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☆ Germany tells UN: Nord Stream inquiry found subsea explosive traces on yacht
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] The 50-feet-long charter yacht "Andromeda", which German prosecutors had searched believed to be used for the blasts of the Baltic Sea pipelines Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 is seen in a dry dock in Dranske at Ruegen island, Germany, March 14, 2023. A series of unexplained explosions hit the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines connecting Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea last September in the exclusive economic zones of Germany, Sweden and Denmark. "It is suspected that the boat in question may have been used to transport the explosives that exploded at the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines," the letter said of Germany's inquiry. "According to expert assessments, it is possible that trained divers could have attached explosives at the points where damage occurred to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which are laid on the seabed at a depth of approx. Russia failed in March to get the U.N. Security Council to ask for an independent inquiry into the Nord Stream blasts.

Persons: Oliver Denzer, Michelle Nichols, Stephen Coates Organizations: Nord, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, . Security, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Baltic, Dranske, Ruegen, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian

☆ What Sweden's submarines bring to NATO
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Johan Ahlander | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sweden's key to keeping the waters navigable in a conflict is its world-leading submarine fleet, which analysts say holds some of the most advanced conventional submarines ever built. "The Swedish submarine fleet is well prepared for this environment and will add greatly to NATO's overall submarine capabilities in the Baltic," a NATO official told Reuters. "We have regional expertise, which fills a gap, expertise that NATO doesn't have," said Submarine Flotilla Commander Fredrik Linden. [1/5]The Swedish submarine HMS Gotland lies in a port at the naval base of Karlskrona, Sweden May 25, 2023. While submerged, conventional submarines run on battery power.

Persons: Fredrik Linden, Tom Little, Sebastian Bruns, Bruns, Sara Ledwith Organizations: NATO, Reuters, U.S navy's, REUTERS, Institute for Security, Kiel University, SAAB, Thomson Locations: KARLSKRONA, Sweden, Europe, Baltic, Russia, Germany, Swedish, Gotland, Karlskrona

"It's all about containing those kinds of capabilities from the north," retired U.S. Major General Gordon B. Davis Jr. told Reuters. "With five submarines we can close the Baltic Sea," Linden told Reuters. The region from the Baltic in the south to the high north may become almost an integrated operating area for NATO. It was first shipped from Germany across the Baltic Sea, then trucked nearly 900 km to the north. "It would make it very difficult for the Russian Baltic Sea fleet to operate in a free way," he said.

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☆ Check out this $110 million tech campus being built in Lithuania — the largest in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The development, from Lithuanian infrastructure firm Tech Zity, is inspired by British renovation projects like the Battersea Power Station and Tate Modern art gallery. Tech ZityLithuania is building a huge tech campus — Europe's largest — in the capital of Vilnius, as it looks to become the new tech capital of the Baltics. Lithuania's growing tech sceneLithuania's tech ecosystem has grown dramatically over the past decade, Darius Zakaitis, Tech Zity's founder, told CNBC. Tech Zity manages three tech campuses in Vilnius, including Tech Park, Tech Loft, and Tech Spa, which are home to companies like Google, Bored Panda and Kilo Health. Currently occupying 20,000 square meters, Tech Zity plans to reach 80,000 square meters over time, considering new campuses, existing locations, and other projects.

Persons: Darius Zakaitis, Zakaitis, Tech Zity, Daniel Ek, Tom, Kevin, Vineted Organizations: Tech, Battersea Power, Tate, Tech Zity, New, Vilnius, Tech Zity's, CNBC, Nord, Google, Kilo Health, Tech Zity U.S, Netflix, Spotify, Nord Security, Summit, Accel Locations: Lithuanian, Battersea, Tech Zity Lithuania, Vilnius, Baltics, Lithuania, Paris, Europe, Baltic, Nord, France, Germany, Lisbon, Portugal, EQT, Russia

