i agree, and have said so before:

"#IMF believes funding #Ukraine now is more cost-effective for partners than to risk its defeat"

essentially: forget the moral arguments

not that morality doesn't matter, but you don't even need morality to make a coherent argument to support ukraine

if #russia wins the next step will be much more expensive for the #west than stopping russia in ukraine

#europe, it's on you now

the #usa just went full clown dementia

pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11…

#ukrainewar

IMF believes funding Ukraine now is more cost-effective for partners than to risk its defeat

Ukraine has demonstrated that it is a reliable borrower with a sound debt repayment plan, making it more advantageous for its partners to provide funding now and prevent Ukraine’s defeat in the war.

^{Artur Kryzhnyi (Ukrainska Pravda)}

#analysis

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The use of what #Putin said was a ballistic missile with multiple warheads in offensive combat is a clear departure from decades of the Cold War doctrine of deterrence.

Ballistic missiles with multiple warheads, known as “multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles,” or MIRVs, have never been used to strike an enemy, experts say.

edition.cnn.com/2024/11/22/eur…

#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

Anti war Russian ballet star dancer falls from 5th floor window. Drugs blamed but let’s get real:

“Shklyarov condemned Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a now-deleted Instagram post from March 2022, declaring his opposition to “all kinds of military actions.”

“It is impossible to watch everything that is happening today without tears,” Shklyarov wrote.

In contrast to Olga Smirnova, a star ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who fled Russia and moved to Europe, Shklyarov continued performing in Russia and refrained from further commenting on the war.”
#russia #russiaUkraineWar #ukraine #putin
theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov…

Vladimir Shklyarov, Russian ballet star, dies aged 39 after falling from building

St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre says dancer was taking painkillers for an injury and fell from fifth floor

^{Sian Cain (The Guardian)}

Legendary heavy metal band Metallica shared a video of a performance by Taras Stoliar, a Ukrainian Defender and bandura player.

Taras performed the Nothing Else Matters song on a bandura.

Taras Stoliar is one of the members of the Cultural Forces led by Mykola Serga. Taras used to work as a member of the electronic band ONUKA, but now serves in the 112th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

Since the tankies seem to be coming out again, a reminder:

👉 If Russia stops fighting, there will no longer be a war.

👉 If Ukraine stops fighting, there will no longer be an Ukraine.

#Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Russia says Ukraine fired 6 U.S.-made ATACMS at the Bryansk region, days after Biden policy shift

"KYIV, Ukraine -
Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS missiles at Russia's Bryansk region, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after U.S. President Joe Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian use of American-made weapons in the war that has reached its 1,000-day milestone.
Ukraine claimed it hit a military weapons depot in Bryansk in the middle of the night, though it didn't specify what weapons it used. The Ukrainian General Staff said that multiple explosions and detonation were heard in the targeted area."

#News #Ukraine #US #War #Russia

ctvnews.ca/world/russia-says-u…

Moscow says Ukraine fired 6 U.S.-made longer-range missiles into Russia

Ukraine fired six American-supplied longer-range missiles at Russia's Bryansk region, Moscow said Tuesday, in what would be Kyiv's first use of the weapons inside Russia in 1,000 days of war.

^CTVNews

🇷🇺 Putin signs new Russian nuclear doctrine after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

"Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, demonstrates Putin's readiness to tap the country's nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine."

#News #Russia
#US #Ukraine #EU #Canada #War

ctvnews.ca/world/putin-signs-n…

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia's use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S.

^CTVNews

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The underwater fiber-optic communication cable C-Lion-1, the only one connecting Finland with Central Europe, has been cut!

It is 1,200 kilometers long and runs close to the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream.

The cable is torn. The cause is unknown. An investigation is currently underway.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR?

Has the "Caucasian Repartition" Begun? An Assassination Attempt Has Been Made on the Former Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia

In the Moscow region, an unknown person fired four bullets at Sherip Alikhadzhiev. He survived, but is in hospital in serious condition.

