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"Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.“ — Cato the Elder

Drones hit domodedovo airport area in moscow around 4a.m. last night.

Both domodedovo and vnukovo airports are closed as of now. Airplanes redirected to st. petersburg.

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German Military Officer Suspected of Spying for russia

The man, identified only as Thomas H. had worked for the army's Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support Department

The captured suspect marks only the latest in a rash of cases of alleged #spying for russia in recent months as #Germany has stepped up its support of #Ukraine to become Kyiv's second largest supplier of weapons to rebuff the russian invasion.

Read more here🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20386

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russian convicts released to fight with wagner accused of new crimes

demyan kevorkyan believed to have been released early to fight with wagner mercenaries in Ukraine has been accused of committing a double murder in russia after returning home from the war.

The BBC has learned he is not the only convict freed early to fight, pardoned and then accused of reoffending.

Read more here🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66364272

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Nightly address by Volodymyr #Zelenskyy President of #Ukraine 09/08/23

Extracts

Every day, every week, we work to ensure that our defenders of the sky have more air defense systems and missiles for them.

Tomorrow I will continue this work, trying my best to provide more protection for the sky.

We are also preparing more specifics on modern fighters for our warriors: I have no doubt that F-16s will be in our skies..

Full address🔗https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zavdannya-u-vsih-v-ukrayini-zbilshuvati-potencial-nashih-moz-84805

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War Photo

Andrii, a Ukrainian soldier, was injured on the front line and now undergoes treatment in Dnipro.

Doctors allowed him to bring to the hospital his faithful friend – the shepherd #dog Pulia.

Photo By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

Source🔗 https://war.ukraine.ua/photos/?photo=46723

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#Italy Halts Program Offering russians, belarusians Residency For Investment

It offered Italian residency permits to russian and belarusian nationals who invested more than 500,000 euros) in Italy.

The cancellation of the program comes after the European Commission in March 2022 called for #EU countries to suspend so-called golden-passport and investment-based residence-permit schemes in response to russia's invasion of #Ukraine

Read more here🔗 https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-eu-residence-ended/32539593.html

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Olena Zelenska: Where our partners use the word "long", we need the word "faster"

"We constantly hear from our Western partners that they will be with us for as long as it takes. But the word "long" is not the word we should use. We should use the word "faster"," the President's wife said, commenting on the topic of global support for Ukraine in the fight against russian aggression.

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russia blames Ukraine for military call-up centre fires

russia has blamed Ukraine for a spate of arson attacks on military recruitment centres, alleging that callers in Ukraine are tricking elderly russians into committing such crimes.

The claim is not backed by evidence.

Read more here 📎 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66440752

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Update: 7 killed, 67 injured in russian attack on Pokrovsk

Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported that at least seven people were killed in russian strike on #Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast on Aug 7

The ministry added that the number of wounded increased to 67, and includes two children, 29 police officers, and seven emergency workers

The central part of Pokrovsk was hit at least twice in less than an hour in the evening of Aug 7

Read more here🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/update-7-killed/

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Ukraine calls Jeddah talks productive, russia calls them doomed

More than 40 countries, including China, India, the United States, and European countries, but not russia, took part in the Jeddah talks

#Ukraine and its allies called the talks an attempt to secure broad international support for principles that Kyiv wants to be the basis for peace, including the withdrawal of all russian troops and the return of all Ukrainian territory to its control.

Read more here🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-calls-jeddah-talks-productive-russia-calls-them-doomed/ar-AA1eSfmP

Nightly address by Volodymyr #Zelenskyy President of #Ukraine 06/08/23

Extracts

Today, I was honored to congratulate all our warriors of the Air Force

... true Ukrainian heroes who save lives and protect our cities and villages from russian terror against all odds.

What is very important is that our Air Force warriors give not only us, but also the entire free world a clear confidence that russian terror can be defeated.

Full address🔗https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayini-potribna-sila-j-maksimalna-zoseredzhenist-na-dosyag-84753

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#SaudiArabia’s #Ukraine Peace Summit Concludes, russia Seems Upset

The event appears to have ruffled some feathers in the kremlin, which had to sit and watch from afar as countries it counts as its allies met

No final declaration was due to be released, though a European source told AFP there had been agreement on key points, including that respect for Ukraine's “territorial integrity and sovereignty” should be “at the heart of any peace settlement.”

Read more here🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20269

#US company Haas appears to still indirectly supply russian arms industry with technology

#Haas machine tools are used throughout the russian military industrial complex, because they can be programmed to mill, cut or shave metal into almost any shape necessary.

For years, Haas sold machine tools in russia via its official distributor, Abamet Management LTD.

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On the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy observed modern weapons and military equipment used by the Ukrainian defenders of the sky, talked to the warriors, and took part in the cancellation of the "Fighters of Evil" postage stamp set.

He was presented with a symbol of invincibility, a helmet, with signatures of the Air Force servicemen who received the title of Hero of Ukraine

Read more here🔗 https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/u-den-povitryanih-sil-volodimir-zelenskij-oglyanuv-zrazki-zb-84745

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President #Zelenskyy on the occasion of the Day of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Ukraine can fight and live because there are warriors who clear our skies of russian evil

The President presented state awards to the Air Force servicemen.

In particular, he handed over the "Gold Star" Orders to the relatives of Colonel Mykhailo Matiushenko and Major Yuriy Krasylnikov. The pilots were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Read more here🔗 https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-mozhe-bitisya-j-zhiti-bo-ye-voyini-yaki-ochishuyut-84741

The first official view on the #French SCALP EG (Storm Shadow) missile on Ukrainian Su-24

Merci 🇫🇷

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Air Force Day is marked in Ukraine

06/08/2023, the Day of Air Force is marked in Ukraine. These troops play a key role in confronting the invaders and protecting peaceful cities.

“Our aviation has already completed more than 14,000 combat missions during the war. Each one is heroism. Each one is a result for Ukraine. Each one is a step towards our victory,” President of #Ukraine Volodymyr #Zelenskyy said in his greetings on the occasion.

Read more here🔗 https://www.weareukraine.info/air-force-day-is-marked-in-ukraine/

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OPINION: Mother Ukraine

Kyiv's Soviet-era #Motherland Monument is finally being converted from imperial symbol imposed by moscow to that of the patriotic and defiant Mother #Ukraine

By Lubomyr Luciuk

Extract

She was there every time I visited. I couldn't avoid seeing her. I would tell the locals about how ugly this gal was, how even glimpsing her triggered an atavistic rage in me, and how she needed to go. Yet she stayed exactly where she was.

Read it here🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/20256

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Watch: Ukraine Replaces Soviet Emblem on Huge #Kyiv Statue

Workers began to install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the #Motherland Monument in Kyiv, one of Europe’s tallest statues, on Saturday.

The #trident symbol replaces the Soviet hammer and sickle, which were removed from the monument earlier in the week.

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How to end russia’s war on #Ukraine

Safeguarding Europe’s future, and the dangers of a false peace

👉 a Chatham House report

It takes 9 commonly espoused ideas for quick fixes or objections to bolstering assistance to Ukraine, and weighs them against both current reality and their long-term consequences

The unanimous conclusion is that the only outcome to the war that can safeguard the future security of Europe is a convincing Ukrainian victory

Read it here🔗 https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/06/how-end-russias-war-ukraine