Oorlog in Oekra�ne #984: Ruble Trouble

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ISW: Russian military deploys troops from Donetsk region to Kharkiv direction
UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, June 18 — The Russian military is redeploying units from the Donetsk region to the Kharkiv direction due to counterattacks by the Ukrainian army, reported the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) on June 17.

The Ukrainian military has stabilized the frontline north and northeast of the Kharkiv region, where Russia launched a new ground offensive in May. Currently, heavy fighting is ongoing in and around Vovchansk and on the Lyptsi axis.

Ukrainian military official, Yurii Povkh, confirmed that the Russian army is redeploying elements of the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade to the Lyptsi direction, likely from west and southwest of Donetsk, reports ISW.

A Russian source also claimed that elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade were operating near Vovchansk.

“The reported appearance of these elements in the Vovchansk area indicates a possible redeployment from the Donetsk direction to the Kharkiv direction to bolster the Russian grouping in Kharkiv Oblast,” ISW analysts said.

On June 16, Russian sources published geolocated footage showing Russian forces repelling a Ukrainian counterattack in northwestern Hlyboke.

Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces launched mechanized counterattacks near Hlyboke and counterattacked from the direction of Tykhe and near the Aggregate Plant within Vovchansk, the ISW reports.

Analysts noted that the Russian forces also continued offensive operations north of Kharkiv near Lyptsi and northeast of Kharkiv near central Vovchansk and Vovchanski Khutory.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on June 12 that in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian army is conducting unsuccessful offensives, trying to advance deep into Ukrainian positions and create a “safety belt” for their forces.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 22:22 schreef bianconeri het volgende:

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Wat een verkwisting van geld zeg.
Moet je eens kijken hoe ongelofelijk veel goede en mooie dingen je daarvan kan doen.

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Russian MoD caught lying about "victories" on frontline - ISW
Russian military bloggers have criticised the Russian Ministry of Defence's report of 16 June that Russian troops had captured Zahirne, a village southwest of Huliaypol in Zaporizhzhia region.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by ISW.

According to one Russian observer, Ukrainian troops withdrew from Zahirne back in 2023.

The interactive maps updated by the Ukrainian information resource DeepState yesterday, 16 June, at 23.37, show that Zahirne is indeed in the occupied territories. The only question is since when.

The meaning of the latest statement by the Russian Ministry of Defence may be that the terrain in the area did not allow Russian troops to establish a reliable foothold in this settlement until recently.

Read also: Over 700 combat engagements took place in frontline over last week - General Staff

However, not all Russian bloggers were satisfied with this explanation. One of them criticised the Russian defence ministry and the new defence minister, Andrei Belousov, for inventing success stories at the front to cover up the real lack of significant victories.

As reported, according to ISW analysts, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not interested and is unlikely to be interested in genuine peace talks in Ukraine in the near future.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 22:29 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Kum Ba Yah (Kumbaya My Lord) | Family Sing Along - Muffin Songs

Ook een versie van dat nummer die meer op je belevingswereld aansluit.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 22:22 schreef bianconeri het volgende:

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Wat een verkwisting van geld zeg.
Moet je eens kijken hoe ongelofelijk veel goede en mooie dingen je daarvan kan doen.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 22:50 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Putin heeft al meer dan 200 miljard uitgegeven aan zijn oorlog.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 23:00 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Nog meer kunstnagels en tattoo's voor bijstandsmoedertjes en playstations voor wajongers.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 23:01 schreef bianconeri het volgende:

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Zelfs dat is nuttiger dan dit.

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Op dinsdag 18 juni 2024 23:00 schreef bianconeri het volgende:

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Dus omdat een gek geld verkwist moeten wij dat ook doen?

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‘Make Europe Great Again’: Hungary’s new motto for EU presidency has a familiar ring to it

^{Hungary has unveiled the official motto for its upcoming turn at the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. From @HungaryintheEU}

“Make Europe Great Again” is Hungary’s official motto for its upcoming turn at the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The country announced the motto and a new logo in a video posted on X on Tuesday.

The motto is a near-exact copy of the slogan adopted by former US President Donald Trump, who has previously heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb�n.

Trump hosted the Hungarian strongman at Mar-a-Lago in March, and seemed to reference the pair staying in contact after he left White House in 2021, saying they “kept in touch.”

“There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orb�n. He’s fantastic,” the former president told a crowd gathered for a concert at the Florida resort, as shown in a series of videos posted to Orb�n’s Instagram account.

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EPP’s new Hungarian members oppose sending weapons to Ukraine
MEP-elect P�ter Magyar says while he supports Ukraine’s right to defend its territory, Hungary won’t be sending “troops or weapons.”

Rising Hungarian opposition figure P�ter Magyar said he doesn't support sending weapons to Ukraine, moments after bringing his delegation of seven MEPs into the European People's Party group in the European Parliament.

"We share the position of the [Budapest] government: We will not send troops or weapons to the Ukraine from Hungary. You know the sensitive situation of Hungary in that war," Magyar told journalists after the EPP voted to accept the MEPs, who hail from Magyar's Tisza party, as members.

The admission of Magyar's MEPs prompted Hungarian Christian Democratic People's Party MEP Gy�rgy H�lv�nyi, who ran on a joint list of candidates with MEPs from Hungarian PM Viktor Orb�n's Fidesz in the EU election, to quit the EPP, citing what he called the EPP's "war doctrine."

