Month: June 2022

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Лисичанськ не оточений, але є бої на околицях – Гайдай

На Луганщині російські війська підходять до Лисичанська з різних боків, але місто не оточене, заявив голова обласної військової адміністрації Сергій Гайдай. «Росіяни підходять до Лисичанська з різних боків. Рашисти звітують, що контролюють мало не половину міста, і що Лисичанськ оточений – це неправда, не відповідає дійсності. Але обстріли дуже потужні. Вони умисно обстрілюють навіть наші гуманітарні центри, є поранені.. Усередині Лисичанська боїв немає, вони на околиця», – сказав він в ефірі національного телемарафону. Гайдай зауважує, що якщо порівнювати з Сєвєродонецьком, місто Лисичанськ добре розташоване географічно. «Там є висоти, є позиції більше придатні для оборони. Віримо в ЗСУ. Розраховуємо на стійкість …

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Євросоюз

Report: Only 15% of World Enjoys Free Expression of Information

A Britain-based group says its latest study of worldwide free expression rights shows only 15% of the global population lives where people can receive or share information freely. In its 2022 Global Expression Report, Article19, an international human rights organization, said that in authoritarian nations such as China, Myanmar and Russia, and in democracies such as Brazil and India, 80% of the global population live with less freedom of expression than a decade ago. The report said authoritarian regimes and rulers continue to tighten control over what their populations see, hear and say. While mentioning Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Indian …

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Євросоюз

144 Ukraine Fighters Freed from Russian Captivity in Prisoner Exchange

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that 144 of the country’s fighters were freed from Russian captivity via “an exchange mechanism” and that nearly 100 of the freed fighters had participated in the defense of the Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol. Earlier, a leading Ukrainian parliamentarian told VOA that Kyiv and Moscow were undergoing a process of prisoner exchange and that Roman Abramovich, a Russian businessman with ties to Putin, was playing “an active role” in the talks.   Hours later, in his nightly address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the development “optimistic and very important.” …

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Євросоюз

Biden Thanks Erdogan for Dropping Veto on Sweden, Finland NATO Bids

U.S. President Joe Biden thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for dropping his objections to the bids by Sweden and Finland to join NATO, leading the way for the military alliance to expand even closer to Russia. “I want to particularly thank you for what you did putting together the situation with regard to Finland and Sweden,” Biden told Erdogan during a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid. “You’re doing a great job.” In response, speaking through an interpreter, Erdogan said that Biden’s “pioneering in this regard is going to be crucial in …

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Євросоюз

US, Iran Indirect Talks to Revive 2015 Nuclear Pact End Without Progress

Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse about how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have ended without the progress “the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for,” EU’s envoy Enrique Mora tweeted Wednesday. “We will keep working with even greater urgency to bring back on track a key deal for non-proliferation and regional stability,” Mora said. The talks began Tuesday with Mora as the coordinator, shuttling between Iran’s Ali Bagheri Kani and Washington’s special Iran envoy Rob Malley. “What prevented these negotiations from coming to fruition is the U.S. insistence on its proposed draft text in …

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