Notices by Hanse Mina (hanse_mina@mastodon.social)

#Germany's new leftist populist party aims to exact a high price from mainstream parties for helping them govern three eastern states: demanding that their regional officials join calls to stop arming #Ukraine.

Launched in January, the Sahra #Wagenknecht Alliance (#BSW) is the only party to oppose arming Ukraine besides the far-right #AfD, a pariah because other parties refuse to work with it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-upstart-leftists-chip-pro-ukraine-consensus-2024-11-03/

#EU #Russia

Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged move that severs their Soviet-era energy ties with Moscow.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250205-baltics-to-cut-soviet-era-ties-to-russian-power-grid

#Ukraine #Russia #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #EU

The Primorsky-Akhtarsk airport in Russia was hit by drones.

Russia has used the airport to launch Shahed drones to Ukraine.

https://t.me/operativnoZSU/171227

#Ukraine #Russia

German investigators believe that a wave of car vandalism across Germany, initially blamed on radical climate activists, is actually part of a Russian-orchestrated sabotage campaign, according to a Spiegel report published Wednesday.

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-hit-by-suspected-russia-backed-sabotage-campaign/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Germany

Ukraine's military will create robotic vehicle units to deploy at the front, the defence minister said on Wednesday, as Kyiv and Moscow vie to gain a technological advantage over their enemy after nearly three years of vicious fighting.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraines-military-roll-out-units-robotic-vehicles-2025-02-05/

#Ukraine #Russia

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday establishing a Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, after the country was excluded from the continental competition nearly three years ago. The new contest will be called Intervideniye (Intervision).

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-russia-eurovision-alternative-song-contest/

#Ukraine #Russia #Eurovision #Intervision #EU #Putin

Putin again complimented US President Donald Trump. He noted the persistence of the American leader in promoting his own interests and his ability to force anyone to do what he wants.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/02/02/putin-pohvalil-trampa-zaumenie-navodit-poryadok-inazval-ego-hozyainom-a153944

#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #US #Trump

A Russian senator Suleyman #Kerimov ,who is one of the country’s richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led #SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the first Trump administration.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-29/russian-oligarch-held-stake-in-spacex-via-trust-while-sanctioned

#Ukraine #Russia #Musk #US #Trump

Syria’s new government pressed Moscow about reparations in their first meeting with a Kremlin delegation since the downfall of staunch Russian ally Bashar al-#Assad’s regime last month. No progress was made regarding the air base and naval port located there.

https://www.ft.com/content/0fe18a07-2e10-456f-98f2-2d3624b83c75

#Syria #Russia #Ukraine #Moscow #Kremlin

"Back then, #Hitler wanted to kill me because I am Jewish. Now #Putin is trying to kill me because I am Ukrainian", a 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Roman #Schwarzman said in a powerful address to the German #Bundestag during the annual Holocaust remembrance ceremony

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/29/holocaust-survivor-draws-parallel-between-nazi-terror-and-todays-russia-in-bundestag-address/

#Ukraine #Russia #Germany #EU #Holocaust

Russian Oil Refinery Bingo for those playing at home.

#Ukraine #Russia

The U.S. military transferred around 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from storage in Israel to Poland this week in order to deliver them to Ukraine, three sources with knowledge of the operation tell Axios.

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/us-patriot-missiles-ukraine-israel

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Poland #Israel #Patriot

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze foreign development assistance for 90 days has thrown Ukrainian organizations into turmoil, in some cases threatening their very existence and leaving the people they support in limbo.

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-suspends-aid-to-ukraine-vital-ngos-dont-know-if-theyll-survive/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was impossible to establish the real number of victims of Russian aggression in occupied Mariupol, but Ukraine had information about over 20,000 people killed.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/25/7495272/

#Ukraine #Russia #zelensky #Mariupol

Russia lacks sufficient forces for a big breakthrough in Ukraine, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Christopher #Cavoli, said.

"I'm not worried that Ukraine could suddenly lose. I don't see the potential for a massive (Russian) breakthrough"

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-lacks-manpower-for-major-breakthrough-in-ukraine-top-nato-general-says/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #NATO

European Union leaders are warning that Russia could test the bloc's readiness to defend itself within the next three to five years, calling for an increase in defense budgets and deepen military cooperation among member states.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-could-test-eus-readiness-to-defend-itself-in-3-to-5-years-time-kallas-says/

#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Kallas

Several of #Sberbank’s subsidiaries have begun laying off employees en masse, including IT specialists.

The IT Workers’ Union estimates that 30–50 percent of employees in these companies are losing their jobs.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/22/russia-s-sberbank-is-laying-off-it-specialists-from-its-subsidiaries-en-masse

#Ukraine #Russia

Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying a crucial chemical ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran over the next few weeks, according to intelligence from security officials in two western countries.

https://www.ft.com/content/f0bc9fcc-11b3-4615-bd24-163f8938f2a5

#Ukraine #Russia #US #China #Iran

I think I've seen this hand gesture before. 🤔

The tech billionaire offered a vigorous, straight-armed salute Monday while on the stage at Capitol One Arena as he told the crowd “My heart goes out to you.”

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/elon-mars-salute-00199464

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Musk #Trump #MAGA

Russia's oil shipments via the Baltic Sea fell by roughly 10% in the last four months of 2024, the Finnish Border Guard said, as the impact of EU sanctions against Russian oil and gas exports adopted in June took effect.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-baltic-oil-shipments-fall-10-after-eu-sanctions-finland-says-2025-01-20/

#Ukraine #EU #Russia #Finland