Russia and Ukraine

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Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

The resolution, which passed unanimously, comes a day after Lithuania's foreign minister publicly urged a regime change in Russia.

www.npr.org

 

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Google says its Russian bank account has been seized

Russian authorities have seized Google Russia's bank account, making it impossible for its Russian office to function, a Google spokesperson said on Wednesday after Google's Russian subsidiary declared its intention to file for bankruptcy.

www.reuters.com

 

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US intel shows Russians fear Mariupol abuse will backfire

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has gathered intelligence that shows some Russian officials have become concerned that Russian forces in the ravaged port city of Mariupol are carrying out grievous abuses, a U.S official familiar with the findings said Wednesday.

apnews.com

 

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Putin’s Black Sea blockade leaves millions facing global famine

Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports is strangling the country’s economy and also threatening to spark a global food security crisis by preventing Ukrainian agricultural exports from reaching international markets.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

 

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New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha

Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.

www.nytimes.com

 

[jack_christie]

The IO Offensive: Information Operations Surrounding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine​

The IO Offensive: Information Operations Surrounding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Mandiant

New Mandiant research detailing the various IO activities seen by nation-state actors, resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

www.mandiant.com

 

[jack_christie]

Cyberattacks quietly launched by Russia before its invasion of Ukraine may have been more damaging than intended​

Cyberattacks quietly launched by Russia before its invasion of Ukraine may have been more damaging than intended

The US director of national intelligence told lawmakers that Russia's cyberattack against Ukraine at the start of its attack "had an outsized impact."

www.businessinsider.com

 

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[jack_christie]

Andriy Zagorodnyuk: ‘Those who say Ukraine can’t win don’t understand the situation’​

A New York Times editorial article titled “The War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isn’t Ready,” published on May 19, immediately triggered a stir in Ukraine and beyond.

https://kyivindependent.com/national/andriy-zagorodnyuk-those-saying-ukraine-cant-win-dont-understand-the-situation/

 

[jack_christie]

The Defenders of Mariupol​

Branding the Azov Battalion as ‘neo-Nazi’ long after it shed its far-right origins is part of a deafening corruption of public discourse​

The Defenders of Mariupol

Branding the Azov Battalion as ‘neo-Nazi’ long after it shed its far-right origins is part of a deafening corruption of public discourse

www.tabletmag.com

 

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Russia has cut off its natural gas exports to Finland in a symbolic move

The move came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland's nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia.

www.npr.org

 

[jack_christie]

Example of Thales electronics in a T90:

 

[jack_christie]

French Lynred sensor in Russian drone:

"No new contracts have been made with Russia since 2014. No deliveries have been made to Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine."

But Disclose points out that this still meant that France continued to fulfill its arms-related contract obligations after 2014, even if deliveries were stopped before the Russian invastion into Ukraine.

Ministry stresses that French arms sales to Russia are not in violation of EU sanctions

The French Defence Ministry denies that France violated sanctions imposed by the European Union by continuing to sell military equipment to Moscow after it annexed Crimea in 2014.

www.rfi.fr

How France delivered weapons to Russia until 2020​

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EU closed loophole for arms sales to Russia only after public disclosure

The EU closed a loophole that allowed European countries to continue to sell weapons to Russia, despite an embargo on arms sales since 2014.

www.investigate-europe.eu

 

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[jack_christie]

Sunny with light showers of shells

 

[Perc]

The world won’t ever forgive Russia for this.

 

[NecroJoe]

They also didn't block Obama, or Bill or Hlilary Clinton, FWIW.

 

[calvinhobbes]

They also didn't block Obama, or Bill or Hlilary Clinton, FWIW.

That, the blocking of dead people and many more examples of incompetence shows that they don’t know what they’re doing.

 

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