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Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

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  1. The Scotsman

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    The Scotsman, Jul 5, 2024
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    Given that Orban has publicly denounced Putin as a war criminal guilty of "an unprovoked act of aggression" and "a crime against peace" the only thing he should be doing with Putin now is demanding that Putin order Russia's military out of occupied Ukraine.

    “Why it matters: As the Western world seeks to make Putin an international pariah, even his closest allies are resisting showing support for his assault on Ukraine.
    Driving the news: Czech President Milos Zeman and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, both historically strong pro-Russian voices in the European Union, condemned the affront as ***"an unprovoked act of aggression,"*** AP reports."Russia has committed a ***crime against peace***,” Zeman said.

    • Zeman, who earlier this week insisted that Russia wouldn't attack Ukraine, changed course and has ***called for harsh sanctions*** against Russia, including pulling out of the SWIFT financial system.
    • Orban, who has pursued a diplomatic and economic strategy with Putin called "Eastern Opening," condemned "Russia's military action."
    • “Hungary’s position is clear: ***we stand by Ukraine***, we stand by Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty,” said Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijijarto, per AP. ”YAHOO NEWS, , Putin’s allies abandon him over Ukraine invasion, By Erin Doherty, Sat, February 26, 2022. (***mine)https://news.yahoo.com/putin-allies-abandon-him-over-145753271.html
     
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    Missiles and ammunition are on their way to Ukraine.

    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 4, 2024

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    Key Takeaways:

    • Russian President Vladimir Putin explicitly rejected Russian participation in any meaningful negotiations on a ceasefire agreement, instead demanding Ukraine's "irreversible" "demilitarization" as a precondition for any ceasefire agreement. Putin is thus demanding that Ukraine effectively surrender in advance of any ceasefire.
    • Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers reportedly detained the commander of the Russian 83rd Guards Airborne Assault (VDV) Brigade, Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, on fraud charges on July 3 following reports of the brigade suffering heavy losses in the Kharkiv direction in June 2024.
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) efforts to expand its presence in Central Asia and will likely use an increased SCO presence as one of its levers to expand Russian influence in the region.
    • The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced the purchase of $2.2 billion worth of US-produced air defense interceptors and an aid package worth $150 million for Ukraine on July 3.
    • Russian forces recently advanced near Kreminna, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
    • Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev claimed on July 4 that around 190,000 Russians signed military service contracts during the first six months of 2024 during a Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) meeting about staffing the Russian military with contract soldiers. . . .

     
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  5. The Scotsman

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    Putin is Orban's boss
     
    The Scotsman, Jul 5, 2024
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    It certainly looks like it.
     
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    Orban was with Zelensky a couple days ago touting this Russian idea of a ceasefire...Big Z told him to f**k off so now Orban is reporting back to Putin....and pick up his bag of cash or bricks of gold or whatever...anyway the guy's a stooge whose been pissing off the EU - stalling the payments to Ukraine and stuff....
     
    The Scotsman, Jul 5, 2024
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    Vicky Orbit visited Kyiv wondering if Hungarians in Zakarpatia are speaking "Hungarian" and if their rights were being violated ...at the same time talking about a "ceasefire".

    Zelensky told him to stick his head up Putinkas a$$.

    Vicky goes to Dwarfstan and tells his dildo boss ...I did what I could Vlad? Now pay me.
     
    zoom_copter66, Jul 5, 2024
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    Actually the Orban fool is being used as a dildo by Putin.
     
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    That he is....whether he's smart enough to realize it is another matter.
     
    zoom_copter66, Jul 5, 2024
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    Despite Kremlin information operations there may be growing sentiment in Russia to end the war.

    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 5, 2024

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    Key Takeaways:

