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Here for Ukraine information. Pro-Ukraine. Once-a-day info highlights roundup from the Kyiv Independent, UNITED24 Media, Live: Ukraine Telegram, done when I get time. Twitter: @mmouse44073558 All opinions are mine alone. Ducks are great.
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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 forces recently advanced near Vovchansk, Toretsk, and Donetsk City.
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Ukrainian forces conducted successful drone and missile strikes against targets in Tambov and Rostov oblasts and Krasnodar Krai on July 4 and 5.
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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.
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These Russian polls indicate that Russians who criticize the conduct of the war in Ukraine still support the war due to patriotism and disenfranchisement.
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Recent Russian domestic polls suggest that Kremlin information operations are influencing domestic Russian support of the war in Ukraine.
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Putin attempted to portray Orban as an EU representative who can speak on the EU's behalf – a claim that EU officials explicitly denied.
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Putin's rejection of any ceasefire agreement contradicts the Kremlin's previous effort to place the onus for negotiations on the West and Ukraine.
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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.
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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.
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www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Key Takeaways Thread:
Putin used a meeting with 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.
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alert little fellow =)
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Thank you to the people who Like my posts, again. It takes a minute or two to go through them all! I don't have much time spare after doing the info roundup and it's appreciated that people still find it valuable.
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<< Putin. [Now as a spin goes, that's almost impressive. Yet again, Russia is the victim!]
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The secret of why Kyiv was not taken in three days was finally revealed by Putin He said that when Russian troops were standing near Kyiv, the Western partners asked Russia to cease fire. And it did. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not. Russia was deceived, says >>
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This morning, drones attacked Russia's Zvezda space reconnaissance system in the Stavropol Territory
This was reported by OSINTers t.me/DniproOffici... and Defense Express
Local media had previously mentioned an attack on military unit #33443 and one wounded person.
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Live: Ukraine Telegram Highlights Thread "Russia is the aggressor": Michel says Hungary's EU presidency does not give Orban a mandate to contact Moscow This is how European Council President Charles Michel commented on reports that Orbán plans to meet with Putin in Moscow.
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The Russians are systematically "erasing" Chasiv Yar with artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, according to Ivan Petrychak, a representative of the press service of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, in a comment to Radio Svoboda.
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<<"approve" of Putin's activities. In the 55+ age group, 35% support a nuclear strike, while 41% of those who get their information from TV programs are in favor of nuclear escalation. [fecking lemmings]
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<<appropriate. This marks a five-percentage-point increase in support for nuclear escalation over the past year, reaching a record high since the war began. The highest support for a nuclear strike is found among pensioners who regularly watch Russian television and >>
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More than a third of Russian citizens believe that the use of nuclear weapons could be "justified" in the war with Ukraine, according to a Levada Center poll. The data shows that 10% of respondents "definitely" support a nuclear strike, while another 24% consider it "rather" >>
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<<capabilities of individual NATO member states and a fairer distribution of responsibilities for supporting Ukraine.
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<<missiles for air defense systems, high-precision projectiles, and 155 mm artillery ammunition. While the exact investment amounts are not specified, experts estimate it could be in the tens or hundreds of billions of euros. The summit will also address the defense >>
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NATO countries plan to expand weapons production, with a detailed plan to be presented at the upcoming summit in Washington from July 9 to 11, according to Deutsche Welle. This project includes increasing the production of defense equipment and joint arms procurement projects, such as >>
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UNITED24 Media Telegram Highlights Thread Vladimir Putin stated that Russia will not cease fire in Ukraine, expressing that peace through mediators and the Council does not suit him. He claimed that Russia cannot agree to a ceasefire as it is not confident in Kyiv's actions.
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⚡️ Russia attacks port facilities near Odesa, killing 1, injuring 7. ⚡️ Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 7, injure 43 over past day. ⚡️ Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast kill woman, injure 8, including children. ⚡️ Death toll of Russia’s July 3 attack on Dnipro rises to 8.
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⚡️Zelensky congratulates kyivindependent.com/zelensky-con... Labour Party's Starmer on UK election victory.
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The Muftiate of Karachay-Cherkessia, a republic of Russia in the North Caucasus, announced a temporary ban on the wearing of the niqab, a day after the Muftiate of Dagestan announced a similar ban. kyivindependent.com/another-russ...
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⚡️ Up to 1.5 million museum artifacts kyivindependent.com/up-to-1-5-mi... under Russian occupation, Ukraine's culture minister says.
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Who needs warships when you’ve got drones? Russia loses control kyivindependent.com/who-needs-wa... over Black Sea
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⚡️Slovakia to increase kyivindependent.com/slovakia-to-... electricity supplies to Ukraine during colder months, Slovak president says.
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Russian authorities have detained Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, the top military commander whose troops were responsible for the massacre in Bucha, on charges of large-scale fraud, Russian state media outlet TASS reported on July 4. kyivindependent.com/russian-comm...
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⚡️ Labor shortages drive up wages kyivindependent.com/labor-shorta... in Ukraine, central bank says. According to the NBU's report, the offered monthly salaries have continuously grown from around Hr 13,500 ($332) in February 2022 to roughly Hr 19,500 ($480) in May 2024.
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⚡️ Latvia to send over 2,500 drones kyivindependent.com/latvia-to-se... to Ukraine in July, ministry says.
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<<"bureaucratic obstacles," Ekonomichna Pravda (EP) reported on July 4, citing sources familiar with the situation.
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⚡️Bureaucracy preventing allocation of funding to protect Ukraine's energy infrastructure, media reports. Ukraine's government has not distributed EU funding for the reconstruction and protection of energy infrastructure worth 150 million euros ($162 million) for four months due to >>
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⚡️ Germany's 3rd Patriot air defense system kyivindependent.com/germanys-3rd-patriot-air-defense-system-arrived-in-ukraine-ambassador-says/ arrived in Ukraine.
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⚡️Indian PM Modi to visit kyivindependent.com/indian-pm-mo... Russia on July 8.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8, the office of the prime minister and the Kremlin confirmed on July 4.
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Kyiv Independent Telegram Highlights Thread
⚡️ Update: Orban, Putin kyivindependent.com/orban-arrive... meet in Moscow to discuss Ukraine, bilateral ties.
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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev claimed on July 4 that around 190,000 Russians signed military service contracts during the first six months of 2024 during a Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) meeting about staffing the Russian military with contract soldiers.
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Russian forces recently advanced near Kreminna, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced the purchase of $2.2 billion worth of US-produced air defense interceptors and an aid package worth $150 million for Ukraine on July 3.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) efforts to expand its presence in Central Asia and will likely use an increased SCO presence as one of its levers to expand Russian influence in the region.
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers reportedly detained the commander of the Russian 83rd Guards Airborne Assault (VDV) Brigade, Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, on fraud charges on July 3 following reports of the brigade suffering heavy losses in the Kharkiv direction in June 2024.
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<<precondition for any ceasefire agreement. Putin is thus demanding that Ukraine effectively surrender in advance of any ceasefire.
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www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Key Takeaways Thread:
Putin explicitly rejected Russian participation in any meaningful negotiations on a ceasefire agreement, instead demanding Ukraine's "irreversible" "demilitarization" as a >>
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<<is not yet possible to talk about counteroffensive actions, as Ukraine needs to protect what it has. In June, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged that the delay in supporting Ukraine had "serious consequences."
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have 14 brigades without weapons, as they have not yet received them from their Western partners, Zelensky said. At the same time, the president denied the stalemate on the battlefield, calling it problematic. Zelensky emphasized that it >>
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