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Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, January 24
Ukraine Daily
Tuesday, January 24
Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire in a garage after Russian shelling in Chasiv Yar, 23 Jan. 2023. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Poll: Record 86% of Ukrainians support joining NATO. Meanwhile, 87% of Ukrainians are currently in favor of their country's aspiration to join the European Union, according to a new poll by the Rating Group.
Foreign minister: Western tanks are coming to Ukraine soon. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Jan. 23 that Ukraine is in the final stages of convincing allies to provide Western main battle tanks, including German-made Leopard 2s.
NGO: Most convicts recruited by Wagner killed, wounded or deserted. Of the 50,000 convicts recruited by mercenary company Wagner Group from the Russian prison system, only 10,000 remain in the ranks of the military, according to Olga Romanova, head of Russia Behind Bars, an NGO that protects the rights of convicts.
General Staff: Ukraine downs two Russian aircrafts, helicopter over past day. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 24 that Ukraine's military shoot down two Russian Su-25 aircrafts, one Ka-52 helicopter, an Orlan-10 drone, and two guided air missiles Kh-59.
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Zelensky: Security council bans state officials from leaving Ukraine, except for business trips. Under martial law, Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 are banned from leaving the country during the war, except for cases when they obtain special permits from the government. Some Ukrainian state officials and businesspeople have routinely abused this system and bypassed the restrictions.
Anti-Corruption Court seizes assets of Russian billionaire. The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine seized the Ukrainian assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Shelkov. The assets include multiple apartments, vehicles, company shares, and money in Ukrainian bank accounts.
Zelensky's deputy chief of staff Tymoshenko resigns. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Jan. 23.
Ukrenergo: Emergency blackouts introduced in 5 Ukrainian regions on Jan. 23. The power deficit in Ukraine's energy system has increased as the consumption rises, the country's state grid operator Ukrenergo reported on Jan. 23. Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, and Volyn oblasts where consumption limits have been exceeded.
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‘They were real beasts’: A farming couple describes what occupation looked like in their village.
The darkness setting over the muddy street of the small hamlet in Kharkiv Oblast did little to hide the destruction Russian soldiers left behind.
Photo: Alexander Query/Kyiv Independent
How kindergarten morning in Kyiv suburb turned into tragedy.
The crash in Brovary, a city just east of Kyiv, killed 14 people, including one child and several parents of preschoolers, turning what was supposed to be an ordinary day for the kindergarten into a nightmare.
Photo: Ed Ram/Getty Images
Ukraine war latest: Kyiv expects battle for Donbas to intensify in February-March amid Russia's desperate attempt to capture the region.
Russian forces will likely intensify their offensive in eastern Ukraine in the coming months, Deputy Military Intelligence Chief Vadym Skibitsky said on Jan. 23.
Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images
The human cost of Russia’s war
Russian attacks across 7 Ukrainian oblasts kill 1, injure 8 over past 24 hours. Russian attacks were reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts in the east, south, and north of Ukraine.
Russian artillery kills 1 civilian**, wounds 2 others in Sumy Oblast.** Russian artillery shelled a residential building in Sumy Oblast on Jan. 23, killing a woman and wounding two other people, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said on Telegram.
Russian Jan. 23 attack on Kherson Oblast kills 1. Russian forces struck Kherson Oblast’s village of Antonivka, killing one person, Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych reported on Jan. 23. The killed man was in the yard of the building when Russian projectiles fell there, according to Yanushevych.
Russian shelling of Chasiv Yar kills 1, wounds 2. Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported late on Jan. 23 that Russian shelling killed one person and injured two others in Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in Donestk Oblast.
Russian attacks injure 4 civilians in Donetsk Oblast over past day. Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast injured four civilians over the past day, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Jan. 23 on Telegram. Three people were injured in Bakhmut and one in Avdiivka, the governor said.
UN: At least 18,483 civilian casualties in Ukraine due to Russia’s war. According to the United Nations human rights agency, Russia’s war against Ukraine has killed at least 7,068 civilians and wounded at least 11,415 from Feb. 24 to Jan. 22. The agency reported that the actual figures are likely considerably higher since the information from places with ongoing hostilities is delayed, and many reports of civilian casualties still need to be confirmed.
