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[triplets_93]

6:45am: Zelensky vows tangible response after Lviv strike kills four

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed a "tangible response" following a Russian missile strike on an apartment block that killed at least four people in the western city of Lviv.

"Consequences of the night attack by Russian terrorists," he wrote alongside a Telegram video post showing a ruined building. "Unfortunately, there are wounded and dead... There will definitely be a response to the enemy. A tangible one."

Lviv. Consequences of the night attack by Russian terrorists. Unfortunately, there are wounded and dead. My condolences to the relatives!

There will definitely be a response to the enemy. A strong one. pic.twitter.com/9yl1MT6Eu4
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 6, 2023

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...es-tangible-response-after-deadly-lviv-strike

 

[triplets_93]

What Are Mk 20 Rockeye II Cluster Bombs and Why Does Ukraine Want Them

 

[Pass2Run]

What Are Mk 20 Rockeye II Cluster Bombs and Why Does Ukraine Want Them

I like to watch all the footage from this war on Telregram.

 

[triplets_93]

What could happen if Russia blows up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/happen-russia-blows-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/story?id=100846888

 

[zrinkill]

What could happen if Russia blows up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/happen-russia-blows-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/story?id=100846888

Chernobyl part 2

 

[RJ_MacReady]

This is what Ukraine has been running into for over a month now:



BTW, r/UkraineRussianReport is probably the only source that has footage from both sides.

 

[Zordon]

What could happen if Russia blows up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/happen-russia-blows-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant/story?id=100846888

Why would they blow up a nuclear power plant in a territory they control & invite NATO to the conflict?

 

[RJ_MacReady]

Why would they blow up a nuclear power plant in a territory they control & invite NATO to the conflict?

They wouldn't. Just as Syrian's National Army finally had the Rebels on the run...so Assad naturally decided to "gas" his own civilians to open himself up to Western intervention?
Sometimes when it makes no sense, it's because there's no sense to it.

 

[Zordon]

They wouldn't. Just as Syrian's National Army finally had the Rebels on the run...so Assad naturally decided to "gas" his own civilians to open himself up to Western intervention?
Sometimes when it makes no sense, it's because there's no sense to it.

I don't believe this story one bit. If anything, Ukraine has much more to gain from a nuclear disaster. It would open the door to intervention. It's not surprising this story kicked up once the offensive went left.

 

[triplets_93]

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine’s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...bringing-home-azovstal-commanders-from-turkey

 

[triplets_93]

On the eve of next week's NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told FRANCE 24 he was confident an agreement could be forged to bring Ukraine closer to NATO. In addition to providing practical support and creating a Ukraine-NATO council, he said that a text was being drafted to chart a way forward for Ukraine's future membership in the Atlantic Alliance.

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-show...ne-will-move-closer-to-nato-at-vilnius-summit

 

[triplets_93]

He sums up the Ukraine-Russia situation very nicely...

 

[triplets_93]

Stoltenberg says NATO will invite Ukraine to join ‘when conditions are met’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Vilnius Tuesday that the Alliance will extend an invitation to Ukraine to join when "members agree and conditions are met". The lack of a timetable for Ukraine's membership pathway angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who before arriving in Vilnius earlier Tuesday tweeted that the plan was “absurd”.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...th-ukraine-bid-at-summit-on-russia-s-doorstep

 

[Montanalo]

Stoltenberg says NATO will invite Ukraine to join ‘when conditions are met’

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference in Vilnius Tuesday that the Alliance will extend an invitation to Ukraine to join when "members agree and conditions are met". The lack of a timetable for Ukraine's membership pathway angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who before arriving in Vilnius earlier Tuesday tweeted that the plan was “absurd”.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230711--live-nato-wrestles-with-ukraine-bid-at-summit-on-russia-s-doorstep

This message is consistent with comments from NATO dating back several years ago. At that time, the "conditions" revolved around business transparency, and alleged corruption among others.

To be honest, I have surprised with the recent talk about Ukraine joining NATO. I suppose the talk could have been more saber rattling than anything else. Zelensky was banking on drawing NATO even deeper into the conflict.

 

[triplets_93]

This message is consistent with comments from NATO dating back several years ago. At that time, the "conditions" revolved around business transparency, and alleged corruption among others.

To be honest, I have surprised with the recent talk about Ukraine joining NATO. I suppose the talk could have been more saber rattling than anything else. Zelensky was banking on drawing NATO even deeper into the conflict.

To put this in context, the Korean War never ended... Because the US Administration would not use tactical nukes, as prescribed by General Douglas MacArthur, the former Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.

 

[triplets_93]

Why not send some of these to Ukraine???

 

[triplets_93]

Russia downs three Ukrainian drones over Moscow, defence ministry says

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...nian-drones-over-moscow-defence-ministry-says

Russia’s defence ministry said that three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow early on Sunday, the TASS news agency reported. One drone was destroyed in the air and two others crashed in Moscow, the ministry said. The attack damaged two buildings and temporarily suspended flights at Vnukovo airport.

 

[triplets_93]

Ukraine's foreign minister asks U.S. for long-range missiles . . .

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...sks-us-atacms-long-range-missiles-2023-08-07/

 

[triplets_93]

Greece offers F-16 training to Ukrainian pilots, says Zelensky

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...-it-has-recaptured-more-ground-around-bakhmut

 

[triplets_93]

Russia on Tuesday said one of its jets it had “destroyed” a Ukrainian reconnaissance boat near a gas production facility in the Black Sea. Russia also said it had downed two attack drones near Moscow overnight, which makes it the fifth consecutive night the Russian capital has been targeted by such attacks.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...ed-ukrainian-reconnaissance-boat-in-black-sea