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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Writing in yesterday's The Yorkshire Post, John Healy makes clear his commitment to rebuilding the UK Armed Forces, and how looking after our vets and forces personnel properly is essential to restoring service moral.
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Such an accord with Brussels could be centred on cooperation in logistics and cyber-security along with a broader strategic dialogue, Healey said.
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As U.K. Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey said in December, an incoming Labour government would seek a broad defence and security deal with the EU in addition to bilateral pacts with France and Germany.
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In a joint statement, Healey and Lammy stated: "The next Labour government's commitment to Ukraine will be ironclad, and European security will be our first foreign and defence priority."
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In May 2024, Healey visited Kyiv along with Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs David Lammy and met the head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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As Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Healey has repeatedly stressed his support for Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war since Russia's invasion in 2022, endorsed the UK's support for Ukraine, and committed to continue Britain's support for Ukraine in any future Labour government.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Via UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet on X The Rt Hon John Healey MP @JohnHealey_MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Defence .
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Via President Zelenskyy @ZelenskyyUa on X
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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"One strategy Kolesov advanced was to appear more stridently pro-Ukrainian than legitimate civil society groups, making outsize demands for Ukrainian refugees so that advocacy on their behalf would come across as unreasonable or alienating to native electorates."
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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🫡 😊
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Link seems to be working now, thanks folks.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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The Insider and Der Spiegel: Uncover an SVR psyop -- “Operation Kylo” -- intended to weaken pro-Ukrainian sentiment in the West, using “fear,” “panic” and “horror” as psycho-emotional triggers.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Thanks Papasan, going to repost.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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They look very strong here:Labour has an iron-clad commitment to support Ukraine, will fast-track military support and work with the Government in Kyiv to isolate Russia diplomatically and boost Ukraine’s industrial production. We will also work to create a clear path to NATO membership for Ukraine.
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Thank you, my friend, have the best 4th of July 😊
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BBC: I love horses, but horse racing, not always so much, however this looks incredible. Combining remarkable human-interest stories with unrivalled behind the scenes access and insight into the sport. It features stunning footage filmed at the training stables of Kingsclere in Hampshire.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Many thanks for the mention, #Fella following all new 🫡
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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At this stage, I'm here for "bland"
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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We have some very heavy geopolitical lifting ahead in the UK, we must rebuild our armed forces, and continue with the building of the Dreadnought Class. To do this, without scrimping money from civil projects, we must build the UK economy. I believe Labour offer our best hope of achieving this.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Top marks to Victoria Starmer, this morning, for the beautiful frock, doesn't she look fabulous 😯 🌹
#GE2024
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Meduza: "The addition of dozens of F-16s will significantly bolster the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ (AFU) strike capabilities. And in the long term, a larger and more effective Ukrainian Air Force could have as much impact on the battlefield as the Russian Aerospace Forces,"
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Lauren Ashley Davis
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BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Former President Trump is reportedly considering the possibility of making a deal with Russia to block the future NATO accession of certain countries, namely Ukraine and Georgia, Politico reported on July 2, citing unnamed officials.
kyivindependent.com/trump-report...
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Apropos my previous post and do please check out Ryan McBeth's excellent YouTube channel!
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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We were just talking about you 👍
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Oh, good one!
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Cheers Chris 👍
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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BBC Verify: A network of Russia-based fake American newspapers are pumping out stories as part of an AI-powered operation that is increasingly targeting the US election. “One X user, the pro-Russia, pro-Donald Trump activist Jackson Hinkle, posted a link seen by more than 6.5m people.”
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CEPA: Superb article from Julia Davis looking at the release of Assange, in the context of Russian hacking, and how they've lost a valuable propaganda device.
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“In any larger-scale operation, we would run out of ammunition rapidly . . . Our defences are too thin, and we are not prepared to fight and win an armed conflict of any scale”
“The UK has reached a situation where it cannot defend the British homelands properly.”
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Readable link here...
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CEPA: “The most important thing when you choose a vacation spot in Crimea is that everything goes quietly and calmly – there should be no ports, oil depots, airfields, or any military installations nearby,” he said in a post that’s been viewed 73,000 times. “All such objects should be avoided.”
