The easiest way to shorten this period of 'political instability' is to give the Ukrainians the weapons they need to quickly win this war. It's really not that complicated.
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Ukraine ratifies Istanbul Convention after 11 years despite church opposition
Big day for Ukrainian women! Ukraine ratifies the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. It took UA parliament 11 years to finally do it. Ukrainian council of churches had been trying to block the ratification.
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Website with data on Russian war criminals launched
In Ukraine, a website with data on Russian war criminals, "The Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People," has launched. The compilers of the book invite citizens to provide testimony of the invaders' commission of war crimes against peaceful residents of Ukraine. https://
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Macron retracts remarks on Russian humiliation, speeds Ukraine EU bid
21/ President Macron's clumsy remarks on the humiliation of Russia have been withdrawn. Simultaneously, the three spoke in favor of accelerated membership of Ukraine to the EU. One can of course doubt the feasibility of this membership, as Ukraine was already destructured before the war,
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Joint visit to Kyiv by three moderate heads of state to support Ukraine
20/ Political appreciation. The big event of the week was the joint visit to Kyiv by three moderate heads of state (Macron, Scholtz, Draghi, accompanied by the Romanian president). Officially, they affirmed their wish for a complete victory of Ukraine. The words
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Ukrainian equipment losses and artillery shell imbalance
14/ up to 1000 h per day. Similarly, the UKR LOG COM reported extremely high material losses: 1,300 combat vehicles, 400 tanks and 700 artillery pieces. Another official estimated that the RU fired 50,000 shells per day while the UKR only fired 5,000.
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Russian tugboat sunk by Harpoon missile in Black Sea
12/ In the Black Sea finally, a tugboat was sunk by the UKR using a Harpoon missile. This boat was supplying Snake Island, which is continuously reinforced by the RU. The balance of power between the missile and its target is thought-provoking.
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West of Luhan reservoir: clear Horlivka and press Bakhmout
11/ west of Luhan reservoir, towards Kodema. If they succeeded, they would clear Horlivka but could press Bakhmout from the south. No notable activity has been observed between Horlivka and Donetsk.
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Slow Russian advance towards Bakhmut, pressure south of Popasna
10/ therefore constitutes a central objective for the RU. However, the slowness of their advance does not suggest a very quick success. South of Popasna, the RU continue their pressure on Klynove (and thus the M03 road towards Bakhmut) while making an effort to cut the area
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Russian advance towards Siversk to cut logistic routes
9/ They seem to want to cut off the entire rear area by pushing to Siversk, a decisive point north of the salient, 10/15 km from Vrubivka. Already one of the logistic routes to LK is if not cut, at least hindered by the RU. The second, passing precisely through Siversk,