Oorlog in Oekraïne #953 Slava Ukraini

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The U.S. Army Is Urgently Investing in Electronic Warfare Systems, the Deadline Is Six Months

Pentagon prioritizes wearable electronic warfare systems for enhanced battlefield awareness
The importance of electronic warfare capabilities and their miniaturization in modern warfare has been underscored by practical experiences, revealing that solely relying on powerful systems on mobile platforms is insufficient. In response, the Pentagon initiated a comprehensive 120-day field study in 2023 to delve into this critical aspect.

Although the details are shrouded in secrecy, some practical actions have come to light. The immediate focus has been on supplying wearable electronic warfare (EW) systems to the U.S. Army. Initially, these units will be dispatched to major army training bases before being distributed to each combat brigade within the ground forces for personnel training purposes.

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Irish volunteer strikes 6 invaders’ guns in one day

An Irish volunteer hit six D-20 and D-30 guns of the invaders with an FPV drone in one day.

The volunteer’s story was published on the Butusov Plus YouTube channel.

The targets were hit near Avdiivka, where a volunteer from the Terra unit was destroying the enemy.

The volunteer himself is a 19-year-old Irish citizen from Dublin who decided to join the Ukrainian Defense Forces after turning 18.

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McCaul says Johnson is committed to put a vote for Ukraine funding on the floor after Easter
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is committed to putting a vote for Ukraine funding on the House floor some time after Easter.

“His commitment is to put it on the floor after Easter and we are working on this bill,” McCaul told CBS’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”

When pressed further on whether this means they will vote on the bill as soon as April 9 — when the House returns from recess — McCaul just emphasized he would like it done “as soon as possible.” McCaul is the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and has been a strong supporter of approving additional funding for Ukraine, which has been fighting Russia for more than two years.

“I think the situation Ukraine is dire…. if we lose in Ukraine like Afghanistan and then lose to Putin, let him you know, take over Ukraine and Moldova, Georgia, and abandon our allies like we did in Afghanistan — Does that make the United States weaker or stronger? I think weaker,” he said.

When asked on why there is a lack of urgency by Johnson on approving funding for Ukraine, McCaul noted that he is in a “difficult” spot.

“He understands this. He is in a very difficult spot, and this motion to vacate the chair thing — I believe he’s committed because he understands national security. And leans on, you know, myself, the chairman of armed services, House Intelligence, for advice on this and he knows how important this is,” McCaul said.

The Hill has reached out to Johnson’s office for comment.

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Mayor: Russian attacks destroy thermal power plant, all substations in Kharkiv
Russian missile and drone attacks have destroyed a thermal power plant and all the electrical substations in Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov told national television on March 24.

The mayor said that Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, experiences the most challenging energy situation.

Russia has recently once again intensified its attacks against Ukraine's critical infrastructure, launching over 150 missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure on March 22 in one of the largest attacks against the country's power grid.

The March 22 strike damaged the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, Ukraine's largest hydroelectric station.

Energy workers are unable to provide a stable power supply across Kharkiv, according to the mayor.

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Ukrainian Tank Crew Successfully Targets and Destroys Three Enemy Tanks in Minutes

The tank crew of the Ukrainian 53rd Mechanized Brigade defeated three Russian tanks in one battle.

This was reported by the press service of the Brigade.

It is reported that the crew fought for 15 minutes, fired three shots, and destroyed three Russian combat vehicles.

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U.S. Embassy donates six armored SUVs to Ukrainian prosecutors in frontline regions

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine received six armored vehicles from the U.S. Embassy, which will help protect the lives of prosecutors as they perform their duties in the frontline regions.

Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin wrote reported this on X, Ukrinform reports.

“The support provided by @StateINL (U.S. Department of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement – ed.) amid wartime challenges is invaluable. Expressed my deep gratitude to Joshua Temblador, Director of the INL Section at the US Embassy in Kyiv, for the multifaceted technical assistance and strategic advice. We greatly appreciate the donation,” reads the posting.

He noted that the PGO’s “stable cooperation” with INL has become the solid foundation for the development of the Prosecutor General's Office’s institutional capacity, particularly in investigating Russian war crimes, ensuring support for victims and witnesses and streamlining the digital transformation of Ukrainian prosecution and law enforcement systems," Kostin noted.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin discussed strategies during a meeting on March 18 in Kyiv with his counterparts from the U.S. Department of Justice, Nathan Brooks and Tim Rank, as well as with Jared Kimball, legal adviser at the US Embassy in Ukraine, and FBI legal attaché Chris Geiger investigation of Russian cybercrimes committed against the Ukrainian state and partner countries

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Drone attack on Odesa Oblast, air defence activated
The air defence has been activated in Odesa Oblast due to an attack by Shahed drones from the Black Sea on the night of 24-25 March.

Source: Defence Forces of Ukraine's South

Quote: "Combat work is underway in Odesa. A reminder that it can also be dangerous. Interesting shots of the air defence in operation should not cost you your life."

Details: The Russians launched Shahed drones across Ukraine around midnight.

Update: Local media outlet Dumska said some areas of the city had been left without water or electricity.

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Strike on Russian Black Sea Fleet communication centre: satellite images emerge
Satellite imagery has been posted showing the aftermath of a missile strike on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s communication centre in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea.

Source: Skhemy (Schemes), a Radio Liberty project

Details: The satellite imagery, from Planet Labs, has confirmed that a building on Rudneva Street in Sevastopol was hit as a result of Ukrainian missile attacks.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine had reported that they launched a missile attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s communication centre on the morning of 24 March.

A comparison of satellite images taken of the area on 21 and 24 March shows that the roof collapsed after the attack. Firefighting appliances can also be seen next to the building, Skhemy reported.


Background:
• Late on 23 March, reports emerged that the main communications centre of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Sevastopol had been hit by cruise missiles.
• Early on 24 March, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Ukraine's Defence Forces had struck two Russian landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, as well as a communications centre and several infrastructure facilities belonging to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.

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About 100 Russian spies work under diplomatic cover in Austria - media
Of the 252 Russian agents in Austria, about 100 work under the guise of diplomats and also operate in neighboring countries. There are likely many more spies operating under the guise of civilians. The information was provided by the Central European country's intelligence chief at a confidential meeting with senior officials.

The Austrian civil servant said that, according to their data, at the Russian embassy in Vienna, as well as in the Russian missions to the OSCE and the UN, there are at least 252 employees, including diplomats, technical and administrative staff, working on “disarmament”.

“The mentioned figure does not include teachers of Russian schools in Austria, who are provided with a certain level of diplomatic protection,” the official noted.

The article also notes that spouses of diplomats have also begun to use diplomatic cover for spy work, which is a growing trend, especially after the recent mass expulsions of Russian diplomats. We are talking about agents carrying out missions for Russian intelligence services, including the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).

Austria and its neighbors are aware of intelligence activities emanating from Moscow. Slovakia is aware that Russian diplomats in Austria have conducted espionage activities against it, and the Czech Republic is promoting restrictions on the free movement of Russians in the Schengen area to reduce risks. In February, information appeared that Ireland refused to renew the visas of Russian diplomats, fearing espionage activities.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 05:44 schreef quirina het volgende:

Terror In Moscow: KGB's Biggest Fail

Politiebureau zat 15 meter bij crocus hall vandaan.
Er liep ook nog een politieman van de k9 unit binnen in crocus hall tijdens het schieten “van IS”.

