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☆ Fact Check-Clip of hundreds of birds flying above a motorway filmed in Texas, not Ukraine in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip dating to at least as far back as 2017 showing hundreds of birds flying above a motorway was not filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, in January 2023. One individual shared the clip filmed from a vehicle showing the flock flying above a motorway, with a caption that reads: “WATCH Huge ‘murder’ of crows reportedly spotted flying over #Kiev, #Ukraine The end of times" (here), (here). The clip is not recent, nor was it filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine. According to the media reports, the clip was filmed on a motorway in Houston, Texas. The clip was widely published by media outlets in January 2017 and was filmed on a motorway in Houston, Texas.

☆ Factbox: What is the Bradley Fighting Vehicle?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday that it will send Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine to bolster Kiev's fight against Russia's invasion. What is a Bradley Fighting Vehicle? The Bradley is a tracked, medium-armored vehicle armed with a 25-mm gun. France has pledged a similar armored vehicle called the AMX-10 RC. Germany will send about 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine before the end of March.

☆ Putin tells Erdogan: Ukraine must accept loss of territories for there to be dialogue
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, Jan 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Russia was open to dialogue over Ukraine but that Kyiv would have to accept the loss of territories claimed by Russia, the Kremlin said. Putin also "acknowledged the destructive role of the West, pumping weapons into Kyiv, providing information and guidance," the Kremlin said. Erdogan and the Russian president have spoken repeatedly since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February. Turkey acted as mediator alongside the United Nations to set up a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian ports. According to the Kremlin, Putin once again told Erdogan that all the barriers to Russian exports of food and fertilisers, which Russia sees as part of grain deal, should be lifted.

But the visit also leaves several key questions unanswered, including how U.S. military support could evolve, whether Congressional support for the war will endure and - crucially - how the war will end. Biden announced that the United States would provide another $1.85 billion in military aid, including a Patriot missile defense system. The United States and its allies have been unwilling to provide other advanced weapons Ukraine has pleaded for. The next steps for Kyiv, the officials added, would be to receive additional air defense systems from the United States and other western countries along with better integrating them. "No more blank checks to Ukraine," Republican Representative Andy Biggs wrote on Twitter hours before Zelenskiy's visit to Washington.

☆ Viktor Bout: The Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Eliza Mackintosh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Brittney Griner’s freedom ultimately hinged on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer whose life story inspired a Hollywood film. On Thursday, a source told CNN that the US basketball star had been released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accuser. Viktor Bout is pictured in a temporary cell ahead of a hearing at a court in Bangkok in August 2010. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images“His early days are a mystery,” Douglas Farah, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center who co-authored a book on Bout, told CNN in 2010. He said that Bout graduated from the Military Institute on Foreign Languages, a well-known feeder school for Russian military intelligence.

☆ Ukrainian avant-garde art finds refuge from war in Madrid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Juan MedinaMADRID, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian art has found a refuge in Madrid where a retrospective on the country's avant-garde in the early 20th century is showing works little known to the general public while offering them a safe haven away from the bombs. Aside from paying tribute to a little-known period in the history of Ukrainian art, the exhibition takes on particular relevance amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country. "We wanted to do something in terms of showing Ukrainian art, but also taking Ukrainian art out of Ukraine and bringing it to Europe and to safety," Katia Denysova, one of the exhibit's three curators, told Reuters. When the curators saw the works had made it to Spain safe and sound, they were "beyond delighted", Denysova added. She now hopes that Ukrainian avant-garde art will tell the public a story of creation and resistance.

☆ Putin's supporters call for the liquidation of Ukraine as 'genocidal rhetoric' swells
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty ImagesProminent supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin are using increasingly "genocidal rhetoric" when discussing and demonizing Ukrainians, analysts note, with some pro-war commentators cheering the concept of the "liquidation" of the modern state of Ukraine. "To be a 'Ukrainian' one does not even have to speak the Ukrainian language (which is also still being formed). "All this can be stopped only through the liquidation of Ukrainian statehood in its current form," Medvedev said. Another popular motif being used by pro-war, pro-Putin bloggers is characterizing Ukraine and Ukrainians as "evil" or "sadists" or "Satanists." "As ISW has previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin has similarly employed such genocidal language in a way that is fundamentally incompatible with calls for negotiations."

