Month: September 2023

Цього місяця готується 12-й оборонний пакет допомоги Україні від Данії – із зустрічі Зеленського і Фредеріксен

Фредеріксен: «Наша підтримка надовго, це зобов’язання на довгий час. Ми зобов’язані вам за вашу неймовірну боротьбу. Ваша боротьба – це наша боротьба» …

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Britain to Designate Wagner as Terror Group

Britain said Wednesday it will declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a terrorist organization. The government said it would introduce an order in parliament that if approved would make it illegal to be a member of or support the group.  The order would also allow the government to seize Wagner’s assets. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said Wagner “has been involved in looting, torture and barbarous murders. Its operations in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa are a threat to global security.” Wagner was involved in Russia’s war in Ukraine, and in June its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin carried out a brief rebellion …

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Death Toll From Fierce Storms, Flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria Rises to 11 

The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 11 Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered four more bodies. A flash flood at a campsite in northwestern Turkey near the border with Bulgaria killed at least four people — with two found dead Wednesday — and carried away bungalow homes. Rescuers were still searching for two people reported missing at the campsite. Another two people died in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, where Tuesday’s storms inundated hundreds of homes and workplaces in several neighborhoods. The victims in Istanbul included a …

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Зеленський провів засідання Ставки: обговорювали підготовку енергосистеми до зими

Президент України Володимир Зеленський провів чергове засідання Ставки верховного головнокомандувача, на якому обговорювалася підготовка української енергосистеми до зими. «Комплексний план захисту об’єктів критичної інфраструктури від усього, що може вигадати країна-терорист. Доповіді прем’єр-міністра Шмигаля, віце-прем’єра Кубракова, усього енергетичного сектору, Держспецзв’язку, Генштабу й обласних військових адміністрацій. Ще є над чим працювати», – написав він у телеграмі. За його словами, усі «учасники процесу отримали конкретні завдання із конкретними термінами виконання».   …

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Putin Declines to Renew Black Sea Grain Initiative

Talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ended without an agreement to restart a deal under which Russia provided safe passage to ships moving grain across the Black Sea, including ships leaving from Ukrainian ports. The deal, struck last year, was meant to safeguard the supply of agricultural commodities from Ukraine and Russia to global markets, where they account for a large percentage of the supply of wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other staple foods. Russia is waging war against Ukraine, including attacks on its Black Sea ports, making the region hazardous for …

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Russia’s Shifting Public Opinion on the War in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s Russia has sharply constricted the space for free expression in recent years, but some independent pollsters who fled the country have not abandoned their work. They are still trying to track Russian public opinion on key topics, including the war in Ukraine, providing a rare window into how the Russian public views the war’s dramatic turns over the last 18 months. Voice of America’s Russian Service contacted one of these researchers — Elena Koneva — about how she and her team approach their work phoning people in Russia and asking for their opinions. “Analysts have learned to deal …

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У комітеті ВР із нацбезпеки підтримали призначення Умєрова міністром оборони

Парламентський комітет із питань національної безпеки, оборони та розвідки підтримав призначення Рустема Умєрова на посаду міністра оборони України, повідомили членкині комітету, депутатки Ірина Фріз та Соломія Бобровська у фейсбуці. Повідомляється, що комітет підтримав кандидатуру Умєрова одноголосно. 3 вересня президент Володимир Зеленський заявив, що внесе до парламенту кандидатуру Рустема Умєрова на посаду міністра оборони. Вранці 4 вересня міністр оборони Олексій Резніков подав до парламенту заяву про відставку, а Умєров зі свого боку – заяву про відставку з посади голови Фонду держмайна. На пленарному засіданні 5 вересня Рада підтримала відставку Резнікова з посади міністра оборони та звільнення Умєрова із займаної ним посади …

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US Says North Korea Will ‘Pay a Price’ for Any Weapons Supplies to Russia

Arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are actively advancing, a U.S. official said on Tuesday and warned leader Kim Jong Un that his country would pay a price for supplying Russia with weapons to use in Ukraine. Providing weapons to Russia “is not going to reflect well on North Korea, and they will pay a price for this in the international community,” U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House. The Kremlin said earlier on Tuesday it had “nothing to say” about statements by U.S. officials that Kim planned to travel to Russia this month …

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At Least 7 People Dead as Severe Rainstorms Trigger Flooding in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria

Fierce rainstorms battered neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said four other people were missing after the flash flood swept over the campsite in Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. He said about 12 vacationers were at the site when the waters hit. Search teams had located two bodies, he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “The search and rescue efforts for the missing …

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Trial Starts of Oil Executives Accused of Complicity in Sudan War Crimes

Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company went on trial Tuesday in Stockholm for securing the company’s operations in Sudan through their alleged complicity in war crimes 20 years ago. Swedish prosecutors claim that former Lundin Oil chairman Ian Lundin and the company’s former CEO, Alex Schneiter, supported the Sudanese government of former dictator Omar al-Bashir, who was toppled in an April 2019 popular uprising. The two executives are accused of creating “the necessary conditions for the subsidiary’s operations by conducting warfare in a way that entailed the Sudanese military and regime-allied militia systematically attacking civilians or …

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Зеленський підписав указ про звільнення Кириленка з посади голови Донецької ОВА

Президент Володимир Зеленський підписав указ про звільнення Павла Кириленка з посади голови Донецької обласної державної адміністрації (нині ОВА – ред.). В указі від 5 вересня йдеться, що Кириленко подав відповідну заяву. Раніше сьогодні на заіданні Кабінет міністрів України підтримав проєкт указу президента про звільнення голови Донецької ОВА Павла Кириленка з посади. Раніше голова фракції «Слуга народу» Давид Арахамія казав, що Кириленко стане новим очільником Антимонопольного комітету. З цієї посади сьогодні звільнили Ольгу Піщанську. …

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Spanish Soccer Federation Fires Women’s National Team Coach Jorge Vilda Amid Rubiales Controversy

The Spanish soccer federation fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women’s World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales. The coach was among those who applauded Rubiales when he refused to resign despite facing widespread criticism for kissing player Jenni Hermoso on the lips without her consent during the title celebrations in Sydney last month. Rubiales, who also grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture after the final, has been provisionally suspended by FIFA and is facing a Spanish government case against …

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