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

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He'd better send as much money and support as he can now, before Trump becomes President again.

 

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Russian scientists criticise cleanup efforts after oil spill in Black Sea

Experts decry lack of required equipment to clean up about 4,300 tonnes of oil after two tankers hit by storm in the Kerch Strait

www.theguardian.com

 

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Ukraine war briefing: Biden slams Russia’s ‘outrageous’ Christmas Day assault on Ukraine

President reaffirms US weapons support to Kyiv after Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, which Zelenskyy condemned as ‘inhuman’. What we know on day 1,037

www.theguardian.com

 

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Russia seeks to play down speculation over Azerbaijan Airlines crash

Kazakhstan also stresses that the cause remains unknown after claims Russian air defence fire led to fatal crash

www.theguardian.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Finland Seizes Russian Oil Tanker Suspected of Cutting Underwater Cables

An electricity cable in the Gulf of Finland was disconnected earlier this week.

gizmodo.com

 

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Russian scientists criticise cleanup efforts after oil spill in Black Sea

Experts decry lack of required equipment to clean up about 4,300 tonnes of oil after two tankers hit by storm in the Kerch Strait

www.theguardian.com

What a mess. Contamination like that is hard to clean up even with that stuff never mind without it.

 

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Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine forces, says South Korea

Spy agency says one soldier detained after reports emerge in Ukrainian media of possible first such capture, in Kursk region

www.theguardian.com

 

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Putin's plan to pay for the war in Ukraine?

 

[blueharvest]

Putin's plan to pay for the war in Ukraine?

That would be one way, if Russia would win the case. (They won't, though.)

 

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russia sends nuclear warning to Trump

South Korea, Ukraine and the US previously accused Pyongyang of sending thousands of soldiers to help Russia

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’

<em>Eagle S</em>, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship, which has since...

www.lloydslist.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Exclusive: Russian missile caused Aktau crash, investigation confirms

38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.

www.euronews.com

 

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Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means | Oleksandr Mykhed

Buy a power bank and write a will. You’ll need a ‘bug-out bag’ packed and ready to go. In Kyiv, we’ve learned how to survive Russia’s hybrid warfare, says writer Oleksandr Mykhed

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘I thought it was fake news’: secrecy around North Koreans fighting in Kursk

As reports of battlefield casualties emerge, Russian locals say presence of soldiers sent by Pyongyang is barely noticed

www.theguardian.com

 

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As Trump returns to the White House – what next for Ukraine in 2025?

Ukraine is facing an array of issues heading into 2025, underscored by anxiety about what the re-election of Donald Trump could mean for the country’s future. Tom Watling speaks to politicians, military experts and aid workers to discover what next year could hold

www.independent.co.uk

 

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‘I don’t want flowers, I want my Ukraine’: women’s acts of resistance against Russian occupation

Zla Mavka movement – meaning ‘wicked forest spirit’ – drops fake rouble notes bearing pro-Ukrainian images and shares messages of solidarity

www.theguardian.com

 

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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office

U.S. officials say the United States is expected to announce it will send another $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.

apnews.com