De politie deed helemaal niks.
Terwijl als je als Rus met een wit papiertje zwaait al binnen dertig seconden opgepakt wordt wegens onrust stoken.
De buurt rondom het politiebureau en crocus hall hangt vol met camera’s. Zo ook binnen.
Binnen worden bezoekers eerst door beveiligingspoortjes geleid om te controleren op wapens, wat normaal is. Hier wordt je ook gecontroleerd voordat je een concertzaal in mag.. aanslagplegers kwamen van buitenaf binnen volgens camera’s , dan zat er toch beveiliging? Of gingen die even lekker met de benen omhoog?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 05:53 schreef halfway het volgende:

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Propaganda

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 05:53 schreef halfway het volgende:

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Propaganda

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 00:02 schreef DrDentz het volgende:
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Ik vind dit wel een flink stuk land hoor wat die Medvedev even opeist
Polen ook een mooi stuk erbij

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 03:18 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://ghall-com-ua.tran(...)en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 09:09 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Vandaag is de dag dat Trump de 463 miljoen euro moet ophoesten. Anders gaan ze beslag leggen op een deel van zijn onroerende zaken.

Ik verwacht niet dat hij op het laatste ogenblik hier nog mee over de balk gaat komen. En mocht dat wel het geval zijn dan moet er zeker onderzoek gedaan worden over waar het vandaan komt.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 09:57 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Sowieso zou iemand die zoveel geld schuldig is, en daarom 'te koop' is, niet eens kandidaat mogen zijn.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 09:57 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Sowieso zou iemand die zoveel geld schuldig is, en daarom 'te koop' is, niet eens kandidaat mogen zijn.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, rafinaderijen zijn bijna op, we gaan nu maar voor de energie centrales?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, rafinaderijen zijn bijna op, we gaan nu maar voor de energie centrales?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, rafinaderijen zijn bijna op, we gaan nu maar voor de energie centrales?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:28 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Ook wel slim. Niet steeds het zelfde raken maar steeds weer andere doelen. Succes met je luchtafweer goed neerzetten

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:57 schreef quirina het volgende:

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Ja en daarna alle waterleidingen doorzagen.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 11:42 schreef over_hedge het volgende:
Rusland heeft Kyiv maandagochtend bestookt met hypersonische raketten. Daarbij is een appartementencomplex beschadigd geraakt.

Erg kosteneffectief is het niet he

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, rafinaderijen zijn bijna op, we gaan nu maar voor de energie centrales?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 10:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ok, rafinaderijen zijn bijna op, we gaan nu maar voor de energie centrales?

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 15:00 schreef AgLarrr het volgende:

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Holy shit, 2200+MW, dat is geen kattenpis..

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 14:31 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Heel bijzonder wel dat de VS twee weken van te voren al intel had over de terreuraanslag in Moskou, maar nog steeds niet weet wie er achter de Nord Stream zit.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 17:08 schreef quirina het volgende:
Trump hoeft nu maar slechts 175 miljoen dollar te betalen, dus staat niets meer in de weg om president te worden.
Las ik op nu.nl

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 19:28 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Hoe gaan mensen, bijvoorbeeld correspondenten, nu nog naar Moskou? Zat even voor de grap naar tickets te kijken maar NL doet het niet, via Frankfurt ook niet.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 19:28 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Hoe gaan mensen, bijvoorbeeld correspondenten, nu nog naar Moskou? Zat even voor de grap naar tickets te kijken maar NL doet het niet, via Frankfurt ook niet.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 19:33 schreef Digi2 het volgende:

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Je kunt via Turkije nog naar Rusland vliegen.

goedkope-vluchten-vanaf-turkey-naar-russia

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 18:22 schreef polderturk het volgende:
WOW

STAR WARS: drone wars wordt werkelijkheid.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 20:59 schreef MatthijsDJ het volgende:

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Haha die UAV lijkt wel door een hobbyist in elkaar geflanst modelbouw vliegtuigje.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 20:59 schreef MatthijsDJ het volgende:

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Haha die UAV lijkt wel door een hobbyist in elkaar geflanst modelbouw vliegtuigje.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 21:31 schreef Adrie072 het volgende:
Nu op de VRT (Belgie) misschien wel interessante docu over wapens voor Oekraïne.

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 22:51 schreef Joppiez het volgende:
Rusland ontkent simpelweg dat er een raket door het Poolse luchtruim vloog.

https://www.nu.nl/buitenl(...)nding-luchtruim.html

Deze reactie had ik al voorspeld

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 20:59 schreef MatthijsDJ het volgende:

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Haha die UAV lijkt wel door een hobbyist in elkaar geflanst modelbouw vliegtuigje.

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Conservative who moved to RUSSIA with family to escape LGBT ideology now says she hates it because locals don't speak English... then begs for forgiveness after Kremlin hears insults
• Arend Feenstra and his wife Anneesa moved their family of 10 to Russia a month ago, but the transition quickly went downhill
• The funds from their home sale were frozen after Russian officials deemed it to be 'suspicious', leading Anneesa to erupt into an anti-Russian rant
• The YouTubers deleted the clip, and insist they have no plans to leave the former Soviet state and are in it for the 'long haul'

THREE WEEKS LEFT TO PASS THE TEST!!

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Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees
The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot.

Yulia Senyuk is more famous under her stage name Josephine Jackson — where her porn appearances have garnered over 200 million views — and now she’s using that celebrity status to raise funds for Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs in the war against Russia.

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Who Do Russians Blame for the Moscow Concert Attack?
At least 133 people were killed and 152 others were wounded when camouflaged gunmen stormed a concert hall in a Moscow suburb and set fire to the building on Friday night.

The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for the mass killing, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a "barbaric terrorist attack" and said would not go left unpunished.

But questions remain as to how the gunmen were able to carry out their attack with seeming ease despite prior warnings from Western governments that such an incident was "imminent."

We asked people in Moscow the day following the attack who they believed stood to gain from the mass killing and whether they thought the government's response was enough.

Who Do Russians Blame for the Moscow Concert Attack? | The Moscow Times

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 02:38 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Missiles hit Kyiv seconds after air raid alert, leaving people no time to shelter

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The Economist: The Kremlin launches Operation “Blame Ukraine”
Vladimir Putin is a man who loves victories, preferably orchestrated ones. A rigged election victory followed by a spectacular concert. An incendiary speech on Victory Day. Eight goals in a hockey match. Putin copes worse with unplanned setbacks, preferring to disappear from the scene. In 2000, he failed his performance due to the tragedy on the Kursk submarine. He was missing for more than a day after the failed assault on a school in Beslan in 2004, during which 186 child hostages were killed. Last year, when Yevgeny Prigozhin and his band of mercenaries headed to Moscow, Putin was initially nowhere to be seen. Source: The Economist

So when it took him 19 hours to go on television with a short story about a massive intelligence failure in Moscow's Crocus City Hall, he fell into a familiar rut.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 02:01 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.dailymail.co.(...)pology-feenstra.html
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Herinner jullie deze Canadese familie nog, die boer die met zijn vrouw en iets van 8 kinderen naar Rusland verhuisd waren en daar een boerderij met land wouden kopen?

