ukraine

Here's what we're reading today:

The #US has secretly delivered long-range #ATACMS missiles to #Ukraine in recent weeks, The New York Times writes.

The missiles were part of a $300 mln military aid package approved by #Biden in March. It is about 100 ATACMS missiles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/us-ukraine-russia-missiles.html#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20last%20week,to%20a%20senior%20U.S.%20official

Senate passes a long-delayed $95 billion package sending aid to #Ukraine, #Israel and #Taiwan. The bill also includes language that could ban #TikTok -CNN

‼️🇺🇦Ukraine's Defence Intelligence destroys Russian latest radar system worth over US$5 million (VIDEO and more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/27/7453239/ #Ukraine #Press #News #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#BanRussianAgricultureFromEU
#BanRussianGrainFromPoland
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#BetterOldThanSeditious

👏🏻 #Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to #Ukraine

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/biden-signs-foreign-aid-bill?cid=ios_app

The US quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to #Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-quietly-shipped-long-range-atacms-missiles-ukraine-2024-04-24/

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/20225
⚠️🇺🇸A brilliant response by Timothy Snyder to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s accusation of “Nazis” in Ukraine (VIDEO) #Ukraine #USA #UnitedStates #Press #News #Mastodon #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#BanRussianAgricultureFromEU
#BanRussianGrainFromPoland
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#BetterOldThanSeditious
#RepublicansKillUkrainians

⚠️⛔️Stoltenberg invites President Zelensky to NATO summit but then warns no invitation will be extended to Ukraine to join this year (more)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/29/7453481/ #Ukraine #NATO #Press #News #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#BanRussianAgricultureFromEU
#BanRussianGrainFromPoland
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#BetterOldThanSeditious

It's good that #Ukraine aid finally passed but six months of dithering in an attempt to appease MTG and other pro-Kremlin #MAGA figures allowed Russia to regain the initiative and make significant progress--and killed a lot of Ukrainians. #russia

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#Ukraine has paused thousands of criminal cases for people who volunteer to join the military.

11,000 accused have had cases paused thanks to a special legal amendment from 2014. The most common crimes related to theft, drug trafficking and car accidents.

https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-reveals-that-almost-11-000-criminal-cases-have-been-halted-because-defendants-volunteered-to-fight/

ANALYSTS: #UKRAINE OIL FACILITY ATTACKS WORKING:

Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's #oil refining industry, which began in January, are one of the best strategic moves by Ukrainian forces in this war, argue three scholars — Michael Liebrich, Lauri Mullivirta, and Sam Winter-Levy - in Foreign Affairs.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/why-ukraine-should-keep-striking-russian-oil-refineries

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At 5 a.m. #Russian forces tried to break through #Ukraine defensive line in #Kharkiv region using armored vehicles, the first attempt to invade this area in 2 years.

#Ukrainian troops surged into the area, halting #russia attempted advance, #Zelenskyy said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/10/russia-ukraine-war-live-vladimir-putin-mikhail-mishustin-volodymyr-zelenskiy-bodyguard?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-663df7a78f08bf405f36c94e#block-663df7a78f08bf405f36c94e

US to announce new $400 million military aid package for #Ukraine

The package includes new Patriot missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, Bradley fighting vehicles, MRAPs, Javelin anti-armor systems and other munitions.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/us-ukraine-military-aid-russia-00157299

Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

#Drones have leveled the playing field between a Goliath #Russia and a David-like #Ukraine.

But drone development is evolving so quickly that Ukrainian engineers must innovate — or people die.

There’s no place in the world where #drone innovation is happening faster than in Ukraine.

With fewer funds and fewer soldiers, Ukraine has needed to out-think and out-innovate the Russian military.

European intelligence agencies have warned their governments that #Russia is plotting violent acts of sabotage across the continent as it commits to a course of permanent conflict with the west.

Russia has already begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil, directly and via proxies, with little apparent concern about causing civilian fatalities, intelligence officials believe.

https://www.ft.com/content/c88509f9-c9bd-46f4-8a5c-9b2bdd3c3dd3

#Ukraine #EU #NATO

Rheinmetall sending prototypes of 100km shells to Ukraine

#Rheinmetall boosting output of artillery ammunition, sending #Ukraine prototypes of 100 km range shells along with hundreds of thousands regular rounds in 2024

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/05/rheinmetall-sending-prototypes-of-100km-shells-to-ukraine/

"What if #Ukraine is forced to surrender to #Russia? What happens next? What kind of global security environment would there be?

This video was made by Mykhailo Dankanych, a former TV producer who is currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1788283804664168467.html

#Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash to promote anti-#Ukraine agenda, officials say

A front org masquerading as a news website was used to funnel 100s of 1000s of euros to far-right politicians in more than 5 countries to plant Kremlin propaganda in Western media & bolster the position of pro-Russian candidates in this week’s European Parliament elections, according to interviews with a dozen European intelligence officials from five countries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/03/russia-europe-far-right-espionage/

🇬🇧 #Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear #Britain and other key #Ukraine allies are being targeted by #russia saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months

These include a wave of fires at arms factories and #military related industrial sites in the West that are supplying #Ukraine

"Lots of fires that we thought were accidents and unconnected have turned out to be connected" the source said

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13408007/Moscow-gangsters-sabotage-Western-factories-Ukraine.html #Europe #News

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#Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive in 2025 to retake territory, US National Security adviser said.

This statement is the clearest indication of what the #WhiteHouse believes the war in Ukraine could look like if #Biden remained president.

https://www.ft.com/content/6fd11006-01db-4548-96d6-76343f38aea8

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Over 1,700 residents were evacuated from the #Kharkiv region, after Russia's offensive. Yesterday #Russia advanced 1 km into Vovchansk.

This comes as part of a recent push by Russia to gain ground before #US aid arrives in #ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/over-1-700-civilians-evacuated-from-kharkiv-oblast/

U.S. bans Russian uranium imports, key to nuclear fuel supply

“Pres Biden on Monday evening signed a bipartisan bill prohibiting Russian imports of enriched uranium, the main fuel used by nuclear power plants, a move intended to cut off one of the last significant flows of money from the US to #Russia amid the war in #Ukraine”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/13/russian-uranium-imports-ban/

Blinken visits #Ukraine to tout US support for Kyiv's fight against #Russia's advances https://apnews.com/article/41df75260903f6b9527fbf3a1a44c815

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#Russia are succeeding in their assault on #Kharkiv due to: delayed #US aid, poor fortifications and #Russia battlefield tactics and #russia is benefitting from the US preventing #Ukraine from using #US weaponry on Russia territory, Max Boot writes for the Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/13/russia-kharkiv-ukraine-us-blunders/

If $61 billion seems like a lot to spend now on military aid, it’s nothing compared with what will be needed in the months and years to come to rebuild #Ukraine

https://theconversation.com/the-price-of-rebuilding-ukraine-goes-up-each-day-but-shirking-the-bill-will-cost-even-more-229670

For those not following the #UkraineWar

#Ukraine just hit an #Su57

with three slow loud #drones, 600km from the front

where is the #airdefense?

it's the first time in history an a Su-57 was hit

the Sukhoi Su-57 is the most advanced fighter jet #Russia has, it's fifth generation. and Russia does not have a lot of them

damaged/ taken out (the photos are blurry) with what amounts to nothing more than a cessna packed with explosives

amazing

#SlavaUkraini

https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/09/su-57-felon-hit-by-ukrainian-drone-strike/

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