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Russian President Vladimir Putin's appointment of a new defense minister, Andrey Belousov, is seen as an attempt to streamline Russia's economy and mobilize it for the war effort.
Russia's military has faced numerous supply and logistics problems that thwarted its all-out war against Ukraine from the get-go. Two years later, the problems of poor logistics and lack of strategic planning persist.
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NATO top commander says Russia has insufficient numbers for breakthrough in Kharkiv Oblast.
Russian forces in Kharkiv Oblast do not have enough numbers to make a "strategic breakthrough" of Ukrainian defenses there, said General Christopher Cavoli, NATO's top commander in Europe, at a press conference on May 16.
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Russia has been losing 1,500 or more men per day as they attack Kharkiv
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G7 will support using frozen Russian assets revenue to fund Ukraine.
The finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries (G7) will support an EU plan to use the revenue from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, Reuters reported on May 16, citing an unnamed Italian treasury official.
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Over the years, #MichaelCohen has repeatedly admitted to lying to Congress & elsewhere.
#Blanche asks Cohen to recall the lies he told to Congress about how many times he spoke to #Trump about a possible Trump Tower project in #Russia. Blanche’s goal is to show the jury Cohen is opportunistic even under oath. However, these were lies that Cohen has said he told to protect Trump.
Blanche: “You knew you were lying, correct?”
Cohen: “Yes”
#MichaelCohen admits he asked his lawyers to explore the possibility, although he testified before a House panel that he would never have accepted one. Cohen points out — correctly, as NYT broke the story — that Trump was dangling pardons to people connected to the special counsel's investigation into the #Trump campaign's possible ties to #Russia.
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So that you know, this video posted today by #SyrianGirl account with description “Yemen Houthi forces Score a direct hit in US destroyer” gained nearly 700k views, 2.3k shares and 7k likes… and it’s entirely false.
Users quickly identified the original as 2013 video from Norway naval exercise. The “Syrian Girl” account only added some subtitles in Arabic.
The account has been posting such fakes for years, starting from inventing incredible conspiracy theories to discredit the official OPCW investigation into #Assad chemical attacks against civilians in #Syria and then every single fake, mostly produced in #Russia.
Using a loophole in sanctions, #Turkey is disguising Russian oil as its own and exporting it to the #EU, bringing billions in profits to #Russia, Politico writes.
Between February 2023 and February 2024, Turkey increased its purchases from Russia by 105% compared to the previous 12 months. During the same period, Turkish fuel exports to the EU increased by 107%.
https://www.politico.eu/article/how-turkey-become-vladimir-putin-pit-stop-sell-camouflage-fuel-eu/
How Turkey became Putin’s ‘pit stop’ for selling camouflaged fuel to the EU
Moscow bagged €3 billion through a sanctions loophole that allows Turkey to relabel Russian oil and ship it to the EU.Victor Jack (POLITICO)
In the last 72 hours the language of #Ukraines military reports has changed: going from "ongoing defensive fighting" to "significantly worsened" and to #russia "tactical success". This comes as #Russia pushes on four points in the frontline, forcing #Ukraine to spread their resources thin.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/13/europe/russia-surging-on-frontlines-analysis-intl/index.html
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#Russia are succeeding in their assault on #Kharkiv due to: delayed #US aid, poor fortifications and #Russia battlefield tactics and #russia is benefitting from the US preventing #Ukraine from using #US weaponry on Russia territory, Max Boot writes for the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/13/russia-kharkiv-ukraine-us-blunders/
Ukrainian officials are making a new push to get the Biden administration to lift its ban on using U.S.-made weapons to strike Russian territory, - Politico.
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#WarInUkraine, #Legal, #Russia #Banking #InternationalLaw
*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
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*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
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...the courts of another if they do not agree it has jurisdiction over it, say some academics. “It’s a very old and well-established principle, and it’s based on
the idea that all states are equal,” says Webb, a public international law professor at King’s. “Even the world’s superpowers can’t sit in judgment on a tiny island state.”
"#JoeBiden is...
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*Why not just confiscate #Russia's assets abroad*
Via #FinancialTimes
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"...#JoeBiden is pressing his allies to seek ways of tapping into the roughly €260bn of Russian reserves, with the G7 leaders’ summit in Italy next month seen as a key moment to push for progress."
"Any plan to use these assets would test the legal principle of state immunity, whereby no country can be sued by...
50% of NK missiles blow up in air before reaching target or simply veer off course.
North Korea may have given Russia shoddy weapons built in the 1970s to fire at Ukraine
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https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-shells-used-by-russia-from-1970s-report-2024-5
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North Korea may have given Russia shoddy weapons built in the 1970s
North Korea may have supplied its ally Russia with weapons made five decades ago.Tom Porter (Insider)
Putin’s choice of new defence minister shows he’s preparing for confrontation with the West
"I disagree. I believe it signals Putin is worried about a military coup AND his economy is in shambles. Putin is putting a civilian in charge of the military because he fears the military and has heard grumbling of revolt over massive war dead. 1,700 Russian soldiers died in past 24 hours!"
