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russian disinformation network targeted european users on TikTok, mostly Germans, Italians and British
10.02.2023
TikTok identified and removed a disinformation network operated from russia that was spreading war propaganda about Ukraine over the summer, the company said in a report.The network that was operated from russia targeted primarily Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. “The individuals behind these accounts created localized inauthentic accounts and shared content amplifying a pro-russia viewpoint targeting discourse about the war in Ukraine,” the company said.TikTok identified and removed two distinct networks targeting discourse related ...China doesn’t want Ukraine’s complete victory and says it enjoys “traditional friendship” with moscow
10.02.2023
Beijing’s top envoy to the EU questioned the West’s call for Ukraine’s “complete victory,” politico.eu reported.Fu also said that Beijing enjoys a “traditional friendship” with moscow. According to him, China believes that the right place to end the conflict would be at the negotiating table.“Frankly speaking, we are quite concerned about the possible escalation of this conflict,” Fu saidUPD | UA Army hits airfield in Berdyansk, more than 100 occupants dead
10.02.2023
As a result of the explosions in Berdyansk on February 8, the airfield captured by the russians was hit and more than 100 russian occupants were eliminated.“We received detailed information from our defenders about yesterday’s explosions: the airfield was hit,” the Berdyansk City Military Administration said in a statement.It is also noted that the Ukrainian military destroyed more than a hundred invaders. A warehouse with ammunition and fuel was also damaged.Ukrainian intelligence intercepts kremlin’s plans to take control over Moldova – Zelensky
09.02.2023
Ukrainian intelligence intercepts kremlin’s plans to take control over Moldova, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky was cited as saying by eurointegration.com.ua.“Recently, I spoke with the President of Moldova Sandu and informed her that our intelligence intercepted a detailed russian plan to destroy the political situation in Moldova and establish control over it,” Zelenskyi said.He then said that he did not hesitate for a single moment to warn about these threats to Moldova in order to protect it.“We do not know whether ...IOC asks Ukraine to drop boycott against russia, calls it discrimination
09.02.2023
The president of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach called on Ukraine to drop a possible boycott of the 2024 Olympics over the participation of belarusian and russian athletes, reuters.com reported.“It is the responsibility of every NOC… to uphold the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter,” Bach said.Previously, the IOC said that the boycott will violate the UN resolution against discrimination within the Olympic movement and the Olympic Charter.10th package of EU sanctions will include russian propagandists – Ursula von der Leyen
09.02.2023
The European Union’s 10th package of sanctions against russia over its war against Ukraine will include new restrictions, and will also target russian propagandists, as Kyiv requested, ukrinform.net reported.“russia must pay for the destruction and bloodshed. In the coming days, we will propose a tenth package of sanctions. First, we will impose sanctions on a number of military and political leaders. But we will also target putin’s propagandists because their lies are poisoning people in russia and abroad… We are ...russian troops shelled New York in Donetsk region
09.02.2023
The troops of the russian federation shelled the town of New York in Donetsk region, the head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said in a statement.On February 8, russia’s troops shelled the town of New York in the Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, there are no victims. “This afternoon, russians hit the town with artillery and hit a house,” the post reads.According to the head of the region, the stairwells between the 9th and 6th floors were ...Ukraine’s parliament calls on IOC to ban russian and belarusian athletes from international competitions
06.02.2023
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appealed to the International Olympic Committee with a demand to ban the participation of russian and belarusian athletes from competitions.“While the war continues, and russia destroys the Ukrainian people, the participation of russian and belarusian athletes will look like supporting the war and pacifying the aggressor.The parliament appealed not only to the IOC, but also to the parliaments of the world, the national Olympic committees of the countries of the world and international sports federations ...putin’s patriarch was KGB spy in Switzerland – media
05.02.2023
russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who strongly supported the kremlin’s decision to invade Ukraine, spied on Switzerland, Le Matin Dimanche and SonntagsZeitung reported.According to the declassified archives, russia’s religious leader worked for the KGB and carried out intelligence activities in the 1970s. Kirill reportedly engaged in espionage while working in Geneva as an official representative of the moscow Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches (WCC).The mission of Kirill was to influence the council, which had been heavily infiltrated in ...Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia don’t adhere to EU sanctions against russia – Krisjanis Karins
04.02.2023
Kazakhstan, Turkey and Armenia are used by traders to evade sanctions on russia, Latvia’s prime minister Krisjanis Karins was cited as saying by reuters.com.Turkey, Kazakhstan and Armenia resend goods to russia and don’t adhere to the sanctions regime, Karins told reporters. This tactic breaches compliance with an EU embargo, he added.Karins pointed toward a disproportionate rise in European trade with these countries.NATO prepared for direct confrontation with russia – Admiral Rob Bauer
30.01.2023
The Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said in an interview with rtp.pt that the industrial production of the NATO countries must be reoriented toward a “peacetime war economy.”According to Bauer, NATO is prepared for a direct confrontation with russia, admitting that the Alliance’s priority is rearmament. He also said that russia’s strategic objectives go beyond Ukraine.US sanctions individuals and entities linked to russia’s para-military Wagner Group
27.01.2023
The US is sanctioning individuals and entities linked to russia’s para-military Wagner Group and its head, Yevgeniy Prigozhin – including its key infrastructure and associated front companies, its battlefield operations in Ukraine, producers of russia’s weapons, and those administering russia-occupied areas of Ukrainethe US Department of State said in a statement.“This action supports our goal to degrade moscow’s capacity to wage war against Ukraine, to promote accountability for those responsible for russia’s war of aggression and associated abuses, and to place ...
