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• Russian President Vladimir Putin used a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on July 5 to oppose a negotiated ceasefire altogether and expressed his commitment to pursuing a "final" end to the war that would achieve his goal of destroying Ukrainian statehood.
• Putin is demanding both the surrender of a significant portion of Ukraine's territory and people to Russian occupation and Ukrainian military capitulation in advance of any negotiations on an end-state to the war.
• Ukrainian counteroffensive operations that liberate operationally significant territory remain the soundest course of action for degrading Putin's confidence in and commitment to his desired end state for his war of aggression against Ukraine.
• Putin's rejection of any ceasefire agreement contradicts the Kremlin's previous effort to place the onus for negotiations on the West and Ukraine.
• Putin attempted to portray Orban as an EU representative who can speak on the EU's behalf – a claim that EU officials explicitly denied.
• Recent Russian domestic polls suggest that Kremlin information operations are influencing domestic Russian support of the war in Ukraine.
• These Russian polls indicate that Russians who criticize the conduct of the war in Ukraine still support the war due to patriotism and disenfranchisement.
• Many of Russia's "non-opponents" to the war have criticisms that parallel those of Russian ultranationalist milbloggers, yet they lack the ultranationalists' close attention to the war and desire for political change in support of Russian war aims.
• Ukrainian forces conducted successful drone and missile strikes against targets in Tambov and Rostov oblasts and Krasnodar Krai on July 4 and 5.
• Russian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Toretsk, and Donetsk City.
• Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials continue to portray themselves as providing adequate medical care and other support for Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine amid ongoing criticisms that the Russian military command sends injured soldiers to fight on the frontline.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin used a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on July 5 to oppose a negotiated ceasefire altogether and expressed his commitment to pursuing a "final" end to the war that would achieve his goal of destroying Ukrainian statehood. Putin met with Orban in Moscow and reportedly discussed Ukraine and the possibility of a negotiated ceasefire agreement.[1] Putin explicitly rejected Russian participation in any meaningful negotiations on a ceasefire agreement on July 4 in a departure from his usual feigned interest in negotiations, and Putin notably outright rejected any negotiated ceasefire in a press conference with Orban on July 5.[2] Putin stated that an agreement between Russia and Ukraine should not result in a temporary ceasefire since this would allow Ukraine to regroup and rearm and that Russia instead favors a "complete" and "final" end to the conflict.[3] Putin is currently unwilling to accept anything short of the destruction of Ukrainian statehood and identity, however, as his remarks and demands have consistently illustrated.[4]

Putin is demanding both the surrender of a significant portion of Ukraine's territory and people to Russian occupation and Ukrainian military capitulation in advance of any negotiations on an end-state to the war. Putin called for the complete Ukrainian withdrawal from "Donbas and Novorossiya" as a prerequisite for ending the war during his press conference with Orban — a reference to Putin's June 14 demand for Ukraine to recognize the Russian occupation of occupied Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts and for Ukraine to surrender all territory that Russia does not currently hold in the four oblasts.[5] The imagined borders of "Novorossiya" are disputed among Russian ultranationalists, however, and Putin and the Kremlin have routinely indicated that they hold aims of territorial conquest beyond the administrative boundaries of the four oblasts that Russia has illegally annexed.[6] Putin also invoked concerns on July 4 about Ukrainian military reconstitution and expansion during a potential ceasefire to call for Ukraine's "irreversible" "demilitarization" as a prerequisite to negotiations.[7] Putin has long called for Ukraine's "demilitarization" — a demand that Ukraine abandon its ability to resist Russian aggression so that Putin can freely impose his will upon Ukraine.[8] Putin would almost certainly use Ukraine's capitulation to achieve his other goal of deposing Ukraine's democratically elected government and replacing it with a pro-Russian government and a political system to his liking.

Ukrainian counteroffensive operations that liberate operationally significant territory remain the soundest course of action for degrading Putin's confidence in and commitment to his desired end state for his war of aggression against Ukraine. Putin's rejection of any ceasefire indicates that he is increasingly confident in his assessment that Russia can pursue victory by continuing creeping advances in Ukraine, outlasting Western support for Ukraine, and winning a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.[9] Putin's demands, achieved through either Ukraine's capitulation or the protracted war he assesses Russian forces can successfully wage, are not consistent with the survival of an independent Ukrainian state or the Ukrainian people, nor are they compatible with NATO's vital security interests. Putin's confidence in Russia's ability to encourage capitulation or win a protracted war of attrition is based on the assessment that Ukraine will not be able to conduct operationally significant counteroffensive operations.[10] The West must hasten to provide Ukraine the support it needs to conduct counteroffensive operations to invalidate Putin's calculus and avoid protracting the war more than necessary to secure a peace acceptable to Ukraine and its partners.[11]

Putin's rejection of any ceasefire agreement contradicts the Kremlin's previous effort to place the onus for negotiations on the West and Ukraine. Putin blamed the West and Ukraine for the lack of negotiations while explicitly rejecting future Russian participation in any meaningful ceasefire negotiations during his July 4 press conference at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a stark contradiction in his rhetoric.[12] Putin also dismissed the possibility that any international body or head of state could mediate a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, despite previously presenting China and various Western leaders as possible actors that Russia could negotiate with. Russian opposition outlet Meduza reported on July 5 that it obtained a Kremlin manual ordering pro-Kremlin and Russian state media to highlight Putin's July 4 statements blaming the West and Ukraine for impeding peace negotiations with "ultimatums" and framing Russia as a willing, good-faith negotiator.[13] The manual recommends that Russian state media should present Putin's demands for Ukrainian capitulation as logical and realistic and Ukraine and the West as untrustworthy and deceptive. Putin's statements during his July 4 press conference and July 5 meetings will likely complicate the apparent ongoing Kremlin effort to convince select audiences that Russia remains interested in negotiations.[14]

Putin attempted to portray Orban as an EU representative who can speak on the EU's behalf – a claim that EU officials explicitly denied. Putin stated before his talks with Orban that he understands that Orban visited Russia "not only as [Russia's] long-standing partner, but also as the presiding officer of the EU Council."[15] Putin stated that he hoped Orban would speak to the position of Orban's "European partners" during their discussion. Orban stated that he would like to discuss Russia's position on issues that are "important to Europe" and claimed that Hungary will likely soon become the only state in Europe that can speak to all parties of the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that Orban visited Russia without agreeing or coordinating with Ukraine and emphasized that there can be no agreements on Ukraine without Ukraine.[16] EU High Commissioner Josep Borrell and European Council President Charles Michel both explicitly stated that the EU Council presidency does not give Orban a mandate to visit Russia and that Orban is not acting on behalf of the EU.[17] Borrell stated that Orban's visit to Russia is "exclusively" within the framework of Hungarian-Russian bilateral relations and noted that the EU excludes official contacts between the EU and Putin.[18] NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also stated that Orban is representing Hungary, not NATO.[19] Putin has repeatedly portrayed the West as his envisioned negotiating partner in a ceasefire agreement but notably dismissed all intermediary parties as possible mediators for an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on July 4.[20] Putin's attempts to portray Orban as a legitimate representative of the EU who possesses the authority to speak about possible negotiations on July 5 directly contradicts Putin's July 4 claims that intermediaries lack the competency and authority to mediate an end to the war.[21]

Recent Russian domestic polls suggest that Kremlin information operations are influencing domestic Russian support of the war in Ukraine. Independent Russian polling organization Levada Center published the results of a June 2024 poll on July 4 indicating that 58 percent of respondents believe that Russia should either definitely start peace negotiations with Ukraine in the near term or should start negotiations sooner rather than later, an all-time high since the start of the war but only a marginal increase since Levada's most recent polling in May 2024.[22] Levada Center noted that Russian support for negotiations previously peaked at 57 percent each in October 2022 and November 2023 and that support for negotiations had hovered between 48 and 53 percent since January 2024. Senior Kremlin officials have largely perpetuated information operations aimed at portraying Russia as willing to negotiate with Ukraine but only on Russian terms that amount to Ukraine's complete capitulation and destruction.[23] Levada noted that 41 percent of Russians believe that Russia is more interested in negotiations than Ukraine; that this number has been relatively consistent since 2023; and that these respondents largely believe that Russia is "going in the right direction," approve of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and trust information about the war from television media (as opposed to information from the internet).

Prominent Kremlin information operations justifying the war in Ukraine have impacted domestic support for the war. Levada reported that two-thirds of respondents blame the US and NATO for the war in Ukraine and the resulting casualties, that this number has increased from around 53 percent since June 2023, and that half of these respondents believe that the war in Ukraine could escalate into a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.[24] Levada noted that Russians remain concerned about the war; 95 percent of respondents expressed at least some concern about Ukrainian shelling of border areas and strikes against rear areas and about 86 percent of respondents are concerned about the "use of nuclear weapons" (actor unspecified) and the Western supply of weapons to Ukraine. Levada noted that 34 percent of Russians believe that the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine "could be justified" but that over half of respondents remain directly opposed.

These Russian polls indicate that Russians who criticize the conduct of the war in Ukraine still support the war due to patriotism and disenfranchisement. Russian sociological organization Public Sociological Laboratory (PS Lab) told opposition outlet Verstka in an article published on July 5 that "non-opponents" to the war are increasingly criticizing the war in Ukraine but still believe that Russia should continue the war and will not say that the war is a mistake.[25] PS Lab defines "non-opponents" as those supporting, justifying, or distancing themselves from the war and that most justify the war but are not "convinced supporters." PS Lab stated that most "non-opponents" share three attributes: they are apolitical and have a "detachment" from power, they possess serious and specific complaints about the government, and they cite patriotism for both their war justifications and their war criticisms. PS Lab noted that these "non-opponents" believe that they cannot influence the Russian government yet also feel more connected to the Russian government and identity than before the war, indicating that Kremlin propaganda is successfully establishing a degree of domestic unity that "non-opponents" value more than protesting against the Kremlin over their discontent about the war's conduct. Levada reported that the percentage of Russians who are proud of Russia's military actions in Ukraine rose to 48 percent, up from 45 percent in November 2023 and 38 percent from September 2023 – but still below the 51 percent peak following the onset of the war in February and March 2022.[26] Russian propaganda has created a layer of patriotism that likely acts as a buffer between complaints about the conduct of the war and the government that the Kremlin can endure and meaningful opposition that the Kremlin is unwilling or unable to tolerate.

PL Lab told Verstka that the percentage of actual "non-opponents" within Russia is difficult to estimate, but Verstka suggested several indicators that this percentage could range between 30 and 50 percent. Verstka noted that about 49 percent of respondents in a March 2024 Levada poll named human casualties as a possible reason for stopping the war in Ukraine and an increase in the number of respondents who avoid assessing the war.[27] Levada's June 2024 poll reported that 31 percent of respondents follow the war but do not pay close attention whereas 19 percent closely follow the war.[28]

Many of Russia's "non-opponents" of the war have criticisms that parallel those of Russian ultranationalist milbloggers, yet they lack the ultranationalists' close attention to the war and desire for political change in support of Russian war aims. PS Labs told Verstka that surveyed "non-opponents" spoke about conversations with family members fighting in Ukraine who complained that Russian television lies about the real situation on the frontlines – echoing a longstanding Russian milblogger criticism that Russian state media frequently portrays the situation on the front as better than it is.[29] The "non-opponent" belief that they cannot influence the government and their inattention to the details of the war is a stark departure from the Russian ultranationalist voices, many of whom believe they can influence policy and have advocated for the better treatment of Russian military personnel, better conduct of the war in Ukraine, and even attempted political campaigns aimed at prompting change to these ends.[30]

Ukrainian forces conducted successful drone and missile strikes against targets in Tambov and Rostov oblasts and Krasnodar Krai on July 4 and 5. Ukrainian media reported that sources within Ukrainian intelligence stated that Ukraine's Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) conducted a successful drone strike against a gunpowder plant in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast on July 4 and that the GUR is clarifying the consequences of the strike.[31] Russian opposition media outlet SOTA posted footage claiming to show the Ukrainian drone strike against the Tambov gunpowder plant.[32] GUR Spokesperson Andriy Yusov declined to comment on the reported strike on July 5 but stated that this gunpowder plant is a key Russian military enterprise and suggested that Russia will struggle to restart operations at the plant.[33]

Footage published on July 4 and 5 shows that a Ukrainian drone struck the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery's (NZNP) "Rostovskyi" oil depot in Rostov-on-Don and caused a subsequent explosion and fire at the depot on the night of July 4 to 5.[34] Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev stated that Russian air defenses destroyed 10 drones over Rostov Oblast and that debris from Ukrainian drones caused fires in Rostov Oblast.[35] NZNP is reportedly the largest supplier of petroleum products in southern Russia, and it is highly likely that the Russian Southern Military District (SMD) (which is based in Rostov-on-Don) uses products from the Rostovskyi oil depot.[36]

Sources within Krasnodar Krai emergency services told Russian opposition outlet Astra that several Ukrainian drones and at least two unspecified missiles struck Russia's Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base in Krasnodar Krai on the night of July 4 to 5 and damaged a nearby substation, disrupting power to nearby residential areas.[37] Astra stated that the strike wounded a Russian servicemember and noted that the Russian 960th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division, 4th Guards Air Force and Air Defense Army) is stationed at the airbase and is typically armed with Su-25, Su-25UB, and Su-25SM3 attack aircraft. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the Krasnodar Krai strike as of this report, and the damage to the airfield is currently unclear. The Russian Investigative Committee has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into the Krasnodar Krai strike on charges of terrorism.[38]

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Putin Calls for Total Destruction of Ukrainian Statehood, Rejects Ceasefire in Meeting with Orbán
Russian self-proclaimed President Vladimir Putin’s recent statements indicate a firm stance on ending the war in Ukraine through the complete destruction of Ukrainian statehood and identity, a new report indicates. According to analysts at ISW, Putin’s meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on July 5 was used to reject ceasefire negotiations and express support for a “final” resolution to the conflict that aligns with his goal of erasing Ukrainian statehood.

During a press conference with Orbán, Putin outright dismissed any temporary ceasefire agreement through negotiations. He emphasized Russia’s preference for a “full” and “final” end to the conflict rather than allowing Ukraine to regroup or rearm. Putin’s demands include significant territorial concessions and military capitulation from Ukraine before engaging in any discussions about the war’s outcome.

Experts highlight that Putin’s unwavering stance excludes any outcomes other than the destruction of Ukrainian statehood and identity. His call for Ukraine’s demilitarization aims to strip it of resistance capabilities, enabling Russia to impose its will unchallenged. This approach suggests Putin’s intent to leverage Ukraine’s surrender to achieve broader political changes favoring Russia.

Military analysts argue that Ukrainian counteroffensives reclaiming strategically important territories remain the most effective strategy to undermine Putin’s confidence in achieving his aggressive goals. They urge Western support to bolster Ukraine’s ability to conduct these operations swiftly, preventing prolonged conflict beyond what is necessary to secure a peace acceptable to Ukraine and its allies.

Putin’s recent interactions and statements illustrate his disregard for ceasefire negotiations and his persistence in achieving objectives through force. Meanwhile, internal polling in Russia reflects Kremlin-driven narratives influencing public support for the war, emphasizing patriotism and grievances rather than critical scrutiny of military actions.

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Ukraine calls for ban on Russian athletes at Olympics due to evidence of non-neutrality
Ukraine's National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Sports Ministry called on July 5 for Russian athletes to be barred from participating in the upcoming Olympics in Paris due to evidence of their support for the Russian military, violating neutrality rules.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled in December 2023 that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) with "strict eligibility conditions."

