‘Point of no return’: 36 countries join a tribunal to prosecute Putin.

Thirty-six countries, mainly from Europe, have signed up to a special tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, which will be headquartered in the Dutch city of The Hague.

But the court will face limitations in bringing Putin to justice.

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#Putin #WarInUkraine #CouncilOfEurope #WarCrimes #Ukraine #Russia #Court #Legal #Justice

Latvia’s Prime Minister resigns in a fallout over stray Ukrainian drones.

Evika Siliņa says she is resigning her post, following the defence minister’s resignation and the coalition government’s collapse amid controversy over Ukrainian drones aimed at Russia that landed in the Baltic country.

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#Latvia #Politics #EvikaSilina #WarInUkraine

The European Union sanctions Russian officials over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children.

On Monday it imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine and force many to change their identities or be put up for adoption.

Sanctions were also slapped on seven centres suspected of indoctrinating the children or training them to serve in the armed forces.

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#EU #WarInUkraine #Children #Ukraine #Russia

EU’s Kallas rejects Gerhard Schröder as Russia-Ukraine negotiator.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is unfit to represent Europe in any peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has said he would like the ex-German chancellor to negotiate on Europe’s behalf.

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#WarInUkraine #GerhardSchroder #EU #Russia #Ukraine #KajaKallas #Putin

Putin says he thinks the Ukraine war is ‘coming to an end’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday hinted that the Ukraine war could soon end, in response to a question about whether Western help to Ukraine went too far.

Speaking to reporters after marking Russia’s Victory Day parade, as Moscow and Kyiv observe a three-day ceasefire in their four-year conflict, Putin said: “I think that the matter is coming to an end.”

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#Putin #WarInUkraine #Russia #Ukraine

Moscow holds a scaled-back Victory Day parade as the Ukraine truce kicks in.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at an annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which was this year drastically scaled down over fears of Ukrainian drone attacks.

Putin said that his soldiers in Ukraine were fighting an “aggressive force” backed by all of NATO and described his war goals as “just”, in a combative address.

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#Russia #VictoryDay #WarInUkraine #NATO

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching the Victory Day ceasefire.

The two sides report responding to hundreds of drone attacks, just hours into a truce to cover celebrations of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.

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#Ukraine #Russia #WarInUkraine #VictoryDay #Ceasefire

The Kremlin offers thoughts and prayers to businesses hurting from constant internet outages.

The Kremlin said Thursday that it is not planning to offer financial support to businesses that have seen their bottom lines negatively impacted by persistent mobile internet outages in Moscow and other cities throughout the country in recent months.

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#Russia #Business #MobileInternet #WarInUkraine #Moscow

Sweden announces a new spy agency in a rethink prompted by the war in Ukraine.

Stockholm dropped two centuries of military non-alignment and joined NATO in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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#Sweden #IntelligenceServices #WarInUkraine #Politics #Russia #Espionage #NATO

Putin and Zelenskyy both unilaterally declare conflicting 2-day truces.

Russia threatened on Monday to launch a “massive missile strike” on Kyiv if Ukraine breached a two-day truce initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with World War II commemorations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to Moscow’s threats saying Kyiv would observe its own ceasefire between 5 to 6 May.

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#Russia #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Putin #Zelenskyy #WW2

A drone strikes a Moscow building just days before Russia’s Victory Day parade.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow overnight on Monday striking a residential building in the Russian capital, just kilometres away from the Kremlin and days before Russia’s Victory Day parade.

Videos posted on social media show a drone flying at a low altitude towards Moscow just after midnight.

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#Drone #WarInUkraine #Moscow #Russia

The Venice Biennale jury resigns days before the start of the top art exhibition.

The entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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#Art #VeniceBiennale #Russia #WarInUkraine

The Council of the EU is set to examine visa ban for over 2 million Russian soldiers.

An initiative to bar more than two million Russian soldiers and foreign mercenaries who have fought in Ukraine from entering the Schengen Area is expected to be presented at the next Council meeting in June, an EU official told Euractiv.

A lifelong ban will dissuade young Russian and foreign recruits, said EPP MEP Tomáš Zdechovský.

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#EU #Russia #Soldiers #Visa #Schengen #WarInUkraine

Russian oil flow to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline resumes.

Bratislava confirmed the country started receiving crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline, after a three-month halt.

This confirmation puts an end to a months-long standoff between Ukraine, the EU and Hungary and Slovakia when the transit of Russian cheap oil stopped after a Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure at the end of January.

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#Slovakia #Oil #Druzhba #Ukraine #EU #Hungary #WarInUkraine

EU unblocks a €90 billion loan to Ukraine.

A €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine received preliminary approval from the 27 EU countries on Wednesday after several months during which Hungary exercised its veto, diplomats said.

They also approved a 20th package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of its neighbour.

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#EU #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Sanctions #Hungary

Europol sleuths trace 45 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly moved out of their country and to Russia.

