Putin’s revenge for the Crimean bridge took the lives of 13 people in Zaporizhzhia. According to Ukraine’s air force, the southern city was hit by six Russian cruise missiles and 16 S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. The cruise missiles were fired from Russian Tu-22M3 and Su-35 fig... #CrimeanBridge #KyryloTymoshenko #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
European societies cannot afford war fatigue. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that European societies cannot afford to be war-weary because this is what Putin is counting on. According to Borrell, the governments of the EU me... #JosepBorrell #RussianAgression #WarFatigue #WarinUkraine
Russia’s war machine is still making plenty of cash from il exports. An increase in the rate of export duty charged on crude oil shipped out of Russia in July has helped the Kremlin to ride out a slump in revenue inflow in the first full week of the month. Duty rates ... #RussianAgression #RussianOil #RussianOilExport
Ukraine and the EU are working on the seventh package of sanctions. Ukraine is already working with the European Union on the seventh package of sanctions against Russia and is not giving anyone a pause in this process, said the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Ku... #EUsanctionsPackage #RussianAgression #Sanctions #СанкціїРосіі
The G7 leaders have agreed on limiting the price of Russian oil. The leaders of the Group of Seven, met recently at a summit in Bavaria, Germany, and reached a unanimous consensus on the need to limit the price of Russian oil. Still, this mechanism needs to be work... #G7 #G7summit2022 #RussianAgression #RussianOilPriceLimit #RussianOilSanctions
Russian invaders have seized and blocked 15 Ukrainian ports. Three Ukrainian ports operating on the Danube handled almost 1.3 million tons of cargo in May. According to Deputy Head of the Seaports Administration Dmytro Barinov, “In total, there are 18 po... #BlockedSeaports #DanubePorts #RussianAgression #UkraineSeaPorts
Russian hackers perform massive cyberattacks on Lithuania. The Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Lithuanian websites in response to Vilnius banning the passage of goods sanctioned by the European Union across its territor... #Lithuania #LithuaniaSyberattacks #RussianAgression
Ukraine has bought 2,900 anti-tank missile systems from Germany. On its own initiative and at its own expense, Ukraine has purchased 2,900 RGW 90 Matador anti-tank missile systems from the German company Dynamit Nobel Defence (DND), reported Welt. The German anti-... #AntiTankWeapon #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine #WeaponforUkraine
Newly supplied weapons will allow Ukraine to reclaim occupied territory, including Crimea. US weapons will help Ukraine regain Russian-occupied territory, including Crimea and the Donbas, the Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told CNN in Brussels. The defense minister said the fi... #OleksiyReznikov #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine #WeaponforUkraine
Russia’s revenue from energy exports in the first 100 days of the war amounted to €93B. According to a study by CREA, the EU remains the largest buyer of Russian gas and oil, 61% of Russia’s fossil fuel exports, amounting to €57B. Among individual countries, the largest importer wa... #RussianAgression #RussianEnergy #RussianEnergyExport
Ukraine is doing everything it can to unblock its seaports. “We are doing all we can, but this issue can be resolved only by unblocking Ukrainian ports because 80% of agricultural exports go through them,” said Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytr... #BlockedSeaports #DmytroKuleba #RussianAgression #SeaPorts #UnblockingSeaPorts
President Zelenskyy, in the speech to EU leaders, asked for an agreement on the Russian oil ban. On May 30, Zelenskyy called on the EU to approve the sixth package of sanctions against Russia and stop depending on Russia in an address to the European Council. “Why do you depend on Russia and the... #EUmemberiship #EUsummit #RussianAgression #RussianOilSanctions #Zelenskyy
The US has not decided whether to send long-range rockets to Ukraine or not. US President Joe Biden said he doesn’t plan to ship any missiles to Ukraine that could strike Russian territory. The Biden administration has been preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it o... #JoeBiden #MLRSforUkraine #NATO #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar
Ukraine will take everything back from Russia, and it is just a matter of time. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his nightly address on Saturday, said that the day when Ukraine is fully liberated gets closer every day. He also added, “It is just a matter of time before Ukraine ... #ReturnTerritoriesBack #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #VolodymyrZelenskyy
The US will not lift sanctions on Russia in exchange for access to Ukrainian ports. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States has rejected Russia’s proposals to lift sanctions in exchange for allowing access to Ukrainian ports. “Of course, we will not... #NedPrice #RussianAgression #UkrainePorts #ussanctions
Russia is “weaponizing energy” amid the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions from the West have sent oil prices skyrocketing, lifting gasoline and diesel prices in the US to unprecedented levels, reported CNN. Natural gas... #EnergyAsWeapon #JenniferGranholm #RussianAgression #RussianEnergy
