🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[:eek:]

Top Russian economist dies after falling out of window

Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.

www.newsweek.com

Another "mysterious" death in Russia.

They need to build buildings without windows.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[squeekness]

Top Russian economist dies after falling out of window

Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.

www.newsweek.com

Another "mysterious" death in Russia.

Crazy Russian windows. Should be a ban on them, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Sea of Azov emptied of Russian warships, says Ukrainian navy

Recent attacks in the Black Sea have forced the Russian navy to rebase its ships elsewhere, says Ukrainian navy; multiple Russian strikes on Kharkiv damage Swiss NGO office. What we know on day 883

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia suffers massive losses in thwarted mega-assault

Moscow's forces faced off against Ukraine's 79th Tavrian brigade in Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region, at a high cost.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Russia suffers massive losses in thwarted mega-assault

Moscow's forces faced off against Ukraine's 79th Tavrian brigade in Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region, at a high cost.

www.newsweek.com

They should just pack up their crap and go back home.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Pentagon accounting error creates path for billions more to be sent to Kyiv

Ukraine’s foreign minister calls on Hong Kong to prevent Russia from using region to circumvent sanctions; drone debris lands in Romania. What we know on day 884

www.theguardian.com

 

[:eek:]

The Illicit Flow of Technology to Russia Goes Through This Hong Kong Address

Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.

www.nytimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

Agreement with Russia is 'deal with the devil,' adviser to Ukrainian president says

Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

Agreement with Russia is 'deal with the devil,' adviser to Ukrainian president says

Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil

abcnews.go.com

I wouldn't trust Putin to hold up his end on anything. He'll take time to rebuild his army and go right back at them again.

 

[blueharvest]

In a show of growing ties, Russian warships make a new visit to Cuban waters

Three Russian warships have arrived in Cuban waters, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months in a reflection of deepening ties between Russia and Cuba

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

How Russia’s summer offensive is failing – and what that means for Ukraine

The Kremlin’s big push was supposed to end the war – but there has been no grand breakthrough or Ukrainian collapse

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[:eek:]

Orban accuses US of blowing up Nord Stream pipelines amid anti-Western tirade

Russia blamed the U.S. and U.K. for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in September 2022. Investigations have so far failed to find conclusive evidence, and both Denmark and Sweden dropped the case in February 2024. The German investigation is still ongoing.

www.yahoo.com

 

[blueharvest]

Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany

Russian leader says Washington risks triggering cold war-style missile crisis and promises to respond in kind

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Five killed, dozens wounded Ukraine’s Donetsk region, as Russia claims new gains

Ukraine says it has struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow has claimed further gains, have left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US Reporter to Be Freed by Russia in Major Prisoner Swap

Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich to be let go in deal. US, Russia had held extensive talks on prisoner exchange

Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US, according to people familiar with the situation.

The Kremlin is also releasing dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as part of the agreement, a European official said on condition of anonymity. An activist with dual Russian-British citizenship, Kara-Murza, 42, has been a persistent campaigner against President Vladimir Putin's rule and was given a record 25-year prison sentence in April last year on treason and other charges for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

"Well look at that. Andriy Derkach, the Ukrainian ex-MP who helped Trump and Giuliani pressure Ukraine to smear Biden, and was sanctioned by the US for being “an active Russian agent” working to interfere with the 2020 election — all of which which he denied being/doing — has surfaced in Russia with Russian citizenship and is now seeking political office. ÐкÑ-наÑдеп ÐеÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÑал одним из кандидаÑов в ÑоÑÑийÑкий Ð¡Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑ Ð¤ÐµÐ´ÐµÑаÑии"

 

[:eek:]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/01/world/who-are-detainees-russia-us-prisoner-swap-intl/index.html

 

[blueharvest]

US reacts to major prisoner swap with Russia: ‘feat of diplomacy’ and ‘joyous’

White House, WSJ and politicians praise Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan’s release in a likely political coup for Biden

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

It Sure Seems Like Vladimir Putin Is Recalculating the U.S. Elections

Trump is likely fuming about the Evan Gershkovich deal.

slate.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

Hope it helps.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine intensifies long-range strikes, sinking Russian submarine, striking airfield

Ukrainian military officials say they have sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield in the past 24 hours

abcnews.go.com