Dozens of sleuths have traced 45 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia during an open-source investigative blitz hosted by Europol, it said on Monday.

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#Europol #Russia #Ukraine #WarInUkraine #Hackathon #OSINT

Moscow releases data about European firms making drones for Ukraine.

Since the start of the war, European countries have provided Kyiv with extensive financial and military aid, supplying the armed forces with weapons systems and ammunition.

The Russian Defence Ministry has published a list of European manufacturers that allegedly produce drones for Ukraine, saying such joint ventures constitute a “step towards escalation.”

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#Russia #WarInUkraine #Drones #Europe

Putin announces an Easter ceasefire, proposed by Kyiv for weeks.

Moscow repeatedly ignored Kyiv’s calls for an Easter weekend ceasefire around 12 April to announce what it called its own “unilateral” truce.

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#Russia #WarInUkraine #Easter #Ukraine #Ceasefire

France to target Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag.

France plans to double jail terms for owners and operators of ships that fail to fly the correct flag or refuse to comply with orders to stop, according to a draft update to the country’s military planning law, in a move aimed at vessels suspected of transporting Russian oil in violation of Western sanctions.

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#ShadowFleet #Russia #France #Sanctions #WarInUkraine

A Russian attack on World Heritage sites in Lviv causes uproar.

Several World Heritage sites were hit in the latest Russian attack on Lviv in western Ukraine.

Ukraine has called on Russia to be completely isolated in the cultural sector.

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#Ukraine #Lviv #Russia #WarInUkraine #CulturalHeritage #Culture #WorldHeritage

British Prime Minister Starmer says the ‘focus must remain on Ukraine’ despite the war in Iran after talks with Zelenskyy.

Keir Starmer told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that international attention must remain on Ukraine’s fight against Russia despite the US-Israeli war with Iran.

The two leaders met in London and signed a new defence partnership focused on countering drones.

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#WarInUkraine #KeirStarmer #Zelenskyy #Europe #Ukraine #UK

Not one molecule! The EU rules out relaxing the Russian gas ban to ease the energy crisis.

The European Union won’t give in to pressure to re-engage with Russia to offset surging energy prices triggered by the war in Iran.

“We’ve decided in the European Union that we do not want to re-import Russian energy,” Dan Jørgensen, the EU commissioner for energy, told reporters on Monday.

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#Russia #EU #Oil #Sanctions #FossilFuels #Energy #WarInUkraine #Iran

Belgian Prime Minister De Wever calls for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

Bart De Wever says Europe must negotiate with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and restore cheap energy access.

The EU remains divided on the issue. French President Macron, Italian Prime Minister Meloni and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán have called for direct talks with Moscow, while Poland and the three Baltic states are firmly opposed.

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#WarInUkraine #EU #Russia

The destruction of a Russian Shahed drone as it neared Kyiv.

While Putin bombs cities in his terror campaign, Ukrainian Defenders attack Russia's military facilities, which will kill the archer, not the arrows.
#AureFreePress #News #press #WARINUKRAINE #BreakingNews #Breaking

Slovakia’s Fico threatens the existing EU sanctions on Russia, as Hungary vetoes new ones.

The pro-Kremlin government in Slovakia has threatened to kill existing Russia sanctions, on top of Hungary’s veto of new measures, as the EU worries about securing funding for Ukraine for a 1 April deadline.

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#Slovakia #Russia #Sanctions #Hungary #EU #RobertFico #ViktorOrban #WarInUkraine

After Operation Midas, $100 million was taken out of the country, but there are still no answers. Yulia Samayeva analyzes the role of the State Financial Monitoring Service.

#corruption #economy #finance #news #warinUkraine
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The Russian Central Bank sues the EU for immobilising €210 billion in assets.

The Russian Central Bank has filed a lawsuit against the EU for the indefinite immobilisation of its sovereign assets, which the bloc approved last year to prevent Moscow from tapping into the funds for its own profit.

The assets are worth about €210 billion, with €185 billion held at Euroclear, a Brussels-based depository already sued by Moscow.

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#Russia #EU #Ukraine #Sanctions #WarInUkraine

Bahmut before and after the Russian invasion.

Once a vibrant city, today it has been reduced to ruins.

In the fifth year of full-scale war, the Russian occupation leaves only destruction and death in its wake.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #WARINUKRAINE

Slovak opposition sues Fico over Ukraine power blockade.

Slovakia's opposition is suing Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico over his decision to halt emergency power supplies to Ukraine amid a widening diplomatic spat over oil supply.

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#Slovakia #Ukraine #Oil #WarInUkraine #Sanctions #Politics

Kyiv condemns ‘blackmail’ by Hungary and Slovakia as the energy standoff escalates.

Ukraine condemned “ultimatums ⁠and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after Budapest and Bratislava seized on the closure of a key oil pipeline and threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless ⁠Kyiv restarts flows of ​Russian oil.