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☆ Poland was not hub for Nord Stream sabotage, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, June 22 (Reuters) - There is no evidence to suggest that Poland was used as a hub for the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday, rejecting a report that a team that blew up the pipelines may have used Poland as an operating base. The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported this month that German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as its base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September. "The statement that 'Poland was a logistics hub for the operation of blowing up Nord Stream' is completely untrue and is not supported by the evidence of the investigation," the Polish National Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. Citing people familiar with the voyage, it said the sabotage crew placed deep-sea explosives on Nord Stream 1 before they setting the vessel on a course towards Poland. Polish prosecutors said that the Andromeda had sailed to Poland from the German island of Ruegen and spent 12 hours in a Polish port.

Persons: Alan Charlish Organizations: WARSAW, Street Journal, National Prosecutor's, Rzeczpospolita, Thomson Locations: Poland, Nord, Baltic, Ruegen, Polish

☆ Two sea turtles nest on Spain's Mediterranean coast as waters warm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

One turtle laid 80 eggs in the town of Denia on Saturday, and another laid 62 in Gandia on Monday, which are both in the eastern Valencia region, the Oceanographic Foundation said. Loggerheads turtles used to nest mainly in the eastern Mediterranean, in countries such as Turkey, Cyprus and Greece, but for some years the coasts of Spain, France and Italy have been recording an increased presence of loggerhead turtle egg clutches. Warmer waters have attracted the turtles, biologist Ana Liria, head of ADS Biodiversidad, a charity based in Gran Canaria, told Reuters in April. When those turtles grow up, they will form part of program to help their survival. The remainder of the eggs were taken to a protected beach in the Albufera Natural Park to avoid contact with passers-by.

Persons: Read, Ana Liria, Emma Pinedo, Joan Faus, Sharon Singleton Organizations: University of Valencia, Oceanographic Foundation, Gran Canaria, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gandia, Valencia Spain, MADRID, Denia, Valencia, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Gran, Tunisia

☆ European natural gas prices soar 30% as key source to close permanently after hundreds of earthquakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Europe's biggest gas field is set to close permanently in October, Bloomberg reported. The news sparked a 30% jump in benchmark European natural gas futures on Thursday. Earthquakes near the Groningen field in the Netherlands have damaged thousands of homes over the years. The six-decade operation has been an important energy source for much of Western Europe. Europe has since stockpiled natural gas to levels not seen in years, helped by a mild winter, but this summer's hot weather is boosting demand, while outages in Norwegian gas fields and increased competition for liquefied natural gas are also adding to price pressures.

Persons: —, Mark Rutte Organizations: Bloomberg, Earthquakes, Service Locations: Groningen, Netherlands, Western Europe, Europe, Russia, Ukraine

Henriette Borgund knows attackers can find weaknesses in the defences of a big renewables power company - she's found them herself. She joined Norway's Hydro (NHY.OL) as an "ethical hacker" last April, bringing years of experience in military cyberdefence to bear at a time of war in Europe and chaos in energy markets. They're nervously monitoring a hybrid war where physical energy infrastructure has already been targeted, from the Nord Stream gas pipelines to the Kakhovka dam. It said Russia had tried to destroy digital networks and cause power cuts, and that missile attacks on facilities were often accompanied by cyberattacks. "Companies in the energy space, their core business is producing energy, not cybersecurity," said Jalal Bouhdada, CEO of cybersecurity firm Applied Risk, a division of DNV.

