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12-year-old little Ukrainian boys...only 3 left, but, a gaggle of 11-year-old little Ukrainian boys are ready, not willing, but able to take their place.
12-year-old little Ukrainian boys...only 3 left, but, a gaggle of 11-year-old little Ukrainian boys are ready, not willing, but able to take their place.
Maybe next time, eh? tee, hee.
Ukraine says it thwarted a plot to overthrow the government
By Mariya Knight and Lex Harvey, CNN
2 minute read
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-4-low)]Updated 10:17 AM EDT, Tue July 2, 2024[/COLOR]
Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in Kyiv, is pictured on August 23, 2023.
Andrii Nesterenk/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images/File
CNN —
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Ukraine has foiled an alleged plot to overthrow the government that “would have played into Russia’s hands,” security officials in the war-torn country said Monday.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]In a Telegram post, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed the plot organizers planned to trigger a riot in Kyiv on June 30 as a distraction to seize control of the Ukrainian parliament and remove the military and political leadership from power.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]It is unclear how viable the planned plot was, or if those accused have any connection with Russia, which has waged a devastating full-scale invasion against its southwestern neighbor for nearly two and a half years.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Four suspects have been identified, with two held in custody, the SBU said. They face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty. The SBU said it seized weapons and ammunition, as well as cellphones, computers and other records “with evidence of criminal action.”[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general said the alleged leader of the plot “is a head of a non-governmental en y, who already had the experience of participating in fruitless provocative events.”[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The suspect rented a hall with a capacity of 2,000 people and was looking to recruit military personnel and armed guards from private companies to “carry out the seizure” of parliament, the prosecutor’s office said. It is unclear if authorities are seeking any more suspects.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]“To implement the criminal plan, the main organizer involved several accomplices—representatives of the community organizations from Kyiv, Dnipro, and other regions,” the SBU said.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The alleged scheme in Kyiv comes as Russia has made slow but steady battlefield gains in recent months, exploiting Ukraine’s diminishing manpower and reliance on the West for weapons – and uncertainty over the future of that military aid.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Russian forces killed seven people, including three children, in a missile strike on the southern town of Vilniansk Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to appeal for more long-range weapons.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]“I am grateful to all partners who are helping. And the decisions we need must be accelerated. Any delay in decisions in this war means losing human lives,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Concerns have grown over the future of US military support for Ukraine with the potential for another Donald Trump presidency on the horizon.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]During last week’s presidential debate, Trump questioned whether the United States should continue to fund Ukraine’s fight against Russia.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Trump’s comments on the war in Ukraine were “worrying,” Ukrainian politician Oleksiy Goncharenko told CNN.[/COLOR]
CNN’s Maria Kostenko and Alex Stambaugh contributed to this report.
- "Promises, promises."
- Ernie "The Cat" Ladd
Ukraine!
We ain't nary better on inflation, v.
And the bottom one looks like our Great Depression, son.
& do 'em hard.
Ukraine!
https://english.nv.ua/business/russi...-50432351.htmlRussia drops from top ten largest economies worldwide
Amidst a decline in the ruble’s value, Russia has fallen out of the top ten largest economies globally, slipping from 8th to 11th place, according to a World Bank report released on July 4, with Italy, Brazil, and Canada surpassing its growth rates last year.
In 2023, Russian economy grew by 3.6%, which is more than the global economy, but due to the weakening of the ruble to US dollars, its size decreased by 10.8%, from $2.27 trillion to $2.02 trillion, reported the World Bank.
In terms of GDP per capita it amounted to $13,817 in 2023 compared to $15,445 a year earlier, putting Russia in 86th place (between Mexico and Argentina).
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As far as i know world bank uses self reported data (Russian official numbers), so probably fudged numbers.
Our credit rating dropped as well, v. We've nary room. Nary.
Ukraine!
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/russi...-right-3149163Russia behind fake news bot campaign to empower French far right
Emmanuel Macron is buying votes for €100. Elton John says the EU is crumbling. Beyoncé thinks the French president is a puppet. The far right will help France win back its independence.
These are just some of the narratives and fake claims spun by Russia’s intricate disinformation network ahead of France’s Sunday parliamentary elections, according to French officials and cyber security experts.
Analysis of a range of sources reveals a co-ordinated campaign of disinformation that has smeared Mr Macron, while promoting Eurosceptic far-right leaders Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, who have voiced opposition to Ukraine.
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One tactic Russia has used is fake websites masquerading as legitimate news sources, which target UK, US and French voters with disinformation.
A website masquerading as French news outlet Le Point under a similar URL published an article saying Nato was preventing France from becoming a global power and that “an opposition victory” would help France regain its independence.
The claim was then circulated on X by President Vladimir Putin’s network of Russian bots, according to Bot Blocker/Anti-bot for Navalny, an organisation that exposes Russian social media attacks.
The X post claims Ms Le Pen will refuse to allow Mr Macron to determine the strategy for Ukraine and defence issues.
Another fake website posing as French newspaper Le Parisien claimed Mr Bardella and the RN (National Rally party) “wants to restore French Independence”, while “Macron delivers France to pro-American globalists”, adding: “Jordan Bardella proposes a return of the origins of sovereignty.”
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Been waitin' on ya all day, son...
