Here's what we're reading today:
The Russian offensive is now focused on five main fronts after #Ukraine lost #Avdiivka, the NYT reports.
Now Ukraine is in the most vulnerable position since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-map.html
European Parliament members are urging an EU entry prohibition on tucker carlson for his interview with putin.
As putin is a war criminal and the #EU sanctions all who assist him in that effort, it seems logical that the External Action Service examine his case as well,” former Belgian PM and current MEP Guy Verhofstadt told Newsweek.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/07/tucker-carlson-risks-eu-entry-ban-for-putin-interview/
People will die, today, because of the cynical game played by the American Republican party. Their irresponsibility is breathtaking.
Imagine not supporting Great Britain during the London Blitz to deny FDR a political victory in the next election cycle.
Look up your Representative
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
“Chuck Schumer plans to force a vote Wed on an #Israel & #Ukraine aid package stripped of border security provisions after GOP made clear they would block a move to take up entire bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill in the afternoon
If it gets 60-votes needed for adoption, the procedural motion would tee up a vote later this week on the pared down supplemental aid package, which includes aid to the warring countries and Taiwan” #Senate
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/chuck-schumer-push-stripped-israel-ukraine-aid-package-gop-blocks-sena-rcna137661
Russia's devastation of Mariupol, #Ukraine: This new joint investigation by Human Rights Watch, Truth Hounds, and SITU is the result of nearly two years of research and analysis.
If you click on one thing today, it should be this: https://www.hrw.org/feature/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol
⚡️🇪🇺Borrell: Ukraine to receive 1.155M shells from EU by end of year (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3824000-borrell-ukraine-receives-1155000-shells-from-eu-by-end-of-year.html #Ukraine #EU #EuropeanUnion #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
"#Russia has now transformed to a wartime economy. #Nordic and #Baltic countries closest to Russia have got the message and are preparing."
An excellent article from Minna Ålander on how the Nordic and Baltic countries are preparing.
This should be happening everywhere in the #West.
https://cepa.org/article/the-nordic-baltic-region-an-example-for-nato/
russia’s sustained military aggression on #Ukraine is powered by western technology.
95% of all parts found in russian weapons on the battlefield were sourced from producers in coalition countries, with 72% coming from US-based companies alone.
It is cheaper for Ukraine’s western allies to prevent the flow of its military tech to russia than to fund Ukraine
Watch Insta Reel Source: B4Ukraine
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3IhK20N9-n/?igsh=djBtdzdweG91em45
Russian forces launched 45 drones over Ukraine on Sunday in a five-and-a-half-hour barrage aimed at nine different regions, Ukrainian officials said. AP reports: https://flip.it/M74ipJ
#News #WorldNews #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in #ukraine hands
"I was told...if they found out that I was really a spy, they would shoot me here."
But Tymur was not a spy - or even a soldier.
He was a Protestant - a religious group that faces persecution in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
⛔️🇺🇸Musk and American Starlink CEO’s begins overt sanctions violation aid to Russian military by increasingly providing access to DOD funded Starlink terminals on battlefield
(More) https://kyivindependent.com/media-russian-military-actively-using-starlink-terminals-on-battlefield/ #Ukraine #USA #UnitedStates #Musk #ElonMusk #Mastodon #Tesla #X #Starlink #SpaceX #TheBoringCompany #Antisemitic #SouthAfrican #ElonMuskIsARussianSpy #ArrestStarlinkCEO #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #BoycottTesla #AxisOfEvil
#NoUSRepublicans2024
US Republicans are responsible for the deaths of untold number of Ukrainians on a daily basis!
The Russians are aware that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually running out of their ammunition amid a lack of aid from the United States and are trying to use the moment to launch more attacks on Ukrainian positions and cities.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia
«Here is another warrior» 🥹🐾
Ukrainian defenders saw a #puppy on the road and took him with them. Our strong and kind heroes do not leave little friends in trouble.
Support them! Support #Ukraine!.
Watch (24 Second) Insta Reel Source: u24 gov ua
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in #Ukraine 's hands.
War changes almost everything.
But subtle changes in what’s funny shows how society is changing.
In today’s issue, we speak to comedians like Ivan Barbul about how the war has become fertile ground for his jokes…
#Putin's interview was beyond embarrassing, to be honest. Basically his entire argument is that #Ukraine historically belonged to #Russia.
By his own logic, Russia and Ukraine should both be part of Iran because the ancient Scythians (an Iranic people) lived there thousands of years ago, long before the arrival of the Slavic peoples.
This is exactly why I hope we erase natl borders one day and become one global federation. This planet doesn't belong to anyone. We're just guests here.
#Ukraine's missing children tracked down in russia by digital sleuths
More than 60 detectives used digital open source techniques to trace the missing children who are understood to have appeared in russian propaganda.
Experts from 23 countries joined forces at Europol's headquarters in The Hague.
They used advanced facial recognition to find recent images of the children online.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Numerous residential buildings are now on fire in the heart of Moscow.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Moscow #BreakingNews #Breaking
GOP can go straight to hell.
Via Natasha Bertrand:
New: "We're basically taking it out of hide."
Without a confirmed budget or #Ukraine supplemental, Army officials say US Army Europe and Africa—which provides training & logistics support to Ukraine—will run out of operations $$ by May.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/politics/us-army-ukraine-support-pressure?cid=ios_app
https://www.europesays.com/1047587/ The Russian military has begun using Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine. It looks like Elon Musk’s company is now helping the Russian occupiers #ConflictInUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict
“If”?
#Biden administration is leaning toward supplying #Ukraine with long-range missiles
👉🏼If Republicans continue to block U.S. military aid to Ukraine, the White House could turn to an ally to provide Kyiv with ATACM missiles capable of striking Russian-held Crimea.
https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/biden-administration-leaning-supplying-ukraine-long-range-missiles-rcna139394
Twofer. #Russia
Via Yaroslavl Trofimov:
Putin to Carlson: we do not intend to attack #NATO countries.
Two days later: Russia issues an arrest warrant for the prime minister of a NATO country.
Via @emptywheel:
Is the political press corp too dim-witted to connect #Trump's order that Congress withhold #Ukraine funding to Trump's boast that he promised to let Russia have his way with NATO allies? You realize these are inextricably linked, don't you?
#Espionage
⛔️🇺🇸Musk gets around US Sanctions by turning his back to third parties in UAE who sell in bulk to Russia, bypassing sanctions and allowing Pentagon funded military tech into Russian hands to commit genocide (more)
https://kyivindependent.com/musk-denies-starlink-sales-to-russia/ #Ukraine #USA #Press #UnitedStates #News #UAE #Dubai #Musk #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #Starlink #SpaceX #Mastodon #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoUSRepublicans2024 #BetterOldThanSeditious
Via @emptywheel:
1 reason why #Trump's comments about abandoning #NATO matter are, 1st & foremost, bc he ordered GOP to abandon #Ukraine which virtually all near-Ukraine allies think makes them next
He is, in front of our faces, delivering Ukraine up to Putin as a gift.
But the other reason it matters is bc we SAW this call-and-response in '16 & '20, when Trump got help from Russian spies
This is more of same. Stop letting Trump play dumb. Stop playing dumb yourself. https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/12/call-and-response-putin-is-demanding-greater-russia/