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#Ukraine #Slovakia #Hungary #Sanctions #Electricity #WarInUkraine #Oil #Russia

Hungary blocks a €90 billion loan for Ukraine over damaged pipeline.

Hungarian foreign minister accuses Ukraine of sabotage and says his country will block financial assistance for Kyiv until transit of Russian oil resumes.

Ahead of a key election, Budapest ups its anti-Ukraine rhetoric.

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#Hungary #EU #WarInUkraine #Russia #Politics #Sanctions

A Russian soldier spent about six months in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region.

After failing to receive supplies and support from his command, he decided to surrender.

To do so, he used the I Want to Live chatbot, and the head of intelligence of the Ukrainian Khartiia battalion tactical group coordinated his extraction from the city.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine #Russia #surrender #WARINUKRAINE

"Tonight, who has the bullet with Putin's name on it?

Putin is SCARED AS HELL of a Russian uprising. First, he tried to cut off their social media including Telegram and YouTube, and now he's trying to tell Russians that he's not corrupt. That he hasn't poisoned anyone - he knows his days are numbered because of his invasion of Ukraine!"
- Aure

Putin says Russian legal system is now more fair than Western courts.
#AureFreePress #Russia #Putin #WARINUKRAINE #BreakingNews #Breaking

Kim Jong Un handed over keys to new apartments to the relatives of North Korean soldiers who died in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

An entire residential district has been built in Pyongyang for them. A museum dedicated to this war and those who were killed is also being constructed there.

According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has lost about 6,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the war against Ukraine.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine #Russia #WARINUKRAINE

The Kremlin "strongly rejects" accusations from five European countries that Navalny was killed with a toxin from poison dart frogs, Peskov said.

Their denial just makes the arguments stronger.

"Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and unfounded. And we strongly reject them," he said, adding that the Kremlin's reaction to their accusations was "very negative."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #WARINUKRAINE

"It's an honor for me to receive the Ewald von Kleist Prize, which this year has been awarded to the Ukrainian people.

Thank you for this award for the Ukrainian people - an award of Ukrainian strength and our friendship. Friendship with each of you. Without friendship, strength is never enough. That's why Ukraine is working so hard to build at least mutual understanding, mutual respect, and fair treatment with everyone."
- President Zelensky
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Zelensky #WARINUKRAINE

War In The 21st Century

A road in Ukraine’s Donetsk region shielded with protective nets against Russian drones.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #WARINUKRAINE

This video brought tears to my eyes.

A dad has been waiting and praying for his son Ivan to return from Russian captivity for over three years.

Today, he received the message he prayed for: "The Defender has been released from captivity."

(families of Ukrainians in Russian captivity often gather when news of an exchange appear, hoping today their loved ones will finally return home)
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #WARINUKRAINE

Putin Just Wants War!

For Putin, the end of the Ukraine war means the end of Putin!

Russia says reaching agreements with current European leaders is unlikely.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews #WARINUKRAINE

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

President Zelensky canceled today's speech in Davos — he stayed in Kyiv due to a night-time Russian shelling

In a city of millions, with temps reaching as low as -30C, 80% of Kyiv residents are without power Tuesday morning!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews #WARINUKRAINE #Kyiv

Kyiv Invincibility (warming) Tents

#WarInUkraine
Don’t Sell Ukraine!
Silent Protest

The protesters urged not to repeat the mistakes of the 1938 Munich Agreement, under which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier agreed to transfer Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland to Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler. According to many historians, this territorial concession — made by Britain and France to Germany and Italy without consulting Czechoslovakia — paved the way for the start of World War II

@mina

#TheAlaskaNothingBurger #USpol #GeoPol #WarInUkraine
#MultipolarWorld

(1/n)

Actually, we agree on most of the other points you mention as well.

It is not just the 2 current plus the one have-been superpowers, the #US, #China, and #Russia, respectively, but also some regional or aspiring big players:

#India, #Brazil, and #NorthKorea, to name but these three.

The, I'd say, common thread here being the centennial resurgence of #Totalitarianism in #HannahArendt's...

#USpol #GeoPol, #Russia, #US, #WarInUkraine #Trump, #Putin

*👉The #Alaskan #NothingBurger? 👈*
A 🧵

While some political commentators have called the Trump-Putin summit in #Alaska a "nothing burger." --*I* beg to differ.

The event has ostensibly been a summit without any tangible results. However, the general public or even the NATO allies not knowing the terms or the agreements does not mean that there hasn't been an agreement.

These commentators overlook the fact, though that #Trump + #Putin

#WarInUkraine #DEpol #DeutscheBahn

That is awesome!

s/: It really high time for the war to end, #Germany's railway is in dire need of #Ukrainian engineering: when it snows in southern #Bavaria, electric wires freeze, tracks are snow-covered, and trains are cancelled. /s

br.de/nachrichten/bayern/bahn-…

#WarInUkraine

Russia just broke the "ceasefire" and attacked the energy sector in Slovyansk, Donetsk region.

That’s all you need to know