tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72673562024-03-17T23:01:25.232-04:00EU-DIGESTISSN-1554-7949: News links about and related to Europe - updated daily <p> "The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by its private citizens" - Alexis de Tocqueville</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31029125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-86159981264865304982024-02-24T16:07:00.000-05:002024-02-24T16:07:28.173-05:00Our planet - by Rick MorrenIt has become more and more clear to me that we live on a unique planet, called earth, populated by one race, called the human race, created by one loving, forgiving God, who lives in the heart of us all.<div>Unfortunately, given that the human race was also given complete freedom of choice, after they were expelled from God's Paradise to Planet Earth, the results turned out bad.<div>Looking at it from every possible angle, freedom of choice for the human race has been a total disaster throughout history, our planet has literally been soaked, and dripping blood, as a result of wars, greed, religious conflict, famine, disregard of the environment etc.</div><div>Humanity on our planet has to urgently make some serious choices between what is good and evil, before the curtain closes for good on us all - and may God have mercy on us.</div><div><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-35681631912404540432024-02-12T17:36:00.000-05:002024-02-12T17:36:50.654-05:00Turkish born jewelry artist creates affordable necklaces with a touch of authentic beauty and quality.For more information, check out the handcrafted exceptional design and quality jewelry at low prices at:<div>https://meltemsuniquejewelry.etsy.com/<br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-4368635504374256252024-02-11T14:39:00.001-05:002024-02-11T15:42:18.089-05:00A mea culpa moment - by Rick MorrenThis morning as I was praying for family and friends, it suddenly dawned on me how our planet over the years has become so blood - soaked by wars, terrorism, politics, religion, personal feuds, corporate greed, lack of proper gun control laws - you name it !<div>The planet has become a planet dripping with blood, while mankind is wondering why we are getting so many problems coming from all directions, facing us. </div><div>You want an answer ? Because, "We the People" screwed up by making bad choices. Suggest you put prayer on your agenda, if you have not done so before. Pray for your families, and friends health, happiness and safety. Pray for peace and food for those who are in need. Yes indeed, prayer is a good beginning and end of your day...and lets pray it will clean up some of the mess the human race has created for itself.</div><div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-50063977171444657852024-01-27T13:00:00.000-05:002024-01-27T13:00:00.127-05:00Israel - the October 7 Genocide by Hamas against Israel.The clever thing Netanyahu and Israeli financial backers should have done after the bloody Oct.7 attack of Hamas against Israel, would have been to instead file a Genocide report with the Intl. Court of Justice in the Hague themselves, blaming Hamas and international terrorism. It would have given Israel, who were already cloaked in their own World War Genocide mantle, much more clout to help the world get rid of intl. terrorism. Instead today, the coin is turned on Israel and the US.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-73890546749274611192024-01-25T00:35:00.001-05:002024-01-25T00:40:13.630-05:00We are only 60 seconds removed from Midnight It will definitely reach midnight if the US Justice Department is incapable of incarcerating Donald Trump, the front runner in the Republican Party Presidential primaries - where he never attended a debate - in addition to the numerous convictions he is facing in connection with the January 6 insurrection and several other crimes. Has the US become a banana republic?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-9550837828270227452023-10-12T18:02:00.002-04:002023-10-12T18:06:49.931-04:00Hamas- Israel war: Three musketiers ? Hamas, iran, Russia<p>There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin. </p>
<p>Putin’s enabling of his “<a href="https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2022/09/mad-vlads-arsenals-of-evil-iran-north-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Arsenals of Evil</a>” ally, Iran, resulted in the opening of a new front in Gaza in his war against the West. </p><p>Read more at: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4250708-putins-fingerprints-are-on-hamas/<br></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-36343040804041077982023-09-28T17:24:00.002-04:002023-09-28T17:26:02.407-04:00Turkey: Erdogan's iron grip pn Turkey ?<span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start">Ask a Turk when it was great in Turkey. They won't be able to answer .</p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start">Erdogan just expedited the collapse . He just short-sold USD overnight and caused millions of Turks to loose money .</p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start">However
I think this will end up being good for the country . Turks did not
ever fight for their civil rights. I hope that once AKP is gone they
will have the following otherwise the cycle will continue.</p><ul class="q-box"><li class="q-relative">separation of powers and independent judicial system</li><li class="q-relative">independent central bank</li><li class="q-relative">hiring/developing talents in government/universities regardless their political affiliation</li><li class="q-relative">freedom of speech</li><li class="q-relative">improvement in ease of doing business</li><li class="q-relative">Better
government investment strategies with faster/higher ROI . Turkey built
airports no one lands , bridges that utilized at a fraction of the
