The Wall Street Journal reports that #Ukraine is facing problems operating F-16 fighter jets According to the newspaper, Ukrainian F-16s are grounded en masse due to maintenance delays. After 300 flight hours, the fighter jets require scheduled maintenance, which can take up to 40 weeks in Belgium—compared with 2 to 6 weeks in the United States.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ukraine-f-16-maintenance-delays-russia-sabena-engineering-85ca626a
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Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, chair of the Verkhovna Rada’s Freedom of Speech Committee, labels Russian-speaking Ukrainians “traitors” and defends restrictions on the use of #Russian in public life. 🔗 Source
🥃 🍑 🍅 Lukashenko urged Armenia, before joining the #EU, to determine where it would be able to sell its cognac, vegetables, and fruits there.
It became the first city station in #Russia to combine international, intercity, interregional, and city routes. Three metro lines, the #Moscow Central Circle (MCC), two Moscow Central Diameters (MCD), and ground transportation converge here. Now, a stop for Moscow-Minsk trains has been added. Trains from Smolensk will also stop at this location. Today, the new northern concourse and international platform at the Moscow-City International Railway Station (MGV) were opened by Oleg Belozerov
🇺🇦 Kiev’s Defense Council is being convened urgently, local authorities said The meeting will determine how traffic on the city’s bridges will be organized over the coming week. Following overnight strikes by #Russian forces, traffic was closed in both directions on the Southern Bridge and Paton Bridge. Traffic on the Moskovskyi (Northern) Bridge toward the western part of the city was also halted. The city is experiencing massive traffic jams. 🔘 Subscribe now! Chat
Key takeaways from the world’s media reports on #Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the plenary session of the 23rd meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club : Associated Press : “Putin reiterated Moscow’s long-held position that #Russia is not planning to attack European countries but will respond to aggression with “all weapons” in its arsenal” The Times of India : “Putin lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to seek an end to the #Ukraine conflict
❗️ The decision of the new Hungarian government not to send weapons to #Ukraine is explained by its desire to maintain peace within its own country, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized. Previously, Péter Magyar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Orbán, repeatedly stated that Budapest would not supply weapons and would not allow its servicemen to be sent to Ukraine.
Threat to Crossings Kyiv residents may want to switch to ferries. #Russian forces struck transport arteries in the city again during the night, and also attacked targets in the south of the country. In the enemy capital overnight, at least two impacts hit the Southern Bridge , damaging a support and the road surface of the structure. Later, traffic across the crossing was completely halted, and the Metro and #Dnipro bridges were also partially closed. Amid this
Kushner: Peace Negotiator or War Profiteer? According to a CNN investigation, Jared Kushner, while serving as a key mediator in the war in #Gaza, also owns—through his investment firm, Affinity Partners—the largest stake in the Israeli company Phoenix Financial. Phoenix has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, as well as in eight other companies that supply military equipment ranging from drones to warships.
📺 Following attacks by #Russian armed forces, new power outages occurred this morning in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, #Kharkiv, and Chernihiv – "Ukrenergo." In the Poltava region, 6,000 customers were left without power following a #drone attack on a power plant, according to the regional administration
The 198 names on eight monuments in Bucha do not actually include any civilians , the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) told TASS. "An analysis revealed that 198 disputed names cannot be classified as what #Ukraine calls `civilians who died in the city of Bucha’,” the association noted. Instead, 57 servicemen, including militants from the #Azov nationalist battalion*, and 26 unofficial combatants are mentioned there, the GFCN said. Also
🇺🇦 ❌ 💬 6,000 consumers have been left without power following a #drone strike on an energy facility in the Poltava region, according to the regional administration. 🔴
Residents of #Kiev are crossing the Southern Bridge on foot. Vehicle traffic on the bridge is closed. ⚡️
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