Under the rules, Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be able to participate as teams nor display any flags or any official identification with either country.

The rules also stipulate that athletes or members of their team who have openly supported the war or have been affiliated with the military or security organizations of Russia or Belarus are barred.

Ukraine has found evidence that some Russians who have qualified for the Olympics as AIN support the war in Ukraine and the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president of Ukraine's NOC, Vadym Gutzeit, and acting Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi said in a letter to the IOC.

These athletes "do not meet sufficient criteria to receive the status of Individual Neutral Athlete," the letter read.

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Ukraine found evidence on social media that these athletes liked or shared content that called for aggression against Ukraine and glorified the participants of Russia's war. Some athletes have also taken part in propaganda tournaments that glorified the Russian military.

Russian wrestler Natalia Malysheva, for example, liked a social media post by another Russian wrestler, Roman Vlasov, who claimed that the deadly terrorist attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall by Islamic State was an act of "revenge" for Russia's actions in Ukraine's Donbas region.

Another wrestler, Abdula Kurbanov, took part in a memorial tournament for a Russian military officer who had died fighting in Ukraine in March 2022, the letter said.

Other athletes had a direct connection to the Russian military, such as canoeist Alexey Korovashkov, who is among the "representatives of the Central Sports Club of the Russian Army and officers of the Russian Army," according to the letter.

This is a "gross violation of the requirements established by the Individual Commission of Neutral Athletes of the IOC," the letter said.

Ukraine previously called for barring Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris games altogether, even under a neutral banner, due to the fact that these "athletes quite often represent sports organizations related to the Russian Armed Forces."

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:28 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Duidelijke taal voor de 'Oekraïne moet naar de onderhandelingstafel' roepers.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:28 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Duidelijke taal voor de 'Oekraïne moet naar de onderhandelingstafel' roepers.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:35 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Putin/Rusland is nooit serieus geweest over vredesonderhandelingen. Tenzij dit gebeurd onder hun voorwaarden. Al dat ruis over deze vredesonderhandelingen en dat Oekraïne daar aan mee moet doen is alleen maar om landen zoals Hongarije druk te laten zetten op Zelenski. En om het westen aan het twijfelen te krijgen.

En zoals je hier op het forum ook kan zien werkt het bij een bepaald groep mensen. Die dit soort propaganda luidkeels napraten en de schuld bij Oekraïne neerleggen van deze oorlog en het niet willen hebben van vrede.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:28 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Duidelijke taal voor de 'Oekraïne moet naar de onderhandelingstafel' roepers.

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Russian Occupation Authorities Seize Family Home of Ukraine's Eurovision Winner Jamala
Singer Jamala, known for her Crimean Tatar heritage and her Eurovision 2016 win, recently disclosed that representatives of the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea have seized her family home. In a social media post, she expressed deep distress over the situation, emphasizing the personal significance of the property to her parents and its role in their life’s work.

According to Jamala, the occupation authorities not only seized the house but also rifled through her family’s personal belongings and archives. The singer recounted that the process began weeks ago when “journalists” arrived to document the property, followed by officials who announced plans for formal acquisition. Subsequently, keys were obtained from neighbors without any need for forced entry, culminating in the inventory of possessions and the house being effectively taken over today.

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Jamala, who was born in Kyrgyzstan but holds a deep connection to Crimea, rose to prominence in Ukraine and internationally, notably winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016. Her family was forcibly resettled from Crimea to Central Asia in 1944, which is the main theme of her Eurovision-winning song '1944'.

In addition to her artistic achievements, Jamala has been recognized with awards such as the title of People’s Artist of Ukraine and has been involved in charitable efforts.

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Lukashenko fell ill at the SCO summit in Kazakhstan

The self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, became ill during his visit to the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Kazakhstan.

It is known that it happened 1.5–2 hours after the arrival of the Belarusian dictator in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.

This is reported by the Russian opposition TV channel “Dozhd,” citing informed sources.

The very next day, speaking at the summit, Lukashenko looked very pale and spoke uncertainly, the journalists note.

“According to our sources, an hour and a half to two hours after his arrival in Kazakhstan, his condition began to deteriorate sharply in front of the summit participants.”

“The next day, he spoke at the summit before the heads of state, but you can see that he looks worse. His face is pale, his speech is not very confident,” a journalist from the Dozhd TV channel described the situation.

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Video. Lukashenko speech at the SCO summit in Kazakhstan.

Earlier in May 2023, it was reported about Lukashenko’s severe illness; he then disappeared for five days.

And on May 9, he was at the parade in Moscow, where they noticed a bandage on his arm. Lukashenko could not go with the other guests; he was driven separately by an electric car.

Video May 2023. Lukashenko feels ill during the walk. Further on in the video, in the background, you can see how hard he is getting into an electric car.

It was also reported that Lukashenko had a strange head tremor during his meeting with Putin at the recent CSTO summit in Minsk. Such head shaking has never been caught on camera before.

Video. CSTO summit in Minsk.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:00 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Video's kun je vinden in het artikel zelf.

Ik vraag me af of hij gewoon problemen heeft met zijn gezondheid, of dat Putin achter zijn gezondheidsproblemen zit. Lukashenko lijkt een grote vriend van Putin te zijn, maar hij heeft wel een lijn getrokken in hoeverre zijn steun aan Putin en zijn oorlog gaat. Terwijl Putin waarschijnlijk liever had gehad dat Wit-Rusland ook nauwer bij de oorlog betrokken was.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 16:12 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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We hebben het ook niet over kolonisten maar over volk dat daar al generaties woont en er een wat pro Russische mening op na houdt

Die worden nu al anderhalf decennium beschoten en die zullen niet direct staan te springen om een 'bevrijding' vanuit Kiev

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 17:34 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Het is heel gemakkelijk:
- Russen die na de invasie van 2014/2022 daar zijn gaan wonen moeten weer weg. Het is niet hun land.
- Russen/Oekraïners die vrijwillig mee gewerkt hebben aan de illegale invasie en bezetting moeten berecht worden en de gevangenis in voor bijvoorbeeld verraad/hoog verraad (Alleen als daar een wettelijke basis voor is).
- Oekraïners die een Russisch paspoort opgedrongen zijn, en gedwongen zijn om mee te werken aan de bezetting, krijgen weer een Oekraïens paspoort. Die kunnen mogelijk gratie krijgen en hun leven weer hervatten. Maar die moeten eventueel wel voordelen afstaan die zij gekregen hebben hierdoor. En ook moet er door de rechter naar gekeken worden in welke mate zij verantwoordelijk gehouden kunnen worden.
- Oekraïners die dit zijn opgedrongen, die niet meegewerkt, maar ook niet tegengewerkt hebben en gewoon hun hoofd omlaag hebben gehouden kunnen daar gewoon blijven wonen zonder consequenties
- Oekraïners die een verzet tegen de invasie/bezetter heeft gevoerd krijgen medailles/worden beloond, en mogen daar blijven wonen natuurlijk.

Wat een aantal van jullie vergeten is dat in de laatste 10 jaar ofzo het juist Rusland is geweest die etnisch heeft gezuiverd/genocide heeft gepleegd. Die Oekraïners massaal verscheept hebben naar Siberië en daarvoor hun eigen burgers in de plaats hebben gezet. En ook Oekraïners massaal hun identiteit heeft afgepakt en hun hebben gerussificeerd. En dat Oekraïne gewoon een legale basis heeft om zijn grondgebied weer terug te krijgen en de Russische bezetter hiervan de verdrijven.

En de landgrenzen van Oekraïne zijn na het uiteenvallen van de Sovjet-Unie ook door Rusland bevestigd. Die heeft dus geen aanspraak meer op dat gebied. De Krim was door de Sovjet-Unie aan Oekraïne geschonken, ook door Rusland dus, dus ook dat is gewoon Oekraïens grondgebied.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 17:34 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
Het is heel gemakkelijk:
- Russen die na de invasie van 2014/2022 daar zijn gaan wonen moeten weer weg. Het is niet hun land.
- Russen/Oekraïners die vrijwillig mee gewerkt hebben aan de illegale invasie en bezetting moeten berecht worden en de gevangenis in voor bijvoorbeeld verraad/hoog verraad (Alleen als daar een wettelijke basis voor is).
- Oekraïners die een Russisch paspoort opgedrongen zijn, en gedwongen zijn om mee te werken aan de bezetting, krijgen weer een Oekraïens paspoort. Die kunnen mogelijk gratie krijgen en hun leven weer hervatten. Maar die moeten eventueel wel voordelen afstaan die zij gekregen hebben hierdoor. En ook moet er door de rechter naar gekeken worden in welke mate zij verantwoordelijk gehouden kunnen worden.
- Oekraïners die dit zijn opgedrongen, die niet meegewerkt, maar ook niet tegengewerkt hebben en gewoon hun hoofd omlaag hebben gehouden kunnen daar gewoon blijven wonen zonder consequenties
- Oekraïners die een verzet tegen de invasie/bezetter heeft gevoerd krijgen medailles/worden beloond, en mogen daar blijven wonen natuurlijk.

Wat een aantal van jullie vergeten is dat in de laatste 10 jaar ofzo het juist Rusland is geweest die etnisch heeft gezuiverd/genocide heeft gepleegd. Die Oekraïners massaal verscheept hebben naar Siberië en daarvoor hun eigen burgers in de plaats hebben gezet. En ook Oekraïners massaal hun identiteit heeft afgepakt en hun hebben gerussificeerd. En dat Oekraïne gewoon een legale basis heeft om zijn grondgebied weer terug te krijgen en de Russische bezetter hiervan de verdrijven.

En de landgrenzen van Oekraïne zijn na het uiteenvallen van de Sovjet-Unie ook door Rusland bevestigd. Die heeft dus geen aanspraak meer op dat gebied. De Krim was door de Sovjet-Unie aan Oekraïne geschonken, ook door Rusland dus, dus ook dat is gewoon Oekraïens grondgebied.

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Chinese military arrive in Belarus

^{Chinese military in Belarus. July 2024. Belarus. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Belarus}

The military of the People’s Republic of China arrived in the Republic of Belarus on a military transport plane.

The Belarusian Ministry of Defense said that the Chinese military would take part in a joint “anti-terrorist training”.

The joint training of Belarusian and Chinese units will take place from July 8 to 19.

A Chinese military transport plane landed for the first time at the Belarusian military airfield Baranovichi.

The arrival of the Chinese military in Belarus came just days after the country officially joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

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^{Chinese military in Belarus. July 2024. Belarus. Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Belarus}

Belarus’ official accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was announced at the summit in Astana.

The organization does not hide the fact that one of the goals of the SCO is, among other things, military cooperation between member states.

Prior to the arrival of the Chinese military, the Ministry of Defense and the Border Guard Service of Belarus conducted a joint information campaign against Ukraine.

Since June 21, the Belarusian army has been conducting a readiness check, which began the day after Belarusian border guards announced that the Ukrainian grouping near the Belarusian border had allegedly increased.

Білору�ькі прикордонники «збивають» дрон

To create the impression of serious “maneuvers,” even preparations for a military parade were passed off as a test.

The situation became more acute when, on the morning of June 28, Belarusian border guards published a video of a supposedly Ukrainian DJI Mavic drone being shot down.

^{The drone shown by the Belarusian border service. June 2024. Belarus}
In addition, Belarusians reported finding a weapons cache on the same section of the border.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:06 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ja, de vraag is alleen door wie ze precies bestookt werden, he.

Maar grappig dat het door het kremlin bij elkaar gefantaseerde narratief "het pro-rus oosten van oekraine" hier nog zo alive and kicking is.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:05 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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Luka die gaat vervangen worden daar kun je op wachten, dat weet je sinds Putin zijn hachie gered heeft ,
ik snap zulke mensen niet, Orban idem dito

vriendschap met Putin is een enkeltje naar de grafkelder binnen een of twee jaar

Kan die Orban in 2026 nu gewoon voor een vierde termijn herkozen worden?

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:14 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Denk niet dat dat een vraag is die ze zichzelf in bv Donetsk vrij vaak stellen dus echt een hele interessante is het in deze discussie niet

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Er is geen termijnlimiet aan hoelang iemand (Orban dus) PM kan zijn in Hongarije. De president, die vooral ceremonieel is, kan maximaal twee 5-jaar termijnen in functie zijn.

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PVV joins new radical right-wing alliance "Patriots for Europe" in Brussels
The PVV is joining Patriots for Europe in the European Parliament, the new political party co-founded by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, party leader Geert Wilders announced on X. The PVV won six seats in last month's European elections.

"We are PVV-patriots, we love our nation. Strong and sovereign. Resisting illegal immigration," Wilders wrote on X. We defend peace and freedom. He also described himself as a defender of peace and freedom and the Dutch "Judeo-Christian tradition."

Wilders' statement, in which he also emphasized his support for Ukraine, came on the day Orbán was in Moscow to discuss peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Hungarian prime minister did so without including Ukraine, the neighboring country against which Russia started a war in February 2022. The Cabinet, co-founded by the PVV, expressed concerns about this on Friday.

In addition to Orbán's Fidesz party, the ANO, the party of Czech ex-prime minister Andrej Babi¨, is also involved in the formation of Patriots for Europe, as is the Austrian FPÖ. Right-wing extremist parties in other countries have also already shown their interest in the controversial party in the European Parliament.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 20:22 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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en als er een andere president komt in 2026 < dan is de PM ook weg ??

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The president of the republic, elected by the National Assembly every five years, has a largely ceremonial role, but they are nominally the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and their powers include the nomination of the prime minister, who is to be elected by a majority of the votes of the members of Parliament, based on the recommendation made by the president of the republic.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 20:17 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Nee, ik denk niet dat ze daar zo achterlijk zijn als het volk alhier dat het maar blijft hebben over de 'pro-russen in het oosten'.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:07 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Dit dus.

Lijkt mij duidelijk dat ik doelde op de 5de colonne in de bevolking en met name degenen die ondanks een illegale bezetting daar naar toe zijn getrokken.

Overigens geen idee waarom baskenland en kosovo bij gehaald worden. Die zijn beiden niet binnen gevallen of worden omvolkt.


En om mensen voor te zijn. Ja ik denk hetzelfde over Israëlische kolonisten.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 19:58 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)out_their_brand_new/
Russian servicemen checking out their brand new wooden kevlar vest

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)port_that_these_are/
Russian Telegram channels report that these are results of a drone attack at an oil depot in Krasnodar region. Residents of Rostov city and region report electricity blackout

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)ling_in_the_crimean/
Russia is normalizing shelling in the Crimean sanatorium 'Brigantina Belogorie' by painting bomb shelters. "They are very beautiful, colorfully painted" - It's never been so fun being shelled!

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)essfully_intercepts/
Ukrainian FPV drone successfully intercepts russian recon drone Zala.