A joint UK, EU, and US group will document war crimes in Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the launch of a new joint UK, EU, and US group to help support the efforts of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General to document war crimes and other atrociti... #AnthonyBlinken #RussianAgression #RussianWarcrimes #WarCrimes #WarCrimesInvestigation
The world is indecisive about providing MLRS for Ukraine, but Ukraine needs them ASAP. During the World Economic Forum, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba noted that Ukraine is now in critical need of Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), and allies that could provide them are w... #DmytroKuleba #MilitaryAid #MLRS #MLRSforUkraine #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar
The President of the European Council is confident the Russian oil ban will be resolved by Monday. Charles Michel is confident that any issues over the proposed ban on Russian oil imports will be resolved by the next council meeting on May 30. Addressing a news conference alongside Swedish Prime M... #CharlesMichel #OilEmbargo #RussianAgression #RussianOilEmbargo
If Ukraine loses the war, Latvia will be next. Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks called on its partners to increase support for Ukraine so that they do not have to defend themselves. “Ukraine is currently fighting our war, and if it lo... #ArtisPabriks #Latvia #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
Britain will not ease sanctions against Russia in exchange for a grain export corridor. The Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom, Ben Wallace, rejected the idea of easing sanctions against Russia in exchange for a grain export corridor through Ukraine, reported Reuters. Earlier on... #BenWallace #BlackSeaBlockage #BlackSeaCorridor #RussianAgression
The German president calls on Putin to hold serious and direct talks with Zelenskyy. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine immediately, Spiegel reports. “Respect Ukraine’s sovereignty, stop ... #FrankWalterSteinmeier #PutinWar #RussianAgression
Oil prices have risen to $115 a barrel. Oil prices rose at the beginning of trading on Wednesday due to limited stocks and the prospect of growing demand in connection with the upcoming start of the summer driving season in the United Stat... #GlobalOilPrices #OilPrices #RussianAgression #WTI
The war in Ukraine is not regional, it is a global problem. The war in Ukraine is a global problem, not exclusively a European problem said US President Joe Biden during a meeting in Tokyo. Stressing that Washington and its close domestic partners would insis... #GlobalWar #JoeBiden #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
Russia is using food supplies as a weapon as it did with energy supplies. Russia is using a similar scheme with food supplies as it did with energy and weaponizing the sector with global repercussions, said Ursula von der Leyen to the World Economic Forum. The European Comm... #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #UrsulavonderLeyen #worldeconomicforum
Germany is ready to support the oil embargo against Russia without Hungary’s participation. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is disappointed that the EU has not yet approved an oil embargo against Russia, reported Reuters. However, Habeck added that Germany was ready to renounce Hungary... #GermanyOilEmbargo #OilEmbargo #RobertHabeck #RussianAgression #RussianOilEmbargo
The naval coalition suggested lifting the Russian blockade from Ukraine’s seaports. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has proposed the creation of a naval coalition to lift the Russian blockade on Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea, reported the Guardian. &... #GabrieliusLandsbergis #RussianAgression #SeaPortsBlockage #UkraineSeaPorts
Russia is blocking 22 million tons of food in Ukraine ports. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of blocking the export of 22 million tons of food products and warned that many countries will face a food crisis if their ports are unblocked. “The world ... #RussianAgression #SeaPortsBlockage #UkrainePorts
The European Union has a €300B plan to drop Russian fossil fuels. The EU Commission submitted a €300B plan to eliminate Russian energy imports by 2027, reported EuroActiv. However,, EU officials admitted, that this would require short-term investments in new fossil ... #BanRussianOil #EUsanctions #RussianAgression #RussianFossilFuelsBan #WarinUkraine
The International Criminal Court has sent Ukraine the largest group of investigators in history. On Tuesday, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan said that he had sent a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts, and support staff to Ukraine to investigate war crimes and crimes ag... #CrimesinUkraine #ICC #InternationalCriminalCourt #KarimKhan #RussianAgression #WarCrimes
The Russians have lost one-third of their ground combat force in Ukraine. In its latest defense intelligence update, the ministry said Russian troops had sustained heavy losses in their Donbas offensive and that “under the current conditions, Russia is unlikely to dr... #RussianAgression #RussiansLosses #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
Germany accuses Russia of using energy as a weapon. German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck accused Russia on Thursday of using energy “as a weapon,” following an announcement by the Russian government on Wednesday to impo... #Germany #RobertHabeck #RussianAgression #RussianOil
It will cost the EU €195B to become independent from Russian energy, reported Spiegel.de. Brussels is expected to present a plan to provide the possibility to the EU to become energy-free from Russia as soon as the middle of next week. To this end, the commission wants... #EUEnergyindependence #OilSupplies #RussianAgression #RussianEnergy