However the talks aim to remove remaining obstacles in the initiative extended last week and ease global food shortages by unblocking Ukrainian and Russian exports, they added. Putin said on Wednesday that Russian officials would work to unblock Russian fertilisers stuck in European ports and to resume ammonia exports. The export of Russian ammonia would be via an existing pipeline to the Black Sea. Neither Russia nor Ukraine have released official figures on how many prisoners of war they have taken since Russia invaded in February. On Oct. 29, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy said that since March, Russia had freed a total of 1,031 prisoners.

☆ Kiev's young cadets
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Beijing logged record infections on Monday, posing a challenge for authorities scrambling to quell outbreaks quickly while trying to minimize the impact on people's lives and the economy.

☆ For host Indonesia, a G20 summit dogged by Russia-Ukraine rancour
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Kate Lamb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of its southern neighbour sparked calls by some Western leaders for a boycott of the G20 summit and for the withdrawal of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation. Russia confirmed at almost the last minute that Putin would not attend the summit with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov taking his place. Indonesia will breath a sigh of relief as the summit opens but key issues remain unresolved. "We have to make sure that Russia's war is mentioned in the G20 declaration in one way or another. A traditional G20 "family photo" of leaders also appears to be off the table this year, sources say.

☆ Fact Check-No evidence French ambassador to Ukraine has resigned as of Oct. 25
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Users on social media are sharing a claim that the French ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins has resigned but there’s no supporting evidence. One Facebook user sharing the claim said, “Urgent: The French Ambassador to Ukraine Resigns” (here). There is another unverified French-language Facebook account under the same name and logo that identifies as a “broadcasting & media production company” (here). Jean-Michel Cadenas, a departmental delegate of the Rassemblement National in Mayenne (twitter.com/RassNational53) repeated the claim that Poncins resigned in a since-deleted tweet. There is no evidence that Poncins ever resigned from his post as the French ambassador to Ukraine.

☆ Russia to raise Ukraine 'dirty bomb' accusation at U.N., diplomats say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Russia intends to raise at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday its accusation that Ukraine is planning a "dirty bomb" attack and has urged U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to do all he can to "prevent this heinous crime from happening." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has responded by accusing Russia of planning such an attack itself to blame on Ukraine. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia wrote in a letter - seen by Reuters - to Guterres and the Security Council on Monday. "We call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to do everything in his power to prevent this heinous crime from happening." Britain's mission to the United Nations posted on Twitter late on Monday: "Reminder: Ukraine has no nuclear weapons."

☆ Disdain and defiance among Kyiv residents after Putin order
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes an address on the conflict with Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia, in this still image taken from video released September 21, 2022. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"I still believe Putin isn't insane, there is some rationality in him. 'EMPTY WORDS'There was strong support among Kyiv residents for Ukraine's own armed forces, who helped by Western arms have been battling Russia's much bigger military for nearly seven months on several fronts and recaptured swathes of land in recent weeks. "I think we have to trust our armed forces and no one else. I believe in Ukraine's armed forces and hope that nothing bad will happen and that we will be defended.

☆ Exclusive: Ukraine calls for bespoke IMF and World Bank programmes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Marc Jones | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. dollar, euro and Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Kiev, Ukraine, October 31, 2016. read moreKyiv's goal though is a full-fledged IMF programme that would provide enough money and security to see it through the coming years. "I'm not sure whether standard tools of the IMF are really designed for this type of situation," he added. But its biggest single financing source is its own central bank, which has already had to print over $10 billion worth Hryvnia. Butsa said it is talking to the World Bank about a special facility for that money, where others, including private donors, could also contribute.

☆ With a grin, Putin warns Ukraine: the war can get more serious
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday brushed off a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive with a smile but warned that Russia would respond more forcefully if its troops were put under further pressure. Well, let's see how it develops, how it ends up," Putin said with a grin. Russia hit Ukrainian infrastructure in response - including a reservoir dam and electricity supplies - and Putin said those attacks could get worse. Putin also said Russia was gradually taking control of new areas of Ukraine.

☆ METEO. Cer variabil în toată ţara. Câte grade vom avea în termometre
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La Briceni și Soroca vor fi 28 de grade, iar la Bălţi și Orhei se vor înregistra 29 de grade. La Tiraspol vor fi 31 de grade, iar la Leova se vor înregistra 32 de grade Celsius. La Comrat și Cahul maxima va fi de 33 de grade.În Capitală, cerul va fi variabil şi se vor înregistra 31 de grade. La Budapesta se vor înregistra 31 de grade, la Belgrad sunt anunţate 32 de grade, iar la Viena 28 de grade. La Kiev se vor înregistra 32 de grade, iar la Moscova până la 31 de grade Celsius.