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)sa_of_the_109th_tdf/
Ukrainian FPV Group “ MURAMASA” of the 109th TDF Brigade Destroyed a Russian 2S1 “Gozdika” Self-Propelled Howitzer and a UAZ Vehicle with FPV Kamikaze Drones in the Pokrovske direction. (Published on July 6, 2024)

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)_from_the_artillery/
Ukrainian Drone Operators from the Artillery Recon Command Battery [BUAR] of the 92nd Assault Brigade Uses a "Vampire" Heavy Bomber Drone to Target Russian soldiers at Night with Dropped Munitions. (Published on July 5, 2024)

https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)w_russian_cope_cage/
New russian cope cage
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https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)has_a_cope_cage_now/
Even a Russian boat has a cope cage now
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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 20:39 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Voor jou ook

De vraag was wat te doen met pro Russische Oekraïners, dan hebben we het dus niet over volk dat er sinds de bezetting is komen wonen want ik neem aan dat die geen paspoort kunnen aanvragen in kiev

Antwoord was zuiveren en het land uitzetten

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 21:52 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Wat gebeurt er nu met pro russische Oekrainers in de rest van Oekraine?

Niet veel he, afgezien van illegale activiteiten.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 22:33 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Ik weet niet precies waarom deze vraag voor mij is

Geen flauw idee man, hoe moet ik dat nou weten

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 21:53 schreef polderturk het volgende:
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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 23:53 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Hou je niet zo van de domme. Je krijgt een riant salaris als Fok admin, dus gewoon ff antwoord geven op de vraag.

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Huge sums stolen from key Russian aviation test center
An investigation has revealed that over 875 million rubles ($10 million) were embezzled during the reconstruction of the main testing range for military aviation technology in Akhtubinsk, according to a report by Baza.

The case, initially opened by the Main Military Investigation Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in 2022, remains unresolved.

In 2014, the Russian Ministry of Defense allocated approximately 1.5 billion rubles for the renovation of the flight testing center in Akhtubinsk. The state contractor, FSUE “Main Military Construction Directorate No. 14,” funneled more than 900 million rubles through a network of subcontractors into the accounts of the company “PromSpetsStroyGroup” (PSSG).

Investigators discovered that the management of PSSG completed only about 5% of the planned work before siphoning off the funds and declaring the company bankrupt.

The Akhtubinsk center is pivotal for testing all of Russia’s latest aircraft and helicopters, including aviation equipment, communication systems, and control systems used by the Russian Armed Forces and other agencies. Specialists at the center evaluate aircraft performance under various flight conditions, including critical combat scenarios.

The facility has also been used to launch stealth missiles like the Kh-69 from the latest Su-57 aircraft against targets in Ukraine. This made it a target for Ukrainian drone strikes, which recently resulted in the destruction of one Su-57 and damage to another.

This corruption scandal is the latest in a series of setbacks for Russia amidst the failure and inability of its military to turn the tide in Ukraine.

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Formerly in the Bundestag, now in the service of the Kremlin

^{The former puppet master of the AfD parliamentary group, Waldemar Herdt: He is now part of a global Russian influence operation. (Source: M. Popow/ITAR_TASS/t-online/imago-images-bilder)}

He managed foreign policy for the AfD in the Bundestag. For years, Waldemar Herdt was considered the man pulling the strings in relations with Russia. Now he is finally putting himself at Putin's service.

Now Kadyrov too. "The participants expressed their deepest appreciation to the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov, Hero of Russia," said the media report on a Russian propaganda event in late April in the Chechen capital Grozny.

What is likely to interest only a few readers or viewers internationally is politically explosive for Germany's largest opposition party.

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A visitor from Germany
Among the guests that the brutal Islamist dictator welcomed in his center of power, in addition to Bollywood actors and Arab delegates, there was also someone who until a few years ago was considered the international puppet master of the AfD parliamentary group: Waldemar Herdt.

Videos and photos available to t-online show him on the podium. He is listed as a speaker on the associated website. But it doesn't stop there: According to research by t-online, the former member of the German Bundestag is now working for the Putin regime on a new world order in which Russia is to lead the formerly non-aligned states of Asia, Africa and South America against the hated West.


^{Herdt in Grozny: Together with his closest Moscow contact, the general secretary of the Prilepin party, Dimitri Kuznetsov. (Source: Screenshot: t-online)}

To do this, he is seeking contact with men who are suspiciously close to Putin's military, secret services and mercenary troops, as research shows.

The party, which is already facing sharp criticism due to its contacts with Russia, is now hastily distancing itself: "Waldemar Herdt left the AfD in February ," said a spokesman when asked by t-online. There have been disputes about him for a long time, several sources in the party say behind closed doors. Even in the scandal-ridden AfD, however, the current activities of their former party colleague are likely to cause some unease.

The Russian-German, born in Kazakhstan , was not exactly a backbencher for years.

Reasonable doubt
From 2017 to 2021 he was a member of parliament and a member of the influential "Foreign Affairs Working Group" in the parliamentary group - known for radically pro-Russian and pro-Chinese positions. Together with Petr Bystron, Herdt arranged the now infamous meeting with oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk in the Bundestag. A Pole who was later arrested on suspicion of espionage was present, as t-online reported . Herdt also organized trips to Syria and contacts with the Assad regime there for his party friends.


^{Herdt in the "Foreign Affairs Committee" of the AfD faction with oligarch Medvedtschuk (centre): He repeatedly guided Russian lobbyists into the Bundestag. (Source: Facebook, Stefan T. Keuter/Screenshot: t-online)}

He and his party have always dismissed concerns about whether Herdt always represents German interests and not those of the Kremlin. Now these questions are being raised in a completely new way, as Chechnya was not his only recent stop. Herdt is now active worldwide for Putin's Russia and holds several supposedly important positions in organizations that are not secretive about their goals.

For example, there is the "International Council of Russian Germans - 'Rebirth'": Herdt originally founded the association during his time as a member of parliament. Even then, it fell into disrepute because other Russian German associations mostly viewed it with suspicion. A co-founder and employee of Herdt who was loyal to Putin was said to have had previous contacts with the Soviet secret service KGB. He was monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

Rebirth in Moscow
Now the German association is history and has been deleted from the commercial register - but half a year before Herdt left the AfD, it was resurrected as a stock corporation under his leadership in Moscow . The charter of the associated "International Alliance" is striking: "All those who feel spiritually connected to the Russian world" are called upon to "work together to build a new world order".


^{Herdt with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: His ministry supports Herdt's projects. (Source: OK.ru/Waldemar Herdt/Screenshot: t-online)}

How Herdt personally envisages this can be seen from his other engagements in recent months: Wherever the Kremlin promotes its claim to leadership among the formerly non-aligned states (Brics+), the former AfD MP is also there - and carries all kinds of titles in his luggage.

T-online reported on his involvement in the "International Russophile Movement" over a year ago . At the beginning of this year, he again took to the podium at the second annual meeting in Moscow, where the oligarch Konstantin Malofeev and the fascist ideologist Alexander Dugin also took their seats.

Dangerous alliance
However, Herdt's role as founder and organizer of the so-called "International Association of Christian Parliamentarians" is largely unknown.

Although his fundamentalist network was already disreputable during his time as a member of parliament, his new allies for the supposedly religious work in Moscow are staunch advocates of the Russian war of aggression and are therefore subject to EU sanctions: the former author Zakhar Prilepin, his party and General Secretary Dimitri Kuznetsov - with whom Herdt regularly appears in public.


^{Dreams of a Russian empire: Zakhar Prilepin. (Source: Sergei Karpukhin/imago-images-bilder)}

Even in the party-line Russian Duma, they are seen as hawks who dream of the "Soviet Union 2.0", a new Russian empire that would also annex other neighboring states such as Uzbekistan. Prilepin himself fought in Ukraine and claims to have led a mercenary battalion there. His closest confidant Kuznetsov repeatedly personally brought material such as anti-drone devices to the front to equip soldiers with them.

The men were particularly close to the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, before he died in August 2023 after a failed revolt when his plane was allegedly shot down. They also shared views with him on Russia's future on other continents.

Future in Africa
Like the warlord who sent his mercenaries and disinformation warriors to Africa at the behest of the Kremlin, Prilepin and Kuznetsov are banking on Russia's growing influence there. They are vehemently advocating the establishment of bases of operations there, thereby cutting off the West from important raw materials from which the new empire will then profit.

In parliament, they are fighting to ensure that foreign mercenaries, whom Wagner also recruited in Africa, have easier access to Russian citizenship. Even after Prigozhin's death, their goals have not changed - in fact, they are now following in his footsteps together with Herdt.

^{Herdt and Kuznetsov at the Russophile Congress in February in Moscow: In front of them lie the papers for the establishment of an ominous commission. (Source: Presidentmedia.ru)}

To this end, the then AfD politician and Prilepin's general secretary founded a so-called "Commission for Value-Based Humanitarian Cooperation for the BRICS Countries" under the auspices of the Russophile movement and with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Photos show Herdt, Kuznetsov and several African delegates signing on the sidelines of a BRICS forum in Moscow.

With the help of this commission, the joint "International Association of Christian Parliamentarians" and Prilepin's party, they then launched a supposedly humanitarian mission called "Volunteers for Peace" - in the very place where, according to Ukrainian military intelligence, mercenaries are allegedly still being recruited for the battlefield in Ukraine: in Uganda and Congo. They are lured with the prospect of Russian passports.

Russian foreign policy
However, for the "Volunteers for Peace" the commitment to development work in education and medicine is not an end in itself, even according to their own project description.

Rather, the "voluntary work" to support local hospitals and schools should make a significant contribution "to demonstrating the role of soft power in Russian foreign policy," it says. "Help for developing countries will strengthen and expand geopolitically important relationships for Russia."

Consequently, Rossotrudnichestvo – an agency of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which is under EU sanctions – is one of the organizers. And consequently, Russian state structures are not far away, and have been preparing to take over Prigozhin's infrastructure in Africa for several months.

^{Artem Kureev: He worked for the FSB until at least 2014. Now he is cooperating with Herdt in the Africa project. (Source: African Initiative/Screenshot: t-online)}

Only a few days before Herdt's joint-stock company was founded in Moscow, another company was founded in the Russian capital: the so-called "Initiative - 23", which has since operated an alleged news agency called "African Initiative". The company's managing director and "editor-in-chief" is Artem Kureev, who was identified as an officer in the FSB's foreign department in an Estonian court ruling in 2014. "Bloomberg" and "The Insider" were the first to report on the matter, and Kureev recently denied to "Zeit" that he was still working for the secret service.

Information war against the West
However, the US State Department believes that its new project is an intelligence-led effort to spread disinformation about the West in Africa. To do this, it is recruiting "employees from the crumbling companies of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin" and undermining US -funded public health projects across Africa with dangerous medical misinformation. And Herdt is apparently involved in this.

One of the first signs of life from the "African Initiative" was sent by Herdt's partner, the general secretary of Prilepin's party, on October 1, 2023, via his Telegram channel: In one photo, Kuznetsov posed in front of a display of the supposed agency - along with the announcement that he was "looking for Christian MPs in Brics countries who are fighting for peace, compassion and humanity around the world."

^{Kuznetsow in front of the banner of the alleged news agency: Shortly after its founding, he made a connection between "African Initiative" and his Christian association with Herdt. (Source: Telegram/Dimitri Kuznetsow/Screenshot: t-online)}

According to his own statement, he had already had initial discussions with Herdt and other members of the Russophile movement about the "Christian human rights mission" months earlier in Belgrade. One of those present at the time was listed as a correspondent and military analyst at the "African Initiative" until a few days ago.

And reports on the joint humanitarian projects with Herdt have since been distributed mainly through the "African Initiative".

After Putin promised African countries "extremely active cooperation" in the health sector in mid-April, the wind is apparently blowing: a few days after the announcement, Russian instructors from Herdt's humanitarian mission reached Congo's capital Kinshasa, where they met with medical students. This was followed by a similar visit to Uganda.

Press conference in Moscow
Now, on Thursday, all those involved took to the podium at a joint press conference in Moscow: Herdt's Christian Association of Deputies, Prilipin's Secretary General, the alleged FSB agent Kureev for the "African Initiative" and the deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo. The next medical mission of the "Volunteers for Peace" was announced: It is to go to Zambia in November. The Russian embassy assured "all necessary support". Visits to Uganda and Cameroon are also planned.

^{All Russian protagonists together in Moscow on July 4: Herdt did not comment on the initiatives when asked by t-online. (Source: Tass/Screenshot: t-online)}

However, it is not the only Russian mission that the "African Initiative" made public quite exclusively: According to the portal, Prigozhin's Wagner structures are gradually being replaced by an official "Africa Corps" that reports directly to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The portal repeatedly reports on Russian military personnel being sent to African states - and Herdt's Christian parliamentary group apparently has conspicuous contacts there too.

Network in Africa
According to the website, one of those interested in the group is a man named Gabriel Coulibaly, who is a member of the so-called National Transitional Council in Mali after the anti-Western coup . He leads a youth organization that made a name for itself with pro-Russian demonstrations during the takeover. The images of people taking to the streets for the military junta, chanting "Long live Russia" and waving Russian flags - they were apparently also his work.

In Uganda, parliamentarian Allan Atugonza is considered a founding member of the group. He recently supervised a training mission by the Ugandan military for special forces from Burkina Faso - a country that is currently one of the main targets of the Kremlin and the former Wagner structures. The "African Initiative" has even founded its own branch there, in which a former Wagner blogger apparently sets the tone.

Waldemar Herdt did not comment on all this when asked by t-online. However, he has completely overcome his reservations about contact with structures close to the military and secret services. In October, when asked by "Correctiv", he downplayed his contact with a foundation allegedly controlled by the FSB, which also conducts diplomacy for Russia in BRICS states - now he is listed there as vice president.

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Russia hit mock-ups during recent attacks on airfield, Patriot launchers, Ukraine's Air Force says

^{A screenshot from a video, originally published by Russian pro-war Telegram channels, allegedly showing a Russian missile attack on the Dovhyntseve airfield in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 3, 2024. (Mykola Oleshchuk/Telegram)}

Russian forces hit mock-ups of warplanes and Patriot air defense launchers during recent missile attacks that Russian sources claimed had destroyed a Mig-29 aircraft and two Patriot batteries, Ukraine's Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on July 6.

The statement follows the publication of videos filmed by Russian reconnaissance drones showing missile strikes on the Dovhyntseve airfield in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and a base of Patriot air defense systems near Yuzhne in Odesa Oblast.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that a Ukrainian Mig-29 fighter jet was destroyed as a result of Iskander missiles hitting the Dovhyntseve airfield on July 3.

Russian pro-war Telegram channels published a video showing another Iskander strike near Yuzhne on July 6, claiming that two Patriot batteries and a Giraffe radar system were destroyed. The Russian Defense Ministry has not reported on the attack.

Oleshchuk reshared the footage on his Telegram channel, saying that Ukraine's Air Force personnel "successfully conducted passive defense measures."

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"Thanks to everyone who helps with quality mock-ups of aircraft and air defense systems. The enemy has fewer Iskanders, and more mock-ups will arrive," he added.

"Of course, both we and the enemy have losses of equipment and people. But neither side is talking about it publicly. It is clear why!"

The Kyiv Independent is unable to verify the claims immediately.

Ukraine's airfields have recently faced an uptick in Russian strikes as Kyiv gets ready to receive the first batch of Western F-16 fighter jets.

Over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed five Su-27 Soviet-made jets and damaged two more stationed at the Myrhorod airfield, a Mi-24 helicopter at the Poltava airfield.

Reports of the attacks drew outrage on social media, with some criticizing the Air Force for failing to properly protect the airfields despite advance warnings and the expected arrival of F-16 fighter jets.

Air Force spokesperson Illia Yevlash refused to give any comments to the Kyiv Independent on reported Russian attacks against Ukrainian airfields.

