At a #Georgia rally on Aug. 3, Donald #Trump congratulated Russian dictator Vladimir #Putin for the historic prisoner exchange arranged by #US President Joe #Biden that freed 16 people wrongfully imprisoned in #Russia
"By the way, I’d like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal,” Trump said. “Did you see the deal we made? Now look, we want to get people in. We got 59 hostages — I never paid anything."
Two of five Russian airfields in occupied #Crimea left without aircraft, Ukrainian Navy says.
Russian-occupied Crimea has five military airfields, but two are reportedly without aircraft. Ukrainian Navy spokesperson #Pletenchuk states Russian occupiers may have relocated planes to #Russia due to logistical challenges in fuel and supply provision.
#Ukraine's human rights commissioner urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (#ICRC) and the #UN to investigate an image widely shared online on Saturday that he said likely showed a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war killed and dismembered by Russian forces.
"A photograph, probably of a Ukrainian prisoner whose head and limbs were cut off by the Russians, has appeared online," Dmytro #Lubinets, the country's leading human rights official, said.
#Romania, following the example of other European countries, plans to develop armaments in collaboration with #Ukraine, specifically focusing on the R-360 #Neptune anti-ship missiles.
These missiles have been used since the beginning of the conflict, notably to take down the Russian cruiser #Moskva in 2022.
Defense forces of #Ukraine struck an enemy submarine and S-400 anti-aircraft missile complex in the temporarily occupied #Crimea.
Also, in the port of #Sevastopol, the submarine of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Rostov-on-Don" was successfully attacked. As a result of the impact, the boat sank on the spot.
American company #Mondelez International, a producer of chocolate and cookies including #Oreo, #Milka, #Toblerone, #Barny, and #Tuc, has decided not to disclose the financial statements of its Russian business for 2023, a move also adopted by #Nestle and #Mars.
For example, the company sold 9,800 tons of Milka chocolate in #Russia in just the first quarter of 2024 — six times more than projected for the same period.
"#Russia is a security threat. We need more, not less vigilance," #EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva #Johansson said.
In her letter, Johansson asked #Hungary to answer questions about the visa scheme by Aug. 19, "given the potential threat to the Schengen area of these unilateral measures".
She said she would draw the "appropriate consequences" if the move breached EU law or put the functioning of the #Schengen zone at risk.
The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in #Ukraine, #Lithuania's foreign minister and a #US official said on Wednesday, an effort #Kyiv has said will help rebuild its depleted air force.
"F-16s in Ukraine. Another impossible thing turned out to be totally possible," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius #Landsbergis said
In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll introduce an American politician and author, JD #Vance. He’s best-known for his strong stance against #US aid to #Ukraine, and for being the #Republican party’s nominee for vice president in the 2024 election.
Russian gas giant #Gazprom suffered net losses from January to June 2024 almost double those in the same period last year, the Ukrainian media outlet enkorr reported on July 31.
Gazprom has had a turbulent time since the launch of #Russia's full-scale invasion – its revenue fell by 30% last year with a net loss of $6.9 billion, the largest in 25 years.
Americans are evenly divided on whether their country has a responsibility to aid #Ukraine, with 48% saying it does and 49% it does not, according to a survey published by Pew Research on July 29.
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