Posts by rvps2001@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B1Nog0zIQOHErNZxp2 by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2025-12-18T19:44:34Z
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🇦🇺🇺🇦 "While Australia's donation of 49 of these retired army tanks has been no secret, the details of the huge logistical effort to move them across the world and get them into #Ukraine has been held tightly under wraps, until now."https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/inside-classified-mission-to-deliver-australian-tanks-to-ukraine/106122650
(DIR) Post #B1kKOoYp76qlsGubPU by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2025-12-29T16:30:02Z
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions across most of Huliaipole, but defending the city is becoming increasingly difficult as heavy fighting turns it into a nearly continuous battlefield, according to a recent assessment by DeepState monitoring group, published on Dec. 29.https://kyivindependent.com/a-continuous-field-of-battle-huliaipole-turns-into-a-gray-zone-as-fighting-intensifies-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast-southern-command-spokesperson-says/#russia #ukraine
(DIR) Post #B1mZ0EZPA4zwviqCO0 by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T18:17:22Z
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🇷🇺 #Russia has continued to use intermediary companies, including one apparently based in the UK, to import aviation tyres made by the French firm Michelin despite attempts to stop the trade, customs records suggest.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/russia-still-importing-michelin-aviation-tyres-despite-sanctions-records-suggest
(DIR) Post #B1mZ1cPnzWQ3Ar0kMa by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T18:22:41Z
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💬 President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 30 called out India, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries that condemned the so-called "Ukrainian assassination attempt on Putin" while largely turning a blind eye to Russian mass attacks on Ukrainian cities."It is confusing and unpleasant that some countries, like India, the UAE, and a few others, condemned what they claim were our drone strikes on Putin’s residence — which didn’t even happen," Zelensky said.1/2🧵 https://kyivindependent.com/where-is-their-condemnation/
(DIR) Post #B1oTZqwaGlvIffChPs by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2025-12-31T16:26:49Z
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine's Security Service carried out a strike on an oil facility north of Moscow on the morning of Dec. 31, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent.https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-claims-strike-on-oil-facility-north-of-moscow/
(DIR) Post #B23Et1OzhjSBiitDpg by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T19:08:39Z
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🇺🇦 #Ukraine’s security service is investigating whether a Kyiv monastery linked to the Moscow Patriarchate has been running an unlicensed school that used Russian-language and Soviet-era materials, raising concerns about attempts to shape children’s identities during the war.https://www.occrp.org/en/news/ukraine-probes-kyiv-monastery-over-alleged-russian-style-school
(DIR) Post #B27NHMoTKL3zLBlYsC by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-09T19:18:04Z
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💬 #Ukraine has been increasingly successful with air strikes against targets inside Russia. According to Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center, Ukrainian drone and missile strikes are likely to cause more damage to #Russia in the near future.https://news.err.ee/1609906436/edf-intelligence-chief-ukrainian-air-strikes-increasingly-painful-for-russia
(DIR) Post #B27Nf0qGfNZU9HshCi by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-09T19:23:14Z
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🇷🇺📉 Russian fashion retailers closed hundreds of stores in 2025, and further shutdowns are expected next year as weak consumer demand and rising costs erode profitability, industry experts said.https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/09/store-closures-sweep-russias-fashion-market-as-profits-come-under-pressure-a91642#russia
(DIR) Post #B2Fc4mmiVTNOhe5Eoq by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T18:43:26Z
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@rvps2001/115888893166503109OK, now it's two again:💥 Drones struck two oil tankers in the Black Sea on Tuesday, including one chartered by U.S. oil major Chevron, the companies involved said, as they sailed toward a terminal on the Russian coast.Both were en route to the Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka terminal, a loading point for around 80% of Kazakh oil destined for international markets as well as some Russian crude, according to eight sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-oil-tankers-roads-cpc-terminal-hit-by-drones-tuesday-sources-say-2026-01-13/
(DIR) Post #B2GCS9BMzmp9B73NnE by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T11:21:41Z