Het blijkt dat zij daar waren op een toeristen visum. Welke slechts 90 dagen geldig is. Hoogst waarschijnlijk was hun aanvraag voor een tijdelijke verblijfsvergunning niet succesvol, daar ze in elk geval basis kennis van de Russische taal moesten leren, en ook over de wetten en geschiedenis van Rusland. En hiervoor dus een test moeten doen.

90 dagen is natuurlijk niet voldoende hiervoor, vooral niet als je 8 kinderen moet opvoeden. En dan komt daar ook nog de bureaucratie bij.

Dus hoogstwaarschijnlijk hebben ze het land moeten verlaten en kunnen ze pas weer over enkele maanden voor een nieuwe toeristenvisum gaan. Volgens zijn berekening zouden ze 20.000 dollars kwijt zijn om weer terug naar Canada te vliegen. En dus ook 20.000 dollars als ze ooit weer terug willen komen voor nog een kans.

De enige opties ze er waren voor langer verblijf was of een werkvergunning (hij had nog geen werk) of een studenten vergunning. Al had hij natuurlijk ook nog kunnen trouwen met een Russische dame. Maar dat zal zijn vrouw niet goed gevonden hebben.

Dit zou een perfect verhaal geweest zijn voor zo'n programma als ik vertrek lol. Wat een domme mensen.

THREE WEEKS LEFT TO PASS THE TEST!!

Al zie ik dat ze 10 dagen geleden nog 3 weken hadden voor de test. Maar dat was gelijk ook hun laatste filmpje. Dus er is nog kans dat ze het wel gaan redden. Al betwijfel ik het.

In het slechte geval zou hij altijd nog het Russische leger in kunnen gaan.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 02:49 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Er ging wat mis met het luchtalarm denk ik.
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https://kyivindependent.com/todays-attack-on-kyiv/

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 02:54 schreef Eyjafjallajoekull het volgende:

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Dit is echt? Haast niet voor te stellen....

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Poland deploys permanent helicopter base on border with Ukraine
On the night of March 24, Russia hit Ukraine with 29 cruise missiles, one of which flew for 39 seconds into the territory of Poland

A new air base will be created in the Polish town of Świdnik, Lublin Voivodeship, near the border with Ukraine. Helicopters will be stationed there on a permanent basis, the Ministry of Defense of Poland reported.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz signed a letter of intent for cooperation between the Ministry of National Defense and the Lublin Voivodeship at Lublin Airport on Monday.

According to the defense chief, this permanent base will be located on an area of 100 hectares, which will appear as part of an agreement between the Ministry of National Defense and local government partners.

On the night of March 24, Russia hit Ukraine with 29 cruise missiles. One of them at 04:23 a.m. flew for 39 seconds to the territory of Poland near the village of Oserdów. The Polish military raised fighter jets just in case, but did not shoot it down as it returned to the territory of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland confirmed that a Russian missile violated the country's airspace on the night of March 24, saying that Warsaw would demand an explanation from Moscow.

Today, the spokesman of the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said that the Polish military command knew that the Russian missile that flew over the Lublin region on the morning of March 24 would "return to Ukraine", which is why it was not intercepted.

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Ukrainian military reportedly causes massive fuel tank backlog on Crimean Bridge
A queue of thousands of railroad cars has amassed at the entrance to the Crimean Bridge, some waiting for as long as six months, the Russian state outlet Kommersant reported on March 25.

A queue of thousands of railroad cars has amassed at the entrance to the Crimean Bridge, some waiting for as long as six months, as reported by Russian business outlet Kommersant on March 25th.

The Russian North Caucasian Railway has accumulated 2,500 loaded tankers carrying oil products due to restrictions on the passage of dangerous goods across the Crimean Bridge and the need to wait for ferries and tankers to arrive.

This issue was deliberated at a meeting of a working group under the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade on March 15th, as per the minutes cited by the newspaper.

"Some of them have been standing for six months," Kommersant reports.

Market participants propose utilizing tankers more for transportation to Crimea, while temporarily halting the release of additional tanks into this direction.

The downtime in the south underscores the overall shortage of oil and gasoline tanks in Russia, estimated differently from hundreds to 45,000 units.

Oil companies suggest temporarily lifting the ban on extending the service life of tank cars, but railcar builders and Russian Railways oppose this proposal.

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SBU head: Russia no longer using Crimean bridge for weapons supplies after repeated strikes
Russia no longer uses the Crimean Bridge to supply weapons to the front after Ukrainian strikes damaged the crossing, Vasyl Maliuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said on air on March 25.

The bridge, also called the Kerch Bridge, connects the Russian mainland with the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, making it a crucial supply route for the Russian military in Ukraine.

Construction on the 19-kilometer-long bridge began after the illegal 2014 annexation and occupation of Crimea, and was completed in 2018.

The bridge was heavily damaged in Ukrainian strikes in October 2022 and July 2023. The plan to strike the bridge was first conceived in March 2022, Maliuk said.

Before the bridge came under attack, "42 to 46 trains carrying weapons and ammunition passed there per day," Maliuk said.

"Today there are four or five in a day," of which four are for passenger traffic, and one is for consumer goods, Maliuk said.

Russian proxy authorities in occupied Crimea regularly shut down traffic on the Crimean Bridge amid reports of explosions and drone strikes.

When the structure is fully restored, Russia will likely use the bridge once again for weapons supplies, Maliuk said, but implied that Ukraine plans to then carry out another attack.

"Everything has its time," Maliuk said.

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"To all wild Russians, including Putin, beware! Do not think that we do not have the opportunity to take revenge on you for our captured brothers..." - the message reads. The terrorists promise to organize a massacre in the near future that Russians will remember for generations

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Russian equipment losses in Ukraine surpass 15,000, says Oryx OSINT group
The number of vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels, and weapons systems lost by Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine has surpassed 15,000, the open-source investigative project Oryx announced on March 24.

The figure includes 2,856 tanks, 135 helicopters, 106 aircraft, 20 naval ships, and one submarine.

As Oryx only publishes visually confirmed data taken from open sources, the real numbers of Russian losses are likely significantly higher.

"What an epic failure from a self-proclaimed military superpower," Oryx contributor Jakub Janovsky said, announcing the milestone in a post on X.

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Security Service of Ukraine Prepares Sea Baby Naval Drones for Top-Secret Operation
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) is preparing new special operations for 2024.

These operations include the use of Sea Baby naval drones, as revealed by a source within the SSU speaking to LIGA.net.

According to the source, the Head of SSU Vasyl Malyuk promises “surprises” for Russia.

For example, 35 Sea Baby drones donated by Ukrainians are being prepared for combat missions at sea.

The SSU has already shown the first drone from this batch, named Avdiyivka.

In addition, the Security Service of Ukraine is preparing for new, top-secret operations.

“It is clear that the special service not only doesn’t disclose its plans, but also does not always tell us about the finished results in detail. But today, the SSU is doing everything it can to bring Ukraine’s victory closer,” the source said.

The first new-generation naval drone was produced for the Security Service of Ukraine. The drone would target not only maritime facilities.

The naval drone for the Security Service of Ukraine was constructed due to the UNITED24 initiative.

The UNITED24 team, together with volunteers, financial institutions, and ordinary citizens, raised more than UAH 320 million in a day and a half to build 35 more naval drones.

Sea Baby naval drones are developed by the Security Service of Ukraine.