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Soldiers of misfortune
Russian troops in occupied Ukraine are killing each other at an alarming rate

^{Illustration: Alisa Krasnikova / Novaya Gazeta Europe}

Violent crime committed in the occupied territories of Ukraine by Russian soldiers against their own comrades has skyrocketed: in 2023 alone, 190
cases went to trial, though the actual number of incidents is likely much higher.

On the night of 17 October 2022, a Russian soldier named Artyom Terekhov decided to desert his unit in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. He took a rifle and left, planning to hitchhike out of the country. After waiting by the road for some time, a beige van stopped to give Artyom a ride. The driver was a Russian military officer on his way home to his wife’s house.

Artyom sat in the passenger seat and the van continued on its way. Later on, the driver turned off the main road, stopped the car, and tried to open his door. Terrified that he would be caught, Artyom jumped out of the car and fired his weapon at the officer through the passenger-side door.

Artyom dragged the officer’s body out of the van and drove away. He travelled 5 kilometres through a few more villages, then stopped the car and continued on foot. In the forest near the village of Rodakove, Artyom stumbled upon a Russian military deployment point. He attempted to shoot the soldiers there, but realised he had emptied his entire 25-round magazine when he killed the officer earlier. Artyom was apprehended and, in June 2023, was sentenced to eight and a half years in a high-security prison. His case file revealed that he was drunk at the time.

This is just one of dozens or potentially hundreds of murders that Russian soldiers in occupied areas of Ukraine have committed.

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Rising murders
Analysing court data, Novaya Gazeta Europe estimates that between January and October 2023, at least 135 Russian soldiers were tried for murder in Russian-occupied Ukraine — more than the total number of murders committed by veterans across all of Russia’s regions combined. This is a minimum estimate, as the garrison courts of partially occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions do not publish their case files online.

^{Russian servicemen in the Luhansk region, 25 October 2023. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik / Imago Images / SNA / Scanpix / LETA}

Other violent crimes that soldiers were charged with include manslaughter, violation of firearm handling rules, and assault.

Manslaughter cases are often concealed by reducing the charges to “violation of firearm handling rules”, a lighter criminal offence. In 2023, the number of such cases in the occupied regions surged to 32, a nearly tenfold increase.

Previously, Novaya Gazeta Europe investigated how veterans continue to commit acts of violence upon returning home and revealed that judges often commute their sentences and impose fines, while sending ordinary Russians to prison for similar offences.

Bickering in the dugout
In April 2022, a soldier named Ruslan Vysotsky had a dispute with an unnamed fellow serviceman. During the argument, Ruslan’s comrade shot him in the leg. The two soldiers were separated, but their commander brought them together again after four hours to resolve their conflict. During their discussion, Ruslan drew a pistol and fatally shot his fellow soldier in the head after he accused him of being gay. Vysotsky offered to dispose of the body himself or falsely report the death as a combat casualty, but instead, he was reported to the military police.

Soldiers are hardly ever punished for drinking, unless they commit a serious crime like murder, independent media outlet Verstka previously reported.

As in civilian life, killings on the battlefield often arise from personal conflicts and disputes, as in Vysotsky’s case, but the potential for violence escalates greatly due to those involved all being armed. On the frontline, it is very tempting to write off killings as combat casualties, so there is no way of knowing for sure exactly how many of these killings have taken place.

Alcohol featured in 83% of murder cases analysed by Novaya Europe. The defendants themselves were reportedly intoxicated in 76% of them, which is higher than Russia’s national average of 67%. Soldiers are hardly ever punished for drinking, unless they commit a serious crime like murder, independent media outlet Verstka previously reported.

^{Russian soldiers in a trench, Luhansk region, 5 October 2023. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik / Imago Images / SNA / Scanpix / LETA}

“To what extent is a person suffering from PTSD responsible for their actions? He should be treated, not tried. Perhaps forcibly,” said lawyer Sergey Golubok. “But no one cares about this in Russia. Especially in the occupied territories.”

Court experts have identified some defendants as alcoholics, drug addicts, and people suffering from mental illnesses such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Expert testimony is sought in only 10% of cases. Nevertheless, military personnel diagnosed with mental disorders are usually found to be mentally fit enough to stand trial, often on charges of aggravated assault and murder.

“To what extent is a person suffering from PTSD responsible for their actions? He should be treated, not tried. Perhaps forcibly,” said lawyer Sergey Golubok. “But no one cares about this in Russia. Especially in the occupied territories.”

Personal conflicts don’t always result in murder, of course. Soldiers often try to scare or teach their comrades a lesson by aiming at their arms and legs, or stabbing them.

In January 2023, a drunken Russian officer named Vladimir Polyakov, who served in the occupied Luhansk region, summoned one of his subordinates to his dugout via radio. The day before, while conversing with a woman in a cafe, the soldier disclosed sensitive information about his battalion’s objectives and deployment. Upon his return, Polyakov decided to punish him for his indiscretion by shooting him in the leg. As the soldier fell, Polyakov struck him twice on the head with the handle of his gun, for which he received a suspended sentence of three years and three months for abuse of power.

Of the available cases heard in the Russian-occupied territories, at least 27 were for aggravated assaults, excluding beatings that resulted in the death of the victim. This is more than was heard in Russian military courts throughout 2022.

In total, 36 of the cases involved charges for“violent acts against a superior” and “abuse of power”, both of which are used to hide fights and injuries.

Civilian casualties
Late one evening, a military truck stopped outside of a storefront in a village near Starobelsk in the Luhansk region. The servicemen left the truck to buy beverages. Allegedly, one of the civilians standing outside the shop started insulting the men.

Having stocked up, the soldiers got back into the truck. However, one of the soldiers “decided to scare” the civilian by pointing his rifle at him out of the back of the truck. When the truck began to move, Yefremov accidentally pulled the trigger and shot the civilian in the chest, killing him.

Russian soldiers cover a vehicle with camouflage netting, 16 May, 2024. Photo Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik / Imago Images / SNA / Scanpix / LETA

On 4 July, Ukrainian prosecutors opened a criminal case into the murder of a civilian travelling through the occupied Kherson region to Crimea with two other adults and a child. “They were stopped by intoxicated Russian soldiers and severely beaten,” the prosecutors said.

The exact number of civilians killed by Russian soldiers in occupied territories is hard to estimate, as Russian media outlets rarely reports such stories and court data remains scarce. The few Russian media reports available that cover such stories do not refer directly to the killing of civilians, but to “Ukrainian agents” who “planned acts of sabotage” or “had passed information to the Armed Forces of Ukraine”.

Reporting the killings committed by Russian soldiers in occupied Ukraine would contradict the official narrative, in which locals are only killed by Ukrainian “Nazis”.

Despite the Russian authorities considering the civilian population in occupied Ukraine to be Russian citizens whether or not they have in fact applied for the status, as crimes against local residents are in fact often crimes against Ukrainian citizens, they should be recognised as war crimes, lawyer Sergey Golubok says, meaning that such cases should be heard by the International Criminal Court.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 07:05 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.t-online.de/n(...)-russland-aktiv.html
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Geen verassing natuurlijk dat hij in de AfD zat. Leuke partij is dat ook. De helft is of Russisch of Chinees gezind, de andere helft weet van niks zogenaamd.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 09:18 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Als we in Europa graag in een open, vrije en democratische samenleving willen blijven wonen dienen we die samenleving van dit soort vijandige elementen te zuiveren.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 09:31 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Ja dat is natuurlijk wel een contradictie.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:28 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Duidelijke taal voor de 'Oekraïne moet naar de onderhandelingstafel' roepers.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 20:39 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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Voor jou ook

De vraag was wat te doen met pro Russische Oekraïners, dan hebben we het dus niet over volk dat er sinds de bezetting is komen wonen want ik neem aan dat die geen paspoort kunnen aanvragen in kiev

Antwoord was zuiveren en het land uitzetten

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 09:36 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Nee hoor, wanneer je voor vijandige staten infiltreert hoor je gewoon aangepakt te worden.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 10:24 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Daar sta ik nog steeds achter. Maar er zijn idd gradaties zoals delenhill uitlegt.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 13:15 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Een nieuwe van de tank tellers.

Russia's Looming Serious Tank Shortage - Tank Count Using Latest Bought Satellite Imagery

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 13:49 schreef zalkc het volgende:

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Ze kunnen nog een tijdje door, maar het wordt wel steeds moeilijker om te refurben en dat wat er staat is steeds ouder.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 01:31 schreef sp3c het volgende:
Dat er collaborateurs gestraft gaan worden snap ik, nul problemen mee, oorlogsmisdadigers zelfde verhaal

Maar als Oekraïne Oekraïne gaat zuiveren van Oekraïners met een iets andere mening dan ben ik tegen

Zijn ze wmb niet meer welkom in nato en niet meer welkom in de eu

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 13:59 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ik vind dat we ook maar een boycot op duct tape moeten instellen.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 13:57 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Oekraïne gaat niet zuiveren.

Maar wat er gaat gebeuren is dat de pro-Russen zelf gaan vertrekken.

Laat ik het voorbeeld van Karabakh pakken.

In September 2023 heeft Azerbeidzjan het resterende deel van Karabakh teruggenomen. Azerbeidzjan had een verklaring uitgebracht dat iedereen mocht blijven. Op 50 Armeniërs na is iedereen vertrokken.

Waarom? Bijna alle Armeniërs in Karabakh boven de 48 waren betrokken bij de etnische zuiveringen in de jaren 90.

Die vreesden allemaal vervolging.

Na zoveel jaren van vijandschap wilden ze niet onder de Azerbeidzjaanse vlag leven.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 13:59 schreef ExTec het volgende:
Ik vind dat we ook maar een boycot op duct tape moeten instellen.

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Speed tape is an aluminium pressure-sensitive tape used to perform minor repairs on aircraft and racing cars. It is used as a temporary repair material until a more permanent repair can be carried out. It has an appearance similar to duct tape, for which it is sometimes mistaken, but its adhesive is capable of sticking on an airplane fuselage or wing at high speeds, hence the name.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:27 schreef polderturk het volgende:
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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:45 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Is Russische gemeentesubsidie afhankelijk van hoeveel vlees ze leveren aan Poetin's gehaktmolen?
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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 10:29 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Maar zuiveren gaat nogal ver. We zijn niet in oorlog.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:52 schreef Barbusse het volgende:

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Absurde aantallen...is dit het allemaal waard, Putin?

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:45 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Is Russische gemeentesubsidie afhankelijk van hoeveel vlees ze leveren aan Poetin's gehaktmolen?
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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:07 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:

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Die 3000 lijkt toch een soort plateau. Dat moet beter kunnen.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:16 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Breng Geert Dick Schoof nou niet op ideeën 😱

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:18 schreef zalkc het volgende:

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We krijgen straks toch gewoon kopgeld per aangebrachte illegaal?

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:45 schreef Perrin het volgende:
Is Russische gemeentesubsidie afhankelijk van hoeveel vlees ze leveren aan Poetin's gehaktmolen?
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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:27 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ja, je broer is niet voor niets gestorven. Dankzij zijn dood komt morgen de zon weer op!

Groet, Gr, Putin.

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Op zaterdag 6 juli 2024 18:20 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.understanding(...)sessment-july-5-2024
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Putin wil alleen maar vrede op zijn eigen voorwaarden. Een staakt-het-vuren ligt ook niet op de tafel. Dat heeft hij aangegeven in de persconferentie met Orban.

Het artikel gaat nog verder onder de link.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Duidelijk. Er komt maar op 1 manier vrede. Rusland moet kapot.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 17:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Je kan dat wel eindeloos blijven herhalen, maar het gaat niet gebeuren. Noord-Korea en Iran zijn ook niet kapot gegeven alle sancties die ze hebben. Een land is nog nooit zo op de knieën gegaan. En boots on the ground gaan we nooit doen.

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Russia Bans Fake 'Poet' Who Duped Officials into Praising Nazi Verse
Poetry seemingly praising Vladmir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine has been blocked by Russian authorities after its was discovered to be reworked Nazi verse from the 1930s and 1940s, it has been reported.

Putin likens the present war he started in Ukraine to the Soviet role in defeating Nazi Germany and tries to justify his full-scale invasion as the "denazification" of Ukraine.

But the irony of Putin framing his aggression with the vanquishing of Nazism in 1945 was not lost on a group of anti-war activists.

They lifted 18 poems from over eight decades and passed it off as contemporary patriotic pro-war poetry under the nom de plume of Gennady Rakitin, complete with an AI-generated image of the purported poet with silvery hair and goatee.

References to Germany were changed to Russia and one poem was called Leader, published with a photograph of Putin, which was actually originally called Führer and written by the Nazi-supporting writer Eberhard Möller. An ode to Nazi storm troopers was translated into Russian, repurposed as a tribute to fighters from the Wagner mercenary group.

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Russian journalist Andrei Zakharov, who was the first to reveal publicly that Rakitin was a fake persona, estimated nearly 100 Russian MPs, 30 senators and well-known pro-war cultural figures followed the account on social media network VKontakte. One poem reached the semifinal of a poetry competition.

But at the request of Russia's Prosecutor General's Office, VKontakte blocked the page of the fictional poet within Russia on July 4, independent Russian Telegram channel SOTA reported on Saturday. It noted however that it was still available outside the country. Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin and the Gennady Rakitin VKontakte account for comment.

An unnamed member of the group told The Guardian the idea for the prank was inspired by reading collections of Z poetry—named after the Z symbol of Russia's war in Ukraine. They saw "straight-up Nazism" in the poems and "we suspected that they probably wrote exactly the same things in Nazi Germany."

In a reflection of the climate of ultra-patriotism pushed by Russian authorities, some of the poems were shared by other pro-war Russian accounts. The group behind the fictional poet explained it was a prank in its last post on June 28, which said it had "mocked" Z poems" when its message was "f*** the war."

The group told The Guardian it revealed the plan because "it was morally exhausting to endlessly be in the gloominess of Russian Z world."

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Drones hit ammunition depot in the Voronezh region

^{A smoke after the damage to the warehouse with ammunition. Photo from open sources}

Drones hit an ammunition depot in the Podgorensky district of the Voronezh region of the Russian Federation.

The Russian media reported on this.

The ammunition depot was hit at night on July 7, 2024, and a fire broke out.

According to the initial statement of the officials, several drones heading to the depot were shot down, and their wreckage fell on its territory.

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Звуки розривів боєприпа�ів у Воронезькій обла�ті

Nevertheless, local residents reported hearing a large number of explosions and confirmed that the drones had not been shot down. For example, some locals confirm that three drones successfully hit a depot.

At the same time, the Russian media reported that an emergency situation was being introduced in one of the settlements of the Podgorensky district.

Пожежа та детонаці� �нар�дів у �елищі Сергіївка, Воронезької обла�ті.

The population evacuation is currently underway, and the highway passing through the village has been blocked.

“Last night, air defense forces on duty detected and destroyed several UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region. As their wreckage fell, a fire broke out in one of the depots. Detonation of explosive objects began in the Podgorensky district,” Alexander Gusev, Governor of the Voronezh region, stated.

Проліт уданого безпілотника у Воронезькій обла�ті

Firefighters have managed to localize the fire, but despite this, local residents continue to hear ammunition exploding in the depot.

There are no official reports of casualties.

Militarnyi previously reported that the Tambov gunpowder factory was once again attacked by attack drones.

A column of smoke rose at the site of impact, likely indicating a fire had started. Additionally, shots from a firearm can be heard in the video.

