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Every Dollar Counts. To Pay for the War, Ukraine Embraces Privatization
The government hopes to sell off a range of companies to fund the military and stabilize the economy as the grueling conflict with Russia drains its coffers.

^{The Hotel Ukraine, which towers over the center of Kyiv, is up for sale for $25 million as part of a government privatization drive.}

Towering over Kyiv for six decades, Hotel Ukraine has witnessed some pivotal moments in Ukraine’s recent history.

Crowds gathered on the square in front of the 14-story hotel to celebrate the fall of the Soviet Union. Popular uprisings on what was later called Independence Square toppled Ukrainian leaders. Today, blue and yellow flags cover lawns near the hotel, serving as a reminder of the many lives lost in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Now, Hotel Ukraine is up for auction as part of an effort to sell off some large state assets to help fund the military and bolster an economy battered by a grueling war that has drained the country’s coffers. The starting price for Hotel Ukraine is $25 million.

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 15:38 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Het is natuurlijk de schuld van linkse oorlogshitsers die Rusland hebben geprovoceerd!!!

Natuurlijk heeft deze "onafhankelijke" journalist ook een mening:
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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 15:36 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Vast als voorbereiding op de F-16. Maar natuurlijk zijn het sowieso al geweldige doelwitten. Hopelijk zijn er afgelopen nacht weer wat geraakt dus. Al waren er al wel geruchten dat Rusland bezig is om ze terug te trekken.

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Afghan man stabs Ukrainian woman in Frankfurt
A 19-year-old Afghan man attacked a 41-year-old Ukrainian woman with a knife in Frankfurt am Main on June 10, seriously injuring her, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine reported on June 11.

A woman was sitting on a park bench near the river when the attacker quietly approached her from behind, grabbed her shoulder, and stabbed her several times in the head and neck, according to police.

Although the woman managed to break free and run away, the man chased her and continued to stab her. He only stopped when passersby noticed the attack.

Police quickly apprehended and arrested the attacker near the scene. The Frankfurt District Court issued a warrant for his arrest, charging him with attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.

The victim had no prior relationship with the assailant, and the motives for the attack remain unknown.

This follows an earlier report by German police that two Ukrainian citizens, aged 36 and 23, were killed in Germany on the evening of April 27. A 57-year-old Russian man was arrested on suspicion of murder.

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Abducted Ukrainian Kids Found on Russian Adoption Site: Report
Four Ukrainian children who were taken into Russia in the early days of Moscow’s full-scale invasion have been found listed for adoption on a Russian website—with no mention of them being Ukrainian, according to a new report. The Financial Times reports that the children, aged 8 to 15, are all listed in Ukraine’s database of missing kids. But on the Russian adoption site, one of them has been given a new name and a different age, and none of the kids are described as being from Ukraine. While they were apparently taken from state children’s homes in occupied territories of Ukraine, all four of them still have relatives and guardians in the country. Family members reportedly had no idea of their whereabouts and declined to comment to the FT for fear of jeopardizing the children’s return home. Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that 46 kids living in a children’s home in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region were taken to Russia by Russian officials who then gave the children Russian citizenship. The Financial Times reports that it found 17 of those children on the Russian adoption site.

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Ukrainian children found on Russian adoption sites
FT identified and located four missing Ukrainian children in Russia, including one given false identity

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 16:12 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://english.nv.ua/nat(...)rested-50426408.html
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The Armed Forces destroyed the position with the Pantsir-S1 SAM in the Luhansk region

^{The 72V6 combat vehicle of the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile-gun system was destroyed in the Luhansk region. June 2024. Ukraine. Frame from the video of the Dosye_shpiona Telegram Channel}

In the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a Russian position where the Pantsir-S1 air defense system was on duty.

A video of the Russian military from the destroyed position was posted on the Dosye_shpiona Telegram Channel.

It is reported that the strike was carried out using American M142 HIMARS missile systems, which hit the position on June 10.

The MRL managed to destroy a 72V6 combat vehicle of the 96K6 Pantsir-S1 system.

The Ukrainian military managed to wound and eliminate part of the air defense system crew.

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Ukrainian forces destroy radars of S-400 and S-300 systems in occupied Crimea – General Staff
Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to destroy Russian air defense systems in the temporarily occupied Crimea

Overnight, the Defense Forces attacked Russian S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The damage to two has been confirmed, the information about the third is being clarified, reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military launched a group missile attack on one enemy S-300 anti-aircraft missile division near Belbek, as well as two S-400 anti-aircraft missile divisions near Belbek and Sevastopol. Hits in target areas have been confirmed.

As a result of the attack, two radars of the S-300 and S-400 complexes were destroyed, the information about the third is being clarified, the General Staff noted.

In addition, the military recorded further detonation of munitions in all three areas of deployment of anti-aircraft missile divisions of Russia.

At night, Russian propaganda channels claimed "repelling a missile attack," noting that "no objects were damaged."

On Monday, the Defense Forces hit Russian S-400 and S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

On May 23, the General Staff reported the destruction of the Russian S-400 and Su-25 attack aircraft.