    • Russian President Vladimir Putin used a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on July 5 to oppose a negotiated ceasefire altogether and expressed his commitment to pursuing a "final" end to the war that would achieve his goal of destroying Ukrainian statehood.
    • Putin is demanding both the surrender of a significant portion of Ukraine's territory and people to Russian occupation and Ukrainian military capitulation in advance of any negotiations on an end-state to the war.
    • Ukrainian counteroffensive operations that liberate operationally significant territory remain the soundest course of action for degrading Putin's confidence in and commitment to his desired end state for his war of aggression against Ukraine.
    • Putin's rejection of any ceasefire agreement contradicts the Kremlin's previous effort to place the onus for negotiations on the West and Ukraine.
    • Putin attempted to portray Orban as an EU representative who can speak on the EU's behalf – a claim that EU officials explicitly denied.
    • Recent Russian domestic polls suggest that Kremlin information operations are influencing domestic Russian support of the war in Ukraine.
    • These Russian polls indicate that Russians who criticize the conduct of the war in Ukraine still support the war due to patriotism and disenfranchisement.
    • Many of Russia's "non-opponents" to the war have criticisms that parallel those of Russian ultranationalist milbloggers, yet they lack the ultranationalists' close attention to the war and desire for political change in support of Russian war aims.
    • Ukrainian forces conducted successful drone and missile strikes against targets in Tambov and Rostov oblasts and Krasnodar Krai on July 4 and 5.
    • Russian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Toretsk, and Donetsk City.
    • Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials continue to portray themselves as providing adequate medical care and other support for Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine amid ongoing criticisms that the Russian military command sends injured soldiers to fight on the frontline. . . . .
     
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    When people watch oil refineries burn they know the war is hurting them.

    https://www.express.co.uk › news › world › 1919684 › russia-ukraine-war-drone-attack-pictures
    Russian oil depot burns after 'Ukraine drone attack' | World | News ...


    TodayA massive drone attack reportedly launched by Ukrainian forces overnight caused massive fires at two Russian oil depots. Ukraine is believed to continue testing Russia's air defence with its ...
     
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    Ukrainians continue to hit Russia.

    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 6, 2024

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    Key Takeaways:

    • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues to posture himself as a potential mediator to end the war in Ukraine despite Putin's rejection of mediation or serious negotiations. Orban is likely aiming to shift Western focus towards possible peace negotiations as part of his overarching effort to undermine European support for Ukraine.
    • Orban's and others' calls for negotiations and Ukraine's peace formula, are distinct efforts with different aims, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has demonstrated he is not interested in any negotiated agreements short of Ukraine's capitulation.
    • Ukrainian forces struck energy infrastructure in Krasnodar Krai with drones on the night of July 5 to 6.
    • Iran announced on July 6 that Iran and Russia signed a bank agreement on July 4 enabling Russia and Iran to trade in the Russian ruble and Iranian rial.
    • The Russian government continues efforts to isolate the Russian people from material it considers antithetical to state interests and ideology.
    • Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Siversk, Toretsk, and Avdiivka.
    • Russian federal subjects (regions) continue to increase monetary incentives to recruit contract soldiers (kontraktniki). . . . .
     
    Jack Hays, Jul 7, 2024
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    Ukraine can endure a long war of attrition with Russia, IMO, the Biden administration cannot.
    Quick decisive action is the best military and political response for the DP.
    Maybe political desperation can motivate the leadership to just do the right thing -- right now.


    https://apnews.com › article › russia-ukraine-war-voronezh-explosions-c9f2a4ac5de59bb0716335472e840913
     
    Ddyad, Jul 7, 2024
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    The more pain that Ukraine can inflict upon the Putin gang the sooner this war can end without Putin’s dream of destroying the Ukrainian state.
     
    PARTIZAN1, Jul 7, 2024
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    The Ukrainians are benefiting from good intelligence about Russian facilities. Meanwhile, the Russians may be running low on tanks.

    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 7, 2024

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    Key Takeaways:

    • Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against a Russian ammunition depot in Sergeevka, Voronezh Oblast on the night of July 6 to 7.
    • Satellite imagery confirms that the Ukrainian Air Force conducted a successful strike against a reported Russian regimental command post in Belgorod Oblast in late June 2024, likely with Western-provided weapons – further demonstrating how Ukraine could disrupt Russian offensive operations should the West continue to lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western-provided weapons to strike military targets in Russia.
    • Ukrainian drone operators appear to be improving their capabilities to interdict longer-range Russian drones in mid-air, and these technological innovations may allow Ukrainian forces to ease pressures on short-range and medium-range air defense assets if successfully fielded at scale.
    • Chechen "Akhmat" Spetsnaz forces likely coerced a Russian milblogger to issue a public apology after he criticized "Akhmat" forces – an illustrative example of unprofessionalism in the Russian military.
    • Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, and Ukrainian forces recently advanced north of Kharkiv City.
    • Open-source researchers analyzed satellite imagery and assessed that Russia has removed roughly 42 percent of Russian tanks from pre-war open-air storage since the start of the full-scale invasion. . . .
     
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    It is time to let Ukraine inflict enough pain on Russia to get Russia out of Ukraine.
     