They can carry 850 kilograms of explosives, accelerate up to 90 km/h, and cover a distance of 1000 kilometers.

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Russian ambassador rejects Poland's summons over missile in Polish airspace
Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreyev, has rejected Poland's summons to the Foreign Ministry in connection with the Russian missile that entered Polish airspace on March 24, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported on March 25.

Andreyev claimed that Warsaw did not provide enough evidence that the missile had entered Polish airspace and therefore "decided not to visit the Polish Foreign Ministry," RIA Novosti said.

Poland was forced to scramble its fighter jets to protect its airspace during Russia's drone and missile attack against Ukraine on March 24, when a Russian cruise missile entered Poland's airspace for 39 seconds.

The spokesperson of the Polish Operational Command, Jacek Goryszewski, said that Russia deliberately maneuvered the missile in a way that would unexpectedly target Ukraine from the west. Ukrainian air defense is typically prepared for missiles coming from the north or east.

The Polish Foreign Ministry said it would demand an explanation from Moscow.

Russian missiles have previously entered Polish airspace during attacks on Ukraine. On Dec. 29, 2023, a missile entered Polish airspace, putting the country's defenses on high alert.

In another incident on Nov. 15, 2022, a missile flew onto Polish territory during a Russian mass strike, killing two civilians. Polish investigators later concluded that it was a stray Ukrainian anti-air projectile launched to intercept the Russian attack.

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South Korea Has 3.4 Million 105mm Artillery Shells, Everyone Would Benefit if Some Went to Ukraine
Sure, South Korea does have an aggressive neighbor, too, but that's not the only nuance to this situation

Before we get to the main point in the title, let's briefly outline the background. During the Cold War era, the United States established the so-called War Reserves Stockpile, Allies, Korea (WRSA-K) program, which involved forward deployment of conventional weapons inventories. This initiative was maintained by the Americans until the early 2000s, when Congress authorized the direct sale of all munitions and resources accumulated under the WRSA-K program to South Korea.

As a result, South Korea acquired several hundred thousand 155-mm shells and a staggering 3.4 million 105-mm shells. Fast forward to summer 2023, an analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a U.S.-based think tank, suggests that the United States purportedly transferred around 300,000 155-mm shells from South Korea to Ukraine, sourced from the WRSA-K program. Moreover, the analysts speculate that now is the best moment to offer the South Koreans to give part of their 105-mm stock, with the U.S. mediating the transfer.

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Furious Russians summon Australian official over social media post criticising presidential election
• In short: Russia's foreign ministry says it summoned an Australian diplomat in Moscow to explain a social media post from the embassy's official Telegram account which was critical of its recent presidential election.
• The post, published on March 16, described holding a vote in parts of Ukraine which Russia had annexed as a "flagrant violation of international law".
• What's next: Russia has demanded Australia's embassy remove the post, but that has not happened yet.

Russian officials have summoned a top Australian diplomat in Moscow for a please explain over a social media post describing the country's presidential election as a "flagrant violation of international law".

A statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website revealed chargé d'affaires Jeremy Guthrie had been "summoned" on Friday so it could lodge "a strong protest".

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Wider Europe Briefing: What Ukraine And Moldova Need To Do To Join The EU

Brief #1: The Next Steps For Ukraine And Moldova
What You Need To Know: Earlier in March, the European Commission sent over the so-called "negotiation framework" for Ukraine and Moldova to European Union member states for approval. The 19-page-document, seen by RFE/RL, covers both countries as they so far are paired in the EU enlargement process and outlines the basic principles of European Union accession talks.

One Ukrainian official described it to me as "very broad," adding that "as of now, it causes no concerns to us as there is nothing particularly good or bad in it." That appears to be a fair description as it is essentially a copy-and-paste of the negotiation framework that the European Commission wrote up for Albania and North Macedonia in 2020.

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Takeaways from Donald Trump’s wild day of legal developments
Donald Trump received both a lifeline from the courts Monday and a trial date for the first criminal trial of a former president in US history, a pair of rulings that hit home the legal whiplash constantly surrounding him.

The twin rulings Monday, which came roughly within an hour of each other, hit the intersection of challenges to Trump’s image and his famed business empire as he seeks a second term in the White House.

Trump’s historic criminal trial in the New York hush money case against him will begin with jury selection on April 15, Judge Juan Merchan said Monday, after a dispute over the late production of documents caused the judge initially to push back the start date.

For Trump, however, the more significant ruling Monday may have been a New York appeals court allowing him to post a reduced $175 million bond as he appeals the $464 million New York civil fraud judgment against him, his adult sons and his company. Trump told reporters he will cover the bond using cash as a collateral.

Here are the takeaways from another historic day for Trump:

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Op maandag 25 maart 2024 21:31 schreef Adrie072 het volgende:
Nu op de VRT (Belgie) misschien wel interessante docu over wapens voor Oekraïne.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 06:06 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)ve_the_authority_to/
Poland says they don't have the authority to defend themselves from Russian missiles.
Of het is uit context gehaald of hij is onzin aan het uitkramen. Lijkt mij dat ze prima hun eigen grondgebied mogen verdedigen. Tenzij het hun eigen politiek is die de belemmering vormt.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)_units_continues_to/
"Azov" together with adjacent units continues to repel enemy attacks. Kreminna direction.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)second_turrent_toss/
Full clip of 7 second Turrent Toss.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)ives_collision_with/
Russian fighter jet survives collision with powerline.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)p_serving_customers/
Kyiv coffee place doesn't stop serving customers despite damage from today's attack.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)grad_the_new_putins/
In Volgograd (former Stalingrad) the new "Putin's elite" shows Russians the near future

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)shelling_of_kyiv_by/
The consequences of the shelling of Kyiv by Russian invaders. Is this still not terrorism?

https://edition.cnn.com/v(...)npw-pkg-ebof-vpx.cnn
Ukraine destroying Musk's Starlink systems being used by Russia

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 10:23 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Waarom schieten we trouwens die raketten ook niet boven het Oekrainse luchtruim uit de lucht?

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 12:18 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Dat kan pas als er duidelijke (schritfelijke) afspraken gemaakt zijn tussen Polen, Oekraine, en NAVO.

En dan moet dat nog worden omgezet in daadwerkelijk beleid en instructies.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 12:47 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Hebben we pas 2 jaar de tijd voor gehad

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 14:35 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Holy shit , 60 nieuwe caesars voor Oekraine.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 14:39 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
https://vxtwitter.com/fay(...)lbk-sB472S8bmaaGNuNg

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 14:39 schreef trein2000 het volgende:

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Heb je weinig aan zonder granaten.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 14:48 schreef Digi2 het volgende:

RUSSIA - India Stops Buying Russian Oil as Sovcomflot is Sanctioned & USA Crackdown Continues

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 16:02 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Maar ondertussen koopt China weer meer olie.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 16:05 schreef Digi2 het volgende:

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Uit de grafiek die Joe toont blijkt dat (nog) niet, tenzij het om een relatief geringe toename gaat.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 16:17 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Laten we hopen op het laatste.

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 17:48 schreef voetbalmanager2 het volgende:
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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 16:02 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Maar ondertussen koopt China weer meer olie.

