Author: Dal Stanton
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1/11/2024 – World Bank’s IFC has mobilised nearly $1 bln for Ukraine – managing director
From Reuters By Victoria Waldersee and Karin Strohecker Jan 11 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s private investment arm has mobilised nearly $1 billion to rebuild Ukraine’s private sector and is shifting its broader investment focus towards equity, its managing director told Reuters. Around $620 million of the funds mobilised for Ukraine – part of a…
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1/11/2024 – Ukraine producing more drones than state can purchase, minister says
From Reuters Perfect opportunity here for the EU to buy the drones for Ukraine. Doesn’t eat into existing Western inventories and helps bolster Ukrainian industry while keep the wartime skies competitive: KYIV, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Ukrainian manufacturers have ramped up output of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to the extent that Kyiv’s current drone procurement…
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1/11/2024 – The case for a new Ukrainian Constitution
From: Atlantic Council By Brian Mefford @meffkievvia UkraineAlert No one expected the upstart American colonies to win a war of independence against the British Empire. However, after eight years of sacrifice, the underdog nation emerged victorious. The young country’s leaders then analyzed their weaknesses and realized that the existing framework for government needed changing in…
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1/11/2024 – We know we don’t have a choice. Losing would mean the extinction of Ukraine.
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (686th day): I posted yesterday a link to a video that shows the devastation of Avdiivka, a city that ruzzians have been trying hard to take over since Oct. One of FB friends reposted it with the comment that this war is not shown by the news anymore. Under that…
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1/11/2024 – The prayer of a nine-year-old: “God, will you change the hearts of the Russian people?….”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 686): Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;listen to my plea for grace.Psalm 86:6 Our school day started with an air raid just as the kids were arriving. They casually went into the basement, grumbling about the Russians ruining their morning. While playing with Lego, one boy asked me…
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1/10/2024 – Europe is sending Ukraine more money than the US — but only we can send the weapons it needs
From: New York Post By Dalibor Rohac As Congress continues to waver over the next package of aid to Ukraine, Japan’s foreign minister promised additional assistance on her recent trip to Kyiv, including $37 million for a NATO-administered Ukraine fund, new electricity generators and an unmanned aircraft-detecting system. The visit came on the back of Tokyo’s…
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1/10/2024 – Anne Applebaum: Ukraine’s battle against Russia has always been a civilizational clash
Anne Applebaum: Ukraine’s battle against Russia has always been a civilizational clash, between an open society and a closed one, a rule-of-law society and a dictatorship From: In Ukraine 🇺🇦 To read Atlantic Council article.
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1/10/2024 – 12-year-old Arthur Brook is using his voice to shed light on the war in Ukraine.
From: Euromaiden Press – Good morning, World! Good morning Ukraine! 12-year-old Arthur Brook is using his voice to shed light on the war in Ukraine. The young Ukrainian-American journalist from California has dedicated his YouTube channel, “Arthur Brook Reports,” to covering events in the country since Russia launched its full scale invasion. Along with his…
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