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Op maandag 17 juni 2024 16:57 schreef voetbalmanager2 het volgende:

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Russia Overtakes US as Europe's Top Gas Supplier in May, for the First Time in Two Years
In May 2024, Europe's gas imports from Russia surpassed supplies from the US for the first time in nearly two years, despite ongoing efforts in the region to reduce dependency on Russian fuel following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU countries were striving to replace Russia’s liquefied natural gas. Already in September 2022, the USA became the largest supplier of gas to Europe.

However, in May 2024, pipeline deliveries of Russian gas and liquefied natural gas overtook US imports for the first time since 2022, accounting for 15% of total deliveries to the EU and other European countries, while US liquefied natural gas deliveries accounted for only 14% of total volumes.

This can be explained by the temporary short-term issues at a major US liquefied natural gas export facility.

Since 2022, Russia has been supplying gas to Europe exclusively through pipelines passing via Turkey and Ukraine. The transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia, set to expire this year, is expected to cease flows through this route.

According to the Independent Commodity Intelligence Service (ICIS) representative Marzec-Manser, the change is unlikely to be long-lasting as Russia will be able to ship liquefied natural gas to Asia via the northern sea route in the summer, which is likely to reduce supplies to Europe, while liquefied natural gas production in the USA is growing again.

On Friday, June 14, EU countries were unable to reach a consensus on imposing new sanctions on Russia’s liquefied natural gas sector, where Germany's opposition thwarted a potential agreement.

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Op maandag 17 juni 2024 11:16 schreef bleiblei het volgende:

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Mooi volk, die Servi�rs .
Die hebben inderdaad geen recente geschiedenis van discutabele aard.

Als je keer op keer ziet dat onderhandelen met een onbetrouwbaar volk er tot leidt dat je 4 jaar later in dezelfde shit zit met de consequentie dat je elke ronde een stuk land inlevert. Zou je wakker moeten worden uit je unicorn land en op je strepen moeten staan. Geen enkele Nederlander accepteert dit gedrag van z'n buren. Wie zijn we om dit te accepteren op zo eenmgrote schaal. Dit is de enige weg naar een uitkomst. En het maakt bar weinig uit of Poetin wel of niet het veld ruimt. Wat wel telt is dat hij en/of zijn opvolgers wel 10keer nadenkt voordat ze richting het Westen optrekken.

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Almost 130,000 Russian war crimes recorded in Ukraine, one every 10 minutes – Prosecutor General
On average, the Russians commit 150 crimes per day

Law enforcement officers have already documented almost 130,000 Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced during the Global Peace Summit.

"The world needs to hear such stories in order to understand the severity of the crimes that the aggressor commits every day on Ukrainian soil. To date, we have documented almost 130,000 war crimes," he said.

According to Kostin, on average, this means that the Russians are committing 150 war crimes per day – one every 10 minutes.

The official expressed hope that the Summit "will strengthen the efforts of the international community aimed at stopping these crimes", in particular, regarding the return of Ukrainian civilian adults and children from Russia.

The Prosecutor General reported that during the full-scale war, the Russian troops executed at least 61 Ukrainian prisoners of war, four Russians were indicted, and one court verdict was issued.

The interior minister informed that in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, the Russian military captured civilians, and the first executions of civilians by the invaders have already been reported.

The Prosecutor General's Office told LIGA.net that the former member of the terrorist group Wagner, who fled to Norway, was never charged by Ukrainian law enforcement officers.

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Op maandag 17 juni 2024 13:59 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Heel eerlijk. Ik zit niet te wachten op 33 deelrepublieken met allemaal eigen kernwapens en eventuele mafkezen aan de macht.

Het heeft een reden dat het Westen Rusland overeind hielt in de jaren 90. Dat vergeten veel Russen gemakshalve maar anders had het halve land een hongerdood gehad.

Wil niet zeggen dat die kliek uit het Kremlin moet en er verregaande hervormingen doorgevoerd moeten worden.