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'NAVO overweegt Russische raketten nabij haar grenzen neer te schieten'

De NAVO overweegt Russische raketten die te dicht bij de grenzen van het bondgenootschap komen neer te schieten. Dat zegt de Poolse vice-minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Andrzej Szejna tegen nieuwskanaal RMF24. Polen moest onlangs straaljagers inzetten om zijn luchtruim te beschermen tijdens een Russische luchtaanval op Oekraïne. Een Russische raket vloog toen 39 seconden door het Poolse luchtruim.

"Rusland wist dat als de raket verder Polen binnen zou dringen, deze zou worden neergeschoten", zei Szejna, die een tegenaanval daarmee bevestigt. Hij legt uit dat binnen de NAVO verschillende ideeën worden geanalyseerd voor het geval een Russische raket door NAVO-luchtruimen vliegt. "Onder meer dat dergelijke raketten worden neergeschoten als ze heel dicht bij de NAVO-grens komen."

Daarvoor is wel Oekraïense goedkeuring nodig, voegt de vice-minister toe. De kans bestaat immers dat Oekraïne zelf al zo'n raket probeert neer te halen op het moment dat die bij het NAVO-luchtruim komt.

Afgelopen zondag vloog de Russische raket door het Poolse luchtruim en dat is niet de eerste keer dat een raket boven Polen vliegt sinds het begin van de oorlog. Op 29 december vorig jaar werd de Poolse luchtverdediging ook al in de hoogste staat van paraatheid gebracht nadat een raket het luchtruim binnendrong. Een jaar eerder, op 15 november 2022, raakte een raket ook daadwerkelijk Polen en kwamen twee burgers om het leven. Later bleek dit een verdwaald Oekraïens projectiel te zijn.

https://www.telegraaf.nl/(...)zen-neer-te-schieten

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Op dinsdag 26 maart 2024 14:46 schreef Joppiez het volgende:

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Wanneer je het hebt over een kernmacht is het niet zo simpel, en geld een ander protocol.

Zie bijvoorbeeld de situatie met Turkije die in 2015 een Russische jet uit de lucht schoot.
Schond het Turkse luchtruim maar volgens Rusland natuurlijk niet.
De NATO partners reageerde ook gelijk panisch en wilden de-escaleren.

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 00:29 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
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Het gaat dus niet om de Oekraïense bevolking? Je verwacht het niet.

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 00:29 schreef NeeOfTochJA het volgende:
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Het gaat dus niet om de Oekraïense bevolking? Je verwacht het niet.

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SBU detains Russian agent who tried to join Ukraine's National Police
In the Kyiv region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained an agent of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) who tried to join the National Police and spy on Ukraine's Offensive Guard.
That's according to the SBU press center, Ukrinform reports.

The traitor hoped to get more opportunities to collect data on the personnel and movement of military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The information was needed to prepare Russian aerial attacks on the facilities of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the planning of combat operations on the front lines.

According to the investigation, to verify the agent's capabilities, the FSB instructed him to scout locations of military airfields, hospitals and defense factories in the Kyiv region.

He was also supposed to gather as much information as possible about a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. To complete the task, the culprit used a local woman and rented her apartment. It was established that her son fought in this brigade and died at the front.

SBU employees documented the actions of the Russian agent step by step and detained him in his own apartment at the final stage of the special operation. At that time, he had already submitted documents as a candidate for joining the National Police.

According to the investigation, the detainee is a resident of the Brovary district, who was remotely recruited at the end of 2023 by a staff member of Russia's FSB. He has already been identified.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers declared the man a suspect under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (treason committed under martial law).

The perpetrator is in custody. He faces life imprisonment.

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Russia's large landing ship Kostiantyn Olshanskyi hit by Neptune missile, Ukrainian Navy says
Before the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014, the vessel belonged to Ukraine

Ukrainian defense forces hit the Russian ship Kostiantyn Olshanskyi with a Neptune anti-ship missile, Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesman for the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced on the air of the national telethon.

Russia stole this landing ship from Ukraine during the occupation of Crimea in 2014.

"It stood in the bay for nine years, and the occupiers began to dismantle it for spare parts. In the 10th year of the war, the adversary realized that it was running out of large landing ships, so they restored it within a year," said Pletenchuk.

The Navy spokesman noted that the extent of damage to the affected vessel is currently being determined. However, it was definitely engaged and is currently incapacitated.

In a comment to LIGA.net, Pletenchuk said that the damage occurred on the same day as the sinking of the large amphibious ships Azov and Yamal, as well as the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs, i.e. March 24.

After the Ukrainian attack, Russia has five large landing ships in service, four more are under repair, the Navy spokesman added.

"Among the interesting details is that they tried to pass it off [Kostiantyn Olshanskyi] as a repaired Olenegorsky Gornyak or Minsk. After all, the damage there is such that their restoration is highly doubtful," Pletenchuk said.

On March 24, 2024, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that as a result of an overnight missile attack on the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, significant damage was caused to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.

According to the military, the Defense Forces hit the large amphibious ships Yamal and Azov, the communications center, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

The Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs was also struck.

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Ukraine, Sweden to deepen cooperation in nuclear industry
The deepening of cooperation between Ukraine and Sweden in the nuclear industry will help strengthen the energy security of the two countries and the European continent as a whole.
This issue was discussed at a meeting between Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko and Swedish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch, Ukrinform reports, citing the Ukrainian Energy Ministry's press service.

"Cooperation in the nuclear industry between our countries is a priority. We were able to show other countries that the future of the nuclear industry is possible without Russia: Ukrainian specialists from Energoatom worked together with specialists from a Westinghouse plant in Sweden to create a technology that allowed us to use Western-made fuel in Soviet VVER reactors. Now this fuel is successfully working at the Rivne NPP," Galushchenko said.

Both parties discussed the prospects for deepening cooperation between Ukraine and Sweden for the further displacement of Russia from the market for nuclear fuel and atomic technologies in Europe.

Busch noted that renewable energy plays a leading role in Sweden, which largely depends on variable factors, including weather. At the same time, the experience of Ukraine, living inwartime, proved the importance of stable and reliable generation, which is important for the country's energy security.

"You can't build an energy system only for peacetime. [...] That's why Sweden plans to develop not only renewable energy but also nuclear energy. And we see significant potential in cooperation with Ukraine in this direction," she said.

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GLSDB hit the position of Russian UAV operators in the Kherson region

The Ukrainian military hit the position of Russian drone operators in the south.

High-precision bombs with a GLSDB rocket motor were used for the strike.

The Aeronauts team published a video of the enemy position’s destruction on the left bank of the Kherson region.

The Ukrainian drone footage shows a building being hit, which is reportedly a position of the enemy UAV crew, preliminarily ZALA.

The powerful explosion almost completely destroyed the large building. If there were invaders inside, they most likely all died.

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Court remands eighth suspect in Crocus City Hall attack in custody
A Moscow court has placed an eighth suspect in the Crocus City Hall attack into pretrial detention on terror charges until 22 May, the city’s court press service said on Tuesday.

The case file showed that Alisher Kasimov is believed to have first made contact with the attackers online when he rented an apartment to them, state-owned news agency TASS reported. When asked by the judge if he understood the charges against him, Kasimov replied that had known nothing of his tenants’ links to terrorism, independent news outlet Mediazona wrote.

Kasimov, 32, was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh and now holds Russian citizenship. Citing the suspect, Mediazona reported that he was married with three children and had no criminal record. He said he was self-employed and owned a café in the Moscow suburb of Krasnogorsk where the attack occurred.

