Author: Dal Stanton
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5/11/2024 — Graduation in Kharkiv

From: Maia Mikhaluk (808th day): Kharkiv region is under relentless attacks now – on the ground and from air. Yesterday the air raid lasted over 13 hours. 5:30am. Kids are rehearsing their dance for graduation party while there are no cars on the streets and there is a pause in air raids. Life goes on!…
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5/11/2024 — Please, pray for the Kharkiv region and all the people who are under the threat of occupation

From: Ira Kapitonova (Day 807): Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,for in you my soul takes refuge;in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,till the storms of destruction pass by.Psalm 57:1 This morning, Russian troops tried to cross Ukrainian border in one more location, about 30 kilometers northeast of…
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5/10/2024 — Lithuania is ready to send troops to Ukraine: the Prime Minister announced the nuances 

From: Meanwhile in Ukraine 🇺🇦 The level to which your society values freedom and what you’re willing to do to keep it is directly correlated to how long you lived under russians.
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5/10/2024 – Russian sabotage sweeps across Europe — report

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Incidents of sabotage and espionage, likely orchestrated by Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), are on the rise in Europe, Bloomberg reported on May 9, citing sources familiar with the matter. European officials are advised to take precautionary measures to avoid the increased risk of violence from Russian operatives, the report states. In…
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5/10/2024 — Ukraine is protecting your bread 

From: Ukraine.ua 🇺🇦 Ukraine is doing everything to protect global food security: increasing its capacity to grow and export grain, stabilizing the sea corridor’s work, and fighting back against Russia. And Russia, on the other hand, is doing everything to destroy food security and weaponize hunger. In the Odesa region alone, the terrorist state has…
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5/10/2024 — Two Ukrainian ministers sacked as Zelenskyy reshuffle continues

The dismissals come weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that state institutions will get a “reboot.” From: Politico BY KOEN VERHELST Mykola Solskyi, Ukraine’s agriculture minister, and Deputy PM and Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov were dismissed by Ukraine’s parliament Thursday. Solskyi had been in the cabinet of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal since 2022 while…
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5/10/2024 — Russia sees window of opportunity to expand attacks as Ukraine awaits further US aid, officials say

By Jim Sciutto, CNN — Western intelligence believes Russia is seeking to exploit what it sees as a “window of opportunity” to further step up air and ground attacks on Ukraine to take advantage of the time it will take new weapons and ammunition from the newly passed US military aid package to arrive in significant quantities, three officials with direct knowledge…
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5/10/2024 — Russia’s Georgia strategy offers hints of Kremlin vision for Ukraine

From: Atlantic Council By Nicholas Chkhaidze Recent efforts by the Georgian government to adopt a Kremlin-style law imposing restrictions on civil society have laid bare the geopolitical struggle currently underway to define the country’s future. The escalating crisis in the southern Caucasus nation also offers some indications of the end game Russia may have in mind…
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5/10/2024 — Putin’s one tank victory parade is a timely reminder Russia can be beaten

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson For the second year running, Russia’s Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 featured just one solitary tank. Throughout his twenty-four year reign, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has used the annual Victory Day holiday to showcase his country’s resurgence as a military superpower. However, the underwhelming spectacle of a…