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Iraq and Jordan withdraw signatures under Global Peace Summit communiqu�
In total, 78 countries and four international organizations have now signed the document

Signatures under the joint communiqu� of the Global Peace Summit were withdrawn by two countries – Iraq and Jordan, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.

On Sunday, during the event, a list of countries and international organizations (80 and 4, respectively) that had signed the final document was displayed on the screen. At that time, Iraq and Jordan were among them:

Now, on the website of the federal department of Switzerland, these two countries are not in the list of signatories.

Both countries have not yet commented on the situation. Both Jordan and Iraq were full participants at the Summit, not observers.

On June 13, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan Ayman Safadi. They discussed the peace formula and the country was invited to take part in its implementation.

On Saturday, during the Summit, Kuleba met with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq Fuad Hussein. The top Ukrainian diplomat wrote that the parties agreed: "The summit is the first step on the way to achieving a just peace in Ukraine based on the principles of the UN Charter."

Armenia, Bahrain, Colombia, Qatar, India, Indonesia, Libya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates also did not sign the communiqu�. Brazil and the Vatican did not sign either, but they were observers at the event.

Later, the full text of the communiqu� appeared: on nuclear and food security, release of prisoners. The text also talks about "engagement and dialogue between all parties" to achieve peace.

India said it did not associate itself with any communiqu� or document emerging from the summit, asserting "only those options acceptable to both parties can lead to abiding peace".

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Drones attacked four regions of the Russian Federation

^{Drone over the Russian Federation. The photo is illustrative.}

On the night of June 17, drones attacked four Russian regions.

Local authorities and eyewitnesses stated this.

The Russian Federation stated that UAVs had been spotted in the Belgorod, Voronezh, and Lipetsk regions, as well as in the Krasnodar Krai.

The governor of Lipetsk region, Igor Artamonov, said that Russian air defense had allegedly shot down four drones over the industrial area of Lipetsk at night. He added that special services had been working at the crash site. No casualties reported.

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UEFA wants to keep Russian flags out of stadium for Ukraine’s opening game at Euro 2024
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — UEFA wants to keep Russian flags out of the stadium when Ukraine plays its first European Championship game Monday after some were displayed in the stands at other matches.

UEFA said security staff will try to intercept and remove Russian flags from being displayed at the Munich stadium where Ukraine plays Romania on Monday afternoon in the Euro 2024 group stage.

Russian teams were banned by UEFA from international competitions within days of the full military invasion of Ukraine starting in February 2022.

Still, Russian citizens could try to buy tickets for Euro 2024 games. The national flag of white, red and blue horizontal bands has been displayed at some of the first group-stage matches, including in Munich last Friday next to Scotland flags at the opening game against Germany.

Several Russian flags also were seen among Serbia fans during their team’s game against England on Sunday in Gelsenkirchen. Serbia is one of Russia’s strongest traditional allies in Europe.

Many images of Jude Bellingham celebrating scoring the only goal of the game for England had Russian flags that could be clearly seen behind him in the Serbian end of the stadium.

German authorities previously said they only wanted to allow flags of the participating teams to be brought to stadiums and official fan zones broadcasting games on big screens in the 10 host cities. That was seen also as a protective measure to avoid likely provocations if Israeli and Palestinian flags were displayed.

UEFA also has disciplinary rules against political messages at stadiums and can punish teams if such are displayed by their fans.

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Op maandag 17 juni 2024 17:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://news.liga.net/en/(...)mmit-communiqu%C3%A9
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Vast door druk vanuit Rusland of China ofzo. Of andere landen die beste vrienden met deze landen zijn. Erg kinderachtig.

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Op maandag 17 juni 2024 17:38 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Gezien de landen lijkt me een relatie met het Israel-Palestijnse conflict hier not onaannemelijk, zie ook de positie van Qatar, Bahrain, Libi�, Saudi Arabi� en de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten.