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Day: August 31, 2024
Despite the already significant war losses in the republic of Sakha (Yakutia), officials still manage to fulfill Kremlin-imposed quotas and find men willing to leave their Arctic republic to face death in faraway Ukraine.https://t.co/jyaXcLajrc
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) August 31, 2024
In Russia’s Kursk region, the two burnt out Russian tanks on trailers got whacked on the first day of #Ukraine‘s invasion (August 6th). On the main road up from the Sudza border crossing, they stopped at a checkpoint outside town of Sudza – the rest is history. https://t.co/G9pNRuHX6A pic.twitter.com/5Wj6dFi32z
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 31, 2024
A 14-year-old girl sitting on a bench was decapitated in the Russian glide bomb attack against Kharkiv 2 days ago.
Her father had recently gone missing in battle in the Donetsk region.
Her mother can be seen grieving next to her daughter body in a video.
The picture of her… pic.twitter.com/Tnf9lY6XWX
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 31, 2024
Chinese Coast Guard vessels ramming and harassing a Philippine Coast Guard vessel near the Escoda Shoal, which is in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
Unacceptable attempts at territorial expansion by Beijing
🇨🇳🇵🇭 pic.twitter.com/GK5FTeY3t7
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 31, 2024
BREAKING:
2 people die in hospital of wounds sustained during attacks at the Notting Hill Carnival in London.
A chef from Sweden died of a head wound. He was working in Dubai & had worked with Gordon Ramsey, Alain Ducasse @ Marcus Wareing.
A young woman died from stab wounds pic.twitter.com/jSHa0CDNwJ
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 31, 2024
The Islamists continue attacking Hindus in Bangladesh.
Y-day, they attacked and vandalised a Hindu temple and crematorium in Safipur in the Gazipur district.
The international community isn’t putting pressure on the interim government and the international media remains silent pic.twitter.com/ishQ8yy8p4
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 31, 2024
The Kyiv Independent sat down with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis at the Globsec forum in Prague on Aug. 30 to discuss how to finally win the war.https://t.co/Nhyyqj6pW6
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 31, 2024
Putin’s Russia is old news. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a move that shifts his country away from its dependence on Russian arms. https://t.co/Mgpen2WqWO pic.twitter.com/dr5GF2XApg
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 31, 2024