Author: Dal Stanton
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10/7/2024 — Why did experts fail to predict Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?

From: Anders Puck Nielsen 
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10/7/2024 — I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 956) In God, whose word I praise,in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust;I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?Psalm 56:10-11 It’s Teachers Day in Ukraine this weekend. As a result of hostilities in Ukraine, 3,800 educational institutions (schools, kindergartens, universities) have…
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10/6/2024 — Missile Strike Near Donetsk Eliminates 6 North Korean Officers – Intel
Six officers from North Korea were among the 20 soldiers killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk, intelligence sources say. From: Kyiv Post by Kateryna Zakharchenko More than 20 soldiers were killed as a result of an Oct. 3 missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near Donetsk, including six officers from North Korea, who…
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10/6/2024 — New NATO boss backs Ukraine’s plea for deep strikes into Russia

Kyiv’s right to self-defense “does not end at the border,” Mark Rutte says during first trip to Ukraine. From: Politico BY STUART LAU NATO’s new Secretary-General Mark Rutte piled pressure Thursday on hesitant Western countries who refused to give Ukraine the right to use advanced weapons to strike military targets deep inside Russia. Rutte, during an…
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10/6/2024 — Ukraine is slowly but steadily weakening Russia’s grip on Crimea

From: Atlantic Council By Serhii Kuzan With international attention firmly fixed on the Russian army’s advances in eastern Ukraine and the Ukrainian invasion of Russia’s Kursk region, it is easy to overlook important developments taking place further south in Crimea. During 2024, Ukraine has achieved a number of strategic successes in and around the Russian-occupied peninsula…
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10/6/2024 — Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy…

From: Ira Kapitonova (Day 955) Attend to me, and answer me;I am restless in my complaint and I moan,because of the noise of the enemy,because of the oppression of the wicked.Psalm 55:2-3 It’s the second air raid of the night, and I hear distant explosions. Everyone else is asleep, and I’m here wondering about oh…
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10/5/2024 — Kyiv’s allies should boost Ukraine’s ability to strike deep inside Russia

From: Atlantic Council By David Kirichenko As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches its third winter, the biggest topic of debate is the reluctance among Kyiv’s key partners to sanction long-range attacks inside Russia using Western weapons. According to skeptics in Washington DC and elsewhere, deep strikes would pose an unacceptable risk and could spark a far…
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10/5/2024 — Why supporting Ukraine would enhance European security — opinion

By Mykola Kapitonenko — Mykola Kapitonenko Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National University, Director of the Center of International Studies, co-editor at UA: Ukraine Analytica. From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Europe is not in a good place when it comes to security. The Russo-Ukrainian war has turned Europe, once the…
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10/5/2024 — Poland awaits further steps from Kyiv on Volhynia tragedy — FM Sikorski

From: New Voice of Ukraine—Poland expects further actions from the Ukrainian authorities concerning search and exhumation efforts for Polish victims of the 1943 Volhynia Massacre, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said on Oct. 3. “I hope this Christian duty will simply be fulfilled,” Polish news agency PAP quoted Sikorski. He added that there is national consensus in…
