as Patriarch Kirill for his complicity in the war. Nice to see this type of global leadership from Estonia.
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Margus Tsahkna
@Tsahkna
·9th June 2023
I reimposed the #Magnitsky list, which bans people from entering #Estonia, incl. Patriarch Kirill & people who persecuted & imprisoned #humanrights advocate @vkaramurza. Supporters of Russia’s abhorrent acts in #Ukraine & against their own people are not welcome
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9th June 2023
#US Congress move to strip #PGA of its tax exempt status after it sold its soul to #SaudiArabia partnering with #LIV Golf helping the Saudis wash their appalling human rights record even normalising brutal #Assad dictatorship in #Syria
8th June 2023
And when Putin causes a catastrophe at the nearby nuclear plant, or some other terroristic escalation, it will only demonstrate again that autocrats have an unlimited ability to create new crises. You must deter and stop them, the earlier the better.
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Sasha Petrova
@SasshaPetrova
8th June 2023
With the world’s inaction on Kakhovka dam tragedy, I’m reminded of what @Kasparov63 wrote in his 2015 book. Putin takes a step, looks around, sniffs the air, and if there are no negative consequences, takes another step. Redundant condemnations only empower him further
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9th June 2023
I had a call with the Prime Minister of Japan
I spoke about the consequences of Russia blowing up the Kakhovka HPP. This is a deliberate act of terrorism and another war crime of Russia, which, in particular, threatens the safety of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
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9th June 2023
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam is physically reshaping the front in the war, but not necessarily in ways that will change Ukraine’s long-planned counteroffensive, which is expected in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War
The main thrust of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is expected in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, not along the Dnipro River, where
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9th June 2023
Replying to
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Russia has already used an Improvised Weapon of Mass Destruction. A low yield “tactical” nuke would cause less devastation than blowing up the Kakhovka dam.
9th June 2023
When the cat’s away, the UK executives at sanctioned Russian oligarchs’ company jack up their pay
8th June 2023
Bad Company: Wagner Group And Prigozhin At Crossroads In Ukraine – Analysis https://eurasiareview.com/09062023-bad-company-wagner-group-and-prigozhin-at-crossroads-in-ukraine-analysis/
By Colin P. Clarke* (FPRI) — “The children of elites…allow themselves to lead a public, fat, carefree life while the children of others arrive back shredded to pieces in zi…
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9th June 2023
Chilling new video of a #Russian colonel who had been captured by #Wagner, then released, reveals the horrors within the Russian #military – especially at the hands of Wagner mercenaries.
8th June 2023
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In a new guest essay for Meduza, Professor
explains why life in the borderlands between Russia and Ukraine should remind the West to reject the Kremlin’s messaging on the Ukrainian state.
Holding up a mirror to Russian national identity Why life in the borderlands should remind the West…
9th June 2023
Experts from the Norwegian research foundation NORSAR have determined that on the day of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s collapse, an explosion was detected in the facility’s proximity.
meduza.io Norwegian seismologists say explosion was detected around Kakhovka dam around time of collapse —… Experts from the Norwegian research foundation NORSAR, which studies seismic events, have determined that on the day that Ukraine’s
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9th June 2023
BREAKING: The Russian Army has struck a hospital in Huliaipole in an artillery strike. 2 civilians were killed. Never forget that Russia is a terrorist state!
9th June 2023
The Russian double-headed eagle brings nothing but destruction and bloodshed.
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
9th June 2023
I thank
for Iceland’s decision to suspend operations of its embassy in Moscow and request Russia to limit the operations of its embassy in Reykjavík. Russia must see that barbarism leads to complete isolation. I encourage other states to follow Iceland’s example.
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland
Russia bombs school where flood evacuees were sheltering after Zelenskyy visits Kherson There are reports of multiple casualties, with eyewitness telling POLITICO: ‘They are shelling evacuation spots.’
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politico.eu Russia strikes school where flood evacuees were sheltering after Zelenskyy visits Kherson There are reports of multiple casualties, with eyewitness telling POLITICO: ‘They are shelling evacuation spots.’
Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted
9th June 2023
We have entered a new, extremely dangerous phase in international relations. “How well prepared is Ireland to deal with the mounting threats? And is our policy of neutrality still the best stance for us to take?” asks Niall Stokes
hotpress.com Ukraine and Beyond: There Are Dangerous Forces At Work In The World | Hotpress It has become increasingly clear, since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his barbaric war in Ukraine, that we have
9th June 2023
Uman, Cherkasy region. Yesterday, russsian terrorists launched a missile attack on a local grocery store.
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“Ukraine Strikes Back”: The Economist shows its support for the Ukrainian counteroffensive with a cover story. The cover depicts a hand in Ukraine’s famous blue-and-yellow with crossed fingers, indicating the world is hoping for Ukraine’s success. https://english.nv.ua
9th June 2023
Ukraine’s Defence Forces destroy 10 Russian UAVs during past day – General Staff report
9th June 2023
Occupiers admit hydroelectric power plant blown up by Russian sabotage group
9th June 2023
Russia faces a shortage of microchips for weapons production due to Western sanctions. Some post-Soviet nations are secretly helping Kremlin to acquire the technology. These countries play a double game so what will the consequences be for global security?
Covert collaboration as post-Soviet nations aid Russia to evade sanctions and produce weapons
Who Watches the Watchers? 