June 15th, 2023. Tweets, videos. Ukraine war. Russian Orthodox Church view of “Pacifism”.

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Ukrainian Community in Ireland

@UkraineIreland

15th June 2023

Russia wipes out protected species #RussianWarCrimes #ecocide

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Hromadske Int.

@Hromadske

June14 2023

As a result of the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka HPP dam, 149 newts listed in the Red Book of Ukraine were killed, reports the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine. They were carried to the Black Sea coast. 55 animals were saved.

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Intermarium 24

@intermarium24

15th June 2023

Russian POWs fed by Ukrainians. #ukraine #ukrainian #Russia #Russian #RussianArmy #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has suspended all projects related to Russia and Belarus due to their joint invasion of Ukraine. The AIIB is one of the main tools used by China to build the One Belt One Road (New Silk Road) project.

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

15th June 2023

BREAKING: The European Parliament has voted in favor of a resolution calling EU membership negotiations with Ukraine to start this year and for NATO to present a path for Ukraine to NATO membership at the Vilnius summit together with security guarantees until membership.

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

15th June 2023

Even as the Ukrainian counteroffensive is ongoing, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are receiving NATO-standard training in Europe. Here we have some of them training with British instructors in the UK.

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Ukrainian memes

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Robert Young Pelton

@RYP__

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“Tourist” is the latest movie about Wagner mercenaries in Africa. Blood Diamonds meets Hybrid Warfare. You got give Putin credit for seizing the narrative. Which reminds me. How many of you racked up “Shugalei”?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=djii2-nSFy8&t=16s

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Kenneth Roth

@KenRoth

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“Best known for its mercenaries, [Russia’s] Wagner Group also mines diamonds, spreads disinformation and props up autocrats in an effort to grow Russia’s footprint.”

Russian mercenaries
                                            from the Wagner Group
                                            standing guard in 2019
                                            during a parade in Bangui,
                                            Central African Republic.

nytimes.com Putin’s Shadow Soldiers: How the Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa (Published 2022) Best known for its mercenaries, the Wagner Group also mines diamonds, spreads disinformation and props up autocrats in an effort

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Just Phil

@JustPhilD

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WSJ documentary on the Russian mercenary Wagner Group. Wagner Group is a global war cartel run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, plundering gold and diamonds while advancing the Kremlin’s strategic interests and becoming the face of the Russian assault in Ukraine

wsj.com Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company The Wagner Group began as a small clandestine force but has grown in recent years into a global war cartel run by Yevgeny Prigozhin,

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Euromaidan Press

@EuromaidanPress

15th June 2023

The US Defense Secretary met with Ukraine’s Defense Minister in Brussels

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

@SecDef

15th June 2023

It’s always a pleasure to meet with my friend and counterpart @oleksiireznikov. The nearly 50 countries participating in today’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group stand united with you and Ukraine’s  brave defenders.

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NATO

@NATO

15th June 2023

NATO will #StandWithUkraine  for as long as it takes

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Glasnost Gone

@GlasnostGone

15th June 2023

Plot thickens. Kadyrov now says #Delimkhanov wasn’t lost & he was just winding up #Ukraine. He released a video showing him & Delimkhanov with a map of Ukraine. BUT audio is badly out of sync with Kadyrov mouth, indicating it’s an old video & audio edited.

https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65900913

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

15th June 2023

Berezikov’s lawyer said he had faced intimidation, threats and violence from law enforcement officials during his detention.

themoscowtimes.com Russian Anti-War Activist Dies in Police Custody, Lawyer Says An anti-war activist has died in police custody in southern Russia after receiving death threats from law enforcement officials, his lawyer told

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

15th June 2023

Western businesspeople involved in corporate exits called Putin’s decree a “Pandora’s box” that would lead to eventual nationalization.

themoscowtimes.com Putin Signs Secret Decree to Buy Discounted Western Companies – FT President Vladimir Putin has signed a confidential decree giving the Russian government powers to buy Western companies at a “significant discount,” the Financial Times reported Thursday, a
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Novaya Gazeta Europe

@novayagazeta_en

15th June 2023

In March 2022, Father Ioann became the first Russian clergyman to be fined for “discrediting the Russian army”. He sees the war in Ukraine as a violation of the “Thou shalt not kill” commandment. He has now lost his church position and may face a criminal trial.

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Novaya Gazeta Europe

@novayagazeta_en

15th June 2023

Read more about Father Ioann Burdin and how the Russian Orthodox Church considers his pacifism a violation of its new doctrine:

novayagazeta.eu

Russian Orthodox Church officially renounces pacifism

All priests who speak out against the Ukraine war will be prosecuted

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Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

15th June 2023

Czech President Petr Pavel says all Russians living in the West must be monitored more closely by security services due to the war “When WW2 started, all Japanese living in USA were under a strict monitoring regime too” Eastern Europe gets Russia!

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Jason Jay Smart

@officejjsmart

REMOVE PUTIN TO GUARANTEE PEACE In Kremlin-backed news, pro-Putin Regime “thinkers” are preparing their society for the first-strike use of nuclear weapons against the United States . Putin must be eliminated. My latest for

@KyivPost

: https://kyivpost.com/opinion/18248

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Euromaidan Press

@EuromaidanPress

15th June 2023

UK

@DefenceHQ

: Russia MoD call for Wagner members to sign contracts directly is met with defiance by Wagner’s owner Prigozhin as the July 1 deadline for the volunteer fighters to sign contracts with the MoD “is likely to be a key way-point in the feud.”

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                                      Prigozhin MoD feud over Wagner’s
                                      absorption by MoD – UK intel

euromaidanpress.com July 1 deadline looms as turning point in Prigozhin-MoD feud over Wagner’s absorption by MoD – UK… The UK defense ministry tweeted: “On 10 June 2023, the Russian MoD demanded that members of ‘volunteers formations’ such as Wagner

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Sviat Hnizdovskyi

@s_hnizdovskyi

15th June 2023

The feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian establishment is likely to end on July 1, acc to British MoD. I think this date can be a start of new wave of relations of Prigozhin with Russian leadership. That is the deadline for implementing an order from the Russian MoD,… Show more

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SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre

@StratcomCentre

15th June 2023

Prigozhin says that Putin is a criminal, and the Ukrainian army is the strongest in the world. Let’s shed light on who Prigozhin is and why he should not be trusted 

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The Economist

@TheEconomist

15th June 2023

The rise of a warlord influencer: meet Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner Group, the face of Vladimir Putin’s war

economist.com

Abominable showman: the rise of Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin

Putin created him. Could the outspoken mercenary become the next president?

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