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☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian judges, in huge overhaul sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan. Oleksandr Tupytskyi, now living in Vienna according to Ukrainian media reports, has denied wrongdoing and said the cases against him are political.

Persons: Lady Justice, Thomas Peter Acquire, Vira Levko, Levko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ruslan Sydorovych, it's, Sydorovych, Halyna Chyzhyk, shouldn't, Mykhailo Zhernakov, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, Zhernakov, I've, Dan Peleschuk, Anna Dabrowska, Mike Collett, White, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, European Union, European Commission, Kyiv, EU, DEJURE Foundation, Constitutional, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Thomson Locations: Pecherskyi, Kyiv City, Kyiv, Ukraine, KYIV, Ukrainian, Dniprovskyi, Russia, Ukraine's Sumy, Maidan, Halyna, Vienna

☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian Judges, in Huge Overhaul Sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

By Dan PeleschukKYIV (Reuters) - Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan.

Persons: Dan Peleschuk, Vira Levko, Levko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ruslan Sydorovych, it's, Sydorovych, Halyna Chyzhyk, shouldn't, Mykhailo Zhernakov, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, Zhernakov, I've, Anna Dabrowska, Mike Collett, White, Gareth Jones Organizations: Dan Peleschuk KYIV, Reuters, European Union, European Commission, Kyiv, EU, DEJURE Foundation, Constitutional, Kyiv International Institute of Sociology Locations: Ukrainian, Kyiv, Dniprovskyi, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine's Sumy, Maidan, Halyna, Vienna

☆ An 87-year-old deal is keeping a lid on the naval war in Ukraine — for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea has picked up in recent months. The fighting is taking a toll on Russia's Black Sea Fleet, which Moscow can't reinforce. Russia's Black Sea Fleet hasn't been defeated, but its losses, including the sinking of its flagship, the Moskva, weigh more heavily on Russia's war effort because of a deal signed nearly a century ago that is preventing Moscow from bringing more ships into the Black Sea. The convention distinguishes between Black Sea powers — those with a Black Sea coastline — and non-Black Sea powers. "Initially it was thought that it was a big deal that some of the Russian warships were prevented from entering the Black Sea.

Persons: —, Russia —, hasn't, Sergey Ponomarev, US Navy Arleigh Burke, OZAN KOSE, Ben Wallace, Stringer, Turkey's, Volodymyr Dubovyk, Dubovyk, Sabina Joja, Joja, Constantine Atlamazoglou Organizations: Montreux Convention, NATO, Service, Fleet, Sea Fleet, AP, US Navy, Getty, Russian, REUTERS, Mechnikov National University, Middle East Institute, Washington DC, Fletcher School of Law, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Montreux, Crimea, Moskva, Sevastopol, Rostov, AFP, Turkey, Baltic, Northern, Odessa's, Ukrainian, Turkish, Romanian, Iulia, Washington, Izmail, Ankara, NATO

☆ Elon Musk suggests a Trump-style wall should be built at the US-Mexico border to control immigration
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk believes that a wall should be built at the US-Mexico border for security reasons. Musk has previously faced criticism for wading into political issues, such as the war in Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk has suggested a Trump-style wall at the US-Mexico border after claiming that it wasn't being secured. US Customs and Border Protection says on its website that it provides a comprehensive approach to border management and control, which includes immigration and security. In a post on X, Musk said: "So much death for so little."

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, —, Donald Trump's, Eric Adams Organizations: Service, Customs, New York City, New York Times Locations: Mexico, Texas, Ukraine, Eagle, , Texas, New York

☆ Ukraine's new defense minister says he wants to rebuild the country's military industrial complex
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's new defense minister says the country is focusing on increasing local arms production. In the meantime, the US has announced another boost to artillery shell production to aid Ukraine. Now, two weeks into the job, Umerov said one of his top priorities is to rebuild Ukraine's cache of ammunition by ramping up local production, using local manufacturers whenever possible, The Economist reported. Umerov said he plans to boost local production by reforming state enterprises and incentivizing private arms manufacturers, which make up between 20% and 30% of local production, according to The Economist. Under Umerov, those private manufacturers could eventually account for as much as 80% of local output within five years, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine's minister of strategic industries, told the outlet.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Umerov, Bill LaPlante, Oleksandr Kamyshin Organizations: US, Service Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia

☆ Elon Musk mocked Ukraine's summer counteroffensive in a stinging post on X: 'So much death for so little'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk expressed his disappointment in Ukraine's summer counteroffensive in an X post on Sunday. "So much death for so little," Musk wrote in his post. "So much death for so little," Musk wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. Musk, for his part, has weighed in many times on the war in Ukraine. Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Elon, —, David Sacks, Sacks, Andrii Melnyk, Anton Gerashchenko, Walter Isaacson, Jan Kallberg Organizations: Service, Sunday, NATO, SpaceX, Musk, Foreign Relations, Center for Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Crimea, Russia

☆ Ukraine reports a surge in Russians offering to defect after a helicopter pilot switched sides and took his chopper with him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

More Russian soldiers are offering to defect via a surrender hotline, a Ukrainian official said. The rise in calls comes after a Russian helicopter pilot publicly defected to Ukraine last month. The official said the number of Russian appeals to defect jumped by about 70 percent daily. "After the successful operation Synytsia with the Mi-8 and the pilot, the number of Russian army servicemen considering such a scenario has increased," he added. AdvertisementAdvertisementBy March this year, around 10,000 Russian soldiers used the hotline to offer their voluntary surrender, officials said at the time.

Persons: Andrii Yusov, Radio Svoboda, Ysuov, Russia Yusov, Maksim Kuzminov, Kuzminov Organizations: Service, Defence Intelligence, Radio, Ukrainian Pravda, Putin, CNN, Russia, Russia's Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Putin Russian, Russia, Russia's

☆ Exclusive: Suedzucker unit drops plan to lift French sugar output, citing Ukraine imports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Sybille De La Hamaide | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

European sugar prices have hit record highs, well above soaring global markets, due to a sugar deficit in the bloc, linked notably to falling output in France where farmers have been deterred by poor harvests in recent years. High sugar prices at a time when grain prices have fallen could make farmers favour beets in their rotations, sugar beet growers said. The French sugar beet crop area fell to a 14-year low this year. "We must be careful not to fall into the opposite extreme," Franck Sander, chairman of French sugar beet union CGB, told Reuters, warning that a rise in area could make EU prices slump. Saint Louis Sucre closed two factories in 2019 as part of a wider restructuring plan at Suedzucker, Europe’s largest sugar refiner.

Persons: Saint Louis Sucre, Germany's Suedzucker, Saint, Louis Sucre, rapeseed sowings, Franck Sander, Sybille de La, Nigel Hunt, Michael Hogan, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, European Union, Thomson Locations: France, Ukraine, Suedzucker, Poland, London, Hamburg

☆ There are different accounts of Elon Musk's role in the thwarting of Ukraine's surprise attack against Russia by cutting off SpaceX satellite access. Both show one billionaire's outsized influence on
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

One explosive claim is that Musk thwarted a surprise Ukrainian attack on Crimea. Allowing the use of Starlink for the attack, he concluded, could be a disaster for the world. He now says that the policy had been implemented earlier, but the Ukrainians did not know it, and that night he simply reaffirmed the policy," Isaacson said. There have been previous reports of Musk rejecting Ukraine's request to enable satellite access in Crimea. Musk responded to Isaacson's clarification on Saturday, claiming, "At no point did I or anyone at SpaceX promise coverage over Crimea.

Persons: Walter Isaacson's, Musk, Isaacson, Elon, Elon Musk, Russia's, Twitter Isaacson, Ian Bremmer, Bremmer, Colin Kahl, Kahl Organizations: Elon, Service, The Washington Post, Media, Russian, SpaceX, Tulane University, Financial Times, Yorker, Pentagon Locations: Crimea, Wall, Silicon, The Washington, Russian, Ukrainian, Crimean, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Ukraine

☆ Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian soldiers of the Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' enter the embattled village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 25, 2023. Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying to push further south in their counteroffensive against Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said last week that its forces had raised the national flag in the strategic settlement, but were still carrying out mopping-up operations. She said Russian troops were gathering new forces there and regrouping, and Moscow was aiming to deploy its best troops there. She added that in the past week Ukrainian forces had retaken 1 square km (0.39 square mile) around Bakhmut, and Russian troops had not made any advances.

Persons: Robotyne, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Tom Balmforth, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Separate, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Reuters, NATO, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Orikhiv, Tokmak, Russian, Azov, Mala Tokmachka, Russia, Moscow, Bakhmut, Poltava, Ukrainian

☆ Putin foes who, like Prigozhin, have suffered mysterious fates
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses participants of the international military-technical forum Army-2023 via a video link in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released August 14, 2023. Prigozhin, 62, spearheaded a mutiny against Russia's top army brass on June 23-24, which President Vladimir Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war. Moscow denied involvement. Russia denied involvement. Russia denied any involvement.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin, ALEXEI NAVALNY Russia's, Alexei Navalny, Novichok, Navalny, SERGEI SKRIPAL, Sergei Skripal, Yulia, VLADIMIR KARA, MURZA, Vladimir Kara, Murza, ALEXANDER LITVINENKO Alexander Litvinenko, Andrei Lugovoy, Dmitry Kovtun, Litvinenko, ALEXANDER PEREPILICHNY, Alexander Perepilichny, Perepilichny, VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO Viktor Yushchenko, Viktor Yanukovich, Yanukovich, ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA Anna Politkovskaya, Politkovskaya, Lisa Shumaker, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Sputnik, REUTERS, Russia's, Reuters, Kremlin, Russia's Federal Security Service, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine's, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin, Germany, Siberia, Russian, English, Salisbury, Soviet, Britain, British, London, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine's most controversial weapons aren't a 'silver bullet,' but they are giving Kyiv's forces what they desperately needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ukrainian forces have been using controversial US-provided cluster munitions for several weeks. The remains of artillery shells and missiles including cluster munitions are stored on December 18, 2022 in Toretsk, Ukraine. Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty ImagesFootage of Ukraine using cluster munitions on the battlefield has emerged in recent weeks. Russia insists it does not use cluster munitions, despite documented use of cluster munitions by the Russian military in Ukraine in the past. But while cluster munitions are operationally effective, they alone won't prove decisive in Ukraine's counteroffensive or the war.

Persons: It's, Biden, Pierre Crom, George Barros, Barros, GENYA SAVILOV, there's, Serhii Mykhalchuk, Vladimir Putin, DPICMs Organizations: Service, Russia, White House, Pentagon, Institute for, Getty Images, Kyiv, Getty Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Toretsk, Donetsk, Russia, Washington, Avdiivka, AFP, Russians, Donetsk Oblast, Moscow, Russian

☆ The US Army is rushing to rearm its electronic warriors after watching Russia and Ukraine jam each other's drones
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Electronic warfare has played a prominent role during the war in Ukraine. This has put fresh impetus behind the US Army's electronic-warfare upgrades. Concern about electronic warfare, or EW, isn't new, nor is the US deficient in all EW aspects. For its part, Russia has been able to use electronic warfare to send Ukraine's GPS-guided JDAM glide bombs and HIMARS rockets off course. Most armies — or at least the high-tech ones — are vulnerable to electronic warfare, but the US military is especially vulnerable because its way of war is so dependent on electronic communications.

Persons: Douglas Bush, Simon Mictizic, Bush, Charles Brown Jr, Denis Abramov, Brown, Lockheed Martin, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US Army, Army, Army's 1st Infantry Division, Staff, Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy, Russian Defense Ministry, Mil.ru, Domain Command, GPS, Support Force, US, Combat, Stryker, TLS, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, China, Forbes

☆ Russia tried to wipe out a Ukrainian air base that's crucial to its ability to launch the Storm Shadow missile
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia fired a barrage of missiles at a key Ukrainian air base on Wednesday, per official sources. The jets are believed to be the only ones that can carry the UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile. Yuriy Inhat, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Air Force Command, said on Telegram that Russia had unleashed a massive barrage towards the Starokostiantyniv air base in Khmelnytskyi, in western Ukraine. In total, Ukrainian air defenses shot down 36 cruise missiles, Inhat said in his post. Starokostiantyniv is, according to Forbes, the base for the only regiment that flies the Su-24 aircraft that carry the UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile.

Persons: Ukraine's, Yuriy Inhat, Inhat, Rybar Organizations: Shadow, Service, Ukraine's Air Force Command, Forbes, Storm Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea

☆ After Ukraine's success with US-made HIMARS, European militaries are looking for their own rocket artillery
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Other European countries are pursuing their own rocket artillery, buying HIMARS or building new systems. Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesMultiple launch rocket systems have been around since World War II, when the legendary Soviet Katyusha battered Nazi forces. But Russia adapted and moved its command and supply centers out of HIMARS range, though at the price of compromising some efficiency. Rocket artillery can't replace howitzers, which offer some advantages, such as the ability to fire barrages continuously for hours. Still, rocket artillery is certain to join howitzers as the backbone of Western artillery.

Persons: Lockheed Martin, HIMARS, PATRIK STOLLARZ, Biden, ATACMS, salvoes, Jakub Porzycki Organizations: Russia, Service, Rheinmetall, Defense News, Lockheed, Getty, US State Department, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Ukraine, Storm, Nazi, Anadolu Agency, Russian, GPS Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Germany, Munster, AFP, Poland, France, Soviet, Warsaw, Russia

☆ Ukraine's air defense is getting significantly worse in a key city, likely because it has too little ammo to stop all of Russia's missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine reported a lower success rate in shooting down Russian missiles targeting Odesa. Ukraine's president said it needs better missile defense systems to stop infrastructure attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, on Wednesday said that Ukraine urgently needed more air defense systems. He called on Ukraine's Western allies to supply it with more SAMP/T and Patriot missile defense systems to protect against Russian attacks. And according to the ECFR report, Kyiv is the only Ukrainian city with sufficient air defense protection, and Ukraine's other major cities remain vulnerable to Russian attacks.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yaroslav Trofimov, Anton Gerashchenko Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Patriot, St, European Council, Foreign Relations, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Odesa, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Russian, Mykolaiv, Crimea

☆ Ukraine is proving it can kill Russia's most valuable officers even when they think they are safe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine killed a senior Russian officer in a long-range missile strike this week. Lt Gen Oleg Tsokov is the latest in a series of senior Russian officers killed in Ukraine. The blast hit a hotel housing Russian officers in the occupied city of Berdiansk, far from the front lines. The recent acquisition of Storm Shadow missiles means Ukraine can reach Russian top brass in places that used to be safe. The missiles have a range of 150 miles, almost triple that of the missiles Ukraine was previously using.

Persons: Gen Oleg Tsokov, Russia's, Ian Williams, Williams, Stanislav Rzhitsky, Rzhitsky, Sergei Surovikin, Wagner Organizations: Service, Russian, Shadow, Nikkei, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Storm Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Berdiansk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russia, Russia's, Krasnodar

☆ Ukraine's attacks on Russian commanders have the US Army worried about its own 'fat and ponderous' command posts
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ukraine's military has been using its long-range weapons to attack Russian command posts. A command post set up at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin in California during a training exercise. A destroyed Russian army command post pictured on March 13, 2022. One is to move command posts further from the lines and fortify them against bombardment or special-forces raids. Virtual reality would enable command posts to remain in secure locations far from the front.

Persons: —, Scott Woodward, James Geelen, Michael Peck Organizations: Army, Service, Command, US Army, National Training Center, Fort, GPS, CPs, Arms Army, Milford Beagle, US, Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Ukrainian Armed Forces, US Army CPs, Colorado . US Army, James Geelen Command, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Fort Irwin, California, Chornobaivka, Ukrainian, Kherson, Gen, Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, China, Taiwan, Russia, Fort Carson, Colorado, Forbes

☆ Russia gas flows through Ukraine could stop next year - FT
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The chances of Kyiv and Moscow agreeing to a renewal of the five-year transit contract first signed in 2019 were slim, even though the route through Ukraine accounts for almost 5% of Europe's total gas imports, the newspaper reported. Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) warned in April that Europe's ability to maintain ample gas stocks in the 2023/2024 winter hinges on Asia's demand given "critically low" supplies from Russia. European gas prices rose last year on Gazprom's threat to cut flows to Moldova, as the supply route, which goes through Ukraine, is the last functioning Russian gas corridor to Europe. The European Union last year invested heavily in LNG imports and adopted regulation to boost storage to fend off any shortage after Russian gas supplies to Europe shrank following Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. Reporting by Baranjot Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Galushchenko, Baranjot Kaur, Christopher Cushing, Sonali Paul Organizations: Gazprom PAO, Gazprom, Financial Times, German, European Union, Thomson Locations: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Moldova, Bengaluru

