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UN committee recognized forcing russian citizenship on Crimea’s residents as violation of human rights – Ombudsman
30.04.2024
Imposing citizenship of the russian Federation on residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea is discrimination on the basis of nationality and violates human rights, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said in a statement.In addition, the committee established that the russian Federation illegally transfers citizens of Ukraine from the Crimean Peninsula to its territory to serve a sentence, which is also a violation of human rights.The UN Committee recognized that the russian Federation had indeed violated human ...Two Ukrainians, undergoing rehabilitation, killed in Germany, 57-year-old russian citizen detained
28.04.2024
Two citizens of Ukraine killed in the German city of Murnau am Staffelsee were military personnel and were undergoing rehabilitation in Germany. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said in a statement.“According to preliminary data, the deceased citizens were soldiers undergoing medical rehabilitation in Germany. Ukrainian consuls are clarifying information about the units in which the deceased served and establishing contact with their families,” the MFA said.According to the information of the General Consulate of Ukraine in Munich, the ...russians steal horses, zebras and bison from Ukraine’s Biosphere Reserve “Askania-Nova”
24.04.2024
During the period of its occupation, Przewalski’s horses, Chapman’s zebras, American bison, and David’s deer were illegally taken out of the Biosphere Reserve Askania-Nova, Viktor Shapoval, director of the Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve, told the correspondent of ukrinform.net.Shapoval emphasized that Przewalski’s horses, which are kept in Askania-Nova, are listed in the International Stud Book, and the Askania-Nova Zoo is a participant in the European Program for the Preservation of Endangered Species (EEP).In addition, Przewalski’s horse is listed in the Red Book ...Ukraine in OSCE: 97% of russian missiles, drones and guided bombs hit civilian infrastructure
18.04.2024
russia’s missile attack on the center of Chernihiv is terror in its most horrific form, deputy head of the Ukrainian mission to the OSCE Victoria Kuvshynnikova was cited as saying ukrinform.net.“Every day, russia kills people and destroys critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Yesterday there was another terrible attack. russia hit the densely populated area of Chernihiv with three missiles. At least 18 people were killed and another 78 were injured. This is terror at its worst. Only one of many cases,” ...How russia was stealing and rewriting history in its favor for centuries [English subs]
16.04.2024
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russia has been using history as a propaganda tool to advance its political interests for centuries. russia employs the historical myth of descent from Kyivan Rus to claim a millennia-long history and justify territorial claims on neighboring countries, suspilne.media argues in the first episode of the “Great russian Lie” series.russia asserts special geopolitical rights to Europe by exploiting the historical theme of victory in World War II, creating a myth of a unified, russian, victorious people. russia has already printed ...US will not help shoot down Iranian drones over Ukraine like in Israel because it’s “different,” Kirby says
16.04.2024
Answering the question, “If the US can help shoot down Iranian drones over Israel, why can’t they do the same over Ukraine?” the White House strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that “it is different.”“Yeah, I knew this question was coming too. Look, different conflicts. Different conflicts, different airspace, different threat picture. And the President has been clear since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the United States is not going to be involved in that — that conflict in ...One of fierce Trump’s supporters, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, finally sides with kremlin openly, saying that Ukrainians are Nazis
15.04.2024
It’s antisemitic to make Israeli aid contingent on funding Ukrainian Nazis, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said in a post on X.“These should be separate bills,” she added.Deutsche Bank’s loans to Donald Trump were underwritten by russian state-owned VTB Bank, according to the whistleblower whose collection of thousands of bank documents and internal communications have captured the recent attention of federal investigators, as reported.Ukraine demands to exclude russian and Belarusian wrestlers from the Olympic Games in Paris-2024
12.04.2024
In a joint letter signed by the president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, Vadym Gutzait, acting minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Matviy Bidnyi, and the president of the Ukrainian Wrestling Association, Yuriy Kopytko, noted that among the russian and Belarusian athletes who have obtained Olympic licenses for the Paris 2024 Games, there are those who support the war in Ukraine.In particular, we are talking about Vanessa Kaladzinskaya, Zaurbek Sidakov, Zavur Uguev, Milad Alirzaev, Sergey Semenov, Nadezhda Sokolova, ...“Great russian literature” is just another propaganda instrument to advance russian political interests [English subs]
09.04.2024
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russia continues to use the xenophobic narratives embedded in the russian imperial literature of previous centuries as inspiration for its present and future wars of aggression, suspilne.media argues in the episode “Literature” from the cycle “The Great russian Lie”.In both the russian Empire and the Soviet Union, literature has always been deeply intertwined with politics. Political choices determined which authors were deemed favorable and had their works published and translated, while those considered undesirable were suppressed or killed. russia effectively ...Ukrainian hackers destroyed 300 TB of data used by russian defense industry enterprises, Gazprom, Rosneft – Ukrinform
08.04.2024
Ukrainian hackers have destroyed a data center used by russian industrial giants. Among them are Gazprom, Lukoil, Telecom, and leading russian defense industry enterprises, ukrinform.net reported, citing sources.According to the source, more than 10,000 russian legal entities have stored their data in the OwenCloud.ru cloud service. In particular, these are enterprises of the russian defense industry, oil and gas, metallurgy, aerospace industry, as well as telecommunications giants. Among them are the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Rubin Research and Production Enterprise, ...EUR 100bn financing for Ukraine for five years is still not very much – Lithuania’s ambassador to NATO
04.04.2024
NATO should aim for more than EUR 100bn financing for Ukraine, says Lithuanian Ambassador to the Alliance Deividas Matulionis, lrt.lt reported.“We, Lithuania, say that those 100 billion for five years is still not very much and yet one should think about a larger amount and perhaps include what we supply bilaterally to Ukraine,” Matulionis said.The discussion has started and I hope that we will move towards concrete decisions that will be more binding, not just voluntary contributions, he added.russia was dehumanizing Ukrainians through cinema for years – suspilne.media [English subtitles]
02.04.2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTzFh4W3E_8The episode “Cinema” from the series “The Great russian Lie” tells about the cinema as a platform for promoting the russian political agenda, suspilne.media reported.russian cinema in the modern era has been diligently observing and reflecting the policies of the russian government, effectively influencing public perception. Through films and TV series, the russian film industry has been idealizing acts of cruelty, exalting displays of power, and presenting repression as a normalized concept.Over a significant period of time, the ...
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