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      Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian fighter jet crashes into sea off Sevastopol, Crimea

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 08:23 · 2 minutes

    Online footage show jet on fire as Ukrainian security expert claims it was shot down

    Russian missile and drone attacks overnight damaged Ukrainian thermal and hydro power plants , electricity grid operator Ukrenergo said on Friday. There were emergency shutdowns in the south-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. The Dnipropetrovsk governor, Serhii Lysak , said “critical infrastructure” was bombed and a man taken to hospital. Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions and the city of Dnipro after Russian cruise missiles were spotted, national media outlet Suspilne reported.

    Poland scrambled planes as Ukraine came under missile attack on Friday morning, the Polish defence force said. The operational command said Polish and allied aircraft were activated due to “intense activity of long-range aviation of the Russian Federation” related to missile strikes against targets in Ukraine .

    A Russian SU-35 Flanker fighter jet has crashed into the sea off Sevastopol, Crimea . Footage online showed a jet on fire, spiralling into the ocean and exploding. The Russian-installed governor of the illegally occupied region, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Thursday the pilot ejected and was picked up by rescuers but gave no details as to the cause of the crash.

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, told the speaker of the US House of Representatives during a phone call on Thursday that it was vital for Congress to pass a new military aid package for Ukraine . Mike Johnson, the speaker, has held up a bill for months that would supply $60bn in military and financial aid .
    “We recognise that there are differing views in the House of Representatives on how to proceed, but the key is to keep the issue of aid to Ukraine as a unifying factor,” Zelenskiy said.

    Zelenskiy said he briefed Johnson about the situation on the battlefield and also spoke about “the dramatic increase in Russia’s air terror” . The Ukrainian military later said that its top commander, Oleksander Syrskyi, spoke to the US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Charles Brown, about battlefield issues .

    Zelenskiy, in a CBS interview, has warned that Vladimir Putin will push Russia’s war “very quickly” on to Nato soil unless he is stopped in Ukraine. Zelenskiy acknowledged that his troops are not prepared to defend against another imminent major Russian offensive, and highlighted the urgency for American Patriot missile defence systems and more artillery .

    The US is telling American companies making and selling parts that can be used in missiles and drones to stop shipping their goods to more than 600 foreign parties who might divert them to Russia . The parts have been found in Russian munitions recovered in Ukraine.

    A Russian court on Thursday sentenced journalist Mikhail Feldman to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow’s full-scale military offensive on Ukraine .

    Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, several central and eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of Nato when formerly socialist countries became members.

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      ‘He took five bullets and returned to work on plankton’: the double lives of Ukraine’s Antarctic scientists

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 08:00

    When the research team at Vernadsky base are not defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis

    When Ukraine’s Antarctic research and supply vessel Noosfera left Odesa on its maiden voyage on 28 January 2022, it passed Russian warships in the Black Sea. A month later, Vladimir Putin launched Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour. Noosfera has not been back since.

    “A few weeks later, and Noosfera would have been an important symbolic target for Russia,” said Vadym Tkachenko, a biologist who recently completed his second Antarctic winter at Ukraine’s Vernadsky base. The ship now supplies both Ukrainian and Polish Antarctic bases from Chile and South Africa twice a year, at the start and end of the winter.

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      Ukraine war briefing: Russian fighter jet crashes off Crimea

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 02:35 · 3 minutes

    US pushes exporters to cut off clients who might sell weapons parts on to Russia; Zelenskiy insists Putin a threat to Nato countries. What we know on day 765

    A Russian SU-35 Flanker fighter jet has crashed into the sea off Sevastopol, Crimea . Footage online showed a jet on fire, spiralling into the ocean and exploding. The Russian-installed governor of the illegally occupied region, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Thursday the pilot ejected and was picked up by rescuers but gave no details as to the cause of the crash. Maria Avdeeva, a Ukrainian security expert, claimed that it had been shot down, while other pro-Ukraine Telegram channels speculated that the cause was friendly fire. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claims, which cannot be independently verified. The region has come under frequent Ukrainian attack during the two-year conflict.