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A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds on
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A village in a border region of western Russia was evacuated Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse, local officials said.

Social media footage appeared to show rising clouds of black smoke in the Voronezh region while loud explosions could be heard in succession.

Gov. Aleksandr Gusev said that falling wreckage triggered the “detonation of explosive objects.” No casualties were reported, but residents of a nearby village in the Podgorensky district were evacuated, he said. Roads were also closed with emergency services, military and government officials working at the scene.

A Ukrainian security official told The Associated Press that a strike had been carried out on a warehouse storing ammunition in the village of Serhiivka in the Voronezh region.

“The enemy stored surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, shells for tanks and artillery, and boxes of cartridges for firearms,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give the information to the media. “It is from this warehouse that the occupiers supply ammunition to their troops in Ukraine.”

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The official also said that Ukraine’s State Security Service was behind a drone attack on an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region the previous day. Russian emergency services had reported that falling drone debris had started a fire at the site, which was successfully extinguished Sunday morning.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense did not address either strike in their morning briefing, but said that air defense systems had destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.

The strikes come after a Ukrainian military spokesperson told AP on Thursday that Kyiv’s troops had retreated from a neighborhood on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important town in Ukraine’s Donetsk region that has been reduced to rubble under a monthlong Russian assault.

Russian forces have for months tried to grind out gains in Ukraine’s industrial east, in an apparent attempt to lock its defenders into a war of attrition. In a joint investigation published Friday, independent Russian news outlets Meduza and Mediazona reported that Moscow’s forces were losing between 200 and 250 soldiers in Ukraine each day.

Military analysts say Chasiv Yar’s fall could also compromise critical Ukrainian supply routes and put nearby cities in jeopardy, bringing Russia closer to its stated aim of seizing the entire Donetsk region.

Russian strikes have also heavily targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Officials in Kyiv said Saturday that the city had restored two-thirds of its power generation capacity after recent Russian missile attacks destroyed key power plants.

“Colossal work has been carried out,” said deputy head of the Kyiv city administration Petro Panteleev. “The city’s energy facilities, which were built mainly in the Soviet period, are being modernized and become much more efficient.”

Russia sent overnight into Sunday two ballistic missiles and 13 Shahed drones, Ukrainian air force officials said. All were shot down but the officials did not elaborate on the impact of the missiles.

Eight people were killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine in the past day, according to local regional authorities.

Four people were killed in the Kherson region, said Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, while in Donetsk, Gov. Vadym Filashkin said another two people had been killed in the towns of Niu-York and Ukrainsk. In Dnipropetrovsk, a 65-year-old woman was killed in a Russian attack in the Nikopol district, while a 47-year old man was killed in the Kharkiv region, Governors Serhii Lysak and Oleh Syniehubov said in their respective statements.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, 14 people died after a bus collided with a cargo vehicle, leaving a single survivor, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said Saturday evening. The victims included a 6-year-old child.

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The Ukrainian Defense Forces hit the Russian Pion ACS in the Belgorod region

^{Russian 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun. Photo from open sources}

The Ukrainian Defense Forces hit a Russian 2S7 Pion 203mm self-propelled gun in the Belgorod region.

Volunteer Serhii Sternenko published the video of the hit to Pion ACS.

A drone of the Requiem group of the Special Operations Forces hit the Russian gun.

It should be noted that the Russian forces used the gun to shell the Kharkiv region. In addition, the gun had a prepared and well-camouflaged position.

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Ураженн� С�У 2С7 «Пион» у Бєлгород�ькій обла�ті.

Thanks to the high skills of the military, it was possible to detect the artillery system and destroy it using a long-range FPV drone.

It should be noted that the 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun is the longest-range gun in the Russian army and can fire at a range of over 30 km.

Such a range is unattainable for Soviet-era artillery systems, as well as some Western systems using high-explosive munitions.

Because of this, counter-battery warfare against these guns is a somewhat difficult task that rocket systems and FPV drones with extended range can handle.

^{A Russian 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun before being hit by a drone. Photo credits: Special Operations Forces}

Militarnyi previously reported that for the first time, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces operators used attack drones to strike a Russian R-416GM communications station in the Kharkiv region.

According to the insignia, the destroyed invader system belongs to a Russian group that performs tasks in the Kharkiv sector from the territory of the Belgorod region.

In May, the operators of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit elements of the Russian 35N6 Kasta UHF-band low-altitude two-coordinate radar system.

The system’s elements were hit by a kamikaze drone, which is similar to the Ukrainian-made RAM II loitering munition.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 17:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Je kan dat wel eindeloos blijven herhalen, maar het gaat niet gebeuren. Noord-Korea en Iran zijn ook niet kapot gegeven alle sancties die ze hebben. Een land is nog nooit zo op de knieën gegaan. En boots on the ground gaan we nooit doen.

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Intelligence officers burned the Russian R-330Zh Zhitel EW system

^{Russian R-330Zh Zhitel EW system. Photo from open sources}

Intelligence officers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Russian R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare system.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine announced this on Telegram.

The Russian system was defeated in close cooperation between the DIU’s Active Operations Department and an aerial reconnaissance unit of the 45th Artillery Brigade.

After successful detection and identification, the Russian R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare system was defeated.

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^{A damaged Russian R-330Zh Zhitel. Photo credits: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine}

The Russian system was hit in the village of Novoluhanske, Donetsk region.

In addition, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine struck a logistics center where Russians stored tank equipment and ammunition.

Zhitel EW system
The Russian R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare system is designed for automated detection, direction finding, and analysis of radio emission signals in the operating frequency range.

It is stated that the system created radio interference to subscriber terminals of Inmarsat and Iridium satellite communication systems. As well as the equipment of consumers of the NAVSTAR (GPS) satellite navigation system, base stations, and cellular radio communication terminal devices.

^{Russian R-330Zh Zhitel EW system. Photo from open sources}

Militarnyi previously reported that in May, the Ukrainian military discovered and destroyed an enemy R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare system in the Donetsk region.

To hit the enemy electronic warfare system, the Ukrainian defenders used the American M142 HIMARS.

An accurate strike by a GMLRS rocket disabled the R-330Zh Zhitel system.

The Come Back Alive Foundation reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ Shark drone had discovered the position of the Russian invaders and adjusted the strike.

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Ukrainian troops launched missile attacks on targets in Melitopol

^{Smoke on the northern outskirts of Melitopol, July 7, 2024. Photo credits: t.me/info_zp}

The Ukrainian military launched missile attacks on three Russian facilities in the area of occupied Melitopol.

Local media reported on this.

According to local residents, on July 7, around 3:30 p.m., three loud explosions occurred on the city’s western outskirts. They were heard near the local airfield, the railway station, and several other places.

Later, at about 2 p.m., another explosion was heard south of the city, after which Russian air defense systems were activated.

Eyewitnesses of the strikes reported fire and smoke at the site of the impacts and alleged re-detonation after the explosions.

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Мелітополь 07.07.2024

One of the fire sites was partially geolocated (here) – it is indeed located on the western outskirts of Melitopol in the area where the seized Ukrainian Melitopol air base is located.

Before the invasion, the air base was the location of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force. After the facility was occupied, the Russian invaders began to actively exploit it as a base for army aviation, particularly attack and transport helicopters. Russian Su-25 attack aircraft were also previously stationed there.

In addition, Melitopol, an important logistical hub, is protected by Russian air defense systems located around the city and the air base.

Melitopol plays a key role in connecting the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region with the Crimean peninsula and, consequently, the Russian mainland.

Roads and railways pass through the city, so there are a significant number of depots, supply and support facilities for the Russian army, as well as headquarters, deployment sites, and other important facilities.

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Le Pen calls for cancellation of authorisation for Ukraine to use French weapons to strike Russia
Marine Le Pen, the de-facto leader of the French far-right National Rally party, has promised that if her party comes to power after the second round of parliamentary elections, she will not allow Ukraine to use French long-range weapons to strike Russia.

Source: Le Pen in an interview with CNN

Details: Le Pen said that in addition to the deployment of French troops, which French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out, Kyiv's permission to use French long-range missiles in Russia would also be cancelled.

She noted that the only red line with regard to Ukraine is to prevent France from becoming a fighting side in the war through Ukraine’s use of French-supplied missiles against targets in Russia.

"If Emmanuel Macron wants to send troops to Ukraine and the prime minister is against it, then there are no troops sent to Ukraine. The prime minister has the final say," she said.

Background:
• In turn, Jordan Bardella, the leader of the National Rally, said that if his political force came to power, he would not allow Russia to "consume Ukraine".
• Bardella also stated that he was ready to confront Russia if he became prime minister after the early parliamentary elections.
• The results of the latest two polls in France predict that the right-wing populist National Rally will not win an absolute majority in the National Assembly in the second round of the 7 July parliamentary elections.
• The right-wing populist National Rally and its allies won more than 33% of the vote in the first round of early parliamentary elections in France on 30 June.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 18:30 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/07/6/7464386/
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Vandaag is de tweede ronde van de verkiezingen in Frankrijk. En aan de einde van de dag zullen we weten wat de schade zal zijn. Het ziet er naar uit dat de opkomst vandaag groter zal zijn dan de laatste 40+ jaar.

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The Russian occupiers are getting a well-deserved retribution for their crimes. Precise and inevitable.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 18:34 schreef Perrin het volgende:

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Poetin's minions winnen politiek terrein.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 18:47 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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Niet overal gelukkig. En het ziet er gelukkig niet naar uit dat zij een absolute meerderheid gaan krijgen. Meer dan 200 kandidaten hebben zich terug getrokken om dat te voorkomen, zodat de stemmen niet over hun verdeeld zouden worden. Maar laten we hopen dat dat genoeg zal zijn. En dan ook stemmers die normaal in bed zouden blijven liggen gaan stemmen om dat te voorkomen.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 18:49 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Weinig echt bekend met de Franse politiek maar extreem links krijgt daar ook een hoop zetels toch? Liggen die ook niet met Poetin in bed?

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The Front (NPF) promised unwavering support for Ukraine and its defense against Russian aggression,[7] and is supportive of military aid to Ukraine, calling upon France and the West to do more to support Ukraine, while committing to no direct French military intervention.[87][88] Its platform states it "unconditionally supports the sovereignty and liberty of the Ukrainian people as well as the integrity of their borders", and it addition to further military aid, it calls for the cancellation of Ukrainian foreign debt and the seizure of assets in France owned by Russian oligarchs.[9]

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France's left-wing alliance is projected to be largest bloc in parliament in shock result
In a shocking second-round result, the left-wing New Popular Front is projected to finish ahead of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in French parliamentary elections, according to an IPSOS estimate following runoff elections.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 14:06 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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moet je tegen icecreamfarmer zeggen, die is van mening dat Pro Russische Oekrainers gezuiverd moeten worden na de oorlog

Armeniers in Kharabakh interesseren me verder echt compleet niets, geen idee wat daar aan de hand was, lekker belangrijk

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 15:02 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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We zijn al lang in een (hybride) oorlog met Rusland en China verwikkeld.

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France's left-wing alliance is projected to be largest bloc in parliament in shock result
In a shocking second-round result, the left-wing New Popular Front is projected to finish ahead of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in French parliamentary elections, according to an IPSOS estimate following runoff elections.

The New Popular Front, comprised of 5 parties, is projected to win 172 to 192 seats. At least 289 seats are needed to secure an absolute majority.

President Emmanuel Macron’s party, Ensemble, is projected to be the second largest block with 150 to 170 seats, exceeding expectations.

Le Pen’s far-right National Rally will come a close third with between 132 and 152 seats, according to the projection, a significant increase from the 89 seats won in 2022.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 20:16 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
https://edition.cnn.com/w(...)7-24-intl/index.html
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Het ziet er zelfs naar uit dat RN 3de wordt en Macron zijn coalitie 2de. Nog beter nieuws dus.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 20:26 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Het is mij nog steeds een vraag waarom hij nu al verkiezingen liet uitschrijven.

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Première voor Schoof op het wereldtoneel: ontmoeting met Zelenski in Washington
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ALEXANDER BAKKER

Aangepast: 22 min geleden1 uur geledenin BINNENLAND
WASHINGTON - De kersverse premier Dick Schoof beleeft deze week zijn première op het wereldtoneel. Hij ontmoet onder andere voor het eerst de Oekraïense president Volodimir Zelenski. „Mijn boodschap aan Zelenski is dat we de koers van het vorige kabinet voortzetten”, zo laat Schoof weten aan De Telegraaf.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 20:26 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Het is mij nog steeds een vraag waarom hij nu al verkiezingen liet uitschrijven.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 20:27 schreef michaelmoore het volgende:

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blijkt nu een zeer slimme zet geweest te zijn

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Orban's 'Patriots for Europe' in EU krijgt vorm
De geplande nieuwe groep rechtse partijen in het EU-parlement heeft steun gekregen - van België en Denemarken. Daarmee is aan een belangrijke voorwaarde voor de oprichting voldaan. Eerder deze week liet Geert Wilders weten met PVV deel uit te gaan maken van Patriots for Europe.

De nieuwe extreem-rechtse alliantie van de Hongaarse regeringsleider Viktor Orban in het EU-parlement voldoet aan de voorwaarden voor de oprichting van een fractie. Ook de Deense Volkspartij en het Belgische Vlaams Belang hebben aangekondigd zich bij de alliantie te willen aansluiten. De alliantie van Europarlementariërs uit ten minste zeven landen zou voldoen aan een belangrijke voorwaarde voor de vorming van een fractie in het op 9 juni gekozen Europees Parlement.

Na de tweede ronde van de parlementsverkiezingen in Frankrijk zal het Rassemblement National (RN) beslissen of het ook meedoet, kondigde Orban aan. De partijen zijn van plan maandag in Brussel bijeen te komen.

Orban, kondigde afgelopen week aan samen met Kickl (FPÖ - Oostenrijk), en Babis ( ANO - Tsjechië) een nieuwe radicaal-rechtse fractie in het EU-parlement te willen oprichten. Volgens Orban wil het zogenoemde Patriottische Manifest dat zij ondertekenden "vrede, veiligheid en ontwikkeling" bewerkstelligen in plaats van "oorlog, migratie en stilstand", waarvoor de huidige "Brusselse elite" verantwoordelijk zou zijn. De nieuwe partijalliantie is ook tegen de klimaatbeschermingsmaatregelen als onderdeel van de "Green Deal" van de EU.

Naast de PVV willen ook de Chega-partij uit Portugal en het Spaanse Vox zich bij de alliantie aansluiten. De Lega-partij van de Italiaanse vicepremier Matteo Salvini heeft ook belangstelling getoond.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 23:24 schreef takura het volgende:
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In Frankrijk is nu ook een Putinversteher aan de macht gekomen.

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Op zondag 7 juli 2024 23:24 schreef takura het volgende:
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In Frankrijk is nu ook een Putinversteher aan de macht gekomen.

