Ukraine's only gorilla Tony, one of the oldest #gorillas held in captivity in Europe, looks at a banana during a celebration of his 50th birthday arranged in his personal green garden at the #Zoo, in #Kyiv, #Ukraine. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

@photography

#Ukraine pierces #Russia border triggering
major battles

Ukraine strikes border area w/ #drones & #rockets.

Russia said on Wednesday that it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces which had penetrated Russia's #Kursk region in one of the largest incursions into Russia since the Ukraine #war began in Feb 2022.

#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-keeps-up-air-attacks-russias-kursk-regional-governor-says-2024-08-07/

Russian propagandist Mardan threatens a tactical nuclear strike on Ukrainian (and Russian) soldiers in Kursk region.

That's because Kursk region is "an indigenous historical Russian core", he explains. Apparently different regions of Russia have different value for him.
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The #EU authorized the first regular payment from its close to €50 billion ($55 billion) support package for #Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive €4.2 billion, which Kyiv can use to support its public administration and to strengthen financial stability, according to an EU statement on Tuesday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-06/eu-agrees-to-disburse-4-2-billion-of-financing-for-ukraine

#Russia

Under #Vought, #OMB also withheld military #aid to #Ukraine as #Trump pressured President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy to investigate President Joe #Biden & his son. Vought refused to comply w/a congressional demand to depose him during the subsequent Democrat-led House investigation that led to Trump’s first #impeachment. The inquiry, Vought said, was a sham.

#USpol #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #Authoritarianism #Republicans

BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨

Moments ago, , two Russian Iskander ballistic missiles landed in an underground bunker on the eastern outskirts of Kyiv
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Here's what we're reading today:

The birth rate in #Ukraine is three times lower than the death rate, Opendatabot reports.

Since 2021, during the full-scale invasion, the #birth rate has decreased by one and a half times.

https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/birth-death-2024-6

Смертність в Україні утричі перевищує народжуваність у 2024 році

Повномасштабне вторгнення посилило зменшення населення країни

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Here’s what we are reading today:

#Ukraine claims to have sunk a Russian attack submarine, the Rostov-on-Don, near #Sevastopol.

The $300m submarine is only one of four able to launch Kalibr cruise missiles.

It was reportedly sunk by a missile strike.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nggvg1yggo.amp

Ukraine claims Russian Rostov-on-Don submarine sunk in Crimea

Ukraine's military said it destroyed the Rostov-on-Don attack submarine in a missiles attack on Friday.

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#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(6/6)

...Natural Resources #RuslanStrilets said 👉#Ukraine is “moving towards the trend of creating mixed forests👈, i.e. coniferous with deciduous, as well as the planting of additional shrubs.”"

#If done correctly, postwae #Ukraine could become an example for many other nations #forestry.

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Read on:
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-plan-comeback-ukraine-s-war-ravaged-forests

#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(5/n)

...a long overdue policy shift👈."

“#Ukraine is pretty dry, and it’s getting drier.”

"Shrinking #plantations could avoid the “repeated depletion” of these water resources,.."

"Forests with 👉mixed species and well-spaced trees of varying ages would be less susceptible to intense fires and the #droughts👈 that are expected to become more common as the region’s climate warms,.."

"Minister of Environmental Protection and...

#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(4/n)

...#Milakovsky said, despite 👉increasing concerns that the #monocultures do relatively little to support native species and can suck up scarce water👈..."

"...some #forestry experts say the destruction could lead to a 👉major overhaul of how #Ukraine manages its forests👈, changes they say will help ensure these landscapes 👉can better cope with #ClimateChange, support #biodiversity, and protect water quality.👈"

"Researchers...

#Environment #Forests
#SolutionsForClimateChange
(3/n)

...👉#Ukraine’s forests were considered some of the world’s most damaged. 👈0👉The expansion of agriculture in this major food exporter had vastly reduced forest cover; nearly half of Ukraine is now cropland. In many of the forests that remained, open stands of fire-adapted Scots pine had been replaced by crowded, 👉more fire-prone plantations.👈"

"“Economics, legislation, and habit” enable plantations to persist, ...

First person footage from the 1st battalion of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade 🦅 working in the Donetsk region

At 0:13 you can see the machine gunner put his gun down on a PFM-1 anti personnel mine

Fortunately the mine isn’t that powerful and all of the fragments where captured by the gun itself leaving the machine gunner with only a small concussion
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨🚨

Ukraine has sunk the Russian attack submarine B-237 Rostov-na-Donu in an attack against the port of Sevastopol in Crimea.
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#Toretsk, #Ukraine

The commander of the artillery division Vlad with the call sign Kalyna looks at a combat tablet and adjusts the shot from a howitzer.

Photograph: Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

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@ukraine

#British actor and TV presenter Stephen Fry released a documentary about his trip to #Ukraine. In it, he showed a clip of his meeting with Ukrainian President #Zelenskyy, to whom he told a joke about the russian president and the prime minister.

Watch (20 Second) Insta Reel, Source: U24 Gov UA