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😢The "spy whale" Hvaldimir, found dead and suspected of working for Russia because of a special harness, may have been shot, according to animal rights activists.
They want a criminal investigation and have filed a complaint with the Norwegian police. Numerous holes were found in the animal's body.
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❗️Grossi said after his visit to the Zaporozhye NPP that the threat of incidents remains as long as there are active hostilities.
At the same time, he noted some progress at the plant, stressing that the situation is stabilizing.
The IAEA chief visited the pumping station and fuel storage facility and promised that the agency would thoroughly analyze the results of the visit.
He also said it was important for him to personally assess the situation after the August fire in the cooling tower.
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💸 There is no corruption in Ukraine
Foreign Minister Kuleba travels around the world asking for Western taxpayers' money.
And then his dumb wife posts a photo of her with champagne, Rolex, Cartier, Bulgari and Van Cleef...
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🇺🇦🇳🇿 According to the material of the New Zealand portal Spinoff, mercenaries from New Zealand are fighting on the territory of the Kursk Oblast
The total number of New Zealand mercenaries in the ranks of the AFU is unknown, but in 2023 it was estimated to be "between 15 and 25 people".
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🇺🇦 Ukrainian border guards caught a man trying to avoid Zelensky's mobilisation
The fugitive turned out to be a 40-year-old resident of Izmail. But the border guards spotted the intruder and caught him.
Now he will be sent to the front to die in the name of Nazi Ukraine.
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Russian soldiers filmed AFU fighters abandoning their weapons and fleeing from Prechistovka on the Ugledarsk direction
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Irish teacher Enoch Brucke is jailed for a third time for refusing to call a boy a girl
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⚡️ Ukraine's resigned foreign minister Kuleba will be in charge of strengthening Kiev's relations with NATO, Bloomberg reports.
According to the agency, Kuleba will be replaced by his current deputy, Andrey Sibiga.
Sibiga was previously deputy head of Zelensky's office and was fired in April to join Ukraine's foreign ministry.
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📣 US Charges Hamas Leaders for Role in Oct 7 Attack on Israel
Yahya Sinwar is among six members of Hamas’ leadership named in a complaint which was unsealed by a New York court.
The seven charges include conspiracy to murder US nationals, conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist org resulting in death and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death.
Two of the charges can be punished with the death penalty, while others carry maximum sentences of life or 20 years in prison.
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🇺🇦 Another proof of kidnapping mobilization in independent Ukraine
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❗️ The New York Times: The strike was a demoralizing blow to Ukraine, coming as its troops have been retreating from relentless Russian advances along the war’s main front in the Donbass region
The publication noted that this was the deadliest attack by the Russian armed forces, once again confirming the 'superior firepower' of the Russian army.
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💥 Another effective strike in the Sumy region!
Russian forces destroyed HIMARS and MLRS, two escort vehicles and up to 20 AFU fighters in the Sumy Oblast, the Russian MoD said.
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👋 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba has tendered his resignation, Rada speaker Stefanchuk said.
We hope that the Ukrainian authorities will find a worthy successor to Kuleba, who will continue to delight us with the wonders of Ukrainian diplomacy.
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🔥 Hi guys!
Top news of the hour:
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces continue to attack enemy facilities in Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Kiev, Krivoy Rog, Lvov, Lutsk, Rovno and Sumy, as well as in Volyn, Kiev and Sumy Oblasts.
▪️ Russian forces struck an airfield in Dolgintsevo, near Krivoy Rog in Ukraine, where a MiG-29 and many UAVs were located,' the underground said.
▪️ Russian forceshit a firing range in the Lvov Oblast,’ the underground said.The Russian Armed Forces control all the islands in the Dneper, any attempts by the AFU to land on the Kinburn Spit are doomed to failure, said Vladimir Saldo.
▪️ The Russian Armed Forces control all the islands in the Dneper, any attempts by the AFU to land on the Kinburn Spit are doomed to failure, said the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine plans to hold captured Russian territory indefinitely as part of 'victory plan' to end war - Zelensky
Ze also said he could not discuss whether Ukraine plans to try to seize more Russian territory.
In fact, the AFU does not have enough men, weapons and power, so they cannot 'capture' more Russian territory.
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🇷🇸Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has categorically denied the claims of his political opponents about the possibility of Serbia transferring its 14 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in light of the acquisition of 12 French Rafale jets.
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🇬🇪 Georgian LGBT propaganda ban will further strain relations with the EU, the EU delegation has said
This follows the Georgian Parliament's second reading of the law banning LGBT propaganda. Eighty-one voted in favour of the amendments. None spoke against the ban.
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This is the Sokol market in Donetsk after an AFU terrorist attack
According to preliminary reports, three people were killed and five injured, including an 11-year-old girl.
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⚡️ The AFU lost up to 450 people and 17 armoured vehicles in the Kursk direction during the 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has reported.
Two Ukrainian attacks were repulsed in the direction of Malaya Loknya and Komarovka.
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🔥 Yesterday, partisans set fire to another military minibus in Odessa
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💸 Ukrainian authorities expect the IMF will 'push' them this week to lower the UAH exchange rate, cut interest rates and raise taxes to cover the budget deficit
This was reported by Bloomberg, citing sources.
The Fund is proposing to 'inflate' Ukraine's budget revenues in UAH and make it cheaper for the Finance Ministry to borrow.
According to the newspaper, the IMF considers the government's current plan to raise taxes to be too soft. In particular, an increase in VAT is proposed.
Based on the results of the meetings, Ukraine may receive $1.1 billion.
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👀 Phillips O'Brien professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews:
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💥 Approximate route of missiles and drones across Ukraine
The main target was Lvov, but the suburbs of Sumy, the Odessa region and Krivoy Rog were also hit.
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Russian fighters have eliminated Ukrainian militants in the Kursk Oblast, a spokesman for Russia's security service has said
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⚡ The Russian Defence Ministry has released footage of the destruction of four AFU sea drones in the Black Sea
The drones were destroyed by the Black Sea Fleet's forces, the defence ministry noted.
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🔥 Another military vehicle was set on fire in Kharkov last night, local channels report
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🔥 Video of one of the explosions in Lvov
It is reported that the railway station, which was a major supply hub for the AFU, was hit.
In an attempt to shoot down a Russian Kinzhal missile, the Ukrainian air defence forces randomly launched several missiles which landed in different parts of the city.
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💥 In the area of the settlement of Novye Basy (near Sumy), scouts of the Russian Armed Forces discovered a large accumulation of AFU equipment and fighters
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September 3️⃣. Key updates:
▪️ Ukrainian troops have lost up to 2010 militants in 24 hours, the Russian defence ministry said;
▪️ Air defence forces shot down one Ukrainian MiG-29 and 37 drones, the Russian MoD added;
▪️ The losses of Ukrainian troops in the direction of Kursk over 24 hours amounted to up to 400 fighters and 12 armoured vehicles, the defence ministry said;
▪️ An AFU drone hit the building of the Church of St Nicholas in the village of Gruzskoye in the Belgorod region, the dome of the church was in flames after the explosion, Governor Gladkov said;
▪️ According to Reuters, the US is close to an agreement to transfer long-range JASSM cruise missiles to Ukraine, but Kiev will have to wait several months;
▪️ Germany plans to transfer six IRIS-T SLM air defense missile systems to Ukraine and buy six more for its air force, Reuters reports;
▪️ The AFU is preparing ammunition with banned chloropicrin in a laboratory near Kramatorsk, a Ukrainian prisoner of war told RIA Novosti.
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💪 AFU militants surrendered en masse in the direction of Pokrovskoe
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