General Staff: Russia has lost 121,480 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine's General Staff reported on Jan. 23 that Russia had also lost 3,150 tanks, 6,276 armored fighting vehicles, 4,936 vehicles and fuel tanks, 2,146 artillery systems, 447 multiple launch rocket systems, 220 air defense systems, 287 airplanes, 277 helicopters, 1,894 drones, and 18 boats.
International response
Reuters: EU approves 542 million euro military aid package to Ukraine. The European Union on Jan. 23 approved another 500 million euro military aid package to Ukraine, along with an additional 45 million euros earmarked for non-lethal equipment for the EU's training mission in the country, Reuters reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.
Russia, Estonia expel each other’s ambassadors due to ‘destroyed relations.’ Russia has summoned Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre, ordering him to leave the country by Feb. 7, followed by Estonia making the same move under "the principle of parity," the AP reported, citing the countries' foreign ministries.
Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far. "We want to create a precedent so that other countries will not have any excuses why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war," said Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine Kaimo Kuusk.
Sweden to provide Ukraine with equipment to restore energy supply. The Swedish government allowed the state-owned grid operator Svenska Kraftnat to transfer the materials that can be used to restore Ukraine's power system.
VOA: Bradley fighting vehicles to arrive in Ukraine within few weeks. U.S. Bradley infantry fighting vehicles will arrive in Ukraine within the next few weeks, Voice of America reported, citing an anonymous Pentagon official.
PM: Poland to apply for Germany's approval to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. “Even if we did not get this approval, we would still transfer our tanks together with others to Ukraine," Morawiecki said at a news conference, saying that Germany's consent is "of secondary importance."
German defense minister: Decision on Leopard tanks for Ukraine to be made 'soon.' German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told ARD that a decision on supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine will be made "soon" but called for patience in this matter. "The 'Leopard' is a heavy, armored weapon that can also be used for offensive purposes. And you have to think very carefully about when you bring them," said Pistorius.
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Last week, we disbursed €3bn from our Macro-Financial Assistance package.
This financial support will help Ukrainians:
- maintain public services running
- restore critical infrastructure
- stabilise Ukraine’s economy
So far, we have helped with €10.2bn. More will come later this year.
Since the first day of the Russian aggression, we have stood at Ukraine's side. Our support is here to stay.
#StandWithUkraine #EU
Once a symbol of warmth and family, it now stands as a reminder of the devastating effects of Russian imperialism.
One day a little girl celebrated her birthday with her family in this kitchen. The next day, the kitchen and the family are no more, destroyed by Russian imperialism.
This is what Ukraine is standing up against. This is what we are all standing up against.
📸 © Getty, Yellow kitchen in Dnipro, Ukraine
#StandWithUkraine #EuropeanUnion #EU
The #EUCommission offers 5-months paid Administrative and Translation Traineeships, open to university graduates.
More info and application form: https://traineeships.ec.europa.eu/
#EUTraineeship
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-personalized-ads-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-declared-illegal
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noyb win: Personalized Ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp declared illegal
The EDPB has decided that three Meta Apps (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) did not have a legal basis to process user data since May 2018. Meta's legal trick has been rejected.noyb.eu
The Fedora CoreOS folks are on board, now we just need someone from Hetzner.
https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/1324#issuecomment-1284855363
#hetzner #fedora #coreOS #vps #hosting #web #germany #eu #europe #linux
Platform Request: Hetzner · Issue #1324 · coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker
In order to implement support for a new cloud platform in Fedora CoreOS, we need to know several things about the platform. Please try to answer as many questions as you can. Hetzner: https://www.h...GitHub
#EU are kinda blinded like all people http://hamishcampbell.com/?s=Nlnet the funding is poured down the drain.
#nlnet guys at least fund "better" unless tech projects ;)
I have tried talking to um about this, my thought is the people picking the projects are a self reflecting #geekproblem so they are unlikely to fund let alone see value outside this narrowness.