Persons: Nora Buli, Henriette Borgund, she's, shoring, Michael Ebner, cyberattacks, didn't, Swantje Westpfahl, James Forrest, Cem Gocgoren, Stephan Gerling, Mathias Boeswetter, Leonhard Birnbaum, Jalal Bouhdada, Nina Chestney, Christoph Steitz, America Hernandez, Paris Pavel Polityuk, Guy Faulconbridge, Pravin Organizations: REUTERS, Norway's Hydro, Reuters, Hydro's Oslo, Hydro, Ukraine, cyberattacks, Germany's Institute for Security, TRITON, Triton, Svenska, ICS CERT, University of Tulsa, E.ON, " Companies, Pravin Char, Thomson Locations: Norwegian, Fosen, Norway, Ukraine, OSLO, LONDON, FRANKFURT, Europe, Nord, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, United States, Russian, Capgemini, Saudi, Swedish, DNV, Oslo, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Kiev

☆ Russia urges 'transparent' investigation into Nord Stream blasts
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 14 (Reuters) - A "transparent and objective" international investigation in the blasts at the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines is needed, a high-ranking Russian diplomat to the United States said early on Wednesday. Commenting on reports that the U.S. reportedly warned Ukraine not to attack the pipelines under the Baltic Sea, Andrey Ledenev, minister-counsellor at the embassy, said the role of the United States in the blasts should also be "clarified". "It would be useful to think about the reasons for the stubborn unwillingness of the collective West to launch a transparent and objective international investigation under the auspices of the U.N. Security Council in the terrorist attacks in the Baltic Sea," Ledenev was quoted as saying in a post on the embassy's Telegram messaging channel. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Muralikumar AnantharamanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrey Ledenev, Ledenev, Lidia Kelly, Muralikumar Organizations: . Security, Thomson Locations: Russian, United States, U.S, Ukraine, Baltic, Melbourne

☆ Russia's Medvedev says Moscow now has free hand to destroy enemies' undersea communications cables
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday there were no longer any "moral limits" to stop Moscow from destroying its enemies' undersea communication cables given what he said was Western complicity in the Nord Stream pipeline blasts. Medvedev made the comments on his official channel on the Telegram messaging application. U.S. media reports have suggested that Washington was aware of a Ukrainian plot to blow up the gas pipelines. Unexplained explosions ruptured both Nord Stream 1 and the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipelines, carrying gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, last September. Reporting by Reuters Editing by Andrew OsbornOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev, Washington, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russian, Moscow, Nord, Russia, Germany, Baltic

It is still unclear exactly what happened to Nord Stream, a multibillion-dollar project that carried Russian gas to Germany. Some U.S. and European officials initially suggested Russia had blown up its own pipelines, an interpretation dismissed as idiotic by President Vladimir Putin. Sub-sea cables which criss-cross the world's oceans have become the arteries of global communications. The intelligence chief of the NATO military alliance cautioned in May that Russia may sabotage undersea cables to punish the West for supporting Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly said the West was behind the Nord Stream blasts - particularly the United States and Britain, which both deny involvement.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Medvedev, Dmitry Peskov, Pulitzer, Seymour Hersh, Joe Biden, Peskov, Philippa Fletcher, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Russia, CIA, U.S, The Washington Post, The New York Times, U.S . Central Intelligence Agency, Ukraine, Russia's Security, ., NATO, Reuters, White House, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Moscow, Nord, Baltic, Germany, Russia, Russian, China, United States, Ukraine, NORD, Britain

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☆ C.I.A. Told Ukraine Last Summer It Should Not Attack Nord Stream Pipelines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Julian E. Barnes | Michael Schwirtz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Central Intelligence Agency told Ukrainian officials last summer that it had learned of what it thought was an aborted plot by the Ukrainians to attack the Nord Stream pipelines, and the agency reinforced its objection to any such operation, U.S. officials said. In June 2022, Dutch intelligence officials shared information with the C.I.A. that they had learned the Ukrainian military had been planning an operation using divers to blow up one of the pipelines, according to U.S. and European officials. But the original tip by the Dutch, according to U.S. officials, was that Ukraine had already reconsidered and canceled the operation. In reality, American officials now believe, the operation was not aborted but delayed, potentially with a different Ukraine-aligned group carrying out the attack.

Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency Locations: U.S, Ukraine, Russia, Europe

☆ Dutch intelligence tipped CIA on alleged Ukraine plan to attack Nord Stream -NOS
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AMSTERDAM, June 13 (Reuters) - A Dutch intelligence agency tipped off the CIA about an alleged Ukrainian plan in June 2022 to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline, Dutch national broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday. The NOS report, which was compiled with help from leading German media outlets, did not identify its sources. It said that the Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD had warned the CIA of the existence of such a plan, leading to a warning from Washington to Kyiv not to attack the pipeline. Unexplained explosions ruptured both Nord Stream 1 and the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipelines, carrying gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, in September. Moscow accused investigators of dragging their feet and trying to conceal who was behind the attack.

Persons: MIVD, Toby Sterling, Conor Humphries Organizations: CIA, Dutch, NOS, NATO, Thomson Locations: AMSTERDAM, Dutch, Washington, Kyiv, Russia, Germany, Baltic, Sweden, Denmark, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Dutch intelligence warned CIA about alleged Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream pipelines, Netherlands’ public broadcaster reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Mick Krever Alex Marquardt Sarah Dean Sugam Pokharel | Mick Krever | Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dutch military intelligence warned the American intelligence service, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday without specifying a source. The United States received intelligence from a European ally last year that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, CNN reported last week based on information from three US officials. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday that the CIA warned Ukraine last year to not attack the Nord Stream gas pipelines after receiving information about an alleged Ukrainian plan, citing officials familiar with the exchange. The CIA received the tip from Dutch military intelligence, the officials told the WSJ. Netherlands’s public broadcaster in its report said that the Dutch military intelligence service, MIVD, was able at an early stage to gather detailed information about alleged Ukrainian plot to blow up the pipelines.

Persons: hasn’t, Volodymyr Zelensky, ’ ” Mykhailo Podolyak Organizations: CNN, CIA, NOS, ARD, United, Street, European Union, Twitter Locations: United States, Western, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Nord, Russia, Baltic, Europe

☆ Daddy, Are You an Influencer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Charlotte Cowles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“With Instagram, a lot of men were uncomfortable with putting up these edited, staged pictures and captions,” said James Nord, a founder of Fohr, an influencer marketing firm in New York City. And all of a sudden, here’s someone people trust and relate to, talking about new pants that they love. Dads also said they spent about 10 hours a week on household chores in 2016, an increase from four hours in 1965. (Alas, while dads are doing more, a major gender gap persists: Mothers spent about 14 hours a week on child care and 18 hours a week on housework in 2016.) “I think a big reason that what I was doing resonated was that I was honest and genuine about what I was experiencing.”

Persons: dadfluencers, ”, James Nord, TikTok, influencers, Dad influencers, Nord, “, Thomas Piccirilli Organizations: Pew Research Locations: New York City, United States, Monmouthshire, England

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☆ Nord Stream sabotage probe turns to clues inside Poland, Wall Street Journal reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 10 (Reuters) - German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The investigators have reconstructed the two-week voyage of the "Andromeda", a 50-foot (15-metre) yacht suspected of being involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, the newspaper said. The Journal cited people familiar with the voyage as indicating the sabotage crew had placed deep-sea explosives on Nord Stream 1, before they set the vessel on a course towards Poland. The destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines hastened the region's switch to other energy suppliers. Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, each consisting of two pipes, were built by Russia's state-controlled Gazprom to pump 110 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas a year to Germany.

Persons: Stanislaw Zaryn, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Shivani Tanna, Karol Badohal, William Mallard, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Wall Street, Germany's Federal Criminal Police, Polish, Special Services, Twitter, Nord, Gazprom, Washington Post, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Poland, Baltic, Germany, Germany's, Russian, Warsaw, Kiev, Ukraine, Nord, Sweden, Denmark, Ukrainian, Bengaluru