A Moscow court placed the last owner of the white Renault allegedly used by the suspected terrorists to reach Crocus City Hall in pre-trial detention Monday. Dilovar Islomov, his brother Aminchon and his father Israil will be held until at least 22 May.

A Moscow court charged four other suspects in the attack with terror offences on Sunday. Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, Muhammadsobir Fayzov and Shamsidin Fariduni will also be held in pre-trial detention until 22 May.

The Federal Security Service and Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that 11 suspects in the attack, in which at least 137 people were killed, had been detained.

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Russia lauding torture was unthinkable – now it is proud to do so
Moscow’s proud promotion of the brutal treatment of men accused of Crocus City Hall attack marks watershed moment

There was no attempt to hide the evidence of torture. In fact, its perpetrators – serving officers in the Russian military and intelligence services – may have already received state awards for bravery.

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Satellite photos confirm Ukrainian Navy's strike on Russian recon ship Ivan Khurs in Black Sea
Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs during the attack on Sevastopol on March 24

The Ukrainian Navy officially confirmed the successful engagement of the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs on March 24. Subsequently, OSINT researchers published the corresponding satellite images.

Yesterday, Russian Telegram channels began to publish information about the alleged hit on Ivan Khurs. According to propagandists, the vessel was allegedly struck by two missiles of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Dmytro Pletenchuk, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Navy, promised details later.

Today, the official Facebook channel of the Naval Forces confirmed the successful destruction of a Russian reconnaissance ship.

OSINT researchers of the CyberBoroshno project published satellite images dated March 24 and March 23.

The place of hit is visible in the rear part of the ship.

On March 24, 2024, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that as a result of an overnight missile attack on the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, significant damage was caused to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.

According to the military, the Defense Forces hit the large landing ships Yamal and Azov, the communications center, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

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Ukraine is making a big push to woo African governments
THE NEWS
Ukraine is pushing to strengthen its alliances with African countries through an expansion of its grain shipments program, roughly doubling its embassies in Africa, and President Volodymr Zelenskyy making his first state visit to the continent in the coming months.

Now in the third year of a brutal war, following a full-scale invasion by Russia in February 2022, Ukraine faces an existential battle to build geopolitical ties globally as its key ally in the United States wavers in its support.

The move to ramp up the grain program coincides with broader moves to foster closer ties with African nations. A Ukrainian government spokesperson, responding to Semafor Africa’s questions about plans to expand its diplomatic reach, said Kyiv intends to roughly double its 12 embassies in Africa by adding between 10 and 12 more this year.

It comes as news emerged that Zelenskyy plans to visit the continent. “In the next few months, I believe President Zelenskyy will be coming to South Africa because he’d like to strengthen and expand the engagement,” South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said during an event last week in Washington D.C. at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank.

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Russians hold over 10,000 Ukrainian civilians and 5,600 people have been tortured by them
More than 10,000 civilian Ukrainians are being held by the Russians in temporarily occupied territories and in Russia. Moreover, 5,600 Ukrainians have been identified in criminal cases as victims of torture by the Russians; however, the real number is much higher.

Source: Andrii Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine

Quote: "There are different figures. We estimate tens of thousands, more than 10,000 for sure. We are talking only about those who were forcibly relocated, not about those who made this decision at their own discretion."

Details: As for the creation of a register of civilian prisoners, Kostin said that such work is being carried out at the government level.

In Kostin’s opinion, a UN General Assembly resolution on this issue would be very important, "so that we can use other elements of communication and pressure on the aggressor country to release our civilians and bring them back to Ukraine."

Kostin added that, for his part, prosecutors, together with law enforcement agencies, are bringing to justice those responsible for the deportation of civilians and their illegal detention in temporarily occupied territories and in Russia.

Answering the question of whether it is possible to establish at least an approximate ratio of those who voluntarily moved to the Russian land and those who were forced to and are now in prison, Kostin said: "When we talk about occupied territories, the word 'voluntarily' is inappropriate. Some people are forced to leave because of attacks; others are promised material assistance and illusory security. But any action taken under such pressure is not voluntary. For some, the only way to come back to Ukraine is to get out through Russia; there are many such cases."

Speaking about the number of victims of torture and inhuman treatment, Kostin said that in criminal cases alone, 5,600 Ukrainians have been identified as victims of this type of war crime committed by the Russian Federation.

"However, the full figures may be much higher, as we do not have reliable information from occupied territories," he added.

He said that 164 torture chambers and other places of forced detention have been documented in liberated territories.

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SBU says it caught FSB saboteurs trying to blow up railroad in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on March 26 that it had foiled an attempted act of sabotage by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) at a railroad in Ukraine's Poltava Oblast.

The Prosecutor General's Office added that the two suspects were Ukrainian citizens.

Ukrainian security services and border guards intermittently intercept Russian saboteur groups attempting to infiltrate Ukrainian territory, although it is more common in areas such as Sumy Oblast that are close to the Russian border.

Poltava Oblast is located in central Ukraine, with its easternmost part some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Russian border. The SBU did not specify exactly where the attempted sabotage occurred.

According to the SBU, two FSB agents were arrested "on the spot" after they had laid an improvised explosive device by a key railroad track that connects central and eastern Ukraine.

After the two individuals were searched, SBU agents found phones in which the suspects were communicating with their Russian handler, a known FSB agent.

The SBU said that the two individuals had been charged with committing sabotage and face life in prison if convicted.

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US, Britain, Ukraine behind Crocus City Hall attack — FSB chief
Alexander Bortnikov believes that Ukraine has been trying to prove it is capable enough

MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. The United States, Britain and Ukraine are behind the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, the chief of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov has told the media.

"We believe that this is true. In any case, we are now talking about the factual information we have. This is general information, but they have a long record of this sort," he said after participating in an enlarged meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office board, when asked whether the US, Britain and Ukraine were behind the terrorist attack.

Bortnikov believes that Ukraine has been trying to prove it is capable enough.

"What is it expected to do to demonstrate its capability? It is expected to carry out sabotage and terrorist acts in the rear. This is what both the chiefs of Ukraine's special services and the British special services are aiming at. US special services have repeatedly mentioned this, too," he said.

He pointed out that there was a large amount of information in the public space "showing that the West and Ukraine are out to cause greater harm to our country."

"There have been drone strikes, strikes by uncrewed boats at sea, and incursions by groups of saboteurs and terrorist organizations into our territory," Bortnikov concluded.

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Czech volunteers transferred 1,000 RPG-75M grenade launchers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Volunteers from the Czech Republic transferred 1000 RPG-75M anti-tank grenade launchers to the Ukrainian military.

Darek pro Putina (A Gift for Putin), the Czech team of volunteers supporting Ukrainians in the fight against Russian aggression, announced this.

Czech volunteers completed a fundraising campaign that lasted almost two months to deliver the weapons.

This campaign was timed to the 55th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the USSR and Warsaw Pact troops.

The initiative managed to raise more than EUR 900 thousand euros.

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Latvia’s airBaltic may be first airline to resume flights to Ukraine, says Deputy PM
Latvia’s airBaltic may be one of the first airlines to resume flights to Ukraine once the country’s airspace is reopened to civil aviation, the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development announced on Facebook on March 25.

