Thomas Ulich @MiVyoo@social.cleverlibre.org

Newly appointed foreign minister of Japan, Ms. Yoko Kamikawa, made a surprise visit to #Ukraine today bringing another $ 37,000,000 to the war fund.

Awesome! Thank you Japan! 🇯🇵♥️🇺🇦

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/07/japan/politics/yoko-kamikawa-ukraine-visit/

Picture 1: Putin meets families of the fallen with a safety distance of 7 meters.
Picture 2: Zelenskyy meets families of the fallen.

Former German President Joachim Gauck criticized Olaf Scholz for his hesitation to supply Ukraine with all necessary material, especially the TAURUS missile. “We have to help with everything, no exceptions.” So his words.

Source (German): https://n-tv.de/politik/Gauck-nimmt-Scholz-wegen-Taurus-ins-Gebet-article24643998.html

#Ukraine #Germany

The Kyiv Independent spoke with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, he cautioned against decision-makers choosing to block aid to Ukraine in pursuit of political points in the short term.

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#Ukraine

The YouTube channel Reporting from Ukraine is taking some time off for a New Year vacation, but fortunately there are other good sources of information. This video from Torsten Heinrich is packed with useful information and a great overview of the frontline situation.
https://youtu.be/OBIx-L7YE5c?si=CnhgNh2z4j7mY0F4

Support Ukraine, Time to step up

The Ukrainians are the reliable piece in all of this"

"We are the unreliable ones. And that's shocking"

- Timothy Snyder

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

German astronomer Martin Brendel took the first known photograph of an aurora #OTD in 1892, at Alta fjord in northern Norway.

⚡️ Sweden to withdraw aid to Mali over its support of Russia.

"When we cooperate with other countries, we also want those countries to cooperate with Sweden, but Mali's military junta instead turns to Russia and supports its war," said Johan Forssel, Swedish foreign minister.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/sweden-to-withdraw-aid-to-mali-over-stance-toward-russia/

The cause of GPS disturbances over Finland and the #Baltic countries may have been found. Several experts put the system responsible in kaliningrad.

The disturbances, which have been described as occurring on a massive scale, have been recorded at least since December 18. The disturbances peaked around the Christmas holidays. #GPS signal was disrupted also in #Finland and #Estonia around New Year's

Read more here 📎

https://news.err.ee/1609213531/iltalehti-russia-behind-gps-disturbances-in-baltic-sea-region

#Ukraine

I feel EXACTLY like @anderspuck when Ukraine destroys ships in the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

This is an awesome video with great points about the current state of the Ukraine war, and some well deserved straight talk for Olaf Scholz who keeps holding back the Taurus missiles:

https://youtu.be/HYWCUZBvJ7k?si=d3vyfp689qcq2HIz

Why is Russia bombing civilians?
by @anderspuck 13:23

Russia has launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine hitting many civilian objects.

But it's a mistake to overlook the military objectives and explanations.

🇩🇰 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
#AndersPuckNielsen is a military analyst and Navy Commander at the Royal Danish Defence College. He studies #Russia's military since long before the 2022 invasion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYWCUZBvJ7k

#Ukraine
#Ukrainerussiawar
#Youtube
#NAFO

Russia's latest escalation in procuring and even using North Korean missiles emphasizes once again that treaties and agreements with Russia are not worth the paper on which they are written on. This case in particular shows that, brazenly. Short thread in pics.

#Russia #Ukraine

Newly appointed Foreign Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, calls for long range missiles to be used deep inside Russia.

This is an interesting development, because until now, most western countries have required, their weapons only to be used in Ukraine, which has created an asymmetric war, where every Ukrainian can be targeted by missiles, while Russian leaders are safe in Moscow.

Canada will provide more NASAMS air defence systems to help defend Ukraine from airstrikes, says Ukrainian president Zelenskyy on Telegram.

That is absolutely awesome Canada! 🇨🇦

In today’s New Years address, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called for peace in The Middle East and said a two state solution was the only way forward. And while Israel has a right to defend itself, Israel must put an end to the illegal settlements and strive for peace.

On #Ukraine, Ms. Frederiksen said, “Ukraine is in need of ammunition, because Europe has not delivered. This is unacceptable”, and she asked rethorically, “What good is Europe, if Europe cannot defend itself?”

#Denmark

The attack on Belgorod — how to spot Russian disinformation:

Russia has called for an emergency meeting at the UN security council, claiming Ukraine has attacked the city center of Belgorod, using Czech made RM-70 Vampire rocket systems (picture 1), and Russian social media accounts are full of videos of explosions inside the Belgorod city center.

But here is the problem (picture 2). The maximum range of RM-70 Vampire is 20 km, meaning even if Ukraine drove all the way up to the border…

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This 83-year old Russian babushka was asked regarding the upcoming “elections” in Russia and tells how it is. She releases some serious truth bombs such as:

“Our people (Russians) are as dumb and as slavish possible.”

“The more I learn about this country (Russia), the more I hate it.”

“I was unhappy with the Soviet regime, but there was no such ugliness then as is now.”

The whole video is here and I can recommend to watch all of it:

youtu.be/h_LMdoCuSRM?si…

#Russia

By this day in 2002 all Russian soldiers in Moldova and Georgia were promised to be removed.

They were not. But please believe us when we negotiate now about our soldiers in Ukraine.

https://www.awi.de/NM_WebCam/neumayerW.0650.jpg Neumeyer station updates every 10 min, time in the URL. @southpoleviews