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 Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 9:03am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Two of the world's most high-profile technology 🇺🇸 billionaires - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg - have agreed to fight each other in a cage match - BBC 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:46am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡The 🇪🇺 EU will cover 45% of Kiev's needs in financing the country's reconstruction until 2027 The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the deficit in the Ukrainian tax system will amount to 110 billion euros until 2027. "That is why yesterday I proposed to the EU members to cover 45% of this deficit. This amounts to approximately 50 billion euros for 🇺🇦 Ukraine," she said.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:08am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡ Sunak taking the same 'militaristic line' as Johnson, 🇷🇺 Russian ambassador says. Rishi Sunak is taking the same "militaristic line" as Boris Johnson and should be doing more to help bring about peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv, Russia's ambassador to the 🇬🇧 UK has told Sky News. Andrei Kelin also repeated claims from Russian President Vladimir Putin that between 25% and 30% of the weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western nations have been destroyed. Mr Johnson made Britain one of the leading supporters of 🇺🇦 Ukraine during his time as prime minister and regularly held calls with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Their conversations often opened with Mr Zelenskyy reading out a "shopping list" of arms, three UK officials with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:04am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡It is unclear what some noises heard near the wreck of the Titanic actually are, the 🇺🇸 US Coast Guard has said. As the search for the missing Titan submersible continues, Captain Jamie Frederick said: "We don't know what (the noises) are, to be frank with you." He also revealed that in addition to Tuesday, some further noises were heard on Wednesday morning. "We're searching in the area where the noises were detected," he said.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:59am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Two people are missing and seven are in a critical condition after a large explosion in the Latin Quarter of central 🇫🇷 Paris, police have said. At least 30 people are injured in total after the blast set buildings on fire, left rubble strewn across a street, and sent a plume of black smoke across the French capital.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:58am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern 🇨🇳 China has killed 31 people and injured seven. The blast happened at around 8.40pm local time on Wednesday in Yinchan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as people were gathering on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. A woman cited by 📰 Chinese publication, The Paper, said she had been some 50m (164ft) from the restaurant when she heard the bang. She said thick smoke streamed from the restaurant and a strong smell of cooking gas was in the air. Two waiters came out of the building after the explosion, with one collapsing immediately, she added.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:56am On Jun 22, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:54am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡The 🇪🇺 EU has agreed on an 11th package of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions will restrict the sale of sensitive dual-use goods and technology to third countries that might sell to 🇷🇺 Russia.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:52am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Andriy Kovalev, a spokesperson for the General Staff of the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the country’s forces gained some ground towards Melitopol and Berdyansk in the Zaporizhia region, adding that the gains included areas near the settlements of Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:47am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡🇷🇺 ☠ Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the mercenary group Wagner, accused Moscow’s top military leaders of deceiving Russians about the course of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and pointed to Kyiv’s progress on the battlefield. “Huge chunks have been handed over to the enemy,” he said, adding that 🇺🇦 Ukrainian troops have already sought to cross the Dnipro river, a natural border on the front line. “All of this is being totally hidden from everyone.”
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:46am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Alexander Bastrykin, Russia’s top investigator, said more than 30 🇺🇦 Ukrainian nationalists in the Russian-occupied Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine had been jailed for crimes, including murder, after fighting for Ukraine against 🇷🇺 Russian forces.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:44am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Paul Heslop, the head of United Nations Mine Action in 🇺🇦 Ukraine, warned mines dislodged by the Nova Kakhovka dam breach could float downstream and end up on the beaches of the Black Sea. Heslop said PFM-1 mines, also known as “butterfly” mines, were light enough to float downstream for large distances.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:44am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡🇺🇦 Zelenskyy thanked allies for their early pledges of support at the event, detailing a new $3bn financial support package from the 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, a proposed 50 billion euro ($55bn) facility from the 🇪🇺 European Union and a $1.3bn aid package from the 🇺🇸 United States covering energy and infrastructure needs. |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:43am On Jun 22, 2023 |
