Emily Jones
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Tag: Russia
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Germany is clearly delaying
10 JUNE 2022 UKRAINE WORLD From January to April, Germany increased imports from Russia by 60% and transferred almost 6 billion euros to Moscow. The British citizens who were captured by the Russians were sentenced by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine. EU should grant Ukraine a candidate status. (Note: They should make Ukraine… Read.
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UKRAINE: “Stalemate is not an option.”
WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2022 “Nobody’s going to break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians.” Zelensky: “stalemate is not an option.” UKRAINE: THE LATEST, The Telegraph Podcast There was a weekend strike on Kyiv. People are trying to resume something like a normal life in the capitol. Two British men who came over to fight… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Medical collapse and Belarus
WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2022 UKRAINE UPDATE: THE GUARDIAN, 6/4/22, Russian man accused of assassinating Alexander Litvinenko dies in Moscow. In 2006, former spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a radioactive isotope polonium 210 at a London Hotel. The polonium used to assassinate Litvinenko was found in all the hotel rooms where the assassins had stayed… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Food, Russia wants a food stalemate
UKRAINE: THE LATEST, The Telegraph Podcast Quote: “We owe the Ukrainians the time to win.” Mick Ryan Looking for more fighting around Izium. Russians have not been able to push further west from Popasna (on the southern part of the pincer, the northern part is Izium). Pooper parts of the world are dependent on this… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Listening to the Truth
TUESDAY 7 JUNE 2022 Quote of the Day: At the UN, after the Russian Ambassador walked out of a meeting: “Maybe it’s easier not to listen to the truth.” UKRAINE UPDATE UKRAINECAST 6/7/22 BBC After the USA and the UK promised to send Ukraine longer range and more precise weapons, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE, CORPORATE MEDIA BOREDOME, NOTHING CHANGES
FRIDAY 3 MAY 2022 It is day 100 in the war against Ukraine. People are dying every day for the right to determine their own futures. In the United States, we are killing each other at an alarming rate because we refuse to stop an electoral system that is bought off by big money interests.… Read.
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“No one can beat us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians.”
SATURDAY 28 MAY 2022 On Twitter @cjjohns1951 UKRAINE UPDATE UKRAINE WORLD: Twitter This is day 94 of the was against Ukraine. U.S. to send long-range rocket launchers to Ukraine. Excerpts from Russian TV, political discussion show. (Talking about Germany’s Chancellor saying that Russia can’t dictate the terms)”Do you think we will accept your terms? Think… Read.
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We are about to fact a reality test in Ukraine
@cjjohns1951 FRIDAY 27 MAY 2022 UKRAINE: THE LATEST, PODCAST FROM THE TELEGRAPH CONTRIBUTORS: David Knowles, Dom Nichols, Venetia Rainey, Mutaz Ahmed, Alex Ostrovskyy Nicholls Russia is still pushing west. Ukraine is calling for heavier weapons. Rainey It’s not going as well for Ukraine in the Donbas as it has previously in the war. Russia is… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE DONBAS
Nobody’s going to break us, we’re strong. We are Ukrainians. UKRAINE: THE LATEST Guests: Don Nicholls, Louis Ashworth and Roland Oliphant. Host David Knowles Fighting in the Donbas. Oliphant Ukrainian fighters are outnumbered. This is a battle of encirclement. The Russians are making progress. Fighting for Sieverodonetsk. If Ukrainians stay and wind up in an… Read.
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Summary of Ukraine: The Latest Podcast
TUESDAY 24 MAY 2022 It is day 90 in the war against Ukraine UKRAINE: THE LATEST, The Telegraph Contributors: David Knowles, Dom Nichols, Verity Bowman, Julia Osmoiska Intense fighting in the central Donbas region. Putin has said that at the very minimum he wants the Donbas which includes the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. The slowdown… Read.
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“Nobody can defeat us. We are Ukrainians.” The narrative of appeasement.
UKRAINE WORLD, 19 May 2022 Podcast This is one of the best podcasts for people interested in Ukraine. The discussion is among Ukrainians speaking English. I started listening to this podcast before the Russian invasion. Almost all of the conversations are thought-provoking analysis instead of the usual (corporate news) personal interest stories. On Thursday of… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Loathsome New York Times Editorial
SATURDAY 21 MAY 2022 THE KYIV INDEPENDENT A New York Times article entitled “The War in Ukraine is Getting complicated, and America Isn’t Ready,” published on May 19, caused a stir in Ukraine and beyond. In the badly written, juvenile, article, the editorial board stated: “A decisive military victory for Ukraine over Russia, in which… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: AZOVSTAL FIGHTERS
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2022 Day 84 of the war against Ukraine. THE TELEGRAPH There are negotiations about prisoner exchange for the fighters at Azovstal steel plant. The trial starts today of the 21-year-old who is accused of killing a Ukrainian man over 60. Vadim Shishirarin is accused of shooting and killing Oleksandr Shelipov. There is… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: MARIUPOL STEEL PLANT
TUESDAY 17 MAY 2022 Podast: The Telegraph, Ukraine The Latest Ukraine has had success in the north pushing Russians back to the border. Surrender of those left in the Mariupol steel plant. It is said that they are in separatist held areas in the Donbas. The port cities on the Sea of Azov have been… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: THE LATEST FROM THE TELEGRAPH
MONDAY 16 MAY 2022 UKRAINE UPDATE: MSNBC Russia fired long-range missiles on Western city of Lyiv. EUROMAIDAN PRESS After destroying Mariupol victims are offered money if they agree to blame Ukraine. Russian shelling causes explosion at ammonia nitrate warehouse in Kharkiv. PODCAST: UKRAINE THE LATEST THE TELEGRAPH There are exercises continuing in Belarus. At the… Read.
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