Author: Dal Stanton
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11/1:2024 — Putin is making the most of a distracted and divided United States
From: Atlantic Council By Frederick Kempe Russian President Vladimir Putin is moving on several fronts simultaneously, both military and political, to take advantage of a United States that is distracted and divided ahead of next week’s presidential election. Putin’s risky move to bring thousands of North Korean soldiers to Russia to fight Ukraine, and his doubling…
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11/1/2024 — Russia’s economy is overheating but Putin cannot change course
From: Atlantic Council By Alexander Mertens Russia’s Central Bank raised its key policy rate to 21 percent in late October as the Russian authorities struggle to manage a wartime economy that is in danger of overheating due to a combination of factors including rising inflation, sanctions pressure, and record defense sector spending. While Kremlin officials and many international…
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11/1/2024 — Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness
From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Pentagon officials and NATO chief Mark Rutte have this week confirmed that thousands of North Korean troops are currently in the process of joining Russia’s war against Ukraine. The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the battlefields of Europe is an historically unprecedented event that represents a major escalation in the largest…
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11/1/2024 — Return to sender
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (981st day) — Every day dozens of ruzzian drones attack our cities. Many of them are shot by our air defense, many now get jammed by our air defense and “get lost”, but the best is when those drones after being jammed and having lost the intended target, return Home…
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10/31/2024 — Opinion: “To stop the war, we need to change Ukrainian government”
From: 1420 by Daniil Orain
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10/31/2024 — ‘The world will remember this war not through reportage but through art’: the creatives on Ukraine’s frontline
Poets, artists, playwrights and musicians are fighting and dying in Ukraine, and their work is capturing the horror and emotion of the conflict From: The Guardian by Charlotte Higgins, in Kyiv Yaryna Chornohuz is a poised, thoughtful young woman with a sweep of long hair, elegantly manicured nails, and a military uniform. In 2019, she…
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10/31/2024 — “We are praying for mild winter, for ruzzians drones and missiles to return on the heads of senders, and for the resilience of our people in the face of challenges…”
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (980th day) — It’s been a warm fall this year, with lots of sunshine, beautiful colors, and mild temperatures. Our apartments are heated by central heat, and the heating season usually starts in mid-October. This year, partly because of warmer weather and partly because of the need to save energy,…
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10/31/2024 — “It feels so wrong to feel so safe when there’s so much destruction around…”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 981) Restore us, O God;let your face shine, that we may be saved!Psalm 80:3 The past few days have been weird. Over the weekend, Ukraine switched from daylight saving time, so the days feel really short now. With the weather slowly yet steadily getting colder, there seem to be…
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