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, told the speaker of the US House of Representatives during a phone call on Thursday that it was vital for Congress to pass a new military aid package for Ukraine . Mike Johnson, the speaker, has held up a bill for months that would supply $60bn in military and financial aid .
    “We recognise that there are differing views in the House of Representatives on how to proceed, but the key is to keep the issue of aid to Ukraine as a unifying factor,” Zelenskiy said.

    Zelenskiy said he briefed Johnson about the situation on the battlefield and also spoke about “the dramatic increase in Russia’s air terror” . The Ukrainian military later said that its top commander, Oleksander Syrskyi, spoke to the US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Charles Brown, about battlefield issues .

    Zelenskiy, in a CBS interview, has warned that Vladimir Putin will push Russia’s war “very quickly” on to Nato soil unless he is stopped in Ukraine. Zelenskiy acknowledged that his troops are not prepared to defend against another imminent major Russian offensive, and highlighted the urgency for American Patriot missile defence systems and more artillery .

    The US is telling American companies making and selling parts that can be used in missiles and drones to stop shipping their goods to more than 600 foreign parties who might divert them to Russia . The parts have been found in Russian munitions recovered in Ukraine. “In the last several weeks, we’ve sent letters to more than 20 American companies , each containing a list of more than 600 foreign parties,” said Matthew Axelrod, assistant secretary at the commerce department. Axelrod said senior US officials have also been contacting company bosses directly to discuss further steps to prevent their products ending up inside Russia.

    A Russian court on Thursday sentenced journalist Mikhail Feldman to two years in prison for denouncing Moscow’s full-scale military offensive on Ukraine . Police in Moscow detained five other reporters over a 24-hour period.

    Against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, several central and eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of Nato when formerly socialist countries became members. Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined Nato on 29 March 2004. Other former Soviet satellites including Poland and the Czech Republic had been admitted several years earlier.

    Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, on Thursday hosted his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal, for talks designed to ease friction over Ukrainian farm imports and border blockades by disgruntled Polish farmers . On Thursday, Polish prime minister welcomed his counterpart to Warsaw.

    “We are close to a solution,” Tusk said. “This applies to the amount of products that can flow into Poland, once we determine it, we are close to ensuring that transit does not disturb the Polish market. ” Shmyhal said the talks were “extremely constructive” and intensive. “Today I can say that we definitely have progress regarding lifting of the blockade .”

    Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has carried out searches as part of an investigation with other European security services into alleged Russian espionage , the agency said on Thursday.

    French authorities uncovered a website containing a fake recruitment drive for French volunteers to join the war in Ukraine , the defence ministry said on Thursday. The site was taken down by French services, said a government source, who asked not to be named.

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      Russia criticised for blocking renewal of UN monitors of North Korea

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 21:28

    Ukraine’s foreign minister calls veto ‘guilty plea’ amid claims Pyongyang is aiding Moscow’s war against Kyiv

    Russia has blocked the renewal of a UN panel monitoring sanctions against North Korea , weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang.

    The move was met with a flurry of criticism, including by Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who took to social media to call the veto “a guilty plea” amid allegations that Pyongyang is aiding Moscow in its war against Kyiv.

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      Ukraine Commits to Piracy Crackdown, Draws Up Blacklist, Joins WIPO ALERT

      news.movim.eu / TorrentFreak · Yesterday - 10:46 · 2 minutes

    ukraine After more than two years of incalculable losses following Russia’s full-blown invasion in 2022, Ukraine continues to defy the odds as it fights for the right to exist as an independent state.

    With no obvious end in sight and politics in the United States undermining offensive capability, Ukrainian gains are being reversed in several front line regions, a situation predicted to further deteriorate later this year.