“AirBaltic is our long-standing and reliable partner: since 2019, more than 300,000 passengers have been transported from Boryspil and Lviv airports,” said Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov after meeting with airBaltic representatives.

“By the way, the last airBaltic aircraft left Boryspil airport in February 2022, before the airspace was closed. We hope that the airline will be one of the first to return to our market as soon as it is safe to do so.”

Earlier, Kubrakov announced the start of official talks with the EU and the US on the resumption of flights from Ukraine.

The Latvian airline airBaltic was established in 1995. Its main shareholder is the State of Latvia, which owns 97.97% of the shares. AirBaltic flies to more than 70 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucasus. AirBaltic’s fleet consists of 47 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, making it one of the youngest fleets in Europe.

On Jan. 18, Deputy Head of the President’s Office Rostyslav Shurma said that Ukraine was working with its international partners to resume air travel to and from Kyiv and Lviv, with Boryspil Airport remaining the top priority.

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Guerrillas uncover new location of Russian occupants' base in Zaporizhzhia region
Guerrillas have discovered a Russian occupation base in the Zaporizhzhia region. The invaders have deployed engineering and military logistics units in the Rozivskyi district, according to the ATESH resistance movement.

"Thanks to the fixation and escort of military convoys with engineering structures through Mariupol, it was possible to identify a new place of occupation in the Rozivskyi district of the Zaporizhzhia region on the territory of an agricultural enterprise," the guerrillas note.

Engineering units and units responsible for military logistics deploying in this area, which the Russian occupiers later send to the frontline.

"Although, after fixing it, we can probably say 'deployed'," ATESH notes.

The resistance movement notes that all the information "was transferred as intended."

Situation in occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region
Part of the Zaporizhzhia region is currently under Russian occupation. The Russian invaders are actively using the city as a logistics center to send weapons and technical facilities to hot spots on the front line.

However, Ukrainian guerrillas are actively operating on the territory, systematically reconnoitering the situation in the occupied part of the region and inflicting damage on the Russian occupiers.

In the occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region, Russians are forcing taxi drivers to inform people with pro-Ukrainian views.

In addition, in part of the occupied territory of the city, the Russian occupiers will tighten control over people on the Internet.

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EU to finance an increase in production of Rheinmetall ammunition
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will receive funding from the European Union to increase the production of ammunition.

The press service of Rheinmetall reported on this.

For this, the EU has allocated more than ¤130 million in subsidies to Rheinmetall under the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP).

Hence, more than a quarter of the total amount of ¤500 million awarded by the EU to expand the production of 155mm artillery ammunition and powder will be channeled into a total of six projects by Rheinmetall AG’s European subsidiaries.

The program will support projects in Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Spain. The corresponding grant agreements are expected to be signed in May 2024.

“We are grateful that the European Union has placed its trust in us as one of the most important European suppliers of 155mm ammunition, to significantly consider us in its funding program,” Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall AG, said.

He noted that Russia’s war against Ukraine has revealed the great importance of artillery on the modern battlefield. Ukraine needs the ammunition, as well as to replenish the stocks of artillery ammunition of European armies.

Rheinmetall has been increasing its production capacities since 2022, and the company aims to produce up to 1.1 million artillery shells per year by 2027.

In addition, up to 1.5 million propellant modules and 3,000 tonnes of RDX explosives are to be produced annually starting in 2026.

Rheinmetall plans to set up at least four weapons manufacturing factories in Ukraine. The company stated that the factories in Ukraine would be for producing shells, military vehicles, gunpowder, and anti-aircraft weapons.

Arms manufacturer will also build a gunpowder factory in Romania to expand its ammunition production capacity. The investment is worth ¤400 million.

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Ukraine dismisses security council secretary Danilov

President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov on March 26.

The decision was announced on the Presidential Office’s official website.

Danilov has served in the position since Oct. 3, 2019, shortly after the beginning of Zelensky's term in office.

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Russia unable to meet planned UAV production due to lack of European components — National Resistance Center
Russia cannot produce the required number of drones due to the European Union's sanctions, namely the lack of European components
The National Resistance Center reported the information.

The Russian enterprise Izhmash - Unmanned Systems failed to fulfill the state order due to a shortage of European components required for the production of the Granat-4 complex.

The Center notes that the Russian Ministry of Defense and the plant signed an agreement last summer to produce new systems. However, a few months later, in October, the company announced that it could not fulfill the order due to European sanctions and the lack of components from the EU.

The relevant documents confirming the information were provided to the National Resistance Center by the plant's employees.

"We have another instance where ‘Russian weapons’ fail to live up to their name due to the technological backwardness of the Russian Federation, which thwarts the enemy's plans to destroy Ukraine," the statement summarizes.

• On February 20, the European Union extended sanctions against Russia, originally imposed in response to the occupation of part of Ukraine's territory, until February 24, 2025.

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Ukrainian Volunteers in Rivne Produce Mockups for Military Use

Volunteers from Rivne established the production of various mockups for the Ukrainian military.

The Apate NGO representatives stated that first of all, they primarily fulfill orders for 120mm mortar models.

Volunteers receive hundreds of requests from various units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Apate’s mockup catalog includes models of 2B9 Vasilyok 82mm automatic mortars, Starlink terminals, and American Sentinel radars.

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UN: At least 32 Ukrainian POWs executed in Russian captivity during winter
At least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW), recently captured by Russia, have been executed between Dec. 1, 2023, and Feb. 29, a report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on March 26.

Reports of Ukrainian POWs being tortured or killed while in Russian captivity have been surfacing since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. As of late February, the Prosecutor General's Office said 19 criminal investigations were underway regarding the execution of 45 Ukrainian POWs.

OHCHR said it had recorded 12 cases of executions of at least 32 captured Ukrainian POWs during the winter, suggesting that some of them presumably were killed in groups.

"OHCHR has verified three of these incidents in which Russian servicemen executed seven Ukrainian servicemen hors de combat," reads the report, which is based on interviews with 60 Ukrainian soldiers released from captivity.

Their accounts confirmed the previously documented facts of widespread torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment of Ukrainian POWs in Russian captivity, as well as detention conditions that do not comply with international law, OHCHR said.

OHCHR also interviewed 44 Russian prisoners of war who did not report torture in official Ukrainian places of detention. The organization said, however, there were "credible allegations of instances of torture and ill-treatment of Russian POWs committed in transit places after their evacuation from the battlefield," according to the report.

An investigation by the Kyiv Independent from last December revealed the inhumane conditions of detention, hunger, and torture at one Russian camp in particular: Olenivka prison, located in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast.

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1: Nah fuck it bro, YOLO, ready? Launch!
2: GTFO!
1: You motherfucker what do you mean GTFO?!
2: The fucking rockets don't work!

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Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic

For the first time in almost 30 years, part of Donald Trump’s business empire has gone public. Trading started with a bang, but the frenzy eased considerably by the closing bell, with shares ending well off their highs of the day.

Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of struggling social media platform Truth Social, began its long-delayed journey as a public company at Tuesday’s opening bell under the ticker symbol “DJT.”

The stock surged about 56% at the open, to $78, and trading was briefly halted for volatility. Trump Media shares stabilized around $70 before fizzling. By the closing bell, Trump Media ended at $57.99, up by a more modest 16% on the day.