☆ Ukraine offensive 'slower than desired', Zelenskiy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends through video link as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during the Ukraine Recovery Conference at the Intercontinental O2 Hotel in London, Britain, June 21, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/PoolSummary Don't expect a 'Hollywood movie', Zelenskiy saysKyiv says troops consolidating earlier gainsKYIV, June 21 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces was "slower than desired" but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up as its troops advance through dangerous minefields. Reuters has visited some villages recaptured by Ukrainian forces and confirmed an advance of several kilometres. The BBC quoted Zelensky as saying the military push was not going easily because 200,000 sq km (77,220 sq miles) of Ukrainian territory had been mined by Russian forces. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told the conference Kyiv was hoping for more than $6 billion from the event.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak, Leah Millis, Zelenskiy, It's, Zelensky, Hanna Maliar, Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's, Peter Graff, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Intercontinental O2 Hotel, REUTERS, Russian, Reuters, BBC, Kyiv, Washington, Ukraine's, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, London, Britain, Kyiv, Russia, Moscow, Pyatikhatky

[1/6] Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinWASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed to deepen close economic ties between their countries, pledging to accelerate the clean energy transition and strengthen critical mineral supply chains. Biden and the British prime minister released the "Atlantic Declaration," which Sunak described as a first-of-its-kind economic partnership on issues like artificial intelligence, climate change and protecting technologies that would help shape the future. Biden and Sunak both underscored continued support for Ukraine to ensure its long-term security and deter aggression after the war ends. Biden and Sunak last met in Hiroshima, Japan, at the Group of Seven summit last month.

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☆ Ukraine has squeezed out of the US-Patriot missile system a capability that the Pentagon did not think possible, military analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine claims it has used US-made Patriot missile systems to down Russian hypersonic missiles. The weapons are among the most advanced surface-to-air missiles sent to Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have claimed they have used the weapon to shoot down several Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, which Moscow previously boasted were unstoppable. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had long been requesting the US to send defensive surface-to-air missile systems, which can strike aircraft, cruise missiles, and shorter-range ballistic missiles. It is unclear how many Patriot missile systems Ukraine has, but they are among the most advanced surface-to-air missiles sent to Ukraine.

☆ Ukraine's Supreme Court chief justice was detained on suspicion of taking a $2.7 million bribe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vsevolod Kniaziev, Ukraine's head of the Supreme Court, was detained. Kniaziev was removed from his position as head of the court on Tuesday, The Financial Times reported. Zhevago told the Financial Times that the allegations were "incorrect" and "politically motivated." The anti-corruption unit also released photos of piles of US dollars it says were found by detectives during their investigation into Supreme Court judges. Money found in an undisclosed location in Ukraine by National Anti-Corruption Bureau detectives during their investigation into a corruption case involving Supreme Court judges.

☆ Ukraine Supreme Court chief dismissed after being detained in bribery case
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"At this time, the head of the Supreme Court has been detained and measures are being taken to check other individuals for involvement in criminal activity," Omelchenko told a joint briefing with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). [1/4] Money found by detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau during investigative actions in a corruption case involving judges of the Supreme Court is depicted in an unknown location in Ukraine in this handout picture released May 15, 2023. Press Service of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS 1 2 3 4An emergency Supreme Court plenary meeting hours later voted no-confidence in Kniaziev and then voted for his dismissal as head of the court. In a statement, NABU said the Supreme Court head was suspected of taking a $2.7-million bribe. The agency's chief, Semen Kryvonos, told Tuesday's briefing it was the most high-profile case involving Ukrainian agencies fighting corruption.

☆ Ukraine wants F-16s to shoot down Russian strike fighters dropping bombs it can't beat. Airpower experts say give them the jets.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Its defenses struggle to counter the bombs, so Ukraine wants tools to take out the Russian strike fighters. "Guided bombs are tricky for air defense because they have short flight times and usually very little infrared signature," he said. "The air defense system with the longest distance available to us is the S-300, but it's Soviet-era weapons." That is absolutely unrealistic," he said, challenging the arguments against sending fighter aircraft. There are significant training, supply chain, and operational hurdles to overcome, making essential ground-based air defense a priority in the meantime.

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