Authorities in #Kyiv on Tuesday began demolishing a monument symbolising historic ties between ex-Soviet #Ukraine and #Russia, AFP correspondents reported, more than two months after Moscow’s troops invaded Ukraine.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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NASA satellites show many fires in Ukraine, possibly heavy fighting
NASA satellites are indicating a lot of fires in Ukraine today. I plotted the most interesting areas on my map. This may indicate heavy fighting, but it may also be optimal weather for fires to spread. This is the most fires I've seen in a long time.
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UK probes Russian hack targeting army recruits
The #UK defence ministry said Tuesday it was investigating a reported #hack by #Russia of its computer systems targeting more than 100 army recruits. https://
kyivpost.com/world/uk-probe
s-russian-hack-targeting-army-recruits.html
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Germany speeds up military aid to Ukraine
I met a number of journalists in Berlin yesterday. Here’s a piece from @faznet. Germany has made a significant shift in its policy regarding giving military aid to Ukraine. We need to give as much help as we can, Ukraine doesn’t have the time to wait.
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Total Surveillance in Belarus: Students Arrested for TikTok Video Criticizing Lukashenka
Total surveillance in #Belarus with police stalking people on TikTok. Two students have been detained for posting a video with the famous quote of Lukashenka "And now I want to show you where they were preparing the attack on Belarus". They were forced to film a sorry video pic.twitter.com/LIUlBebasT
— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) 26 avril 2022Total surveillance in #Belarus with police stalking people on TikTok. Two students have been detained for posting a video with the famous quote of Lukashenka "And now I want to show you where they were preparing the attack on Belarus". They were forced to film a sorry video.
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Russian worker’s head breaks off Kyiv monument symbolizing Ukraine-Russia unification
While Kyiv authorities were dismantling the monument "To the unification of Ukraine with Russia" today, the head of the Russian worker broke off. The monument was installed in 1982, showing Ukrainian and Russian workers holding together the USSR emblem.
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Putin claims no fighting in Mariupol
During a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that there are no more hostilities in Mariupol. At the same time, he called on Ukrainian defenders to lay down their arms, according to a statement quoted on the Kremlin's website.
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FSB claims Ukrainian neo-Nazis plotted to kill Solovyov
On April 25 #Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, announced that it had arrest a group of allegedly #Ukrainian-instigated “neo-Nazis” who were preparing to assassinate Russian TV propagandist #VladimirSolovyov. https://
kyivpost.com/eastern-europe
/anti-ukrainian-propaganda-stunt-backfires-as-moscow-admits-russia-has-nazis.html
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IAEA Head: Radiation in Chernobyl Abnormal, Russian Occupation Hazardous
Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency head, says that the radiation rate in the Chornobyl nuclear disaster area is abnormal. Russian occupation of the site was hazardous for the safety of the remains of the plant.
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Russia recruits Libyan cadets and Syrian, Chechen veterans for war in Ukraine
Russians are trying to involve Libyan cadets and participants of combat operations in Syria and Chechnya in the war with Ukraine.
More details:
https://gur.gov.ua/content/rosiiany-namahaiutsia-zaluchyty-do-viiny-z-ukrainoiu-kursantiv-z-livii-ta-uchasnykiv-boiovykh-dii-v-syrii-ta-chechni.html
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