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Dean Cemetery, Dean Village, Edinburgh
Memorial to the soldiers of the 79th / Cameron Highlanders who fell at the Battle of the Alma, Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1853-1856)
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
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However, Hungary’s allies in the region — Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska and the new government in North Macedonia — have already taken actions that have caused other EU member states to question their commitment to EU values.
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BNE Intellinews: Hungarian diplomats had already signalled the country’s upcoming EU Council presidency will involve a shift in emphasis towards enlargement to the Western Balkans and away from Ukraine.
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OilPrice•Com: Russian firms shipped tens of thousands of tons of wheat and peas out of occupied parts of Ukraine in 2023 to EU member Spain, NATO member Turkey, and Azerbaijan, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Schemes, and its partners have found.
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RUSI: Russia has caused immense damage to Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and will aim to expand its success as a source of leverage to end the war.
@Sam_Cranny explores how this can be prevented through the focused provision of air defence. #RUSICommentary
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With the first round of voting in France’s parliamentary elections set for this week, Rassemblement National is preparing for some degree of power. Quite a concerning read from Ulrike Franke. [... ] France's commitment to Ukraine and NATO's eastern flank are expected to be at least reduced [...]
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Meduza: Since Prigozhin’s demise, his 26-year-old son has inherited his assets and the Wagner Group’s mercenaries in Syria and Africa have been folded into the Russian army. In a new report, BBC News Russian recounts what has become of the Wagner Group’s fighters.
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RFE/RL: A Ukrainian artillery crew cheers for the national soccer team! The soldiers take advantage of small breaks in the fighting to watch games on a smartphone. But as soon as Ukrainian reconnaissance units find new targets, the soldiers return to battle to push back against Russian forces.
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Independent: An hour’s drive south of the capital, several thousand joined the summer festival, many wearing shirts and dresses embroidered with traditional patterns. Twisting soft twigs around leaves and flowers, Kateryna Harnik made floral crowns for herself and friends.
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The goal of Russian information manipulation is not only to make us believe Russia is "the good guy;" it is much more to make us believe that both sides are "equally bad." This aims to demoralize us so that we neither support Ukraine nor defend our Western democratic model...
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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A good point, although this time (Feb 2022) we did not just keep taking the cheaper gas, so perhaps the benefit to Ukraine is what might have happened (but didn't) had Putin's plan of energy blackmail worked.
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Colossal, absolutely, and his answer has been to wrap it in a flag!
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Chatham House: Joining Bronwen Maddox this week is Fareed Zakaria, the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN. Recorded at our 2024 London Conference, they discuss the consequences of the US stepping back from its alliances, and the international order that relies on them.
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To Run the World is reviewed in the Washington Times: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/ju....
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Meduza: The Church opposes anti-domestic violence legislation because “while it’s one thing to speak [publicly] about this topic, it’s something else entirely to give feminists and pro-Western forces a law that they can manipulate to their own ends,” the source explained.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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In reality Putin made one of the greatest military economic blunders in history. Vostok oil, along with gas sales to the EU were set to make Russia a modern economy. Instead, his reckless and bloody invasion of Ukraine, and threats against democracies, have made him a pariah, dependent on Jong Un.
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Thanks, Beak 😊 It's a gorgeous spot and I think everyone else had misjudged the weather, so it was lovely and quiet. Years ago, there used to be a ferryman with a little row boat who would take folk from the Cramond side of the river to the South Queensferry side, and back if they wanted.
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Sailboats moored at the foot of the River Almond at Cramond, today. The county of Fife can be seen in the distance across the Firth of Forth. The weather in Edinburgh has been unspeakable for days, but it rocked up absolutely beautiful this afternoon. We're all hoping it stays so for the Solstice.
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Kate Martin 🌊 💙 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🦄 NAFO 🐾
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Mine in Edinburgh North seems realistic, SNP v Labour, but I don't see Reform taking anything from the Conservatives in Scotland.
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