As is known, yesterday Kadyrov declared a blood feud against Senator Suleiman Kerimov and State Duma deputies Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian ballistic missile struck a residential building in Sumy on the evening of 17 November. It is reported that 8 people were killed.

pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11…

#ukraine #russia #russianwarcrimes

Russians hit residential building in Sumy with ballistic missile: 10 people killed, more than 50 injured – photos, videos

A Russian ballistic missile struck a residential building in Sumy on the evening of 17 November. Ten people are reported to have been killed, including two children, and more than 50 were injured.

^{KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO (Ukrainska Pravda)}

#Biden Allows #Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of #Russia.

🎁 nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/poli…

German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz is staking his political future on what he frames as his cautious approach to #Ukraine.

In a speech to parliamentarians on Wednesday, Scholz said he stands by his decision not to supply #Kyiv with long-range missiles that could be used to strike Russian territory, claiming the approach helped avoid escalating the war.

politico.eu/article/olaf-schol…

#Germany #EU #Russia

Scholz stakes reelection bid on his ‘prudent’ Ukraine policy

With an early election coming in February, the German chancellor is depicting himself as the safe choice for preventing an escalation of the war.

^{Nette Nöstlinger (POLITICO)}

Here's the Historical context of appeasement in Europe. One of those things we actually learned when I was in High School.

#WWII #Europe #NATO #RussiaUkraine
#Ukraine #Russia #Appeasement #israel
#gaza @hanse_mina

#Ukraine military warning of expansion of #Russia offensive into south of country

“The Russians have been preparing for some time, for several weeks, to conduct assault operations in several directions, specifically in the #Zaporizhzhia direction"

#UkraineWar

#UkraineWar, Day 994: #Russia Kills Mother and Her 3 Children in #KryvyiRih

#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes

eaworldview.com/2024/11/ukrain…

themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/11/…

"Russia Faces a Wave of Bankruptcies as Borrowing Costs Skyrocket"

#russia is on a devastating decline

any "peace" deal (meaning surrender, no peace without justice) in #ukrainewar gives russia time to recover

if you aren't airhead naive, take a wild crazy guess what russia will do after it recovers 🤔🤔🤔

#usa just died in regards to any international legitimacy, so it's all on you #europe:

give #ukraine everything

the pressure is working. slowly. but it is working

Russia Faces a Wave of Bankruptcies as Borrowing Costs Skyrocket

Russian businesses are bracing themselves for a financial crunch that could put many of them out of business.

^{Ben Aris for bne IntelliNews (The Moscow Times)}

Russians have started using #Shahed-136 kamikaze drones with a new thermobaric warhead.

When the drone hits, a flammable mixture is sprayed, which ignites in an instant and creates a fireball with a burning temperature of ~2500 degrees Celsius.

t.me/operativnoZSU/162647

#Ukraine #Russia

Via Mississippi news editor Ashton Pittman:

#Russia is purposefully targeting Black voters with bomb threats to help Donald Trump. That's all anybody should need to know.

Jonathan Martin:

Source in #Georgia says yet more bomb threats coming into heavily black polling stations there.

The #US will send #Ukraine the full $6 billion in outstanding military aid before President-elect Donald #Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20, Deputy #Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina #Singh said at a briefing on Nov. 7.

Ukraine will receive $4 billion under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks, and $2 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to…

#Russia

Ukraine to receive $6 billion in US military aid before Trump's term begins, Pentagon confirms

When asked if the U.S. had enough weapons stockpiled to get shipments to Ukraine before Trump's inauguration, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Washington was "confident" it could keep its commitments to Kyiv.

^{Abbey Fenbert (The Kyiv Independent)}

I'm Russian living in Russia. I was 5 when Putin was 'elected'. I'm 30 now. I know that feeling of hopelessness very well. You should never surrender. Autocrats of the world are counting on you being down and depoliticized because all of this. Don't give them an easy win. Always fight, no matter how bad situation seems.

#usa #trump #election #democracy #us #uspol #USPolitics #harris #russia #putin #palestine #ukraine

Paula Erizanu: How Moldovans bravely fought off Russian election meddling – and stood up for #democracy: Journalists and police challenged disinformation, intimidation and cash-for-vote schemes, while huge numbers turned up to vote

"Having lived in Britain for 12 years, I returned to my native Moldova in 2022 because I was worried that Russia’s war in Ukraine would spill into my country. Thanks to the Ukrainian resistance, the skies are still clear in Moldova. But in the past weeks leading up to the presidential runoff between the pro-European incumbent Maia Sandu and the Russian-supported former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo, I felt as if I might lose my country once again."

