Category: Updates
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1/29/2024 – Defense expert: Ukraine aid ramps up fast despite western bureaucracy, isn’t “drip-feeding”
“A year ago, the debate was still going on about tanks. Fighter jets were not even in the making,” stresses Andras Racz From: Euromaiden Press BY ORYSIA HRUDKA Russia’s army needs 10-15 years for reconstitution and is no longer capable of conducting large-scale attacks, deploying F-16s in Ukraine is stymied by the need to have…
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1/29/2024 – Insider: Taiwan becomes Russia’s top supplier of precision machine tools
An investigation has exposed how Russia has tapped Taiwan as its primary source of banned high-tech machine tools by evading sanctions through intermediaries in Türkiye and China From: Euromaiden Press BY ALYA SHANDRA An in-depth investigation by The Insider and Taiwanese outlet The Reporter has revealed that Taiwan has become the primary source of precision metalworking machines…
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1/29/2024 – 6 obstacles to peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow
From: The Hill BY ANDREAS UMLAND, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Why is there still no negotiated end to the war, and why is there unlikely to be one in the near future? There are, at least, six circumstances that hinder a compromise between Kyiv and Moscow. Obstacles 1 and 2: The constitutions of Ukraine and Russia In…
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1/29/2024 – Avon continues doing business in Russia despite Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine
BBC investigation shows Avon expanding Russia operations – UK-headquartered cosmetics firm still making products outside Moscow and recruiting Russian sales agents during Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA Beauty giant Avon faces criticism for sustaining its Russian operations amidst Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The BBC found that Avon continues to recruit…
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1/29/2024 – SBU uncovers that officials, arms dealers steal some $40 mn budget for 100K mortar shells
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), in collaboration with top military officials, has exposed a massive embezzlement scheme within the Defense Ministry, involving about $40 million earmarked for 100,000 mortar shells, implicating dubious arms contractors and bureaucrats, the SBU reports. From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA A massive embezzlement scheme at Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has been exposed…
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1/29/2024 – Thanks to Viacheslav Radionov, the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade saved its aircraft from being destroyed by Russians.
From: Meanwhile in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Thanks to Viacheslav Radionov, the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade saved its aircraft from being destroyed by Russians. On January 16, 1997, Ukrainian military pilot Viacheslav Radionov was born in Zaporizhzhia. His great-grandfather, grandfather and uncle were pilots. Therefore, since childhood, Viacheslav was fond of airplanes. At school, he was engaged…
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1/29/2024 – Russian slogans “na Berlin” (to Berlin)
From: Meanwhile in Ukraine 🇺🇦 European countries must realize that the ultimate goal of this war for the Russians is not to capture Ukraine. Kyiv is an intermediate goal. The main goal is to take over the Western world, and Germany in particular. And the Russians have never hidden this. Everyone remembers the well-known Russian…
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1/29/2024 – We hold on to our memories and God’s faithfulness, and that’s where our hope is found.
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 704): May the glory of the Lord endure forever;may the Lord rejoice in his works,who looks on the earth and it trembles,who touches the mountains and they smoke!Psalm 104:31-32 It’s interesting how, often in our conversations, we slip into memories of the first weeks of the invasion. We…
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