Locations: Briceni, Soroca, Bălţi, Orhei, Tiraspol, Leova, Comrat, Cahul, Europei, Madrid, Roma, Londra, Berlin, Paris, Budapesta, Belgrad, Viena, Varşovia, Praga, Atena, Bucureşti, Ankara, Kiev, Moscova

☆ În următoarele 24 de ore meteorologii anunță cer variabil în toată ţară
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

În următoarele 24 de ore meteorologii anunță cer variabil în toată ţară. La Briceni și Soroca vor fi 22 de grade, iar la Bălţi și Orhei se vor înregistra 29 de grade. La Tiraspol vor fi 31 de grade, iar la Leova e vor înregistra 32 de grade Celsius. La Budapesta se vor înregistra 31 de grade, la Belgrad sunt anunţate 32 de grade, iar la Viena 28 de grade. La Kiev se vor înregistra 32 de grade, iar la Moscova până la 31 de grade Celsius.

☆ METEO 9 iulie: Cer variabil şi vreme frumoasă în toată ţara. Câte grade vor indica termometrele
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La Orhei se vor înregistra 29 de grade, iar la Tiraspol și Leova 30. În Capitală cerul va fi variabil şi se vor înregistra 30 de grade. La Budapesta se vor înregistra 33 de grade, la Belgrad sunt anunţate 35 de grade, iar la Viena 23 de grade și va ploua. La Bucureşti vor fi 30 de grade, la Ankara se va încălzi până la 28 de grade. La Kiev se vor înregistra 31 de grade, iar la Moscova până la 32 de grade Celsius.

Locations: Briceni, Soroca, Bălţi, Orhei, Tiraspol, Leova, Comrat, Cahul, Capitală, Europei, Madrid, Roma, Londra, Berlin, Paris, Budapesta, Belgrad, Viena, Varşovia, Praga, Atena, Bucureşti, Ankara, Kiev, Moscova

☆ Ucraina va oferi femeilor din armată tocuri „mai confortabile” după controversa privind sexismul
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Decizia de a face femeile soldat să meargă cu tocuri, despre care Taran a spus că a fost luată pentru prima dată în 2017, a enervat o serie de parlamentari după ce presa locală a preluat imagini publicate de ministerul apărării săptămâna trecută. "Povestea unei parade în tocuri este o adevărată rușine", a scris și jurnalistul Vitaly Portnikov pe Facebook, argumentând că unii oficiali de la Kiev au o mentalitate "medievală". În urma acestor manifestări, mai mulți parlamentari i-au cerut ministrului apărării, Andriy Taran, să-și ceară scuze public pentru această decizie. Ministerul Apărării s-a apărat declarând că pantofii fac parte din uniforma lor. Ministerul le-a cerut femeilor din forțele armate ucrainene să defileze cu tocuri în timpul unei parade pentru a marca cea de-a 30-a aniversare a independenței față de Uniunea Sovietică pe 24 august, provocând critici că acțiunea este dăunătoare sănătății soldaților.Dar, mai degrabă decât să renunțe complet la pantofii cu toc, ministrul Apărării Andriy Taran a anunțat miercuri că va exista „un nou model de încălțăminte”.Pantofii mai noi vor avea „șireturi care să țină mai bine pantofii în timpul mersului” și tocuri „mai joase și mai confortabile”, se arată într-o declarație a ministerului.Acesta a adăugat că, dacă soldații „au o experiență pozitivă atunci când testează acest model”, ar putea deveni parte a uniformei ceremoniale pentru toate femeile militar.

Persons: Taran Organizations: Ministerul Apărării, Apărării Locations: Kiev, Uniunea Sovietică

☆ Cum va fi vremea în data de 9 iulie și câte grade vor indica termometrele
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La Briceni și Soroca vor fi 27 de grade, iar la Bălţi cu unul mai mult. La Orhei se vor înregistra 29 de grade, iar la Tiraspol și Leova 30. La Comrat maxima va fi de 31 de grade, iar la Cahul de 32.În Capitală cerul va fi variabil şi se vor înregistra 30 de grade, iar noaptea se anunță până la 18 grade Celsius. La Budapesta se vor înregistra 33 de grade, la Belgrad sunt anunţate 35 de grade, iar la Viena 36. 34 de grade vor fi la Atena.