Despite the late-day slide, Wall Street is still assigning Trump Media an eye-popping valuation of nearly $11 billion — a price tag that experts warn is untethered to reality.

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How to 3D-print a school in a war zone

^{A digital rendering of a 3D-printed building, currently under construction in Ukraine, that will provide four classrooms for students at a primary school in Lviv. balbek bureau}

With its soft gray lines and sleek, curving exterior, Project Hive looks less like a school and more like a wellness retreat or modern art museum.

The structure’s distinctive appearance, with a texture resembling a cocoon or the structure’s namesake beehive, is down to the construction method used to build it: 3D printing.

Standing less than 200 feet from School No.23 in Lviv, Ukraine, the walls of the 3,983-square-foot educational facility were printed in just 40 hours with a COBOD gantry printer, which follows digital blueprints to lay concrete like piping icing onto a cake.

It’s the first 3D-printed education center in Europe and the first building to be 3D-printed in a war zone, according to Jean-Christophe Bonis, founder of Team4UA, the non-profit responsible for the pilot project.

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World Bank approves $1.5B loan to Ukraine under Japanese and UK guarantees
On Tuesday, the World Bank's Board of Directors approved a $1.5 billion Growth Foundations Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Ukraine to support its development policy.
This is said in an official statement by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, according to Ukrinform.

"The funds will be provided under the guarantee of the Government of Japan through the World Bank Trust Fund (ADVANCE Ukraine) in the amount of $984 million, as well as under the guarantee of the United Kingdom in the amount of $516 million," the statement says.

At the same time, in order to reduce the cost of servicing Ukraine's credit obligations under the DPL2024 loan in the coming years, the DPL loan agreement provides for the capitalization of interest in the amount of $99.54 million from Japanese funds.

As reported, the DPL project aims to support reforms in Ukraine, and the funds will be credited to the state budget's general fund in a single tranche based on the results of tasks completed before the agreement was signed. The reforms include improving corporate governance, promoting renewable energy and introducing agricultural bonds, a new instrument for financing farmers. In addition, the reforms aim to strengthen the financial sector by improving access to finance for businesses, transposing EU customs and tax practices into Ukrainian legislation, and improving fiscal policy and capital market regulation. Separate measures are envisaged to ensure transparency and accountability of procuring entities in the e-procurement system.

As Ukrinform reported, Ukraine may receive about $9 billion in aid from foreign partners in the near future.

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Duizenden eisen het aftreden van Viktor Orbán
In de Hongaarse hoofdstad Boedapest riepen duizenden mensen op tot het aftreden van premier Orbán. De demonstranten beschuldigden de regering ervan betrokken te zijn bij een corruptiezaak.

De oppositiepoliticus Magyar heeft gisteren een belastende audio-opname vrijgegeven. Hierin zouden de voormalige Hongaarse minister van Justitie en Magyaars ex-vrouw Varga hebben beschreven hoe regeringsvertegenwoordigers relevant bewijsmateriaal wilden laten verdwijnen. De authenticiteit van de opname kon niet definitief worden bevestigd.
In Hongarije vinden al langere tijd demonstraties plaats. Nog maar twee weken geleden volgden tienduizenden mensen de oproep van Magyar tot protest. De voormalige Orban-vertrouweling maakte bij de demonstratie bekend dat hij een nieuwe partij gaat oprichten.

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FSB geeft het westen schuld van terroristische aanslag Moskou
Rusland geeft naast Oekraïne ook de westerse geheime diensten de schuld van de terroristische aanslag nabij Moskou. Het hoofd van de Russische binnenlandse inlichtingendienst, Bortnikov, zei dat men geloofde dat de westerse autoriteiten betrokken waren bij de voorbereiding van de islamitische aanval. De Oekraïense geheime diensten zouden er zelfs rechtstreeks bij betrokken zijn.

Bortnikov leverde geen enkel bewijs voor zijn beweringen. Oekraïne verwerpt de Russische beschuldigingen. De Afghaanse tak van de terreurmilitie IS heeft de verantwoordelijkheid voor de aanval opgeëist. Ook westerse veiligheidsautoriteiten en deskundigen beschouwen dit als geloofwaardig. Niettemin beweren Russische functionarissen al dagen, zonder enig bewijs te leveren, dat Oekraïne erbij betrokken zou kunnen zijn. Kyiv wijst dit ten stelligste af.

Poetin leek iets gereserveerder. Hij zegt er op te vertrouwen dat de Russische procureur-generaal al het mogelijke zal doen “om ervoor te zorgen dat de daders de juiste straf krijgen, zoals vereist door de Russische wet.” Maandag bevestigde Poetin dat de aanslag in Crocus werd uitgevoerd door islamistische terroristen. Tegelijkertijd maakte hij, net als dit weekend, duidelijk dat hij een Oekraïens spoor ziet.

De Wit-Russische president Loekasjenko weersprak indirect het Russische narratief dat de terroristen na de aanslag naar Oekraïne probeerden te vluchten. Loekasjenko zei in Minsk dat de verdachten tevergeefs hadden geprobeerd zijn land binnen te komen. Pas daarna gingen ze verder richting de Russisch-Oekraïense grens.

In Moskou is nog een verdachte in hechtenis genomen.
Volgens persbureau Interfax gaat het om een Rus, geboren in Kirgizië. Hij wordt ervan beschuldigd de terroristen vóór de misdaad een appartement te hebben verhuurd. De man is de achtste verdachte die is aangehouden. Bij de terroristische aanslag van vrijdag kwamen 139 mensen om het leven en raakten ongeveer 150 mensen gewond.

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 09:38 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:
Ben je nu niet een beetje te obsessief bezig met elk Oekraïne gerelateerd nieuwsbericht hier te posten?

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 09:55 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Ik post lang niet elk bericht hier dat ik lees. En ja, mijn interesse in deze oorlog en alles er om heen is een beetje obsessief. Maar zo werk ik nu eenmaal. Om de zoveel tijd vindt ik iets anders waar ik mij compleet op focus. En het geeft mij voldoening/ik heb er plezier in.

Wanneer er veel nieuws is zal ik meer posten dan wanneer er minder nieuws is. En ik filter ook nog een heleboel uit.

Dat en ik post meestal maar 1 keer of 2 keer per dag het nieuws. Dus dan komt er meestal een boel achter elkaar. En de discussies in dit topic/deze reeks is de afgelopen dagen veel minder. Dan valt het ook meer op.

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 10:07 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Lekker blijven doen Vind je post altijd wel fijn. Stuk interessanter dan Extec die weer eens discussie heeft met iemand

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 10:09 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Laat mij er buiten

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 10:10 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Oke eerlijk is eerlijk. Had je naam niet hoeven noemen. Maar af en toe ben je voor de 20e keer ruzie met iemand maken en is het halve topic alleen dat Dus ja dan ben ik altijd wel blij als Delenlill er tussendoor komt met info

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 09:38 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:
Ben je nu niet een beetje te obsessief bezig met elk Oekraïne gerelateerd nieuwsbericht hier te posten?

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 10:15 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Voorspelbaar, wmb.

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 09:38 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:
Ben je nu niet een beetje te obsessief bezig met elk Oekraïne gerelateerd nieuwsbericht hier te posten?

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Op woensdag 27 maart 2024 10:23 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Ik zie dit nog altijd liever dan die irritante onderlinge vetes of oneliners.