Interesting mood music out of Kazakhstan, re relations with Russia in wake of war on Ukraine.
Astana has started detaining Russian trucks carrying sanctioned EU goods through its territory, Russia's state-run Izvestia reports today. 1/7
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What about the first step — Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine????
Just to be clear, this war began when Russia invaded in 2014 and again in 2022.. not when the US finally started sending Ukraine weapons.
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US sends longer and longer range missiles: not an escalation
US operationally coordinates major Ukraine counter-offensive: not an escalation
Russia plans to annex several provinces: escalation?
Or maybe... all three of these events are in fact part of the same escalatory spiral
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⚡️ Ukraine to provide Ethiopia, Somalia with 50,000 metric tons of free wheat.
Ukraine’s Cabinet Ministry said that it will reimburse Ethiopia and Somalia for Hr 420 million ($11.4 million) worth of wheat.
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⚡️ UK Intelligence: Russian Navy relocates submarines from occupied Sevastopol to Russia.
The U.K. Defense Ministry said the security of the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in occupied Crimea has now been directly undermined.
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⚡️ Vereshchuk: Over 2,000 Ukrainian children illegally deported to Russia.
Russia has illegally deported more than 2,000 Ukrainian children, depriving them of parental care, Suspilne reported on Sept. 20, citing Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
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“Putin’s plan is to recruit at least 50,000 convicts and Prigozhin, who is an ex-convict himself, has already sent more than 3,000” inmates to Ukraine, including “serial murderers, robbers and at least one cannibal,” Olga Romanova told The Daily Beast.
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A military official says US tanks are on the table to send to Ukraine. Retired Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson explains why the US should continue meeting Ukraine’s requirements.
Watch here:
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Tokayev never mentions Russia or the war. But he says in his op-ed: "Even in the face of major international pressures ... we won’t turn inward or opt for isolation ... we are doubling down on the liberal, international, open policies." 6/7
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While Ukrainian authorities are trying to return the kids, Russia prepares some of them for “adoption,” Vereshchuk said.
On July 13, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there's evidence that between 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainians have been forcibly deported to Russia.
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Why the urgency in the Kremlin and D/LNR to pull off these “referenda”? Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive has shocked and worried them. Kyiv has the momentum. And it’s forces are still on the move, as the likely recapture of Lyman (waiting for official confirmation) shows.
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This is my map and, no, I made no mistake. Lyman has most likely has already been liberated. twitter.com/lilygrutcher/s…
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Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia say they intend to leave Ukraine and join Russia on behalf of the entire province.
That includes the city of Zaporizhzhia itself, which had a pre-war population of 750,000 – and which is controlled Ukraine
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Russia should return occupied territory to Ukraine as part of a peace settlement, Turkish President Erdogan said in an interview in New York, adding that he had “very extensive discussions” with Putin last week
Latest updates: trib.al/tzZ8LBC
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Une unité de L'armée ukrainienne sous équipée refuse de se battre. « À l'intention de vous, monsieur le président Zelensky...Nous ne voulons pas servir de chair à canon.» Des milliers de militaires Ukrainiens se sont rendus à l'armée Russe, sachant qu'il seraient bien traités.
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What you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine war today:
- There was shelling about 300 meters from reactors at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant on Monday.
- Ukrainian forces have been striking military targets in Russia.
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Germany’s climate envoy says the country remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030. At this point, though, the country has been forced to reactivate coal-fired power plants amid energy shortages caused by Russia's war in Ukraine.
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EU Council said on Sept. 20 that this 5 billion euro assistance package would be delivered to Ukraine through long-term loans "to support Ukraine at this critical juncture."
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As Ukraine makes progress in the country's east and south, Russia has responded by attacking civilian infrastructure rather than military targets, which U.S. officials see as retaliation rather than making any kind of military sense, the press release read.
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“I thought Putin was so outdated. He was like, from the past, he had an outdated worldview, outdated thoughts, outdated behavior, outdated wording. It was like the atmosphere of the past,” Mendel says.
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