World / Europe
Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances
By Ivana Kottasová, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Radina Gigova, CNN
4 minute read
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-4-low)]Updated 10:24 AM EDT, Thu July 4, 2024[/COLOR]
A Ukrainian serviceman removes empty s cartridges after firing towards Russian troops on the front line near Chasiv Yar on June 30, 2024.
Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters
CNN —
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Russian troops have taken control of parts of a key hilltop town in eastern Ukraine, a strategic gain that could pose major problems for Ukrainian troops trying to defend the area from further advances.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The relatively small town of Chasiv Yar has played an outsized role in the conflict and has been battered by months of intense fighting. Sitting on high ground, it is seen as a gateway to the parts of the Donetsk region that are still in Ukrainian hands. The town overlooks the lower-laying areas to the north, towards the bigger cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, and to the west towards Dnipropetrovsk region.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its troops have taken over the easternmost district of Chasiv Yar.[/COLOR]
RELATED ARTICLEZelensky issues fresh weapons plea after 7 killed in Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia region
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military said that Kyiv forces retreated from the district after their defensive positions were destroyed and it became clear that efforts to hold onto the neighborhood were becoming “inexpedient” because of the risk to the defending troops.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]“Over the last day, 238 attacks from all types of weapons were recorded in the Chasiv Yar area,” Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s “Khortytsia” operational and strategic grouping, told a Ukrainian national television channel.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]At the same time, Ukrainian monitoring group DeepState said Russian forces were reportedly moving towards a strategically important road that connects Bakhmut, which has been in Russian hands for more than a year, with Konstantinivka and Pokrovsk. The road is a key supply line for the Ukrainian military.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]The withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from parts of Chasiv Yar is a troubling development for Kyiv as it focuses on stabilizing the frontlines following months of relentless Russian assaults.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--style-type-primary-1-highest)]Moscow took advantage of the acute shortages of ammunition experienced by Kyiv due to delays in Western military aid in the first half of this year, trying to pierce Ukraine’s defensive lines alongside the eastern frontline. It even launched a surprise cross-border offensive in northern Ukraine in order to force Kyiv to pull some troops away from the east.]]]
(to be continued)[/COLOR]
Been a waitin' on ya again, son...
(continued from above)
[[[Ukraine has insisted that it is still firmly in control of the western parts of Chasiv Yar and that the withdrawal from the eastern part was a tactical decision.
DeepState, the monitoring group, said the district “has been completely wiped out” and “holding it in ruins” would only increase losses. “Leaving the neighborhood is a logical, albeit a difficult decision,” it said.
The town had a pre-war population of about 12,000, but has been mostly deserted for months. Vadym Filashkin, the head of Donetsk regional military administration, said in May that some 679 civilians were still in Chasiv Yar, refusing to evacuate their homes.
“Capturing Chasiv Yar would allow the Russians to bring in more (First Person View) drones, drone operators and artillery into the area, and it would give them an advantageous position to conduct ground strikes and drone strikes on Ukrainian troops,” Konrad Muzyka, a defense analyst who has been tracking the conflict closely, told CNN in an interview.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made no secret of the fact that he wants his forces to control the whole of Donestk. The region was dissected in half when the war broke out in 2014 after Russian-backed rebels seized government buildings in towns and cities across eastern parts of the region.
While Russia took control of a other parts of Donetsk following the launch of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, it never managed to occupy the whole of the region. If Chasiv Yar was to fall to Russian hands, it could put bigger cities to the west at risk.
“Chasiv Yar the largest settlement on the way to Kramatorsk, so if Russians were to capture it, then the Ukrainians would not necessarily have the chances to rely on urban settlements to decrease the tempo of Russian attacks,” Muzyka said.
Advancing through an urban environment is much more difficult compared to open terrain.
Chasiv Yar itself has been the epicenter of the fight for months. Bakhmut, which sits about 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of Chasiv Yar, fell to Russia at a huge cost to its troops in May 2023, after many months of intense fighting. By the time Moscow claimed control over the city, it was almost completely destroyed.]]]
silly parrot
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/mi-28-heli...ail-falls-off/Mi-28 helicopter crashes in Russia after collision with drone: part of tail falls off
A Mi-28 attack helicopter made an emergency landing in the Rostov region after a collision with a drone.
The Russian media reported on this.
The crash occurred on the night of July 5, when the helicopter was allegedly intercepting an attack drone over the Rostov region.
After the collision, the helicopter made a hard landing near a settlement in the Azov district, losing its tail part.
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Been waitin' on ya, son...
(continued from above)
Moscow has not claimed responsibility for any of the attacks and has not responded to CNN’s request for comment, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear he sees the war in Ukraine as part of a broader conflict with NATO and that his regime views the government in Kyiv as a mere proxy of the West. And with every increase of Western aid to Ukraine – whether through new weapons deliveries, or the imposition of new sanctions on Russia – the Kremlin has stepped up its saber-rattling.
Thornton said Russia was resorting to a campaign of sabotage as an alternative to a full-on war with NATO, which would be disastrous for Russia.
“It’s long been a part of Russian military doctrine to try and avoid trying to face NATO on a battlefield, because they know they would lose to NATO forces,” he said. “What they are doing is undertaking activities which are below the threshold of armed conflict, so they are not inciting an Article 5 response from NATO,” he added.]]
(to be continued)
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