#2024election #Moldova #russia
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How Moldovans bravely fought off Russian election meddling – and stood up for democracy

Journalists and police challenged disinformation, intimidation and cash-for-vote schemes, while huge numbers turned up to vote, says journalist and writer Paula Erizanu

^{Paula Erizanu (The Guardian)}

ICYMI:

#Maddow looks at the role #Musk is playing in #Trump's campaign, as well as the important role he plays in US nat sec matters & his unnervingly close relationship w #Putin & other US adversaries. If #Harris wins the presidency, Musk's allegiances will be a tricky national security mess to clean up. But if #Trump wins, the entire global power balance could shift as Musk asserts his influence on Trump to partner more closely with #Russia, #China, and #NorthKorea.

youtu.be/sTRNjvWUCBk?feature=s…

Musk's influence on Trump: A national security mess at best, a global power realignment at worst

Rachel Maddow looks at the role Elon Musk is playing in Donald Trump's campaign, as well as the important role he plays in U.S. national security matters, an...

^YouTube

Via Kyle Griffin:

New joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA statement:

"Since our statement on Friday, the IC has been observing foreign adversaries, particularly #Russia, conducting additional influence operations intended to undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and stoke divisions among Americans. The IC expects these activities will intensify through election day and in the coming weeks, and that foreign influence narratives will focus on swing states."

Ksenia #Yudaeva, under sanctions from the #US, is listed as the International Monetary Fund's (#IMF) executive director for #Russia and #Syria, according to the Fund's website.

The executive board is the Fund's top day-to-day business decision-making body. Executive directors are elected by member countries or by groups of countries.

reuters.com/world/europe/imf-w…

#Ukraine

If it wasn't clear already, Putin is insane

"Russia’s fine of Google amounts to 23,809,523 times all of the money that exists on Earth"
yahoo.com/news/russia-fine-goo…

#Russia #Google

Lambs to the slaughter

North Korea sent inexperienced and weak soldiers to Russia who are not prepared for the conditions of war on flat terrain

Based on video and intelligence data, these are men under 20 who are in the initial stages of military service. They look relatively short and thin, which indicates a problem with malnutrition in North Korea.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun called them “mere cannon fodder.”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia

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During the night, the Russians carried out another drone attack on Kyiv. As a result, a nine-story residential building in the Solomianskyi district was damaged.

Nine people were injured, including an 11-year-old girl.

Source: UA_National_Police

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #Kyiv

Ukrainian spies say they have intercepted phone calls from Russian troops saying their military’s integration of North Korean soldiers isn’t going well. On audio released by Ukraine’s spy agency, Russian soldiers sound doubtful they have enough commanders and weapons for the new arrivals. On one call, a Russian soldier was “outraged” that armored vehicles in short supply were being given to North Korean troops. Read more from @USAToday.

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#Ukraine #Russia #NorthKorea #War #Military #Spying

Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say

In the calls, which Ukrainian spies said they intercepted, Russian soldiers complain that "we all work like translators now."

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

An analysis of satellite imagery suggests that 60 percent of buildings in #Vovchansk have been completely destroyed.

Partial damage was observed on a further 18 percent of buildings, leaving just 22 percent of the city where damage has yet to be detected as of late September 2024.

Kindergartens, schools, religious sites, factories and libraries have all been wiped out.

bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/28…

#Ukraine #Russia

How Russia’s Invasion Flattened a Ukrainian Border City - bellingcat

Homes schools, hospitals and churches have been wiped from the map in the Ukrainian city of Vovchansk. Those who lived in the city wonder if they will ever be able to return.

^{Bellingcat Investigation Team (bellingcat)}

This year, a little-known center within the State Department exposed a major Russian disinformation campaign in #Africa, scoring a rare victory.

Now, the Global Engagement Center, which acts as America’s nerve center in combating foreign, state-backed disinformation campaigns in other countries, is itself under threat — not from foreign capitals but from within the halls of #Congress with the GEC’s congressional authorization is set to expire.

politico.com/news/2024/10/28/g…

#Ukraine #Russia #US