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🇷🇺📉 Sales of new passenger cars in #Russia dropped 15.6% in 2025, analytical agency Autostat said on Tuesday, citing data from consulting firm PPK.https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/russian-car-sales-fall-156-2025-after-two-years-recovery-2026-01-13/
(DIR) Post #B2LrOiLvMKsb0eGuBs by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-16T19:03:32Z
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🇩🇰 The head of #Denmark's military Joint Arctic Command said on Friday that there were no Chinese or Russian ships observed near #Greenland, despite repeated claims by Trump to the contrary.https://www.reuters.com/world/china/danish-general-says-there-are-no-chinese-or-russian-ships-near-greenland-2026-01-16/
(DIR) Post #B2RnFOteoar0vhfBnk by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T15:43:09Z
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🇱🇻 Latvian authorities have detained at least three individuals over the past two weeks in connection with the group calling itself the “Anti-Fascists of the Baltics,” which investigators say operated an informant network supplying Russian intelligence with sensitive information.https://united24media.com/latest-news/latvia-breaks-up-anti-fascists-of-the-baltics-spy-group-supplying-data-to-russian-intelligence-15135#latvia #russia
(DIR) Post #B2a5wO5Z30APJcYks4 by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T15:27:32Z
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🇩🇪🇮🇹 Germany and Italy on Friday backed an organization dedicated to fighting hybrid threats and #disinformation, weeks after the United States exited it and called it “wasteful.”https://www.politico.eu/article/merz-meloni-rally-behind-disinfo-center-that-trump-thinks-is-wasteful/#europe #russia
(DIR) Post #B2a7re1eZCQLCfb2Js by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T16:12:34Z
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia has used export-version surface-to-air missiles intended for foreign customers to strike ground targets in #Ukraine, according to an investigation published Friday by Defense Express.https://defence-blog.com/russia-uses-export-version-s-400-missiles-to-strike-ukraine/
(DIR) Post #B2a7zkOMmSs7GU5GPw by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-23T16:14:22Z
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💬 #Russia spent over 10.2 billion rubles ($131 million) on the Jan. 20 air attack that racked #Kyiv's electrical and heating grids in the dead of winter, #Ukraine's military intelligence said on Jan. 23.https://kyivindependent.com/mass-air-attack-that-plunged-kyiv-into-darkness-cost-russia-131-million-ukrainian-intelligence/
(DIR) Post #B2iSiTOA79sRE5olpg by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-27T16:15:25Z
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🇳🇴 #Norway's parliament on Tuesday approved a $2 billion procurement plan for long-range artillery to boost the #NATO country's deterrence against #Russia in the Arctic, where the two nations share a border.https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/norway-parliament-approves-2-billion-artillery-plan-2026-01-27/
(DIR) Post #B2oyT1JeZKCtIY8yuW by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-01-30T19:58:09Z
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🇵🇱 #Russia's domestic spy agency was likely responsible for cyberattacks late last month on 30 Polish renewable energy facilities, a manufacturing firm and a plant supplying heat for nearly 500,000 customers, Polish officials said on Friday.https://www.reuters.com/technology/polish-officials-blame-russian-domestic-spy-agency-dec-29-cyberattacks-2026-01-30/#poland
(DIR) Post #B2ylONhAa0fxR2CTvU by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T13:19:22Z
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🇷🇺📉 #Russia's public deficit could balloon to almost triple the official target by end-2026 as a fall in Indian purchases of oil and growing oil trade discounts eat into revenues while spending may be higher than expected, a source close to the government told Reuters.https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-budget-deficit-may-almost-triple-this-year-oil-revenues-decline-2026-02-04/
(DIR) Post #B2z9pvc6ygOVLkVEW0 by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-02-04T18:01:09Z
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💬 #Serbia is diversifying its energy supply away from #Russia and is already in talks to buy natural gas via a European Union purchasing mechanism, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in an interview with Reuters.https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/serbia-seeks-eu-gas-deals-it-reduces-russian-supplies-says-president-vucic-2026-02-04/
(DIR) Post #B37IrU9GW8uTbCVUPI by rvps2001@mastodon.social
2026-02-08T16:09:18Z
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🇺🇦🇪🇺 #Ukraine will open 10 weapon export centers in #Europe, including in Baltic and Northern European countries, in 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Feb. 8.Zelensky also announced the upcoming production of Ukrainian drones in #Germanyhttps://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-open-10-weapons-export-centers-in-europe-in-2026-zelensky-says/