- Aure
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Putin's choice of defence minister Andrei Belousov shows he's preparing for confrontation with West
Andrei Belousov is more at home with columns of data than of tanks, but he could be key to Moscow’s war effort and a conflict with NatoThe Telegraph
PUTIN WORRIED ABOUT COUP BY THE MILITARY!
Russian FSB counterintelligence service has detained Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian defense ministry
The directorate is responsible for the State Secret Protection Service.
Reportedly, he was detained in his own bed, the law enforcers were deliberately forceful and broke down the windows and doors in his residence.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Blinken visits Ukraine to affirm US support for Kyiv
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.MATTHEW LEE (AP News)
Defending Taiwan by Defending Ukraine
The Interconnected Fates of the World’s Democracies
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/defending-taiwan-ukraine-jaushieh-joseph-wu
Defending Taiwan by Defending Ukraine: The Interconnected Fates of the World’s Democracies
The interconnected fates of the world’s democracies.Jaushieh Joseph Wu (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
U.S. bans Russian uranium imports, key to nuclear fuel supply
“Pres Biden on Monday evening signed a bipartisan bill prohibiting Russian imports of enriched uranium, the main fuel used by nuclear power plants, a move intended to cut off one of the last significant flows of money from the US to #Russia amid the war in #Ukraine”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/13/russian-uranium-imports-ban/
3 months later, MichaelCohen was back in federal court to plead guilty once again. That time, he accepted responsibility for lying to #Congress about plans to build a #TrumpTower in #Moscow, #Russia saying he did so out of loyalty to #Trump.
His loyalty faded in 2018 when authorities zeroed in on Cohen, & Trump threw him under the bus. Cohen is now the star witness in this #criminal trial, which centers on a #HushMoney deal.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #ElectionInterference
In #Tbilisi, clashes erupt between opponents of the "foreign agents" law and the police. Thousands protest against the law, fearing it could stifle dissent, while security forces withdraw from the main square after a standoff. Critics dub it the " #Russia law," with the final vote scheduled for Tuesday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69001339
Georgia protests: Riot police face off against foreign influence bill demonstrators
Thousands have gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi to protest the bill they say is Russian-inspired.By Jacqueline Howard (BBC News)
And people still want to dilude themselves that Russia is not our enemy. We are in this together and we are next after Ukraine. #Russia #Ukraine
Russia's 'brazen' and intensifying sabotage campaign across Europe
Russia is conducting a sabotage campaign across Europe in an increasingly aggressive effort by President Vladimir Putin to undermine Western support for UkraineDan De Luce (NBC News)
I guess that's the last place we haven't exploited yet...
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Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory
Reserves 10 times the North Sea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected regionThe Telegraph
Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war.
He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away.
Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers.
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"I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza"
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I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza
A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.The Conversation
🇬🇧 #Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear #Britain and other key #Ukraine allies are being targeted by #russia saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months
These include a wave of fires at arms factories and #military related industrial sites in the West that are supplying #Ukraine
"Lots of fires that we thought were accidents and unconnected have turned out to be connected" the source said
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13408007/Moscow-gangsters-sabotage-Western-factories-Ukraine.html #Europe #News
Is Moscow hiring gangsters to sabotage Western factories supplying arms to Ukraine in latest Putin...
Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key Ukrainian allies are being targeted by Russian saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months.Ian Birrel (Daily Mail)
Russian forces are conducting relatively limited offensive operations along the Russian-Ukrainian border in northern #Kharkiv Oblast and continued to make tactically significant gains in likely less defended areas.
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Tara, Omsk region, Russia May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
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Here's what we are reading today:
Over 1,700 residents were evacuated from the #Kharkiv region, after Russia's offensive. Yesterday #Russia advanced 1 km into Vovchansk.
This comes as part of a recent push by Russia to gain ground before #US aid arrives in #ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/over-1-700-civilians-evacuated-from-kharkiv-oblast/
Over 1,700 civilians evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast over past day
Over the past day, 1,775 civilians in Kharkiv Oblast have been evacuated from their homes amid renewed Russian attacks on the region, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on May 11.Elsa Court (The Kyiv Independent)
Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, Commander of Ukrainian Ground Forces: the critical phase of the war will come in the next two months.
This will be caused by delays in the Western weapon supplies, he told The Economist: “Russia knows that if we receive enough weapons within a month or two, the situation could turn against them.” Ukraine desperately needs air defense (including F-16s), artillery systems and armored vehicles.
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Here's what we are reading today:
At 5 a.m. #Russian forces tried to break through #Ukraine defensive line in #Kharkiv region using armored vehicles, the first attempt to invade this area in 2 years.
#Ukrainian troops surged into the area, halting #russia attempted advance, #Zelenskyy said.
Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv sends reinforcements to Kharkiv and evacuates civilians as Russian forces advance
Head of the town of Vovchansk’s military administration said transport was being organised for those without carsJane Clinton (The Guardian)