On the night of May 30, the SBU drones "shut. down" the Nebo SVU radar system in Crimea, the cost of which is about $100 million.

Defense Forces successfully hit a Russian ferry crossing in Crimea with ATACMS missiles.

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Russians report on "nationalising" property of Ukrainians in occupied Crimea
The Russians have reported new "seizures" of Ukrainian properties in Crimea, including assets belonging to Arsenii Yatseniuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine; Susana Dzhamaladinova, better known as Jamala, the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest; and Kyivmiskbud, a Kyiv-based large construction company.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing Russian occupying authorities in Crimea

Details: The Russians reported that Yatseniuk’s assets nationalised in Crimea include an educational building, a garage, and a large plot of land in the city of Yalta, Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian-installed "head" of the Crimean parliament, told RIA Novosti.

The "nationalisation" also targeted Jamala's property. The Russians said movable and immovable property, as well as two land plots in the settlement of Alushta, had been seized.

In addition, a flat belonging to the family of politician Vitalii Khomutynnik, a former member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions and co-chairman of the Renaissance group in the Ukrainian parliament, has been "nationalised" in the village of Livadiia on the southern coast of Crimea.

Property belonging to the family of former Ukrainian MP Lidiia Koteliak (the Fatherland party), the Dolphin Therapy Centre in Alushta (its beneficiary is a member of the Brovary District Council of Kyiv Oblast), assets belonging to the Kyivmiskbud company, and the Porto Mare Park Hotel (founded by Ukrainian citizen Vadym Vaispapir) have also been seized.

Property belonging to the private company Yalta Film Studio, the Bristol Hotel in Yalta, and Platinum Bank have also been "nationalised" by the Russian occupying authorities.

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They recruited me for money, a South American accused of terrorism told police

^{The twenty-six-year-old South American was only in the Czech Republic for a few days and set out to set fire to a large Prague bus depot.}

According to information from Seznam Zpráv, the man arrested for the arson attack in Prague said that he did it for money. The security forces are working with the fact that the source of the funds is Russia. However, after being charged with terrorism, the suspect stopped talking.

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 17:06 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Interessant. Een tijdje terug was het verhaal dat Denemarken de eerste toestellen zou leveren en Nederland pas tegen het einde van het jaar. Nu is het weer andersom. Je zou kunnen denken dat ze Poetin aan het mindfucken zijn. België roept ook ineens dat hun toestellen eerder komen. Hopelijk gooit Noorwegen ook een duit in het zakje door weer wat anders te roepen en gaan de slowwalk-gillers helemaal uit hun dak omdat die een vaste leverdatum moeten hebben anders kickt de OCD hard in.

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 15:44 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Niemoller zouden we het land raam moeten uitjagen inderdaad.

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At least 7 dead, 20 injured in Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih

At least seven people have been killed and 20 others injured after a Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the regional prosecutor's office said on June 12.

An explosion was initially reported in the city by Kryvyi Rih mayor Oleksandr Vilkul at 3:51 p.m.

Soon after, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast governor Serhii Lysak reported that a missile had struck a residential area in the city.

No further details on the missile used or the victims have been disclosed so far.

"My condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram.

"Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine, together with its partners, must strengthen air defense. "

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 13:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dan staan we op 7-8 stuks.

Duitsland: 2 (+ 1 onderweg, onderzoek naar levering vierde batterij)
USA: 1 (+ 1)
Italie/Frankrijk 1 SAMP/T (+1 onderweg uit Italië)
Nederland: Een paar launchers, en ik meen dat we proberen met andere landen er een complete batterij van te maken.

Daarnaast zijn en worden er ook NASAMS, IRIS-T en Hawk systemen geleverd. En misschien nog wat S300's en zo of zijn die al op in het westen?

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What about Kharkiv?

Things aren't going very smoothly for the Russians.
The offensive, which has been going on for just over a month, has stalled.
For the past two weeks, our forces have been conducting counterattacks in general.

We have received permission to use Western weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation.
As for me, it is still very strange that we are defending ourselves, and still have to ask someone for permission to beat the enemy on the approaches to the borders.
It reminds me of the days of the anti-terrorist operation in 2016.
But not about that.

Haimars destroyed 4 S300 installations that launched missile strikes on Kharkiv, so now they do not risk driving up and shortening the distance to work around the city.
Air defense forces are hunting for planes that bomb Kharkiv with Kabami, and we can see last week that bombs only reach the ring road, but there are still victims, so it would be good to shoot down one or two planes.

We can also see a shortage of heavy equipment in the Kharkiv direction.
When they advanced on Liptsy, the assault and anchoring took place completely without equipment. Pure meat.
At Volchansky, they used equipment, but the Armed Forces successfully disposed of it.

I don't want to say "victory in 2-3 weeks".
And about tangible progress on our part.
And this also affects Kharkiv, which has become more protected.

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Op woensdag 12 juni 2024 17:30 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Staromayorske is heringenomen door de Russen, Urozhaine zal spoedig wel volgen en Robotyne ook bijna.

Toch een beetje pijnlijk.