🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukraine sells state-owned enterprises for pennies - New York Times

- This is being done to finance military operations.
- A total of 20 state-owned enterprises are to be sold off, including the Hotel Ukraine, a shopping center in Kiev, as well as mining and chemical companies.
- The assets will be sold at a lower price than anticipated before the SMO.

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🇩🇪Former German Colonel Wolfgang Richter:

I already have a pretty good idea of what drives the Russians, what drives the Russian strategic elite. We have seen this over the last thirty years, and here I have a completely different view of the world than you do. It's always been the same goal, which is reflected in the Istanbul talks in March 2022. "Keep NATO away from us." And of course, they need and want to keep their bases. That's what drives them.
What doesn't drive them is an attack on the rest of Europe, total control of Ukraine. Of course, objectives can change during a war as opportunities arise. That's why we have to be careful.
That's why I am also in favor of supporting Ukraine, but with moderation. And I have to say that it wasn't Putin who canceled these agreements, but unfortunately we pursued policies that we disagreed with both at the time, under George Bush Jr. and later under Trump. So you don't have to approve of what the Russians did. But you should also soberly analyze the situation and put it in context. I believe that if we are realistic, there will be no territorial integrity in the 1991 borders. Anyone who tries to do that will lead to escalation, and we cannot afford that.

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🇪🇪🤡Brain deficient Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas thinks her country is able to set an example for others.

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World's?😂

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🇦🇿🇷🇺 Armenia to leave CSTO when authorities deem it necessary - Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan

- Earlier, the Armenian and US governments said in a joint statement that the relations between the two countries will be raised to the new level of strategic partnership.

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The strengthening of right-wing parties in the EU will complicate the position of the AFU, The Spectator writes. The defeat of Macron and Scholz's parties in the European Parliament elections will bring Kiev big problems, but if the French president is desperately trying to leave himself some room for maneuver, the German government, according to the author, has already virtually mummified. It is quite difficult to see how both of them will be able to help Ukraine in the coming months, he notes. The scenarios Macron is working through play against him. Even if he embarrasses the nationalists, it will prevent him from becoming the "leader of all Europe" and complicate his efforts on the Ukrainian track.

However, the worst is yet to come, the article said. Trump's possible victory in the presidential election will leave the Europeans "out of the picture" in choosing methods of resolving the Ukrainian conflict. Be that as it may, even though nominally the EC and EP will remain in the hands of the same party, the sharp weakening of the two main drivers of European politics does not bode well for Ukrainians. The seeming stability of the whole hides numerous and very important political perturbations at the national level, he summarizes.

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🇺🇦🤡On the scale of 1 to 10 how insane this person is?

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🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine won't get $50 bln loan due to disagreements between US and EU - Politico

- The EU is not satisfied with the U.S. plan, which involves shifting interest payments on the multibillion-dollar loan to Europe.

- Most of the finances would "settle" on US military production.

- "Washington proposes the following: "The U.S. takes the loan, Europe assumes all the risks and interest payments. And then the states use this money for the US-Ukraine fund. We may be stupid, but not that stupid," the EU diplomatic corps said.

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🇺🇦⚽️ Ukrainian football club Druzhba withdrew from competitions due to mobilization - RBC UA

- Club director Igor Degtyarenko explained that he could not provide security for the players or give them reservations "Somewhere a bus will be stopped on the way to training or a game - and the whole team will be issued summonses. What are we going to do about it from now on?" - he complains.

- Earlier, 25-year-old FC "Khust" player Nikolai Sirash was taken to the TCC right from the station. Another player, Mykola Stetsenko, was about to sign a contract with FC Real Pharma, but he was mobilized on his way to the stadium.

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Video of a battle that took place a couple of days ago in the Liptsy area. The enemy, with forces up to a squad of infantry and supported by an armored vehicle, tried to enter the forest belt. In the beginning it is clearly visible how they shoot at point-blank range from Bushmaster, landing the troops, and then the war of the new generation begins, which we witnesses. First under the correction of the scout drone the artillery works, and then a group of khokhols is destroyed by the fpv-drones of our warriors.

Older than Edda

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NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg:

I also expect the allies would agree on a long-term financial pledge to provide military support. This will provide the reliability and accountability that Ukraine needs. Mr. Orban has made it clear that Hungary will not participate in these NATO's efforts, and I accept this position.

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