Usual caveats: All open-source info, so only as good as the source – inclusion here =/= confirmation of content. Some more cynical than I suggest caution linking to Russian servers, pro-rebel servers or amplifier sites – I leave the judgment call to you now that you’ve been warned.
- A howzitt done piece “How Justin Trudeau’s people arranged his whirlwind visit to a Ukraine at war” (CBC News)
- From the “haters gonna hate, no matter what” file “Ukrainian Mine-sniffing dog ‘Patron’ barks at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Volodymyr Zelensky awards him medal” (Washington Examiner, USA conservative media)
- BIG money from Team USA … “Biden Signs Lend-Lease Act to Supply More Security Assistance to Ukraine” (USA DoD info-machine)
- … and RUS state media’s take on it “Congress pushes arming Ukraine over Covid aid to Americans” (RUS state media)
- The second-in-command of UKR’s navy is killed in the fight “Legendary pilot dies in Ukrainian skies” (Ukrayinska Pravda via yahoo.com) – “Deputy commander of Ukrainian Navy killed in battle” (UKR state media)
- What everyone had to say on their own VE Days Putin Victory Day speech text (official English text, Kremlin info-machine, archived link) – “Address by the President of Ukraine on the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II” (UKR Pres info-machine) – “Congratulations from the Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Great Victory” (Donetsk rebel info-machine, Google English from Russian) – “Congratulation of the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik on Victory Day” (Luhansk rebel media, Google English from Russian)
- ITA on weapons transfer: Go nuts (but not toooooooooooooo nuts) “Weapons sent to Ukraine by Italy cannot be used to hit Russian territory – (ITA) FM” (UKR media)
- If this really happened, UKR’s info-machine needs to pay a bit more attention to detail, even if it is generally slick overall “Ukraine’s Zelensky Uses Image With Nazi Insignia in Celebratory WWII Victory Day Social Media Posts” (RUS state media) – “Ukraine’s Zelensky shares image of soldier with Nazi insignia” (RUS state media)
- Should RUS’s defence minister be looking over his shoulder? “Russia’s ultimate political survivor faces a reckoning over Ukraine war – Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a fixture of Russian political life since the Soviet Union’s fall, could be on the hook for military failures …” (Washington Post, archived link)
- Heh, heh, heh … “Smart TVs in Russia Delivering Anti-War Messages” (vice.com)
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