☆ Nord Stream sabotage probe turns to clues inside Poland- WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 10 (Reuters) - German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. German investigators have fully reconstructed the two-week voyage of the "Andromeda", a 50-foot (15-metre) white pleasure yacht suspected of being involved in the sabotage of the pipelines that supply Russian gas to Europe, the newspaper said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday told German media that Ukraine did not attack Nord Stream pipelines. German media in March identified the possible involvement of a yacht from a Poland-based company owned by Ukrainian citizens in the attack. The Journal cited people familiar with the Andromeda’s voyage as indicating the sabotage crew had finished half their job, laying deep-sea explosives on Nord Stream 1, before they set their Bavaria 50 Cruiser on a course away from their target, toward Poland.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Shivani Tanna, William Mallard Organizations: Wall Street, Germany's Federal Criminal Police, Poland's, Washington Post, Wednesday, Wall Street Journal, Bavaria, Thomson Locations: Poland, Baltic, Europe, Germany, Germany's, Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, Ukrainian, Bengaluru

☆ Companies are worried about a recession, but they’re hanging on to employees anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Minneapolis CNN —US companies wary about their economic prospects are battening down the hatches. Recent job market data shows more and more businesses have taken to “labor hoarding” and maintaining headcounts even as demand softens. Employees work at CannaCraft's March and Ash retail cannabis store in San Diego's Mission Valley neighborhood. Grey Duck’s sales picture will become clearer in the next three months, Bossen said. “We’re going to do whatever it takes to keep that staff employed and productive, even if things slow down,” he said.

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☆ Climate crisis: Russia's war in Ukraine is undermining global efforts to tackle emissions, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The report, titled Climate Damage Caused by Russia’s War in Ukraine, follows on from a first interim assessment presented at the UN COP27 climate conference in November 2022. Nearly 22 million metric tons of planet-heating pollution came from warfare, almost 20% of the total emissions attributable to the conflict, the report found. “We probably will only be able to really get a more accurate estimate once the war is over,” de Klerk said. “The biggest chunk of the emissions are still in the future reconstruction of Ukraine,” de Klerk said. The report authors even calculated the extra planet-warming pollution created by airlines rerouting flights to avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace.

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☆ Russia says West trying to confuse the world over Nord Stream culprits
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 7 (Reuters) - The Russian embassy in the United States said on Wednesday that a report the United States knew of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines was part of a coordinated Western attempt to confuse the world over the truth. "The coordinated campaign of the West, led by the United States, to confuse the international community is sewn with white threads," Russian diplomat Andrey Ledenev was quoted as saying in a post on the embassy's Telegram messaging channel. Several underwater explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipelines that link Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea in September 2022. Russia has repeatedly said the West was behind the blasts affecting the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines last September - multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects that carried Russian gas to Germany. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrey Ledenev, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Washington Post, CIA, White House, Thomson Locations: Russian, United States, Russia, Germany, Baltic, Sweden, Denmark, U.S, Melbourne

☆ At the end of the day 'this is a war', says fmr. Amb. McFaul on Ukraine-U.S. Nord Stream report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAt the end of the day 'this is a war', says fmr. McFaul on Ukraine-U.S. Nord Stream reportMichael McFaul, fmr. Ambassador to Russia, joins 'Last Call' to discuss the Washington Post's latest report that the U.S. knew about Ukraine's plan to attach the Nord Stream pipeline for months.

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☆ Americans Were Aware of Intelligence Warning of Ukrainian Pipeline Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Julian E. Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Even as Germany and other European countries have learned of Ukrainian involvement in the pipeline attack, they have nevertheless increased their military aid. American officials insisted on Tuesday there has been no determination about who within the Ukrainian government may have planned or authorized the attack. If it is eventually pinned on senior officials, European attitudes about support for Ukraine could change. The Post reported that the European intelligence report said the Ukrainian operatives involved in the plot to destroy the pipelines reported to Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s senior military officer. Officials say the United States is unlikely to place any public blame for the destruction of the pipelines on Ukraine until after those investigations are done.

Persons: Valeriy, Zaluzhnyi’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, John F, Kirby, Mr, Aishvarya Kavi Organizations: National Security Council, Washington Post Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, Germany, U.S, Europe

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