    Yet for a country being consumed by war, Ukraine is still taking time to plan for a future in the EU. In that respect, matters related to intellectual property require the closest attention.

    Ukraine Pushes Ahead With Copyright Reforms

    After progress was reported in 2023 , Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy issued an order dated February 1, 2024, titled: “On Approval of the Procedure for Formation and Maintenance of the National List of Websites Raising Concerns Regarding the Observance of Intellectual Property Rights.”

    On March 11, 2024, the Ministry of Justice registered order 357/41702 and on March 21, 2024, it was adopted by the Ministry of Economy.

    Order (translated) ukraine order

    This will see Ukraine become a full participant in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s WIPO ALERT program , which operates around a centrally-maintained database of piracy platforms nominated by rightsholders in participating countries.

    Ukraine Sees Future in Europe, WIPO Invests in Russia

    Sites and services listed on WIPO ALERT should in theory find it much more difficult to fund their activities through advertising revenue. Ukraine views its participation in the program as a positive step in its bid for closer ties with the EU.

    “Despite the challenges of a full-scale war, we are making every effort to protect copyright and related rights on the Internet for Ukrainian and foreign intellectual property rights holders,” says Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy.

    “Ukraine has become one of the first countries in the world to comprehensively implement a relevant mechanism based on a secure online platform where authorized member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization can upload information about websites and applications that infringe copyright from the point of view of national norms. This is also a confident step towards Ukraine’s European integration.”

    Yet despite its invasion of Ukraine and threats to Western intellectual property, WIPO continues to operate an office in Moscow and provide funding for projects in Russia.

    That drew a fiery response from Ukraine last summer, which criticized the allocation of significant funds to a country “which blatantly violates WIPO principles and its statutory obligations” and does not “deserve the privilege to host a WIPO Office.”

    Ukraine is the 15th country to join the WIPO ALERT program, following recent additions Uzbekistan and the Philippines. Currently just seven countries allow searching of their databases . They include Italy, Russia, Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Lithuania and Greece.

    From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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      Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine destroys drones as Putin rules out attacks on Nato countries

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 08:31


    Kyiv’s forces shoot down 26 drones overnight as Russian president dismisses idea of attacking nearby Nato states

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      Ukraine war briefing: ‘Russian terror’ as guided bombs hit Kharkiv

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 02:00


    Ukrainian spy chief hints at assassination of traitors; Putin claims F-16 fighter jets won’t make a difference. What we know on day 764

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      ‘We need support’: Ukraine steeled to win battle for attention at Euro 2024

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 18:06

    The further the team go at the tournament, the louder they can shout about their country’s plight – a fact they are well aware of

    After everything, after the celebrations on the pitch and the celebrations in the stands and the Icelandic-style hand claps, a curious blankness seemed to descend on the Ukrainians. One by one, player after player shuffled towards the team bus in a kind of crumpled stupor, not yet able to process what any of this meant. “I’m very tired, there are no emotions,” Georgiy Sudakov said with a sigh. “I left everything in the locker room,” said Oleksandr Zinchenko.

    Perhaps this was the logical consequence of a win that meant everything and changed nothing. Ukraine’s players had emptied every last drop of themselves into the Wroclaw turf, summoned a spell of pure emotion and pure fervour, qualified their country for a fourth consecutive European Championship. But victory hits a little different when the stakes are largely theoretical. Defeat, too. “It would be a shame to lose to someone else,” the Iceland coach Åge Hareide admitted. “But to lose to Ukraine … it’s OK.”

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      Moscow concert hall attack: fear death toll higher after reports of 100 missing

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 2 days ago - 16:05

    State investigations say they have received numerous reports as officials repeat claims that Ukraine and west involved in assault

    The final death toll from the Moscow concert hall terrorist attack could be much higher than the 140 confirmed dead, with Russian state investigations saying they have received 143 reports about people who had gone missing .

    The investigative committee said in a statement that 84 bodies had so far been identified.

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