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Putin’s logic: To claim you are fighting Nazis, you must become like Nazis.
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Western leaders & investors once flocked to the St Petersburg economic forum. Today, there, Putin accused the West of seeking Russia’s “strategic defeat” & threatened to hit F-16 jets if they’re given to Ukraine. Our report. Producer
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17th June 2023
VILNIUS, LITHUANIA A country whose people I love… and now there’s another reason affirming that they are AMAZING. Road signs in the capital of Lithuania now indicate that Minsk, Belarus is “occupied by the Kremlin.” Also note that they added the flag next to Kyiv!
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17th June 2023
Hola Prystan — a city on the left bank of the Dnipro River occupied by Russia — has been flooded after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam. Its residents talk about what they have lost in the disaster:1/5
18th June 2023
Authorities in #Ukraine‘s southern region of Odesa have closed off beaches, because poor water quality caused by Russia’s destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, pose a “genuine threat” to residents. Sea mines washing up on beaches also pose a risk.
18th June 2023
The cycle of Russian aggression should be broken, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine should have reliable security guarantees so that Russia cannot rearm and attack again, Stoltenberg said.
Peace in Ukraine cannot mean freazing war on Russia’s terms, NATO chief says
It is impossible to achieve sustainable peace in Ukraine on Russian terms, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag on 18 June. Jens Stoltenberg said…
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17th June 2023
“When they told us that this was a special operation that would last two or three weeks, we were a bit worried,” one resident said. “But now it’s the second year, my house is destroyed and it’s a different situation,” she added. “This is war.”
18th June 2023
His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed “very difficult to implement,” a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.
themoscowtimes.com South Africa’s Ramaphosa Tells Putin Ukraine ‘War Must Be Settled’ South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart
18th June 2023
Prigozhin said that 32 thousand prisoners returned to Russia after the war in Ukraine Prigozhin claims that prisoners released after the contract with the “Wagner” PMC committed 83 crimes. “This is 80 times less than those released from prison for a similar period without a… Show more
18th June 2023
Yuriy Romaniuk, the head of the “Ukraine in NATO” non-government organization, has told Radio NV that the leader of the Wagner mercenary company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, may secretly want to see a Ukrainian victory over Russia.
Military expert reveals Prigozhin’s hidden motives, and why he may even want to see Ukraine’s…
Yuriy Romaniuk, the head of the “Ukraine in NATO” non-government organization, has told Radio NV that the leader of the Wagner mercenary company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, may secretly want to see a…
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Yevgeny Prigozhin is the villainous boss of the mercenary group, Wagner, whose forces captured Bakhmut. On Telegram, he shares his thoughts about how the war in Ukraine is going – and slams Russia’s armed forces in a way no one else can. So what’s going on with Prigozhin?
youtube.com Ukraine News: Sky News analyses videos of Wagner boss Prigozhin
18th June 2023
Russian Lieutenant Maxim Serdinsky became a father for the 1st time on May 12 He was killed in battle against the Ukrainian Army on May 13 Russians should be told that it’s better to refuse to go & take a prison sentence on a few years than dying in Via
18th June 2023
A Russian T-80 runs over a mine and gets destroyed by a Ukrainian kamikaze drone that flies right into the open tank hatch. By the so called «Flying Skull» unit.
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18th June 2023
Zaporizhzhia NPP used to take water from the Kakhovka reservoir, which is now shallowing. What will happen to the plant? “Despite the fact that ZNPP has not produced electricity for several months, it still needs access to water,” the IAEA noted in its assessment of the… Show more
18th June 2023
The Bank of China has restricted Russian bank customers from transferring yuan to the European Union, the United States, Britain and Switzerland.
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18th June 2023
Coming up next: “All objectives of the operation have been met. As an EU and NATO member, Ukraine can no longer attack Russia. Crimea is no longer a financial burden. Our losses taught us a lesson and strengthened Russia”. As I said, Russia can spin any setback into a victory.
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Russian athletes should “go to Paris in tanks” if IOC restrictions on the form of their participation in next year’s Olympic Games in France remain in place, head of the Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili has said.
Russian wrestling chief issues threats after IOC sets restrictions on Russian athletes at 2024…
Russian athletes should “go to Paris in tanks” if IOC restrictions on the form of their participation in next year’s Olympic Games in France
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A state’s potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.
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Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.
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