Ukraine’s naval drones already sank warships, downed aircraft, and forced Russia’s fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. With no navy, Kyiv used drones to break the Black Sea blockade and regain export routes. Petraeus says this is world-leading technology. 2/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukrainian sea drone submarine killer runs 1200km carries 500kg explosives
Look at the new Ukrainian sea drone — an unmanned “submarine killer” that runs 1,200 km, carries 500 kg of explosives, and dives to 100 m – The Telegraph Ex CIA director Gen. Petraeus: scaling such drones, plus Flamingo missiles, and £200bn frozen assets can win the war 1/
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Reactor shutdown since 2022, meltdown risk weeks without cooling
All 6 reactors have been shut since Sept 2022, so heat is lower, but without cooling a meltdown could still occur in weeks. 5X
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Ukraine power crisis: destroyed lines, mutual accusations
Out of 10 original power lines, 8 were destroyed in fighting. One was cut in May. The last line failed Wednesday. Moscow blames Ukraine; Kyiv says Russia staged the crisis to justify switching Zaporizhzhia to Russia’s grid.
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Russia threatens nuclear: Zaporizhzhia NPP off grid, 10 days fuel
Russia is threatening the world with nuclear disaster. Zaporizhzhia NPP has been cut off from Ukraine’s grid for 5 days — the longest outage since the full-scale war began. Cooling now runs only on diesel, with 10 days of fuel left. — NYT 1/
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Rosatom plans to reconnect Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Russia
In May, Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev announced plans to restart the plant for Russia’s power grid. Satellites show new pylons built nearby. Cutting Ukraine’s supply is step one in connecting Europe’s largest nuclear plant to Russia. 2/
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Lagarde warns seizing Russian assets damages euro; Šimkus disagrees
European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde warned that seizing frozen Russian assets would damage the euro.
Really, asked Lithuania’s Gediminas Šimkus, and said that the euro faces a far bigger risk if Ukraine loses.
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Greenpeace: Four EU nations spent more on Russian LNG than Ukraine aid since 2022
Greenpeace: Since 2022, four EU countries spent more on Russian LNG purchases than on supporting Ukraine Russian LNG imports to the EU climbed 11% in 2024 compared to 2023
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Russia may send sabotage teams to Poland
Russia is reportedly assembling sabotage-and-reconnaissance units to infiltrate Poland, with infrastructure as likely target Poland is a crucial Ukrainian ally, providing aid through logistics hubs. Any disruption could weaken Kyiv https://
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Harari: Ukrainian army is main force between Russia and Europe
"the biggest and most experienced fighting force standing between the Russian army and Warsaw, Berlin or Paris is the Ukrainian army" @harari_yuval