It's the mess we look at from outside, likely nice bunch of people as individuals though
What a Grade A cunt.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/21/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-counter-offensive-mobilisation/
#putin #russia #nuclearWar #ukraine #eu
Ukraine war latest: 'I'm not bluffing on nuclear weapons', Putin warns West
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 300,000 reservists will be drafted into the army in a partial mobilisation, as he warned West he was not "bluffing" over nuclear weapons.The Telegraph
https://inkl.com/a/xoYWbGivVXv
“Y’know… the world… aka white folks like me… the sons and daughters of colonisers and slave owners. She really spoke to our souls.”, she continued.
#monarchy #aristocracy #nobility #uk #eu
EU chief in tribute to Queen who ‘spoke to the soul of the world’
Ursula von der Leyen said the Queen ‘found the right words for every moment in time’.inkl
I believe the process for public funding should itself be public so you can read the entire submission on my blog (with better formatting than the text-only original submission, a video, and pictures) and I’ll be posting future communication there also:
https://ar.al/2022/07/29/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain/
#nlnet #eu #funding #grant #foss #smallWeb #smallTech #domain #kitten #publicMoneyPublicProcessPublicCode
NLnet Grant Application for Domain
This is my application to get NLNet funding to work on Domain as part of the User-Operated Internet Fund1 I feel it’s important that such grant applications are made public so everyone has visibility into the process.Aral Balkan
"A @EU_Commission sponsored report found that in 2018, #EU companies invested roughly €1 billion into #FOSS creation, which resulted in up to a €95 billion benefit for FOSS users in the EU. Similar estimates for the #USA investment in FOSS were $33 billion in 2019. However, despite these attempts we have only scratched the surface of truly understanding the value FOSS provides to the economy and modern life"
https://www.brookings.edu/research/strengthening-digital-infrastructure-a-policy-agenda-for-free-and-open-source-software/
Strengthening digital infrastructure: A policy agenda for free and open source software
Frank Nagle discusses free and open source software and its role in the future of digital infrastructure.Frank Nagle (Brookings)
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/local-translation-add-on-project-bergamot/
Mozilla releases local machine translation tools as part of Project Bergamot
The translations add-on is now available in the Firefox Add-On store for installation on Firefox Nightly, Beta and in General Release.Rebecca Smith (The Mozilla Blog)
https://nitter.net/LaraCParizotto/status/1531552549861576705
Thoughts, @EU_Commission?
#uk #eu #hostileEnvironment #italian #french #greek #discrimination
Precisely because these countries were not in NATO, the #CIA had parked the PKK people in #Sweden and #Finland.
Turkey is only using the #PKK as an excuse to say no directly. Rather, it is about lifting sanctions for acquiring #S400 defense systems and rejoining the #F35 program, acquiring modern #F16 fighter jets and that the #EU and #USA don't keep coming up with some new punitive measures.
So #Turkey is about erasing all repression.
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Precisely because these countries were not in NATO, the #CIA had parked the PKK people in #Sweden and #Finland.
Turkey is only using the #PKK as an excuse to say no directly. Rather, it is about lifting sanctions for acquiring #S400 defense systems and rejoining the #F35 program, acquiring modern #F16 fighter jets and that the #EU and #USA don't keep coming up with some new punitive measures.
So #Turkey is about erasing all repression.
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#eu #privacy #petition
https://www.change.org/p/against-the-adoption-of-mass-surveillance-of-messengers-e-mail-and-chats-in-the-eu
This: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2019/10/william-barr-and-winnie-pooh
#privacy #humanRights #eu #encryption
No one thinks we shouldn’t do everything in our power to combat child sexual abuse. Some of us just don’t want to destroy the fundamental human right to privacy (and every other human right that’s based on it) in the process.
https://mastodon.ar.al/web/@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu/108306318245441012
#privacy #humanRights #eu #encryption
European Commission (@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image Child sexual abuse is a real and growing danger. 📈 More than 2 million children are being affected every year. This week, we have proposed new rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online⬇️ #EUvsChildSexualAbuseEU Voice
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@EU_Commission
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#politics #eu #europe #mastodon #server
EU Voice
EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs).Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu