Category: Updates
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9/7/2024 — Lithuania to help fund Ukraine’s Palianytsia drone program
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Lithuania will provide Kyiv with EUR 10 million ($11 million) in funding to manufacture Ukrainian-made Palianytsia missile-drones, former Ukrainian Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin announced on Sept. 6. “We received new confirmation from the Lithuanian defense minister about the allocation of EUR 10 million to purchase Ukrainian Palianytsia missile drones,” Kamyshin…
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9/7/2024 — Ukraine gains initiative on front, Russia pays heavy price for Putin’s imperial fantasies — Pentagon Chief
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated on Sept. 6 that Ukraine is steadily gaining the initiative on the front lines while Russia is paying a steep price for Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions. “We meet at a dynamic moment. Ukraine continues to take the initiative on the battlefield. Ukrainian troops are currently…
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9/7/2024 — Canadian training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s gets underway
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 The first group of Ukrainian pilots arrived in Canada this week to begin training for flying F-16 fighter jets, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair announced during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein. The Canadian government’s press office confirmed the news. Blair noted that the pilot training program is being…
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9/6/2024 — Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation explains Putin’s latest statements on negotiations
From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s recent statements about peace talks do not indicate a genuine desire for peace, the head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), Andriy Kovalenko, said in a Telegram post on Sept. 5. Instead, Kovalenko argues that Putin is seeking Ukraine’s capitulation. “Putin’s ‘peace’ phantom,” said Kovalenko. “We…
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9/6/2024 — Experts react: The US just accused Russia of meddling in the 2024 election. Here’s what to know.
From: Atlantic Council By Atlantic Council experts It’s campaign season—and that includes malign influence campaigns. On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced new sanctions, criminal charges, and the seizure of more than thirty internet domains in response to what it alleges is an expansive malign influence operation by Russia targeting the 2024 US presidential election. According to US officials,…
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9/6/2024 — Indian PM Modi visits Ukraine to open new foreign policy horizons
From: Atlantic Council By Mridula Ghosh Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an historic visit to Kyiv in late August, becoming the first Indian leader to travel to the country since Ukraine regained independence in 1991. Modi’s arrival in the Ukrainian capital was billed as part of ongoing international efforts to secure a peaceful resolution to the war…
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9/6/2024 — Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
From: CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Madalena Araujo and Victoria Butenko, CNN Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday. In his first television interview since becoming military chief in February, the general…
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9/6/2024 — Ukraine taps former ambassador Andrii Sybiha as top diplomat
The replacement of prominent Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba comes amid a wide-ranging government reshuffle ahead of the president’s trip to the United States. From: Washington Post By Siobhán O’Grady KYIV — Ukraine’s parliament voted Thursday to appoint Andrii Sybiha, the country’s former ambassador to Turkey and past deputy head of the presidential office, as foreign minister,…
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9/6/2024 — What the “rocket drone” Palianytsia means for Ukraine
From: axios by Colin Demarest Military analysts are buzzing online about a new, secretive Ukrainian weapon that blurs the line between missile and drone. Why it matters: The Palianytsia, named after a Ukrainian bread, highlights the country’s wartime ingenuity, with from-scratch design and production taking 18 months. Driving the news: President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that “our…
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9/6/2024 — Russian bombing kills 3 children in Lviv, Ukraine says
Kremlin forces carry out major attack on Ukrainian city closest to Polish border. From: Politico BY CSONGOR KÖRÖMI — Russian airstrikes early Wednesday morning destroyed schools and residential buildings in Lviv, the nearest major Ukrainian city to the Polish border. At least seven people, including three children, were killed and 47 others wounded in the airstrikes against…
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