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Initially, the Front did not designate a possible next prime minister of France in the event of success in the legislative election. On 12 June, Jean-Luc Mélenchon said he "felt capable" of being prime minister but added, "I'm not eliminating myself, but I'm not imposing myself".[23] On 16 June, he expressed his willingness to step aside for the sake of unity, saying: "I will never be the problem. If you don't want me to be prime minister, I won't be".[8] On 22 June, Mélenchon said he was "obviously" ready to take on this responsibility, adding, "An agreement had been reached for 'the largest parliamentary group to present the candidate for Prime Minister'".[24][25] For Raphaël Glucksmann and Carole Delga, the left-wing candidate for prime minister "will not be Jean-Luc Mélenchon". After his 22 June speech, Mélenchon's figure was brandished by the National Rally and the presidential camp as a repellent.[26][27]

Several voices in the coalition opposed this hypothesis,[28][29] considering Mélenchon not unifying enough, in particular Fabien Roussel, Clémentine Autain, François Hollande, and Marine Tondelier.[30] On 24 June, Mélenchon said he was "not a candidate for anything" but that the prime minister would be from La France Insoumise. On 25 June, François Ruffin called Mélenchon "an obstacle to the victory" of the Front.[31][32] Ruffin and Roussel said they were ready to take on this responsibility.[33][34] Valérie Rabault, Vice-President of the French National Assembly, said she was in favour of a "female candidate", citing Delga, Clémentine Autain, and herself.[35] Former CFDT leader Laurent Berger was also proposed by Raphaël Glucksmann and Sandrine Rousseau.[36] On 22 June, a LegiTrack poll by OpinionWay-Vae Solis for Les Echos and Radio Classique showed that in the event of the Front's victory, the French would prefer a prime minister from the Socialist Party (at 44 percent) rather than from La France Insoumise (at 25 percent).[37]

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Zelensky: We to strengthen Ukrainian Navy together with Britain and Netherlands
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with the new Dutch Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs and the British Minister of Defense in Odesa today on the occasion of the Day of the Ukrainian Navy, briefed them on the situation on the battlefield and listened to a report from Navy Commander Neizhpapy.

According to Ukrinform, the Head of State said this in a video address at the end of the 865th day of Russia's full-scale invasion.

“We will continue to strengthen the Ukrainian fleet together with the United Kingdom and the Netherlands – there are promising new details of our cooperation. We also discussed strengthening air defense, which is our absolute priority, and I am grateful for the willingness to take the next steps – particularly regarding the F-16s,” Zelensky said.

The President presented state awards to the Navy servicemen.

“I am proud of each and every one who truly changes everything for our country – defending the state, opening new opportunities for Ukraine, fighting for Ukraine, working, and securing international support for our country. Each of our joint achievements – including the success in the Black Sea and the expulsion of the Russian fleet – is the result of many of our people who remained loyal to both the state and themselves,” Zelensky added.

The Head of State also visited Ukrainian soldiers who are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation after being injured.

The President also held a meeting on the situation in Odesa and the region, the main topics of which were security, transportation arteries, energy and social issues.

Finally, the Head of State thanked the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade for another downing of a Russian warplane in the Donetsk region, the twelfth in several months.

As reported, this Sunday, July 7, Ukraine celebrates the Day of the Navy.

The holiday was established by a presidential decree of June 12, 2015 and is celebrated on the first Sunday of July.

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New Dutch foreign and defense ministers announce more aid during first visit to Ukraine
The Netherlands's Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp and Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans met with President Volodymyr Zelensky during their first diplomatic visit to Ukraine, announcing additional aid for Ukraine human rights investigations and missing persons forensics on July 7.

"My first working visit as the Netherlands' Foreign Minister, with a crucial purpose: to underline our unwavering support for Ukraine," Veldkamp wrote in a post on X. "This is of existential importance — the Russian aggression and destruction knows no limits."

During the visit, Veldkamp announced on X his government was providing 2 million euros ($2.2 million) to the International Commission on Missing Persons "to scale up Ukraine's capacity for forensic research, data collection, and analysis."

Another 8 million euros over two years ($8.8 million) in support will be directed to the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine for fact-finding activities, Veldkamp added.

"Their credible reports on human rights violations in Ukraine, directly from war-torn communities, are crucial for global accountability efforts, led by (the Netherlands)," he said.

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In April, Ukraine's Chief Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said Ukraine registers almost 37,000 people who are considered missing, including children, other civilians, and military personnel.

As of March 2024, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office had collected pretrial information on over 128,000 victims of war crimes.

The visit to Ukraine was part of an event marking Ukraine's Navy Day, in which a delegation of foreign and Ukrainian officials accompanied Zelensky to Odesa to honor sailors who were killed.

Brekelmans also described visiting the Trypillia power plant near Kyiv which was destroyed by Russian missiles, laying a wreath at a memorial wall for soldiers in Kyiv, and meeting with Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries Serhiy Boyev.

After the Netherlands swore in a new coalition government on July 2, Brekelmans announced that his country's support for Ukraine would continue "for as long as needed."

The previous Dutch Defense Minister announced on June 21 that the Netherlands, together with another country, would supply Ukraine with components for a Patriot air defense system.

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Brekelmans in Oekraïne: Patriot-lanceerinrichtingen en F-16’s komen eraan
Minister van Defensie Ruben Brekelmans heeft zijn eerste officiële werkbezoek achter de rug. Dit was een tweedaags bezoek aan Oekraïne, samen met zijn collega Caspar Veldkamp van Buitenlandse Zaken. Zij brachten daar onder andere de boodschap over dat Nederland Oekraïne blijft steunen.

^{Minister Brekelmans bij de Blue Wall of Remembrance in Kyiv}

Brekelmans: “Ik vond het belangrijk persoonlijk de boodschap af te geven dat Oekraïne onze onverminderde steun heeft, nu en in de toekomst. Dit kabinet zal de voortrekkersrol van Nederland voortzetten. Nederland blijft zich bijvoorbeeld inspannen om nieuwe Oekraïense militairen te trainen en Oekraïne te voorzien van wapensystemen, munitie en uitrustingen. Ook de toegezegde F-16’s laten niet lang meer op zich wachten.”

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Brekelmans had vandaag in Odesa een onderhoud met president Zelensky en zijn Oekraïense collega Umerov. Hij zag met eigen ogen welke verwoestingen er in de stad zijn aangericht. Zo zijn er onder meer Russische raketaanvallen geweest op graan- en energiecentrales. Samen met de president nam hij deel aan een ceremonie voor de Day of the Workers of the Ukrainian Navy.

“Deze verwoestingen tonen opnieuw de noodzaak van goede luchtverdediging aan”, zei de minister. “Het is cruciaal om Oekraïne hierbij te helpen, zowel bilateraal als in verschillende coalities. De roep om aanvullende systemen heeft inmiddels gelukkig tot resultaten geleid. Ook blijven we Oekraïne steunen om hun eigen krijgsmacht voor de lange termijn vorm te geven. Tegelijkertijd kan Nederland ook veel leren van de enorme innovatieve en creatieve kracht van de Oekraïense krijgsmacht”.

^{Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Caspar Veldkamp, president Zelensky en Minister van Defensie Ruben Brekelmans.}

Donatie Patriot-lanceerinrichtingen
De minister maakte meteen bekend dat Oekraïne op korte termijn de eerder toegezegde Nederlandse Patriot-radar en 3 Patriot-lanceerinrichtingen ontvangt. Om operationele redenen kan het precieze moment niet worden aangegeven. Ook doet Nederland een donatie van ¤10 miljoen aan de IT Capability Coalitie, bovenop de al eerdere toegezegde ¤10 miljoen. Dit geld wordt besteed aan de aanschaf van aanvullende IT-middelen t.b.v. de Oekraïense krijgsmacht.

^{De vernietigde elektriciteitscentrale Trypilska.}

Kennismakingsgesprekken
Brekelmans had gisteren in Kyiv ook al de nodige kennismakingsgesprekken, zoals met de onderminister van Defensie Balanutsa en de onderminister voor Strategische Industrie Sergei Boyev. De minister gaf een update over de levering van de F-16’s. “De operationele inzet van de F-16’s is een belangrijke verbetering van de huidige Oekraïense capaciteiten in de strijd tegen de Russische agressie. Het is noodzakelijk om personeel op te leiden en de infrastructuur op orde te hebben. Daar wordt nu keihard aan gewerkt”. Vanwege de operationele veiligheid worden geen uitspraken gedaan over de levering van de 24 Nederlandse F-16 toestellen.

De minister legde met minister Veldkamp, onderminister Balanutsa en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Kuleba, een krans bij de Blue Wall of Remembrance, een gedenkteken voor oorlogsslachtoffers. Verder bezocht hij tijdens de reis de vernietigde elektriciteitscentrale Trypilska en militaire faciliteiten.

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When we are approaching their positions, the birds come raining down! The anti-drone...

Why the fuck did you come here then, you fucking donkey?

Why can't the anti-drone shit be turned on before?

What now?

Can the anti-drone defense be turned on before the unit is fully exposed?

Of course it can be. Turn it on, fucker.

Fuck you, it doesn't happen!

I'm gonna call the military police...

And I will call the Military Prosecutors' Office!

Good, do it!

Excellent!

Am I forcing you to defend your Motherland?

No...

Who didn't sign that appeal? Whoever didn't sign it, sign it!

I'm not signing anything!

So you are a refusenik, you refuse to obey direct orders and complete the military task!

/Looks like they are being hit by drones while going into assaults, and refuse to go on unless some kind of the anti-drone measures are provided/

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 00:47 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 00:44 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Ik ben benieuwd wat dat inhoud. Binnenkort hebben we nog wat fregatten en onderzeeboten over (al zal dat nog wel jaren duren natuurlijk).

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 08:55 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

Russian Breakthrough After Surprise Offensive in Toretsk

Gisteren het filmpje gekeken gaat over een linie is doorbroken en hoe dat gedaan is. Onder andere door tactieken die ook bij Adviika zijn gebruikt.

Verder ook melding van gepoogde aanvallen van de Russen die mislukt zijn. En weer ondersteund met vermelding van de betrokken regimenten etc. Ja wel weer een paar korte meme's tussendoor, vind ik leuk maar dat kan natuurlijk een dealbreaker zijn.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 08:55 schreef LethalNinja het volgende:

Russian Breakthrough After Surprise Offensive in Toretsk

Gisteren het filmpje gekeken gaat over een linie is doorbroken en hoe dat gedaan is. Onder andere door tactieken die ook bij Adviika zijn gebruikt.

Verder ook melding van gepoogde aanvallen van de Russen die mislukt zijn. En weer ondersteund met vermelding van de betrokken regimenten etc. Ja wel weer een paar korte meme's tussendoor, vind ik leuk maar dat kan natuurlijk een dealbreaker zijn.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 09:47 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Die debacles en mislukkingen, schuiven die nog steeds richting Kiev op?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 09:50 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Jij vindt een bericht over een Ruzzische doorbraak wel een duimpje omhoog waard?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 09:47 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Die debacles en mislukkingen, schuiven die nog steeds richting Kiev op?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 09:55 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Zeker. Met het huidige tempo halen ze de stad dnipro binnen 40 jaar. En dan staan ze nipt binnen een eeuw wel aan de rand van kyiv.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 09:55 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Zeker. Met het huidige tempo halen ze de stad dnipro binnen 40 jaar. En dan staan ze nipt binnen een eeuw wel aan de rand van kyiv.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:46 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:
Ik wil alleen maar aangeven dat de praktijk dus is dat Rusland nog steeds aan het winnen is.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:49 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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het is maar wat je winnen noemt.. Als je doel is binnen een week klaar te zijn. En het duurt 2.5 jaar.
Dan is dat toch geen winnen....

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:51 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Qua duur niet, maar qua land veroveren wel.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:51 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Qua duur niet, maar qua land veroveren wel.

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Vandaag 09:16
Oekraïense soldaten schieten Russisch Su-25 grondaanvalsvliegtuig neer in Donetsk-regio

Volgens berichten van de Khortytsia operationele en strategische troeppengroep via Telegram hebben Oekraïense luchtafweergeschutsoldaten een Russisch Su-25 grondaanvalsvliegtuig neergeschoten in de Donetsk-regio. "In de Pokrovsky-sector hebben onze Oekraïense militairen een Russisch Su-25-vliegtuig neergeschoten dat op de posities van de verdedigingstroepen aan het schieten was," aldus het verslag.

Het gevechtsvliegtuig werd neergehaald door luchtafweergeschutsoldaten van een afzonderlijk gemechaniseerd brigade vernoemd naar Kolonel-Generaal Marko Bezruchko. Het neerhalen van dit Russische vliegtuig is een gevoelige klap voor de Russische strijdkrachten, die moeite hebben om meer dan enkele tientallen nieuwe gevechtsvliegtuigen per jaar te produceren vanwege buitenlandse sancties. Experts schatten dat Rusland zijn gevechtsvliegtuigen 20 keer sneller verliest dan dat ze ze kunnen vervangen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:51 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Qua duur niet, maar qua land veroveren wel.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 10:46 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Ik wil alleen maar aangeven dat de praktijk dus is dat Rusland nog steeds aan het winnen is.

Hoge verliezen en debacles zijn fijn, maar we hebben al gezien dat ze dat niets kan schelen.

Het enige echt belangrijke, is of (en hoe) Oekraïne dit gaat omdraaien. Hun successen tot nu toe zijn voornamelijk vertragingtactieken. Moeten ze mee doorgaan uiteraard, maar is het nog aannemelijk dat het Russische leger instort? Dat hun munitie uitgeput raakt? Dat hun materieel opraakt?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 11:32 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Hoeveel rode lijnen heeft Rusland al overschreden?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 11:40 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:22 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:19 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Het was overigens een DIRECTE hit

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Geen debris, geen onderschepping, geen motor van de raket die uitvalt. Dit ziekenhuis is puur als doel geraakt.

Godverdomme wat een enorm vies tering volk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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De hulpverleners gaan een double-tap om de oren krijgen.

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Wilders is een samenwerking met Poetinvriend Orban aangegaan toch?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Wilders is een samenwerking met Poetinvriend Orban aangegaan toch?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:42 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:46 schreef skysherrif het volgende:

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:15 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Maakt geen donder uit of je dat nou binnen of buiten krijgt.

Even los van wat we er verder van vinden natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 11:40 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:33 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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De hulpverleners gaan een double-tap om de oren krijgen.

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Wilders is een samenwerking met Poetinvriend Orban aangegaan toch?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:41 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:34 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Lekker slagzin wel.

Overigens zouden meer Patriots zinniger zijn.

Send Patriots not prayers.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:34 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Lekker slagzin wel.

Overigens zouden meer Patriots zinniger zijn.

Send Patriots not prayers.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:35 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Orban was er vorige week nog. Heeft geen raket gevangen met z'n dikke lichaam.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:50 schreef skysherrif het volgende:

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Gewond oekraiens kind door de aanslag

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:45 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Echt he.

Als het toch niks uit maakt, voortaan gewoon open hart operaties uitvoeren in de buitenlucht in het park
Tussentijds even een hotdog halen en dooooor

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 14:23 schreef Cuendillar het volgende:

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Uitkijken voor vallende blaadjes

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 14:25 schreef StateOfMind het volgende:

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Die wil ie idd niet op je hotdog hebben

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 14:04 schreef Digi2 het volgende:

RUSSIAN Economy Starts to Break as Inflation Soars & Shortage of Workers Damages Future Growth

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:24 schreef ExTec het volgende:

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Ja, daar heeft meneer disco wel vaker last van.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:41 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:04 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Maar waarom vandaag deze aanval? Is Ruzland wel zo enorm boos vanwege die aanval op dat munitiedepot dat een kinderziekenhuis een goed doelwit was?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:09 schreef Red_85 het volgende:

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Dit!

