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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has prohibited Russia's Gazprom from continuing with Russian legal proceedings against CEZ, the Czech energy company said.

In a statement late on Thursday, CEZ said the ICC Tribunal granted a request confirming that disputes between the companies should be resolved in ICC arbitration, not in Russian courts.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cez-icc-tribunal-bans-gazprom-placing-gas-dispute-russian-court-2024-05-24/

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Putin is ready to halt the war in #Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-wants-ukraine-ceasefire-current-frontlines-sources-say-2024-05-24/

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The number of people held in #Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday, continuing a steady fall spurred in part by the recruitment of convicts to fight in #Ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-prison-population-fell-by-50000-last-year-media-report-2024-05-24/

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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ #Ukraine is negotiating to maximise possible imports of electricity from European Union countries to compensate for the generation capacity destroyed by the Russian attacks, Ukrainian energy minister said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-is-talks-with-eu-maximise-electricity-imports-minister-says-2024-05-24/

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ A court in the Russian city of Vladivostok ruled on Friday to keep U.S. military serviceman Gordon Black under arrest, the Interfax news agency reported.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-court-keeps-us-soldier-black-custody-interfax-says-2024-05-24/

#russia #usa

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Politicians and officials in #Georgia responsible for pushing through a controversial bill that would brand Western-funded NGOs and media outlets as โ€œforeign agentsโ€ will face visa bans, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-travel-ban-sanction-georgia-dream-politicians-foreign-agent-bill-russian-law/

#usa #russia

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ #Hungary is working to โ€œredefineโ€ the countryโ€™s #NATO membership status to allow for opt-outs should the military alliance undertake military actions outside of the defense allianceโ€™s territory, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-24/hungary-working-to-redefine-its-nato-membership-orban-says

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which over 140 people were killed, the head of #Russia's Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Bortnikov did not provide evidence to underpin his assertion ๐Ÿคก

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-spy-chief-says-ukraine-was-directly-involved-moscow-concert-hall-attack-2024-05-24/

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด #Russia joined Moldova's leftist opposition on Thursday in denouncing #Romania's prime minister for remarks saying ex-Soviet #Moldova's population was made up strictly of Romanians who spoke Romanian.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-moldovas-opposition-denounce-romanian-pms-remarks-2024-05-24/

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Ukraine is set to receive three additional tranches totaling $4.5 billion from the IMF's Extended Fund Facility in 2024, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-receive-additional-4-5-billion-from-imfs-extended-fund-facility-in-2024/

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ A missile attack on a Russian communications hub in the city of Alushta in occupied #Crimea has caused "significant damage to equipment," with numerous casualties reported, the pro-Ukrainian partisan group Atesh reported on May 24.

https://kyivindependent.com/partisans-attack-on-occupied-crimea-damages-communications-equipment-casualties-reported/

#ukraine #russia

๐Ÿ’ป #YouTube has blocked at least three videos that show viewers how to evade military service after it received a request from the Russian authorities, the investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/20/youtube-blocks-anti-war-videos-at-russias-request-agentstvo-a85175

#google #russia #censorship

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ #Russia is increasingly using "glide bombs" - cheap but highly destructive ordnance - to advance its offensive in #Ukraine

More than 200 of them are thought to have been used in just a week to pound Ukraineโ€™s northern town of Vovchansk during Russiaโ€™s current cross-border advance near Kharkiv.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz5drkr8l1ko

#russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ #Russia has likely been recruiting Cuban nationals to fight in its army in #Ukraine, research by the BBC has shown.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68949298

#cuba #russiaukrainewar

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian forces accidentally shot down their own Su-27 fighter jet over occupied #Crimea due to "heightened combat readiness," Ukraine's Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on air on March 29.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-navy-jet/

#russia #russianarmy

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ War-torn #Ukraine on Thursday opened a new front in its battle against alleged Russian misinformation through video games by launching a game that replicates the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-opens-new-front-minecraft-game-tackle-alleged-russian-misinformation-2024-03-21/

#russia #russiaukrainewar

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. House of Representatives Democrats began collecting signatures on Tuesday for a potential bid to sidestep Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on a $95 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ukraine-supporters-advance-effort-force-house-vote-aid-2024-03-12/

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ A Russian missile slammed into two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors.

Ten children were among the injured.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-hits-apartment-building-kryvyi-rih-two-dead-ukrainian-president-says-2024-03-12/

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ European Union countries are close to a deal on a military aid fund for Ukraine that would pave the way for an injection of 5 billion euros, diplomats said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-clears-path-5-bln-euro-ukraine-military-aid-boost-2024-03-12/

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ต French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Tuesday told parliament that Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion had hit a "tipping point", warning of "real, tangible dangers" for France should Russia defeat Kyiv's forces.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20240312-french-pm-warns-of-tipping-point-in-ukraine

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