forecasted volume.</li></ul><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start">Update : What I wrote above is the common denominator in any developed country. It's not rocket science . </p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start">Read more at: https;//www.quora.com</p></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-15427694742191503582023-09-25T17:41:00.002-04:002023-09-25T17:44:01.352-04:00China - US relations: Chip competition heating up<p>The US-China chip war is heating up after Huawei launched a new phone featuring technology that Washington was hoping to keep out of <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/china/t-18480887">China</a>'s reach.</p><p>Last month, Huawei released the Mate 60 Pro phone without providing much detail on the chips used for the device. But Ottawa-based TechInsights, a research organization specializing in <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/semiconductor-industry/t-64842590">semiconductors</a>, made a surprising discovery after taking the phone apart for analysis — the device was run on a Chinese-made Kirin 9000s 7-nanometer processor. The scale of the chip is essential, as smaller-scale chips can be packed with more elements, thus making them faster and more powerful. The chip also appears to be 5G capable.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.dw.com</p><p>::</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-9366010658586345442023-09-24T18:30:00.002-04:002023-09-24T18:39:56.456-04:00Ukraine war: Will Putin be able to survive a negotiated peace or loss ?When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his three-pronged invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, his goal was to erase Ukraine as a sovereign nation in a matter of days. At the time, it seemed a plausible goal, in Russia and in the West. More than a year later, Ukraine's survival is a much safer bet than Putin's.<div><p>Ukraine has systemically and strategically taken back half the territory Russia seized, inflicting <a href="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1025988/timeline-russia-ukraine-war" data-original-url="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1025988/timeline-russia-ukraine-war" data-url="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1025988/timeline-russia-ukraine-war" data-component="Inline Links" class="hawk-link-parsed">humiliating loss after debilitating setback</a>. As Ukraine's battlefield victories pile up, the U.S. and its NATO allies are giving it increasingly sophisticated weapons.</p><div id="bordeaux-static-slot-2" class="bordeaux-slot" data-feat-ref="bordeaux-feat-id-38"></div><div class="paywall boxout fancy-box"><h5 class="boxout__title"></h5><div class="boxout__body fancy_box_body"><div class="boxout__text"><p><a href="https://theweek.com/russia/1017914/russias-catastrophic-missing-men-problem" data-original-url="/russia/1017914/russias-catastrophic-missing-men-problem" data-url="https://theweek.com/russia/1017914/russias-catastrophic-missing-men-problem" data-component="Inline Links" class="hawk-link-parsed">Russia's 'catastrophic' missing men problem</a> <a href="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020036/why-western-tanks-might-help-ukraine-beat-russia" data-original-url="/russo-ukrainian-war/1020036/why-western-tanks-might-help-ukraine-beat-russia" data-url="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020036/why-western-tanks-might-help-ukraine-beat-russia" data-component="Inline Links" class="hawk-link-parsed">Why Western tanks might help Ukraine beat Russia</a> <a href="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1017205/what-would-actually-happen-if-putin-hits-ukraine-with-tactical-nukes" data-original-url="/russo-ukrainian-war/1017205/what-would-actually-happen-if-putin-hits-ukraine-with-tactical-nukes" data-url="https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1017205/what-would-actually-happen-if-putin-hits-ukraine-with-tactical-nukes" data-component="Inline Links" class="hawk-link-parsed">What would actually happen if Putin hit Ukraine with tactical nukes?</a></p></div></div></div><aside class="hawk-nest hawk-processed" data-render-type="fte" data-skip="dealsy" data-widget-type="seasonal" data-widget-id="140e0b61-d075-4e85-8591-fb45b3cc7310" data-result="missing"></aside><p class="paywall">"If 2023 continues as it began, there is a good chance Ukraine will be able to fulfill President Volodymyr</p><p class="paywall"> Zelenskyy's New Year's pledge to retake all of Ukraine by the end of the year — or at least enough territory to definitively end Russia's threat," Liz Sly suggested at <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/08/ukraine-war-2023-russia-future" data-url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/08/ukraine-war-2023-russia-future" data-component="Inline Links" class="hawk-link-parsed">The Washington Post</a>.</p><p class="paywall">Read more at: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1020161/will-putin-survive-his-catastrop and</p><p class="paywall">https://www.cato.org/blog/can-putin-survive-settlement-war-ukraine<br></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-87769059720181795432023-09-23T18:08:00.002-04:002023-09-23T18:14:28.961-04:00The Last days or the End days ?<p>Are we living in the last days? With all that going on in our world
that’s a fair question to ponder. The last days in the Bible are surely
coming true, right? </p>
<p>There’s no shortage of opinions and pieces written about the end
times. Many of them are a little crazy and not actually found in the
Bible. To actually answer that question we need to ask another question,
what does the Bible say about the last days?</p><p>The phrase “in the last days” only appears in the Bible 6 times. That might
be surprising considering how much it’s talked about. But maybe more
surprising is that this phrase is not found in Revelation. <br></p><p data-slot-rendered-content="true"><em>Then Peter stood up with the
Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all
of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen
carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose.
It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the
prophet Joel: “‘</em><strong><em>In the last days</em></strong><em>, God
says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream
dreams.</em> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Acts%202.14-17" data-reference="Acts 2.14-17" data-version="esv" data-purpose="bible-reference">Acts 2:14-17</a></p><p><br></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-27442187755879050182023-09-22T11:27:00.003-04:002023-09-22T11:34:44.766-04:00EU provides EURO 1.5 billion financial aid to Ukraine<p>The EU is supporting Ukraine with a further €1.5 billion (roughly $1.6 billion). The aim is to help the country affected by the Russian war of aggression to rebuild critical infrastructure such as roads or bridges and to maintain necessary public facilities such as hospitals or schools.</p><p>"Today, we've disbursed another €1.5 billion in macro-financial Assistance to Ukraine. Month after month, we continue to play our part in rebuilding a modern and prosperous country, while helping to cover the country's needs," the European Commission announced.</p><p>Read more at: https ://dw.com.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-55414456034051663022023-09-16T16:52:00.002-04:002023-09-16T16:54:37.975-04:00Russian activists fight on from exile <p>The Moldova-born Russia is one of this year's recipients of the Free Media Award from Germany's Zeit Foundation. And this is only the latest in the string of accolades and awards for the 36-year-old, who is a member of multiple international investigative networks, including the team behind the <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/panama-papers/t-19161992">Panama Papers investigation</a>.</p><p>In <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/russia/t-19065060">Russia</a>, Anin's Important Stories (IStories.media) website first drew headlines in 2020 by looking into procurement of ventilation machines during the <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/covid-19/t-62123668">COVID pandemic</a>. In the same year, they also published a report on one of the most sensitive topics in the country — apparent corruption linked to the family of <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/vladimir-putin/t-17449200">President Vladimir Putin</a>. Anin was forced to leave Russia the following year.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.dw.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-58310382029885371462023-09-15T17:16:00.002-04:002023-09-15T17:18:33.541-04:00China's Tik-T,ok fined by EU: European regulators slapped TikTok with a €345 million fine Friday for failing to protect children's privacy<p>European regulators slapped TikTok with a €345 million fine Friday for failing to protect children's privacy. It's the first time the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe's strict data privacy rules.</p><p>Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are predominantly in Dublin, said it was fining TikTok and reprimanding the platform for the violations dating back to the second half of 2020.</p><p>The Commission's investigation also found that the default settings posed a risk to children under 13 who had gained access to the platform even though they were underage.</p><center></center><div class="teads-placement-slot"></div><p>In addition, the Commission ruled that a 'family pairing' feature designed for parents to manage settings was not strict enough, allowing adults to turn on direct messaging for users aged 16 and 17 without their consent.</p><p>Read more at https://www.euronews.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-23504895354977321302023-09-05T16:39:00.003-04:002023-09-05T17:05:16.330-04:00China's President will skip G20 meetng in New Delhi India next weekend<p>Beijing's foreign ministry confirmed Monday that Li would be at the <a target="_self" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/g20/" class="gtm-add-suggested-tag">G20</a> Leaders' Summit on Saturday and Sunday, which it described as an important forum for economic cooperation.</p><p>"In attending this meeting, Premier Li Qiang will convey China's thoughts and positions on G20 cooperation, pushing for the G20 to strengthen unity and cooperation, and working together to combat global economic and development challenges," spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular news briefing.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.france24.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-76764172478087169852023-09-04T17:16:00.003-04:002023-09-04T17:24:40.431-04:00Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony: Withdraws invitations for Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year's Nobel Prize award ceremonies <div>The Nobel Foundation on Saturday withdrew its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year's Nobel Prize award ceremonies after the decision announced a day earlier "provoked strong reactions."</div><div><br></div><div>Several Swedish lawmakers said Friday they would boycott this year's Nobel Prize award ceremonies in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, after the private foundation that administers the prestigious awards changed its position from a year earlier and invited representatives of the three countries to attend, saying it "promotes opportunities to convey the important messages of the Nobel Prize to everyone."</div><div>Read more at: https://www.cbc.com</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-2812318660967333812023-08-27T17:41:00.004-04:002023-08-27T17:54:27.312-04:00USA: Several polls in America show large numbers of citizens consider the US status as a world power is declining <p>Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence
in the world has been getting weaker in recent years. Only about
one-in-five say U.S. influence has been getting stronger, while 32% say
U.S. influence has been staying about the same.</p>
<p>This is in stark contrast with views of China: Two-thirds of U.S. adults say that the country’s influence has been getting <em>stronger</em>
in recent years. Roughly one-in-five Americans say China’s global
influence is holding steady, and only one-in-ten say China’s influence
has been weakening.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/23/prevailing-view-among-americans-is-that-u-s-influence-in-the-world-is-weakening-and-chinas-is-growing/</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-11907208297708392452023-08-22T17:23:00.004-04:002023-08-22T17:33:16.797-04:00Ukraine war: Belarus loosing more and more support among few Western friends she stll has<p>Landlocked <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/belarus/t-38384925">Belaru:s</a> is losing more access to its western neighbors. Since the start of the month, Poland has <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/poland-troops-belarus-military-wagner/a-66470422">sent more troops toward its border</a> with the country and Lithuania has shut down two of its six crossing points with Belarus. Latvia is also considering border closures: One official told DW that "active consultations" are taking place, with a decision planned later this month.</p><p>The three European Union members bordering Belarus say they're responding to the reported presence of <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-wagner-troops-in-belarus-minsk/live-66240845">Wagner mercenaries on Belarusian territory,</a> after the private Russian military group's <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/who-is-yevgeny-prigozhin-the-man-who-challenged-putin/a-64744266">fleeting and ill-fated June rebellion.</a></p><p>"This decision is one of the preventive measures aimed at managing emerging threats to national security and possible provocations at the border," Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said last week in a statement announcing the temporary closures. "It will enable border officers to redistribute their capacities at the border with Belarus and pay even larger attention to the protection of the state border."</p><p>Read more at: https://www.dw,com<br></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-7893894552665742632023-08-15T11:49:00.001-04:002023-08-15T11:49:31.932-04:00Russian Economy; Putn's war with Ukraine a disaster for Russia's value of the ruble.<p>The Russian <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/currency/t-19070361">currency</a> has broken another threshold in its decline in value. Over the weekend, 1 ruble was worth only 1 US cent. This means 100 rubles had to be paid for $1 US. The ruble also continued to lose value against the <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/euro/t-19102247">euro</a>, with €1 at times costing nearly 110 rubles.</p><p>The ruble fell to its lowest point since March 2022 when the currency crashed following <a class="internal-link" href="https://www.dw.com/en/russias-war-in-ukraine/t-60931789">Russia's invasion of Ukraine</a>. In the following few months, the currency regained the lost ground as Russia benefited from significantly higher energy prices. However, over the past year, the ruble has steadily declined.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.dw.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-23532582329548344332023-08-14T10:18:00.002-04:002023-08-14T10:21:23.423-04:00Asteroids: killer Asteroid detected heading towards Earth by AI technology <p>While artificial intelligence (AI) has generally been hailed as a means of improving our daily lives, some experts have warned about the potential existential threat it poses to humanity. Or does it?</p><p>A new AI-powered algorithm has detected a <a href="https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/about/neo_groups.html"><strong>potentially hazardous asteroid</strong></a> (PHA) heading in Earth’s direction that other more old-school surveys - including the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (<a href="https://atlas.fallingstar.com/"><strong>ATLAS</strong></a>) - failed to find.</p><p>This new PHA named 2022 SF289, which is 600 feet in length and large enough to destroy a city, was detected while the asteroid-hunting algorithm was undergoing an efficiency test using data from the ATLAS survey in Hawaii. </p><p>Read more at : 'https://www.euronews.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-2658523403064277102023-08-12T19:53:00.003-04:002023-08-12T19:56:41.092-04:00US democracy on life supportWe know from Thursday night that when his close aides pleaded with him to