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    ....and this is the sort of people Farage and Orban and Le Penn and Trump want to appease....well f**k them

     
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    Even the USSR's baby, the UN, is gagging on Putin's Russia.

    “The UN harshly condemned Monday's wave of deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine, including on Kyiv, saying "dozens of people have been killed and injured". Russia fired dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine in a massive barrage that killed at least 24 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, trapping victims under the rubble, officials said.”.
    BARRONS, FROM AFP NEWS, UN Says Strongly Condemns Russian Strikes Across Ukraine, By AFP, July 8, 2024.
    https://www.barrons.com/news/un-says-strongly-condemns-russian-strikes-across-ukraine-71731fd1


    By AFP - Agence France Presse, July 8, 2024.
    UN Says Strongly Condemns Russian Strikes Across Ukraine
    Barron's
    https://www.barrons.com › news › un-says-strongly-con...
    55 minutes ago — The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine harshly condemned Monday's wave of deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine, including on Kyiv, saying "dozens of ...
     
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    Or n is Putin’s trained monkey.
     
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    Russians don't like it when their crimes are brought to light. Meanwhile Ukraine's allies are steadfast.

    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 8, 2024

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    Key Takeaways:




      • A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile hit the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in central Kyiv during a wider series of missile strikes targeting critical Ukrainian infrastructure throughout the day on July 8.
      • Russian officials and information space actors are attempting to deflect responsibility for the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital strike by making false claims about the missiles involved and the state of the hospital — all contrary to available evidence.
      • The July 8 Russian missile strikes likely employed a new and noteworthy tactic to maximize the damage from such strike series.
      • Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and People's Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping continued to posture themselves as potential mediators to an end to the war in Ukraine during a July 8 meeting in Beijing, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's rejection of serious negotiations or any third-party mediation.
      • Russian Vice Admiral Sergei Lipilin replaced Vice Admiral Vladimir Vorobyov as Russian Baltic Fleet Commander.
      • Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions in Chasiv Yar, and Russian forces recently advanced near Donetsk City and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
      • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin called on July 8 for Russia to increase its domestic production of drones fivefold by 2030. . .
    The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claimed on July 8 that a May 2024 op-ed by an ISW Russia analyst published in the Telegraph was unsubstantiated.[30] The op-ed was a brief presentation of in-depth and well-documented research that ISW has published regarding Russia's occupation of Ukraine and project to destroy Ukrainian statehood via genocidal means.[31] ISW stands by its assessments, including those presented in the Telegraph op-ed. . . .

    Ukraine and Poland signed a bilateral security agreement on July 8. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met in Warsaw, Poland on July 8 and signed a bilateral security agreement that affirms Poland's support of Ukraine and promises cooperation in the security, defense, military, political, and economic fields.[67] The bilateral security agreement also states that Poland will consider transferring one squadron (at least 14 aircraft) of MiG-29 fighter aircraft to Ukraine and that Poland and Ukraine will discuss with their allies the possibility of Polish air defenses intercepting missiles and drones flying towards Poland over Ukrainian territory. The bilateral agreement also affirms Poland's support for Ukraine's accession into the European Union (EU).

    Ukraine's allies continue to provide Ukraine with additional military assistance. The United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced a new package of military support to Ukraine on July 7 including 250,000 rounds of 50mm small arms ammunition, 90 anti-armor Brimstone missiles, 50 small boats, 40 demining vehicles, 10 AS-90 155mm artillery systems, 32 new barrels for Ukraine's current AS-90 systems, and 61 bulldozers to construct defensive structures.[68] New UK Defense Minister John Healy stated that the UK is also expediting prior military assistance pledged in April 2024 to arrive within the next 100 days (by roughly October 14).[69] German Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Jaeger announced on July 5 that the third Patriot air defense system from Germany arrived in Ukraine.[70] The Latvian MoD announced on July 5 that it will transfer 2,500 drones worth four million euros (about $4.3 million) to Ukraine in July 2024 through the Ukraine Drone Coalition and that the first batch of these drones will arrive in the coming days.[71] . . .
     
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    These bilateral security agreements are serious. Russia and now China are risking an expanded war.

     
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    Well, you prove it yourself. Why in the name of Jesus Christ do you think that the Russian media always lies? And why do you think that the American media always writes the truth? You never know how many lies were written during the confrontation between Biden and Trump?
     
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    Your civilization was built on lies, brutality & deception.

    Hence, the destruction of the USSR, and former republics joined EU & NATO.
     
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    Who told you that?! As if our civilization was built on a lie?
     
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