Kyiv destroys key bridge on Seym river in bid to protect gains inside Russia
Day: August 17, 2024
Another sign of Putin’s panic & mistrust. He wants family members close to the military – as it’s the military that is likely to depose him. He wants family members to stop the eyewatering military corruption & so help him win in Ukraine. https://t.co/rUUPdFSZam
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 17, 2024
FBI raids US home of Russian-born analyst who advised Trump in 2016 | FBI | The Guardian https://t.co/lQGB9okSeK
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 17, 2024
While Ukrainian troops advancing into Kursk have reportedly expressed strong morale, some of Ukraine’s exhausted soldiers on the Donbas front lines struggle to see the future when so many of their friends have been killed in action. https://t.co/NRGMbbaXmp
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 17, 2024
⚡️Cyberattack hits Monobank, Ukraine’s largest direct bank.
“Yesterday, it subsided at 10:30 p.m., and today, it started again at 3:15 a.m. We are approaching 3 billion service requests in two days,” said Oleh Horokhovskyi, the bank’s co-owner, on Aug. 17.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 17, 2024
‘We were sure the Russian army would protect us’: fury after Ukrainian incursion into Kursk https://t.co/3EP8Iy7r5h
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) August 17, 2024
⚡️Boris Johnson calls on West to let Ukraine strike Russian territory with long-range missiles.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Aug. 16 urged the U.S. and U.K. to allow Ukraine to attack Russian territory with long-range ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles. “The only…
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 17, 2024
Tonight president Zelensky AGAIN appeals for “bold steps, bold decisions” – to allow use of Western supplied long-range missiles to hit targets in Russia. “We need things that truly change the course of the war, leading it to a just peace, to a real conclusion – the kind of… pic.twitter.com/e987pkLqxS
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 17, 2024
#OpEd Many lawmakers who supported a recent bill stand to profit from the destruction of Lake Baikal’s ecosystems. They are putting greed over our future, warns Arshak Makichyan.https://t.co/Mwn88mOgrr
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) August 17, 2024