Production of Bayraktars will start in Ukraine Turkish company Baykar will build a factory in Ukraine to produce Bayraktar drones. Baykar has already set up a company in Ukraine, acquired a land plot and developed a plant project. 📰 Ukrainian ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar

29: The chance for Ukraine's offensive is now or near future. The situation will be getting tougher with the time 45: UAF are good at defensive but not much experience at offensive 40: UAF need armored vehicles much more than ATACMS for ground offensive podcast.silverado.org/episod…

“Putin found a crucial weakness in the West’s armour: ultimately, financial interests would outweigh concerns about his regime’s abuse of the law and democracy.” Putin's People By Catherine Belton us.macmillan.com/books/97803…

Germany is facing a very hard winter. Yet the most apocalyptic scenarios are now looking less likely: despite Russia reducing the gas flow in Nord Stream 1 to 20% of capacity, 🇩🇪 gas stores are now over 70% full. Berlin's goal of 75% by early September now looks very attainable.

Animation of frontline changes since April shows Russia's grinding advances in South-East Ukraine West is sending Ukraine just enough weapons to not allow Russia to defeat Ukraine. However, it's not enough for Ukraine's victory, says @MBielieskov euromaidanpress.com/2022/08/…

On the Champ de Mars in 1878, a decade before the Eiffel Tower was constructed.

Neues @amnesty_de-Logo ist da.

Журналистку «Комсомольской правды» Дарью Асламову задержали в Косово по подозрению в шпионаже Ее подозревают в работе на разведку россии и причастности к «дестабилизации» со стороны Сербии.

"…In any serious NGO Ms Callamard would stand down. No recourse can salvage Amnesty’s reputation. Members of the public who generously donate money & time should stop…" Terrific leader from @thetimes. Not paywalled. Spread it around. #DefundAmnesty thetimes.co.uk/article/the-t…

Life and riches of #Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila. In Russian with English subtitles #CORRUPTION piped.kavin.rocks/5yr6hVis6-c

My friend @dpatrikarikos published, in @unherd and @spectator, some of the best reporting articles on the war in #Ukraine. Impossible, here, in #Kherson, faced with the story of these bodies going up in smoke, not to think of the Nazi crimes. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…

More on the legal errors in @amnesty report from an expert! It is wrong legally, militarily, and common sense. It is slander based on little fact or understanding of LOAC/IHL or urban warfare. Any respectable organization would resend it for amendment at the least.

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 6 August 2022 Find out more about the UK government's response: ow.ly/hYmo50Ke7nK 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

Kremlin has a problem. Since it didn't declare war, it can't jail the military who just refuse to go to fight to Ukraine. But senior officers can add bad remarks to their personal files. Like this: "Inclined towards alcohol and drug abuse, towards theft and anal orgies"

The Russia occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is mined, filled with explosives & artillery, and is used to fire missiles. Russia has violated all safety measures. The Ukrainian govt has called to close the skies over NPPs. Support Ukraine’s call: actinukrainenow.org/

Increasingly unhappy bourgeosie and isolated government with no plan - where will it lead Russia? jacobin.com/2022/07/russia-u…

In Russia the number of people who agree to respond to opinion polls has collapsed to a level that is totally unrepresentative. Usually it’s 5 - 7%. Of those 5%, about 65 - 70 % support the war. Are most Russians just indifferent to the ongoing war?⬇️ jacobin.com/2022/07/russia-u…