27th July, 2023. Daily Tweets, videos and quotations. War in Ukraine rages on while Putin meets up with African leaders and makes promises re provision of grain to them. What is true impact of sanctions on Russia? Why does EU and countries like Ireland not follow the Magnitsky Act? Shoigu in North Korea. Why?

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MFA Russia 

@mfa_russia

27th July 2023

#RussiaAfrica  President Vladimir #Putin: As before, Russia is ready to help strengthen African countries’ sovereignty and contribute to Africa becoming a key partner in the new system of the multipolar world order.  https://t.me/MFARussia/16806

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Russian Embassy in Kenya/Посольство России в Кении and 6 others

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Sky News

@SkyNews

27th July 2023

North Korea’s Central News Agency said the pair enjoyed a “friendly talk” and Mr Shoigu handed his host an autographed letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more: https://trib.al/Ah9k2EE

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olexander scherba

@olex_scherba

27th July 2023

Russia destroys grain silos & food production in Ukraine, makes global grain prices soar – while some African leaders shake putin’s blood-smeared hands in #RussiaAfricaSummit. PS. Last year, a  missile targeted & killed “Nibulon” CEO & his wife in their Mykolaiv home.… Show more

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Ukraine Front Lines

@EuromaidanPR

Jul 26

russian terrorists showed how they hit “Nibulon” food production company facilities with guided air bombs in the village of Kozatske.

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The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ

27th July 2023

The Wagner mutiny and Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain deal will loom over a summit in St. Petersburg with dozens of African nations

In Need of Allies, Putin Courts African Leaders
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In Need of Allies, Putin Courts African Leaders in St. Petersburg

The Wagner mutiny and Russia’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain deal will loom over this week’s summit with dozens of African nations.

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Kenneth Roth

@KenRoth

27th July 2023

At this week’s summit with Russia, African leaders should tell Putin that his efforts to attack the Ukrainian economy do not justify heightened starvation in Africa. Ukrainian grain exports help everyone (not just Ukraine) by lowering global food prices.

economist.com The world should not let Vladimir Putin abandon the grain deal Here is how to get him to sign up again

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FRANCE 24 English

@France24_en

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27th July 2023

Replying to

@France24_en

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@DumayCaroline

 Vladimir #Putin told a summit with African leaders in St Petersburg on Thursday that Russia is able to replace Ukrainian grain exports to Africa. He said Moscow could supply grain for free to six countries within three to four months.

@DumayCaroline

has more on the speech

https://twitter.com/i/status/1684519216894939139

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POLITICOEurope

@POLITICOEurope

27th July 2023

“The problem of grains and fertilizers concerns everyone,” said Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who heads the African Union. He was speaking in St. Petersburg, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting a summit with African leaders.

politico.eu African Union calls on Russia to reinstate Ukrainian grain deal ‘We will discuss it with Putin to see how we can restart this agreement,’ AU chairman says.

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Eliot Higgins

@EliotHiggins

27th July 2023

It’s really incredible the impact comparatively cheap drones are having on modern warfare.

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Jimmy Rushton

@JimmySecUK

27th July 2023

A Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok thermobaric MLRS destroyed by a cheap Ukrainian FPV drone. The fireworks indicate the system was fully loaded at the time.

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Eliot Higgins

@EliotHiggins

27th July 2023

He had a hell of a time getting through the metal detectors at security though.

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max seddon

@maxseddon

27th July 2023

Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to be at the Russia-Africa summit, despite having supposedly been exiled to Belarus after his failed mutiny. Here he is with the CAR president’s head of protocol https://facebook.com/dimitri.harto/posts/pfbid031uPjxY3f5BsW9Zh3VBU8UJdX1PmKc51HMrxFnCXWh6FvWAf2FeNxqKpL4Vk7dXQKl

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The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

27th July 2023

Fears have grown along Ukraine’s northern border about the potential for new military attacks since Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenaries relocated to Belarus after last month’s short-lived mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership.

washingtonpost.com With Wagner in Belarus, tension grows on northern Ukraine border Fears have grown along Ukraine’s northern border since Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s Wagner Group mercenaries relocated to Belarus after their
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Meduza in English

@meduza_en

According to the FSB, the restrictions will be imposed until the issuance of a special order and “are necessary to isolate security threats” to the population of Crimea, military, and other facilities on the territory of annexed Crimea.

meduza.io Access to Arabat Spit, which connects the eastern part of annexed Crimea to Kherson region, to be… Interfax reports that the operational headquarters of annexed Crimea has banned civilian passage to the Arabat arrow — a spit connecting the eastern part of the peninsula with the Kherson region.

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

27th July 2023

Russia’s Investigative Committee said it has opened a criminal investigation into air safety violations.

themoscowtimes.com

6 Killed in Siberian Helicopter Crash

Six people have been killed and seven injured in a Russian helicopter crash in southern Siberia’s republic of Altai, the region’s emergencies

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phithiphithi Evaluator

@_AfricanSoil

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Russia-North Korea |   The Russian Defense (military) delegation has just arrived in North Korea to meet its leader Kim Jong-Un and Defense Angithi you know what that means? Nobody visits North Korea, actually no one is allowed in the country but  khona okuzayo la.

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Novaya Gazeta Europe

@novayagazeta_en

27th July 2023

Ukraine’s National Guard has reported achieving counteroffensive success in the Melitopol direction.

novayagazeta.eu Ukraine National Guard: counteroffensive successful in Melitopol direction — Novaya Gazeta Europe Ukraine’s National Guard has reported achieving counteroffensive success in the Melitopol direction, RBC Ukraine cites the agency.

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Novaya Gazeta Europe

@novayagazeta_en

27th July 2023

Russia will provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea with 25-50k tonnes of grain free of charge amid the termination of the grain deal, Vladimir Putin said during the Russia-Africa forum.

novayagazeta.eu Putin: Russia to provide African countries with 25-50k tonnes of grain free of charge amid grain… Vladimir Putin says Russia will provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea with 25-50k tonnes
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olexander scherba

@olex_scherba

Reportedly, a “Made in Ireland” part of the Iranian kamikaze-drone “Shahed 136” that russia tried to deploy against Ukraine last night. Russia & its accomplices circumvent sanctions. World must put a stop to it. #StandWithUkraine️

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Defense of Ukraine

@DefenceU

27th July 2023

ruscists are more terrified of his name than any weapon. President

@ZelenskyyUa

congratulated the

@CinC_AFU

, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, on his birthday and presented him with a branded firearm during an offsite meeting in Dnipro.

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Defense of Ukraine

@DefenceU

27th July 2023

“The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.” Marshal Ferdinand Foch Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to July 27, 2023:

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Defense of Ukraine

@DefenceU

26th July 2023

Hot days of war. Summer in Zaporizhzhia region. Let’s see if occupiers can stand the heat.  Erçin Ertürk

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Russia can be either an empire or a democracy, but it cannot be both. . . . Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be an empire, but with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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With its declining population, with people moving out of the Far East, with an enormously powerful China in the east, I think the real destiny of Russia is to become closer to the West.

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they do not wish to be one, must reconcile themselves to being the other.

George F. Kennan

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