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:18 schreef speknek het volgende:
Biden het in ieder geval graag horen uitleggen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:12 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Tomahawks zijn niet supersonisch.
ATACMS zijn beter.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:12 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Tomahawks zijn niet supersonisch.
ATACMS zijn beter.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:04 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Maar waarom vandaag deze aanval? Is Ruzland wel zo enorm boos vanwege die aanval op dat munitiedepot dat een kinderziekenhuis een goed doelwit was?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:39 schreef DrMarten het volgende:
Wat mij betreft voert het westen, en of dat dan de EU, de Navo of de VN is, per direct een no-fly zone in en schieten ze alles uit de lucht wat ook maar Russisch lijkt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:39 schreef DrMarten het volgende:
Wat mij betreft voert het westen, en of dat dan de EU, de Navo of de VN is, per direct een no-fly zone in en schieten ze alles uit de lucht wat ook maar Russisch lijkt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:45 schreef capricia het volgende:

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Helemaal mee eens.

Ik sta bijna op het punt om te denken: één ziekenhuis in Moskou voor één ziekenhuis in Kyiv.
Maar ook daar zijn onschuldigen en kinderen etc.

Rusland moet gewoon gestopt worden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:59 schreef oheng het volgende:

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Je wint een oorlog niet met aanvallen op burgerdoelen. Naja, bijna nooit

rusland heeft op strategisch niveau een ronduit chaotisch en bijna willekeurig beleid. Zie bijvoorbeeld de energie sector: rusland had die al in 2022 uit moeten schakelen, in plaats van 2 jaar te wachten. Weet iemand nog de aanvallen op de graan depots? Wtf was het nut daarvan als je na een paar aanvallen toch weer ophoudt?

Oekraine moet zich niet verlagen tot het niveau van rusland en rustig doorgaan met hun strategische lange termijn doelen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 13:18 schreef speknek het volgende:
Ik weet niet zo goed wat Rusland kan escaleren boven een ziekenhuis vol kinderen met kanker gericht te bombarderen, want zelfs nooks zijn minder kwaadaardig. Ik zou Scholtz en Biden het in ieder geval graag horen uitleggen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:13 schreef Straatcommando. het volgende:

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Onthoud dit ook als er weer eens een edgelord Rusland denkt te moeten verdedigen. Iets met expansie, uitgelokt, Amerika dit dat.

Niets..maar dan ook NIETS! rechtvaardigt een rechtstreekse aanval op een kinderziekenhuis. En ik weet dat dat soort clowns hier mee lezen. Onthoud goed wat je zegt..

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:16 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Gelukkig is Orban bijna de enige die het hoofd nog koel houdt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:16 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Gelukkig is Orban bijna de enige die het hoofd nog koel houdt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 12:57 schreef ExTec het volgende:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:21 schreef Hatseflats22 het volgende:

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Hoe bedoel je?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:39 schreef DrMarten het volgende:
Wat mij betreft voert het westen, en of dat dan de EU, de Navo of de VN is, per direct een no-fly zone in en schieten ze alles uit de lucht wat ook maar Russisch lijkt.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:47 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Proberen om tot een vredesoplossing te komen. Met gebruik van lange afstandswapens blijf je dit soort incidenten houden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 15:45 schreef capricia het volgende:

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Helemaal mee eens.

Ik sta bijna op het punt om te denken: één ziekenhuis in Moskou voor één ziekenhuis in Kyiv.
Maar ook daar zijn onschuldigen en kinderen etc.

Rusland moet gewoon gestopt worden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:23 schreef mcmlxiv het volgende:

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Die Oekraïners moeten niet zo zeiken en zich gewoon overgeven toch? Dan stopt het vermoorden van kinderen, verkrachten van vrouwen en het stelen van koelkasten vanzelf.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:04 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
Overigens post ik steeds minder over dit onderwerp. Lees het nog dagelijks.

Waar ik in het begin met verbazing keek naar deze oorlog, is er nu alleen nog maar boosheid over. Niet zozeer op Rusland, die maakt gewoon enorm gebruik van de onkunde van het westen.. maar boos op de westerse politiek. Het gemis aan ruggengraat.. het speelt de Russen zo enorm in de kaart.

En vanaf dag 1 roep ik het al. Tegen het zere been van velen hier. Rusland gaat als winnaar uit deze oorlog komen.

Rusland geeft niets en dan ook niets om mensenlevens. Het is een utopie en totaal gemis aan realiteitvermogen om te denken dat er opstanden komen in Rusland en dat het vanzelf zou gaan stoppen. Of dat Rusland instort...

Als ik in Oekraïne was geboren, dan had ik niet 1 maar 2 vijanden: het westen die ons in de steek liet en de russen voor hun daden..

Zelenski mag de aanval aangaan richting het westen en duidelijk maken wat de consequenties zijn als Rusland straks heel Oekraïne bezit en dus echt aan de poorten van Europa staat.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:04 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
Of dat Rusland instort...

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:08 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Rusland stort in. Maar als we Ukraine echt steunen gaat dat sneller.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:04 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
En vanaf dag 1 roep ik het al. Tegen het zere been van velen hier. Rusland gaat als winnaar uit deze oorlog komen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:20 schreef over_hedge het volgende:

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Vanaf dag 1 dacht iedereen dit

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:04 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
Of dat Rusland instort...

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:23 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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De meeste zijn er vanuit gegaan dat Oekraïne zou winnen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:08 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Rusland stort in. Maar als we Ukraine echt steunen gaat dat sneller.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:24 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
Rusland is een dictatuur. De hele opperclass van Rusland bestaat uit vriendjes van het Kremlin. Al die miljardairs/oligargen zitten in de zelfse kliek. Die worden er niet minder rijk van.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:24 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:
Het aller grootste deel van Rusland was al arm en ook die gaan het niet minder krijgen

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:24 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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Nog wat onderbouwing.

Rusland is een dictatuur. De hele opperclass van Rusland bestaat uit vriendjes van het Kremlin. Al die miljardairs/oligargen zitten in de zelfse kliek. Die worden er niet minder rijk van.

Het aller grootste deel van Rusland was al arm en ook die gaan het niet minder krijgen. Er was al geen sociaalsysteem..

Dus wat moet er instorten?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:23 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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De meeste zijn er vanuit gegaan dat Oekraïne zou winnen.

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Journalist Known For Wagner PMC Crimes Investigations Assaulted in Central African Republic
Journalist Philip Obaji Jr. was assaulted in the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui, last Wednesday evening. Unknown assailants, who Obaji claims to have been soldiers of the Central African Armed Forces, attacked and detained him.

This incident follows years of investigative journalism exposing human rights abuses, including gut-wrenching massacres, perpetrated by mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group active in the Central African Republic and Mali. Despite facing threats and operating in a perilous environment, Obaji Jr. continued his work. He became a target himself when his photo started circulating in local chat groups linked to Wagner recruits. They labeled him an obstacle to their fight against extremism, accusing him of being a Western agent who should be arrested or killed.

Obaji Jr., reflecting on the escalating dangers, stated, “The CAR is a very dangerous place to be a journalist. In the last decade, a number of reporters have been killed while carrying out their work. (…) But there was still more to discover about Russia’s involvement in the CAR and no amount of intimidation was going to stop me from continuing my investigation." Obaji Jr. is renowned for his investigations into human rights abuses by Russian paramilitaries in Africa. He has extensively covered the actions of Russian Wagner Group mercenaries, highlighting cases of sexual violence and child abductions. His reporting has drawn ire and threats from various armed groups in the region.

Internationally recognized, Obaji Jr. has published significant articles such as “Putin’s Private Army Accused of Raping New Moms on Maternity Ward,” “Putin’s Private Army Accused of Massacring Dozens to Seize Gold Mine,” “Russia’s Shadow Army Accused in Mysterious Teen Abductions,” and “Why Putin’s Private Army Is Snatching Kids From Their Moms.” His work plays a crucial role in bringing attention to human rights violations in the Central African Republic.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:25 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Je kan de inslag op het kinderziekenhuis gewoon zien. Zie de linker video.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:59 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Russian Nuclear Bomber Hijacking Attempt 'Thwarted' by FSB
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber jet.

In a statement on Monday, the FSB said Ukraine's special services promised the Russian pilot Italian citizenship and money as part of a deal that would see him "fly and land a missile carrier in Ukraine."

^{A Tupolev Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 military aircrafts fly over Red Square during a military parade, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow on June 24, 2020. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a Tu-22M3}

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Russia's Tu-22M3 jet, which has the NATO code name Backfire, is described by its designer Tupolev as a long-range supersonic missile carrier bomber that uses aerial bombs and guided missiles to destroy sea- and ground-based targets.

Kyiv's forces have said the bomber jet is frequently used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine amid the ongoing war. It is capable of bearing Kh-22 cruise missiles that can carry nuclear warheads.

"The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has thwarted yet another attempt by Ukrainian special services to carry out an operation to hijack a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces abroad," the FSB's press service said, Russia's state-run news agency Interfax reported.

"Ukrainian intelligence intended to recruit a Russian military pilot for a monetary reward and the provision of Italian citizenship, to persuade him to fly and land a missile carrier in Ukraine," the FSB said, alleging NATO involvement in the plot.

The FSB added that, during the operation, it received information that helped Russia's military strike Ukraine's northwestern Ozerne airfield.

Newsweek couldn't independently verify the FSB's claims and contacted Ukrainian authorities and NATO for comment by email.

The FSB released a video that purportedly shows the Russian pilot, whose face is covered by a helmet. Ukrainian intelligence contacted him on the Telegram messaging service and attempted to recruit him, he said.

"An unknown person wrote on Telegram. No morals, no ethics - immediately started with threats against my close relatives. Demanded that the aircraft be set on fire," the pilot said.

"I went to the command and told everything. My interlocutor did not even hide the fact that he was from the Ukrainian special services. He introduced himself as Pavlo, offered to hijack a combat aircraft to Ukrainian territory. But not just any aircraft, but a long-range bomber-missile carrier, a carrier of nuclear weapons," he added.

Ukraine has frequently targeted Russian military bases with drones, saying they are legitimate military targets in the war.

Last August, Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on a military airfield in the Novgorod region in northern Russia where Tu-22M3 bombers were believed to be based.

"A fire broke out in the aircraft parking lot, which was quickly extinguished. One plane was damaged, no one was injured," the Russian Defense Ministry said at the time.

Photos later emerged online appearing to show at least one Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber aircraft in flames.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:12 schreef Delenlill het volgende:
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Lol tuurlijk, en ze hadden het geld en zijn Italiaanse paspoort alvast opgestuurd. Al zou het wel een geweldige actie zijn geweest natuurlijk als het waar was en gelukt was.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Waarom komen die raketten ineens veel beter door? Normaal worden ze bijna allemaal wel uit de lucht geschoten.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:17 schreef Delenlill het volgende:

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30 van de 38 tegengehouden. Het is al een tijdje geleden dat Rusland zo'n massale aanval heeft gedaan, maar als er genoeg af worden gevuurd dan kan er wel eens een doorglippen ja.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:08 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:

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Rusland stort in. Maar als we Ukraine echt steunen gaat dat sneller.

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Russian mine explosion kills 4 people in Kharkiv region, including child

Last night, on July 7, a car hit a Russian mine near the village of Tsyrkuny in the Kharkiv region, killing at least four people, including a child, reported the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

Kharkiv Oblast is one of the most heavily mined regions. More than 570,000 hectares of land in the Kharkiv region need to be inspected for mines and explosive devices after the Russian occupation. About 1.2 million hectares are considered to be contaminated.

According to the prosecutor’s office, there were six people in the car who were returning from their summer cottage to Kharkiv. The prosecutors identified the bodies of three victims: a man, a woman aged about 40-50 years, and a boy aged five or six years. They also found the body of a baby.

“Further search for bodies and identification of persons is ongoing. Investigators and rescuers are working at the scene of the tragedy,” wrote Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Since the start of the full-scale war, pyrotechnic units of Ukraine’s State Emergency Service have inspected about 7,000 hectares of the Kharkiv region and found and defused more than 94,000 explosive devices.

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Stoltenberg announces new NATO aid package for Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announces additional air defense systems and ammunition for Ukraine in an aid package to be revealed before the Washington summit
He said this in an interview with CBS.

Stoltenberg confirmed that the Alliance is significantly stepping up its assistance to Ukraine, saying that all NATO members have agreed to new training programs for the Ukrainian military and long-term aid commitments.

Jens Stoltenberg mentioned that he expects new announcements on strengthening air defense and increasing ammunition supply before next week's summit.

According to him, new initiatives to provide security assistance to Ukraine will be announced at the summit, including the establishment of a logistics center in Germany to store equipment for training the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"This is a big and important deliverable from the summit to ensure a more robust framework for how we support Ukraine," the Secretary General emphasized.

Stoltenberg noted that NATO's main task is to ensure Ukraine's victory, which is a prerequisite for the country's future membership in the Alliance.

“We need the last thing, just peace. And the only way to get there is to convince President Putin that he will not win on the battlefield,” he said.

The Secretary General added that this requires long-term military assistance to Ukraine to ensure its advantage on the battlefield.

“He has to sit down and accept a solution where Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation in Europe,” Stoltenberg summarized.

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said that during the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, the allies will raise the issue of strengthening Ukraine's air defense and integrating the country into the Alliance.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:21 schreef Seeburg54 het volgende:

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Poetin en zijn maten zijn en blijven grote rotzakken, dat ze een kinderziekenhuis bombarderen en er vervolgens ook nog om liegen zegt weer genoeg.
Genoeg westers getreuzel.
Al dat gejank over escaleren, de Russen lopen al jaren extreem te klieren, en ze kunnen doen en laten wat ze willen blijkbaar. Goed signaal geef je dan af als westerse leiders.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:20 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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Gaat niet gebeuren. Kijk alleen al naar Noord Korea.. het hele volk is geïndoctrineerd.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:34 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Nukes hé, dan kun je doen wat je wil.

Hadden ze die niet gehad dan hadden we allang militair ingegrepen.

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WhatsApp Outage Hits Southern Russia Amid Fears of Mass Protests
Authorities in Russia began hampering access to WhatsApp in the south of the country out of concern that protest actions were being planned there, news outlets in the country reported.

Russian state news agency Tass said that authorities were "slowing down" (or "jamming") the use of the app in Dagestan because the social media giant Meta, which owns the messaging service and is recognized in Russia as "extremist," is "ignoring requirements to stop calls to participate in extremist actions."

WhatsApp users in the mainly Muslim Caucasus region have said that they have experienced long delays in sending messages since 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Users in other regions of southern Russia, such as Krasnodar and Rostov, also reported problems with the messaging network, according to the independent Russian language outlet Sirena. The online outlet posted screenshots of WhatsApp users complaining about the outages on Telegram.

According to the website "Sboi.rf," users from the neighboring republic of Chechnya also reported WhatsApp problems, and there were more than 8,000 complaints about the service from across the country.

The Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported that no messages could be sent on WhatsApp without a virtual private network, and even when a VPN was enabled, it had to be reconnected every 10 minutes.

Newsweek reached out to Meta for comment on Monday.

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The state media claims linking the messenger's outage to preventing "extremist actions" comes two weeks after at least 26 people were killed in Dagestan following coordinated attacks on two synagogues, two Eastern Orthodox churches, and a traffic police post in the coastal city of Derbent and regional capital Makhachkala.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Wilayat Kavkaz, the Islamic State's Northern Caucasus branch, was probably behind the attacks. The attacks came only three months after gunmen stormed the Crocus concert hall in Russia's capital, Moscow, in a terrorist operation claimed by ISIS-K in which at least 144 people were killed.