⚡Oleksandr Kubrakov, a senior 🇺🇦 Ukrainian government official, said Kyiv was “not optimistic” about the renewal of the Black Sea grain deal allowing grain from war-torn Ukraine to reach the global market. Separately, the 🇷🇺 Kremlin reiterated that there were “no grounds” to extend the agreement. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:42am On Jun 22, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 12:01am On Jun 22, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:10pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡️An 🇮🇱 Israeli drone has struck a vehicle near Jenin in the west bank after militants opened fire at a nearby checkpoint, Israeli defence force says. I believe this is the first drone attack in the west bank since the 2nd intifada.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 8:06pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡🇷🇺 Russian Su-57 fighters shot down Ukrainian Air Force aircraft with long-range missiles R-37M, reports the American edition of Military Watch. According to the author of the material, several 🇺🇦 Ukrainian aircraft were destroyed at a distance of more than 200 kilometres from the Russian-Ukrainian border. 10 Likes 1 Share
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:25pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡🇺🇸 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "At the bottom of the war mentality that casts the world into a drama of enemies and threats, lies a debased view of human nature. When you see humans as fundamentally selfish and whole nations as fundamentally evil, then all you have available to change their behavior is threats and bribes... that's where the military industrial complex wants to keep us, and we will reap forever its poisonous fruits." 1 Like 2 Shares
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:19pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡🍁 Canadian Department of National Defence confirms two Royal Canadian Air Force members were killed in helicopter crash. A Chinook helicopter crashed into the Ottawa River with four people on board during an early morning training flight Tuesday.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 7:14pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Two explosions occurred in the vicinity of 🇷🇺 Sevastopol, a few kilometers from the Crimean coast. A water column is visible. Presumably, the air defense system was activated. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:45pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Sources on the ground confirm a 🇺🇦 Ukrainian breakthrough towards Lyman in several points at once using rapid armoured attacks and intense artillery suppression of defensive 🇷🇺 Russian positions, including the use of Krasnopol shells. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:35pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡The US cannot produce as much munitions as 🇷🇺 Russia, even though the US spends more than $800 billion a year on defense, 10 times more than Russia. American taxpayers should be royally ripped off by the military-industrial complex Shai Assad, a former Defense Department contract negotiator, said the 🇺🇸 Pentagon overpays for almost everything from missiles and aircraft to spare parts. The cost of the simplest part, the price of which is a few dollars, in the contracts of the Ministry of Defense reaches tens of thousands of dollars. 7 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:31pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡🇱🇻 "Latvia will transfer its entire fleet of helicopters to Ukraine," Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš confirmed this at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. "We had a fleet of helicopters, all of them – the last ones are being repainted – are going to 🇺🇦 Ukraine," he said.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:14pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Massive fire in Oakville town in 🍁 Ontario, Canada where multiple homes are engulfed in flames. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:13pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡A violent gas explosion has just taken place in the center of 🇫🇷 Paris. Several buildings are on fire. Firefighters evacuated the area. 16 people were injured in an explosion in the center of Paris, 7 of them are in critical condition, 9 are in serious condition, TV reports. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 6:09pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:59pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Putin has made several important remarks regarding 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s counteroffensive: ▪️Ukrainian troops are not conducting active offensive operations, there’s a lull in the conflict; ▪️Ukrainian forces suffered serious losses, they are restoring their combat capability; ▪️Russian forces destroyed about 245 enemy tanks and about 678 armored vehicles; ▪️New, modified, heavier Sarmat ICBMs will soon be ushered in to combat duty; ▪️Russia's nuclear triad makes it possible to maintain a balance of power in the world; ▪️At least half of the units of Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces are equipped with the latest Yars missile systems, they are being re-equipped with modern Avangard missile systems; ▪️The arsenals of the 🇷🇺 Russian aviation and naval components of the nuclear forces are being replenished strictly according to plan; ▪️The descendants of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War are vigilantly fighting for truth and justice in the special military operation. 2 Likes
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 5:06pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Head of the 🇷🇺 ☠ PMC Wagner, Prigozhin, stated that the situation on the front line and in the reports of the Ministry of Defense and war correspondents differs significantly. In particular, he stated that the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Armed Forces are advancing towards Molochnyi Lyman, and if they succeed, Russia will lose more captured territories.
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:53pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡Alain Berset, interior and health minister of 🇨🇭 Switzerland, throws in the towel and announces his resignation. 1 Like
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:52pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
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| Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by WrriterNig: 2:51pm On Jun 21, 2023 |
⚡🇷🇺 Putin says the Ukrainian counter-offensive has now "suspended." “At the moment, we are seeing a lull, because the enemy is suffering serious losses. But the offensive potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet been exhausted. The Armed Forces of 🇺🇦 Ukraine are combining new units from the brigades that have suffered losses. But we believe that such losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the future may lead to the loss of their combat capability," Putin said. 11 Likes 1 Share
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