Thanks to Poland’s and Lithuania’s pressure, the EU eliminated a gap in its sanctions that had enabled its member states to sell weapons to Russia between 2014-2021. In 2021 alone, Europe send weapons to Moscow worth 39 million euros, according to Reuters.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Phone call between French and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers
This afternoon, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, held a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba.
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Russian flag hoisted on administration building in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast
In Oleshky (Kherson Oblast), the Russian military hung a Russian flag on the administration building — Kherson Mayor Yevhen Ryshchuk
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Court freezes 154 assets of Medvedchuk and wife
A Ukrainian court has frozen 154 additional properties belonging to Viktor Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko, including 26 cars, 30 plots of land, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces, and a motor yacht.
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Литва прокоментувала погрози Кремля щодо ядерної зброї в Балтиці
"Нічого нового", – Литва прокоментувала погрози Кремля стягнути ядерну зброю в Балтику
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Russia’s invasion destroyed my world: stories of loss and grief
"The grandmother died immediately, and the father was able to call his son and say his last words. The son talked with his father until his father's heart stopped. We still can't find the bodies of our friends' parents." https://
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Russian warship Moskva damaged by explosion
Russia said the crew of its Moskva warship were evacuated on Thursday after an explosion of ammunition aboard that Ukraine claimed was caused by a missile strike. A U.S. defense official noted that the damaged vessel was still attempting to extinguish a fire, according to Reuters.
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Ukraine has shed the cult of victimhood, sorrow, and resignation
“The most global change in our collective consciousness has been the absence of the cult of victimhood, our traditional sorrow, and resignation to fate,” stated Hanna Maliar, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine. https://facebook.com/100004471542280/posts/2133179520174412/?d=n
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Russian rocket destroyed a workshop in Kramatorsk
A Russian rocket destroyed one of the workshops at the Energomashspetsstal plant in Kramatorsk, said MP Yefimov. PHOTO
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European Commission will assess Ukraine by two criteria
The EU ambassador Maasikas said the European Commission will assess Ukraine by two main criteria for membership.