Russian authorities were quick to link the incidents to the West as well as Ukraine. Russia has been at war with Ukraine since President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country in February 2022.

Amid fears about growing instability in the North Caucasus, the exiled Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Pinchas Goldschmidt, told Newsweek last month that by "crushing dissent" among the opposition, the Kremlin is "not really focusing on the real threat coming from real terrorist groups like ISIS."

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Ukraine and Poland sign security agreement: Warsaw to consider transferring MiG-29s
Poland to provide Ukraine with several military aid packages in 2024 under the agreement

On July 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed a security agreement, as reported by the President's Office.

The signing took place during Zelenskyy's official visit to Warsaw.

The President's Office noted that since the full-scale invasion began, Poland has provided Ukraine with 44 aid packages containing various types of weapons and ammunition worth over 4 billion euros. This year, Poland will provide several more military aid packages and, according to the agreement, commits to continue supporting Ukraine for 10 years.

Additionally, Warsaw will consider transferring at least one additional squadron of MiG-29 fighters (minimum 14 aircraft) to Kyiv. For the first time among bilateral security agreements, this document provides for the possibility of intercepting missiles and drones in Ukrainian airspace that are launched in the direction of Poland.

The agreement includes a section on defense industry cooperation, including the placement of Polish defense companies' production in Ukraine and exploring additional joint defense production opportunities.

Poland will also continue operating the POLLOGHUB logistics hub and utilizing the potential of the Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade to strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the President's Office wrote.

Separate sections of the agreement cover economic recovery and reconstruction, border infrastructure, and transit potential development.

Political cooperation includes issues of European integration, implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula, sanctions, compensation for damages to Ukraine, and holding the aggressor accountable.

The full text of the security agreement between Ukraine and Poland can be found here.

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Ukraine completed tests of Ukrainian-made 155-mm shells
Ukroboronprom State Concern has completed tests of artillery 155-mm ammunition and is preparing for their serial production in the second half of 2024.

Ukroboronprom State Concern informed the journalists of Radio Svoboda about this.

After the outbreak of a full-scale war, Ukraine launched mass production of artillery ammunition for the first time since independence, and in 2024 reached a capacity of several tens of thousands of shells per month.

However, now, when discussing the production of ammunition, it regards only Soviet-caliber shells, while the Defense Forces are rapidly switching to NATO-standard calibers.

Fulfilling the request, the Ukrainian defense industry has already completed tests of its own 155-mm shells and, according to the Ministry of Strategic Industries, plans to start the mass production in the second half of 2024.

“The first batch has already been manufactured. Active work is underway at several public and private defense industry enterprises to establish mass production of 155-mm shells,” Ukroboronprom State Concern said.

Ukroboronprom State Concern emphasized that the 155-mm caliber shells made in Ukraine would be compatible with all artillery systems of the same caliber.

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Cooperation with Western companies
Along with producing ammunition at its own facilities, Ukraine is launching joint ventures with Western defense companies.

According to the Ministry of Strategic Industries, Ukrainian companies have agreed with two unnamed American firms and one European firm, Rheinmetall, to jointly produce 155-mm shells.

“It will take more than two years to launch joint ventures with foreigners to produce 155-mm shells in Ukraine. The sale of shells from such production will be based on the market principle, but Ukraine will have the” right of first refusal,” Kamyshin said.

In addition, the German-French KNDS is teaming up with an unnamed Ukrainian partner to produce 155-mm shells under a KNDS license, which Kamyshin said was the first of its kind in Ukraine.

According to Radio Svoboda journalists citing a source, another Western arms manufacturer will soon join this cooperation.

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Relatives of mobilised soldiers gather in front of Russian Ministry of Defence to demand their return

Family members of Russian soldiers sent to fight in Ukraine gathered in front of the Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow on Monday to demand a meeting with Defence Minister Andrey Belousov, independent news outlet SOTAvision reported.

The protesters, predominantly wives and mothers of servicemen, pledged to camp outside the ministry overnight unless their demands were met. Some of those in the group reported being approached by police officers who demanded to see their documents, but also by pro-Putin activists, who they said had offered them water and ice cream.

^{A photo posted by one of the protesters on her Telegram channel.}

Two of the women, who identified themselves only as Paulina and Maria, said that they had been invited into a ministry reception room by a Defence Ministry representative who introduced himself as Colonel-General Borisenko, where they said he offered them benefits, which they both said they had refused.

“In short, we’ll wait, wait, wait. We will not leave here without results,” Maria wrote.

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According to the activists, sympathisers attempting to join the demonstration were prevented from doing so by police officers, but the protesters themselves had “not yet been touched.”

The demonstration fell on the Day of Russian Family and Love, an Orthodox Christian holiday that has recently been appropriated by the Kremlin for propaganda purposes. Demobilisation activists from The Way Home group urged Russians to take photos of themselves holding up signs that read “Day Without Family” and “Parade Without Family” and send them to the group.

“We are not invisible, we are there, our demands are legitimate and fair, we are in favour of peace and we will stop only when we get our way,” the organisation wrote.

On 3 June, members of The Way Home group organised a similar protest outside of the Defence Ministry to demand the return of their loved ones from the war in Ukraine. Despite police threatening to arrest the group for protesting illegally, the protestors were not detained.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 17:20 schreef dudewhereismycar het volgende:

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Gaat niet gebeuren. Kijk alleen al naar Noord Korea.. het hele volk is geïndoctrineerd.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:45 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Varkens.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:23 schreef Starhopper het volgende:
In meerdere landen zijn er nu demonstraties bij de Russische ambassade vanwege de aanvallen op de ziekenhuizen.
Riga:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:23 schreef Starhopper het volgende:
In meerdere landen zijn er nu demonstraties bij de Russische ambassade vanwege de aanvallen op de ziekenhuizen.
Riga:
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:38 schreef DrMarten het volgende:

Defensieminister Brekelmans over raketaanval Kiev: 'Laffe, Russische terreur'

Ik zat de reacties onder deze video te bekijken. Kennelijk zijn de Russische bots en wappies op Youtube nog erger dan op Twitter

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:38 schreef DrMarten het volgende:

Defensieminister Brekelmans over raketaanval Kiev: 'Laffe, Russische terreur'

Ik zat de reacties onder deze video te bekijken. Kennelijk zijn de Russische bots en wappies op Youtube nog erger dan op Twitter

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Satellite images of the consequences of a fire at an ammunition warehouse near the Pogorelivka farm and the village of Sergiivka in the Pidhirsky district of the Voronezh region have appeared.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:14 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Waarom komen die raketten ineens veel beter door? Normaal worden ze bijna allemaal wel uit de lucht geschoten.

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Les missiles russes de plus en plus difficiles à intercepter, selon l’armée de l’air ukrainienne

L’armée russe ne cesse d’améliorer ses missiles, qui sont de plus en plus difficiles à détecter et à détruire, a déclaré lundi Iouri Ihnat, porte-parole de l’armée de l’air ukrainienne, quelques heures après la salve qui a fait au moins trente et un morts, dont dix-neuf à Kiev, selon l’administration militaire de la ville.

« Les missiles ennemis sont équipés de caractéristiques supplémentaires, notamment de radars et de leurres thermiques. Lors de la frappe d’aujourd’hui, les missiles de croisière volaient à des altitudes extrêmement basses, parfois à cinquante mètres, ce qui peut bien sûr avoir des conséquences terribles au sol », écrit-il, sur Facebook. En comptant les tirs de la nuit, quarante-quatre missiles de différents types ont, selon lui, été lancés lundi en Ukraine et la défense aérienne en a intercepté trente-trois.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:
De "experts" zijn er weer als de kippen bij om vooral een ander land de schuld te geven... Manmanman...Dan begrijp je dus echt geen reet van de AMRAAM he?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:
De "experts" zijn er weer als de kippen bij om vooral een ander land de schuld te geven... Manmanman...Dan begrijp je dus echt geen reet van de AMRAAM he?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:29 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Misschien dat er ook hier in Nederland wat verstokte pro-lifeers zijn die een lading bebloede babypoppen over de hekken kunnen gooien bij de ambassade in Den Haag.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:16 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Geen inhoudelijke mening over de raketaanval maar zij is in ieder geval wel een Russische wappie.

Een 'shoot the messenger' is flauw maar dit is wel een hele erge.

Verder geen idee dus wat waar is.

Russian troops bombard Ukraine with Kh-101 missiles

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:29 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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Russian troops bombard Ukraine with Kh-101 missiles

Kh-101

Aanslag Ziekenhuis
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)n_the_biggest_child/

Russen maken het expres allemaal heel spannend verzonnen verhaaltjes, als ze maar 1 iemand in de war brengen dan wat het de moeite al waard voor ze. Maar het is overduidelijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:
De "experts" zijn er weer als de kippen bij om vooral een ander land de schuld te geven... Manmanman...Dan begrijp je dus echt geen reet van de AMRAAM he?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:30 schreef BEFEM het volgende:

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Al die raketten lijken voor mij op elkaar. Ik kan het verschil niet zien.

Maar als ze echt 3 ziekenhuizen hebben geraakt op 1 dag dan kan dat geen toeval zijn.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:06 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Volgens een woordvoerder van de Oekrainse luchtmacht: De Russen blijven de raketten verbeteren, waardoor ze steeds moeilijker te detecteren en neer te halen zijn. Ze hebben oa radar en flares. Tijdens de aanval van vandaag vlogen ze zeer laag, soms op 50 meter.
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https://www.lemonde.fr/in(...)ts_6247419_3210.html

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 18:36 schreef Seeburg54 het volgende:

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Zou hij ze gebruiken? Ik geloof het niet.

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^{bron: nul.nl}
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Het Russische ministerie van Defensie ontkent dat en zegt dat het gaat om brokstukken van Oekraïens afweergeschut die naar beneden zijn gevallen. Het Russische ministerie beweert dat het "absoluut geen" burgerdoelen als doelwit had, en enkel raketten heeft gericht op industriële doelen en luchtmachtbases.
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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:29 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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Russian troops bombard Ukraine with Kh-101 missiles

Kh-101

Aanslag Ziekenhuis
https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)n_the_biggest_child/

Russen maken het expres allemaal heel spannend verzonnen verhaaltjes, als ze maar 1 iemand in de war brengen dan wat het de moeite al waard voor ze. Maar het is overduidelijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:45 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Dankjewel voor het serieuze antwoord.

In tegenstelling tot andere users.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:47 schreef Vallon het volgende:
Het blijft triest hoe de Russen zijn vervallen tot moordenaars van zieke kinderen.
En dan ontkennen dat het hun raketten zijn;
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Dit op de bekende wijze door allerlei mogelijkheden te opperen die lang genoeg volgehouden vanzelf hun eigen weg gaan leijden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:50 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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Jij bent dan ook iemand die vrij onverschillig doet over kinderen aan de chemotherapie die gered moeten worden uit een gebombardeerd ziekenhuis. Je hebt geluk dat sommigen je sowieso nog als mens benaderen.

Jij bent geen antwoorden waard.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:41 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)n_missile_attack_on/

Andere hoek 3 raketten achter elkaar, het is sowieso 100% geen afzwaaier zoals Rusland beweert al het beeldmateriaal spreekt dat tegen.

Enige smoes voor Rusland wat dan overblijft is dat Oekraïne zelf meerdere Kh-101 raketten uit Rusland heeft gestolen en op eigen ziekenhuis heeft geschoten.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:54 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Hier is een filmpje van wat verder weg, het is niet echt duidelijk of dat nu de inslagen op het ziekenhuis zijn aangezien er in totaal vele inslagen te horen zijn.

https://t.me/remylind21/24253

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:57 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:
De "experts" zijn er weer als de kippen bij om vooral een ander land de schuld te geven... Manmanman...Dan begrijp je dus echt geen reet van de AMRAAM he?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:59 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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Ja, dat is een Russische bron, maar het gaat om dezelfde inslagen.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:05 schreef TwenteFC het volgende:

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Occam's Razor, ik kan nu geloven dat toevallig 3 AA-poging tegen Russische raketten die zijn afgeschoten waarvan geen enkele interceptie op beeld te zien is, toevallig op ziekenhuizen belanden. Bovenop eerdere raketten die op scholen of ziekenhuizen zijn beland waarvan Rusland claimt dat het Oekrainse AA was.

Of ik kan geloven dat de raketten waarvan beeld in overvloed dat ze in een rechte lijn inslaan doel hebben geraakt.

Hoe sta jij erin?

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:47 schreef Vallon het volgende:
Het blijft triest hoe de Russen zijn vervallen tot moordenaars van zieke kinderen.
En dan ontkennen dat het hun raketten zijn;
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Dit op de bekende wijze door allerlei mogelijkheden te opperen die lang genoeg volgehouden vanzelf hun eigen weg gaan leijden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:11 schreef BlaZ het volgende:

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De impact en het aantal slachtoffers past wel bij een KH101 (met 500kg lading), als de raket zou zijn neergehaald zou het aantal slachtoffers veel lager zijn geweest.
Als er drie ziekenhuizen geraakt zijn dat lijkt het me ook dat ze specifiek voor deze doelwitten gekozen hebben.

Het enige wat niet lijkt te kloppen is het bericht dat 30/38 raketten zijn neergehaald, of dat moet enkel voor Kiiv gelden. Er zijn nameijk ook aardig wat inslagen in Dnipro, Kramatorsk en Krivoj Rog.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:46 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:

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Ik weet het niet, maar ik acht het natuurlijk ook niet onmogelijk. Kan met het ook wel voorstellen, als die man bijna aan z'n einde is, nog even lekker je resentment botvieren en maar gewoon doen, want je gaat toch wel dood.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:15 schreef Seeburg54 het volgende:

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Maar door zijn acties verpest hij wel de wereld voor zijn naasten, of ze gaan dood door zijn handelen.
Maar er is een kans dat hem dat geen reet kan schelen natuurlijk.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 16:47 schreef Idisrom het volgende:

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Proberen om tot een vredesoplossing te komen. Met gebruik van lange afstandswapens blijf je dit soort incidenten houden.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:06 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
Waarom komen die raketten ineens veel beter door? Normaal worden ze bijna allemaal wel uit de lucht geschoten.

Volgens een woordvoerder van de Oekrainse luchtmacht: De Russen blijven de raketten verbeteren, waardoor ze steeds moeilijker te detecteren en neer te halen zijn. Ze hebben oa radar en flares. Tijdens de aanval van vandaag vlogen ze zeer laag, soms op 50 meter

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:27 schreef Discombobulate het volgende:
Zaten hier geen Hamas strijders in het ziekenhuis.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:18 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Laat je geen angst aanpraten; de Russen gaan niet met kernwapens gooien.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:18 schreef spicymchaggis het volgende:

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Laat je geen angst aanpraten; de Russen gaan niet met kernwapens gooien.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 21:47 schreef havanagila het volgende:
Orban met z'n "vredesmissie"...,....

Barbaarse smeerlapperij

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 19:29 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Misschien dat er ook hier in Nederland wat verstokte pro-lifeers zijn die een lading bebloede babypoppen over de hekken kunnen gooien bij de ambassade in Den Haag.

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Op maandag 8 juli 2024 20:08 schreef AchJa het volgende:
De "experts" zijn er weer als de kippen bij om vooral een ander land de schuld te geven... Manmanman...Dan begrijp je dus echt geen reet van de AMRAAM he?

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