The world must not repeat the mistake of 2014 in relations with Putin. The head of the British government, Boris Johnson, said that the normalization of relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin would mean a repeat of the mistake of 2014 when Russia temporarily oc... #BorisJohnson #PutinWar #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar
Dmytro Kuleba has proposed for German companies to relocate to Ukraine. On Thursday, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged German companies to pull out of Russia and relocate to Ukraine. Kuleba tweeted, “As Russia keeps committing heinous atrocities in Ukrain... #DmytroKuleba #Germany #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
More than one million Ukrainians have been deported to Russia. About 1.85 million Ukrainian citizens have been illegally deported to the territory of the Russian Federation, said Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova. According to her, those citizens of... #RussianAgression #UkrainiansDeported #WarinUkraine
Russia’s new efforts to break through Ukrainian positions have failed. Ukraine’s armed forces continue to resist efforts by Russian units to breakthrough in several areas. The main Russian thrust has come from the south, from the town of Izium, in an attempt to enc... #RussianAgression #RussianInvasion #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
Russians are stealing sunflower oil from the Zaporizhzhia region. The Russian invaders are exporting oil from the Pologi oil extraction plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, which was preparing for shipment to its foreign partners. “The sunflower plant was preparing pro... #LyudmilaDenisova #RussianAgression #SunflowerOil
Russians are banned from running Ukrainian financial companies. The National Bank has prohibited citizens or residents of the Russian Federation from participating in managing insurance, financial, and other non-banking institutions in Ukraine. More specifically,... #BanonRussians #nbu #RussianAgression
The European Parliament presents the sixth package of sanctions. The President of the European Commission presented the details of the sixth package of sanctions against Russia for its aggression against Ukraine: We add to the sanctions list high-ranking military p... #EUsanctions #OilEmbargo #RussianAgression #Sanctions
Russia will destroy NATO transport and supplies in Ukraine. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has threatened that those delivering arms and military supplies from NATO countries to Ukraine are considered a “legitimate goal” of destruction. Sh... #NATO #RussianAgression #RussiaThreatsNATO #SergeiLavrov #SergeiShoigu
The Netherlands can send more heavy weapons to Ukraine. The Netherlands is considering supplying heavier weapons to Ukraine, along with Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote about this on Twitter after a telephone conve... #Netherlands #NetherlandsWeapons #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
If Russia uses chemical weapons, the Western response will be strong. The United States and the international community stand ready to provide a strong response to any attempt by Russian forces to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, stated the US Secretary o... #chemicalweapons #LloydAustin #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
More than 3,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed. According to the UN’s human rights office, the civilian death toll in Ukraine has exceeded 3,000 people as of Monday. Since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February, the OHCHR has record... #RussianAgression #War #WarinUkraine
Russian progress is “slow and uneven” in Donbas . According to a senior US defense official, the Russian forces are making “slow and uneven” and “incremental” progress in the Donbas region because of Ukrainian resistance and... #RussiaFailure #RussianAgression #Ukrainewar #WarinUkraine
Russia’s revenues from energy sales to EU countries almost doubled. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s revenues from the sale of fossil fuels to EU countries have almost doubled, reported the Finnish Center for Energy and Clean ... #RussianAgression #RussianEnergy #RussianOil #RussiaProfits
Ukraine defenders in Mariupol have exhausted Russian troops. Ukraine defenders in Mariupol have exhausted Russian troops. #Azovstal #Mariupol #MariupolDefenders #RussianAgression #WarinUkraine
Russia has gained no significant territory since the start of the new offensive. Early in Russia’s expanded offensive in Donbas, the US assesses there have been no major territorial gains for Russia since the start of the new push, according to two senior US officials with ... #RussianAgression #War #WarinUkraine
About 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure has been affected by the Russian invasion. Due to the full-scale invasion of Russia, 20-30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure, worth $100B, has already been damaged or destroyed, said Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. More than 3... #Infrastructure #RussianAgression #War
US president Joe Biden says that Putin is committing “genocide.” President Biden on Tuesday declared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions “genocide,” the first time he publicly invoked the phrase since Putin began his deadly assault on Ukra... #Genocide #JoeBiden #RussianAgression #UkraineGenocide #War #WarinUkraine