Senior EPP figures, such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and party chief Manfred Weber, have made the acceptance of any new MEPs into the EPP conditional on their support for Ukraine. Weber negotiated directly with Magyar in Hungary last week.

"I think the EPP understood the special, sensitive Hungarian situation in that war. But we will support with all other manner and tools of course [the] Ukrainian people," said Magyar, who has yet to announce whether he intends to take up his seat in Brussels or remain in national politics.

Magyar also supported Ukraine's right to defend itself, described Russian President Vladimir Putin as an aggressor, and said Ukraine's "independence and sovereignty" are internationally protected.

An EPP spokesperson said: "Everything he says in relation to Ukraine and the war, the Orb�n propaganda machine uses against him. So it is very clear why he is prudent about that."

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Xi signs rail corridor deal Moscow didn't want
Bishkek and Tashkent ink a memorandum to connect Kashgar to Andijon. This will cut the freight journey to Europe and the Persian Gulf, while bypassing Russia. For the Chinese president, the agreement is "a show of determination,” part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have officially signed an agreement in Beijing to build of a key railway corridor as part of China’s Belt on Road Initiative.

The 525-kilometre line would run from the city of Kashgar, in Xinjiang, through southwestern Kyrgyzstan, until Andijon, in eastern Uzbekistan.

Talked about since the 1990s, the US$ 8 billion-project is of strategic importance for China since it would significantly shorten the freight journey for goods from China to Europe and the Persian Gulf.

The three countries had signed a memorandum on the railway back in 1997, but technical and especially geopolitical issues stalled it.

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Northrop planning to build munitions inside Ukraine
Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.

Northrop Grumman plans to produce medium caliber ammunition inside Ukraine under a project bankrolled by Ukrainian dollars, a company official said today.

Although several European defense firms have committed to large-scale manufacturing programs inside Ukraine’s borders, Northrop’s coproduction agreement is the first publicly acknowledged deal between a US defense prime and the Ukrainian government for a manufacturing project inside Ukraine.

“We’ve been working, as you know, in Ukraine to produce medium [caliber munitions]. That’s our first project that’s paid for with Ukrainian dollars. We are looking to expand that into tank ammo, 155 mm, others as we find innovative processes,” said Dave Bartell, director of international business for Northrop’s defense systems sector.

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Media: More than 10,000 Russian soldiers prosecuted for refusing to fight in Ukraine
More than 10,000 Russian soldiers have been prosecuted for refusing to fight in Ukraine, an investigation by Mediazona revealed on June 18.

Using online data from military courts, the outlet documented 10,025 such cases since September 2022 when the Kremlin announced a first wave of mobilization.

Of these, 9,059 were cases of unauthorized abandonment of a unit, 627 cases of failure to comply with an order, and 339 cases of desertion.

According to Mediazona, 8,594 of the accused have already been sentenced.

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Kazakh Opposition Journalist Sadikov Shot in Kyiv
The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the attack on a Kazakh opposition journalist Aidos Sadikov. He was hospitalized and in serious condition after the attack.

Kazakh opposition journalist, Aidos Sadikov, 56, was shot by an unknown assailant in Kyiv on Tuesday, June 18, RBC-Ukraine media outlet and the Ukrainian agency “Interfax” reported.

The assassination attempt occurred in the Shevchenkivsky district of Kyiv, near the journalist’s residence.

Ukrainian National Police were the first to report the incident. According to their press service, a call was received on the 102 line (equivalent to the 911 emergency call service in the US) about gunshots heard on V. Yarmoly Street in the Shevchenkivsky district. Police officers were dispatched to the scene.

Preliminary investigation found that an unknown assailant approached a parked car with a man and a woman inside. The attacker fired at the man and then fled the scene. The woman was unharmed.

Ukrainian media later identified the victim as Sadikov. His wife, Nataliya Sadikova, confirmed the attack.

“Today in Kyiv, near his own house, an attempt was made on [the life of] Aidos Sadikov,” she wrote on Facebook.

Emergency services were still working at the scene Tuesday evening. The search for the shooter was ongoing. Sadikov was in the hospital in serious condition.

The Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office has started a pre-trial investigation into the attempted murder it said in Telegram post.

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'Oekra�ense vluchtelingen dagen in de cel bij aankomst per vliegtuig'
https://nos.nl/artikel/25(...)nkomst-per-vliegtuig

Oekra�ense vluchtelingen die met het vliegtuig naar Nederland komen, worden tegenwoordig bij aankomst op Schiphol vastgezet. NRC schrijft dat ze dagenlang in een cel zitten terwijl immigratiedienst IND onderzoekt of de Oekra�ners recht hebben op opvang. Volgens Europese afspraken mogen zij vrij door Europa reizen.

Sinds de Russische invasie hebben Oekra�ners hier recht op opvang, zorg en mogen ze werken. Maar volgens de krant komen sinds een aantal maanden Oekra�ners die per vliegtuig inreizen in grensdetentie terecht. Juristen noemen die maatregel disproportioneel.

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Op woensdag 19 juni 2024 02:17 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Ongelofelijk, dit geloof je toch niet. Orban is van plan om ons de afgrond in te helpen en zijn eigen cult te starten. Hij wil een MEGA beweging starten lijkt het wel op. "Make Europe Great Again". Naar zijn grote voorbeeld Trump.

Gelukkig zal zijn macht beperkt zijn, maar ik voorzie een hoop gedoe en tegenwerking vanuit zijn kant als Voorzitter van de Europese Commissie