☆ Meteo 8 iulie 2021: Vreme frumoasă și cer variabil în toată țara
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La Briceni și Soroca vor fi 27 de grade, iar la Bălţi cu un grad mai mult. La Comrat maxima va fi de 31 de grade, iar la Cahul de 32.Joi, în Capitală cerul va fi variabil şi se vor înregistra 30 de grade. Ziua vor fi între 31 şi 33 de grade, iar noaptea maxima va fi 19.Joi, în cea mai mare parte a Europei cerul va fi variabil. La Londra se vor înregistra 21 de grade, la Berlin 22, iar la Paris 23. 34 de grade vor arăta termometrele la Atena.

Persons: . Locations: Briceni, Soroca, Bălţi, Orhei, Tiraspol, Leova, Comrat, Cahul, Capitală, Europei, Madrid, Roma, Londra, Berlin, Paris, Budapesta, Belgrad, Viena, Varşovia, Praga, Atena, Bucureşti, Ankara, Kiev, Moscova

☆ Meteo 8 iulie: Vreme frumoasă și cer variabil în toată țara
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

☆ ULTIMA ORĂ/ Dorin Damir, finul de cununie al lui Plahotniuc, plasat în arest pentru 30 de zile în Penitenciarul nr. 13
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Președintele Asociației FEA, Dorin Damir, finul de cununie al fostului lider PDM Vladimir Plahotniuc, va fi plasat în arest preventiv pentru 30 de zile în Penitenciarul nr. 5 din cadrul Inspectoratului Național de Investigații al IGP al MAI, acolo unde și Damir a deținut o funcție. Hotărârea a fost pronunțată miercuri, 7 iulie, de către magistrații Judecătoriei Chișinău, sediul Ciocana. Deşi demis din MAI, Valeriu Cojocaru a activat totuşi în cadrul acestei instituţii, fiind şef de secţie în cadrul Direcţiei Misiuni Speciale. Ulterior, fostul comisar de Făleşti a fost înlăturat din nou din sistem.

Persons: PDM Vladimir Plahotniuc, Dumitru Răileanu, Dorin Damir, Dorin, Damir, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Valeriu Cojocaru, Cojocaru, ZdG, Paciu, Locotenent, CSJ, Făleşti, Plahotniuc Organizations: PDM, Ciocana, Procuratura, Investigații, Interne, Apel Locations: Chișinău, Bălți, Centru, Kiev

☆ Va fi cald sau va ploua? Cum se schimbă vremea în următoarele zile
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

La Orhei se vor înregistra 26 de grade Celsius. La Tiraspol și Leova vor fi 28 de grade, iar la Comrat şi Cahul sunt anunțate 29 de grade Celsius. Miercuri, în Capitală cerul va fi variabil şi se vor înregistra 28 de grade. La Roma vor fi 34 grade Celsius, iar la Viena 31. 28 de grade Celsius şi ploi se vor înregistra la Ankara.

Persons: Celsius, . Organizations: Miercuri, . Miercuri Locations: Briceni, Soroca, Bălţi, Orhei, Tiraspol, Leova, Comrat, Cahul, Capitală, Europei, Madrid, Paris, Londra, Berlin, Roma, Viena, Praga, Varşovia, Budapesta, Belgrad, Bucureşti, Atena, Kiev, Moscova, Ankara

☆ Președintele FEA, Dorin Damir, finul de cununie al lui Plahotniuc, a refuzat să se prezinte în instanță, unde este examinat demersul privind arestarea lui pentru 30 de zile
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

5 din cadrul Inspectoratului Național de Investigații al IGP al MAI, acolo unde și Damir a deținut o funcție. Potrivit avocatului președintelui FEA, Iurie Tabarcea, Dorin Damir pledează nevinovat. „Dorin Damir nu s-a prezentat la ședință”, a declarat pentru ZdG avocatul președintelui Asociației FEA. „A fost examinat demersul procurorilor. Dorin Damir este finul de cununie al fostului lider al democraților Vladimir Plahotniuc.

Persons: PDM Vladimir Plahotniuc, Iurie Tabarcea, Dorin Damir, Dumitru Răileanu, Răileanu, Damir, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Valeriu Cojocaru, Cojocaru, ZdG, Paciu, Locotenent, CSJ, Făleşti, Dorin, Plahotniuc Organizations: PDM, Ciocana, Procuratura, Investigații, Interne, Apel Locations: Chișinău, Anenii Noi, Bălți, Centru, Kiev

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