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- UKR’s info-machine has to double-check its spell-check on Twitter “Coordinated with 🇨🇦 Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau further steps to repel Russian aggression. We appreciate the new defense and financial assistance. Thank you, Justine, friend, for supporting the Ukrainian people. Cooperation between 🇺🇦 and 🇨🇦 is stronger than ever!” (UKR President via Twitter)
- Ya think? “Zelensky: Russia’s statement about ‘deliberate slowdown’ in Ukraine is lie” (UKR media)
- That crypto fundraising thing has taken a bit of a kick in the nuts “Cryptocurrency crash devalues Ukraine’s government crypto fundraise” (Reuters)
- Yeah, it’s NATO that’s trying to steal grain from Ukraine “New Coalition Of The Willing For Retreating Ukrainian Forces … Kiev’s allies are in a hurry to take out the Ukrainian harvest out of the country. Justifying its policy with the upcoming global food crisis, Britain is reportedly instigating NATO allies, as well as states like Egypt, to create a special “coalition of the willing”. It will be aimed at breaking the Russian blockade by providing a “protective corridor” from Odessa through the Bosphorus. However, the plan seems to be rather unrealistic as it largely depends on Turkey’s position …” (pro-RUS amplifier)
- What a surprise “Explainer: How Orwell’s ‘1984’ Looms Large in Wartime Russia” (RUS independent media)
- Point-Counterpoint “Henry Kissinger: Ukraine Should Give Up Territory to Russia to Reach Peace” (newsweek.com) – “Those who advise Ukraine to give away territory to Russia do not want to see ordinary Ukrainians living there – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- Oh, what a tangled web of weapons transfer approvals “Israel rejects U.S. request to approve Spike missile transfer to Ukraine” (axios.com)
- Let the annexation begin! Easier to get a Russian passport in occupied areas “Russia Simplifies Citizenship for Ukrainians in Captured Territories” (RUS independent media) – Kremlin executive order on passports (safe PDF, in Russian)
- More HR reform to crank out more troops for Russia’s military “Russian Lawmakers Scrap Upper Age Limit for Military Service” (RUS independent media)
- Reconnaissance by Pokemon? “SSU exposes russian special services on using smartphone games to recruit Ukrainian children (video)” (UKR Security Svc info-machine)
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