call off the attack, he refused, spending 187 minutes watching events
unfold on TV in the White House dining room while swatting away
increasingly desperate pleas for him to act until it was clear that his
hopes of violently overthrowing the election had faded.<div><br><div>To those who track anti-democratic movements there is a chilling
familiarity to this rich evocation of a president descending into an
abyss of fantasy, fury and possible illegality. “The picture that the
hearings depict is of a coup leader,” said the Harvard political
scientist Steven Levitsky. “This is a guy who was unwilling to accept
defeat and was prepared to use virtually any means to try to stay
illegally in power.”<br></div><div><br></div><div>Read more at: ahttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/january-6-hearings-us-democracy-roadmap-autocracy</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-60983349574677930572023-08-09T19:03:00.004-04:002023-08-09T19:11:50.299-04:00Ukraine War: the war could suddely come to an end if Putin, who is rumored to have Parkenson, is removed from power<p>SICK Vladimir Putin's "days are numbered" as the tyrant faces being
carted off to hospital in a "sudden end" to his rule, the former head of
MI6 has warned. </p>
<p>Rumours have <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20193065/putin-handshake-cancer-rumours/">swirled for months</a> about the 70-year-old Russian leader's reportedly <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17833943/vladimir-putin-ill-sick/">failing health</a> - fuelled by his <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20635389/critically-ill-putin-unstable-mess-parkinsons-cancer/">bloated face and trembling legs</a>.</p><p> Read more at: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21212116/putin-days-numbered-parkinsons-spy-chief/</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-12472552315047975592023-08-07T17:34:00.000-04:002023-08-07T17:34:39.749-04:00Ukraine conflict: Putin's decision to store nuclear weapons in Belarus brings world closer to nuclear war than ever before, says United Nations<h4>Many UN Speakers Condemn Russian Federation’s Dangerous Rhetoric, as Veiled Threats</h4>
<p>The Russian Federation’s recent announcement of plans to station
non-strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus represents the first “nuclear
sharing” agreement made since the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970, the senior United Nations
disarmament official told the Security Council today, emphasizing that —
against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict — the risk such arms will
be used is higher today than at any time since the end of the cold war.</p><p>Read more at: https://www.un.org/en/</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-18584800323062818832023-08-05T17:25:00.002-04:002023-08-05T17:27:01.908-04:00Ukraine war: Ukraine drone hits Russian tanker in Black Sea near Crimea<p>Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday night, according to Russian officials and video circulating on social media.</p><p>The strike was the second sea attack involving drones in one day, after Ukraine struck a major Russian port earlier on Friday in an attack that underlined Kyiv's growing naval capabilities as the Black Sea becomes an increasingly important battleground in the war.</p><p><u>Read more at:https://www.cbc.com</u></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-75992240680629547642023-08-04T16:57:00.002-04:002023-08-04T16:58:05.485-04:00Ukraine Russian invasion: Ukraine hits Russia back where It hurts<p>Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, the first time the Ukrainian navy has projected its power so far from the country's shores.</p><p>The port, which handles two per cent of the world's oil supply and also exports grain, temporarily halted civilian ship movement before resuming normal operations, according to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium which operates an oil terminal there.</p><p>Read more at" https//www.cbc.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7267356.post-83163603274326454792023-08-01T06:45:00.002-04:002023-08-01T06:52:10.459-04:00NATO: Wagner troops could cut off NATO Baltic countries from Nato<p>An expert has told Euronews that Russia's Wagner mercenary group could stage an attack to sever the Baltic states from NATO, though he questioned if such a "suicidal" step would be taken. </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/stephengfhall"><strong>Dr Stephen Hall</strong></a>, lecturer of Russian politics at the University of Bath, suggested the assault may involve a small incursion, akin to a provocative false flag operation, to disguise direct Russian involvement. </p><p>But he was sceptical this was feasible, owing to the immense geopolitical risks and Wagner's military strength. </p><p><br></p><p>Read more at:</p><p>https://www.euronews.com</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0