2024-02-20 13:54:08
X blocks Navalny's wife's account: violation of rules
Elon Musk's Platform X has blocked Yulia Navalnaya's account. “Account blocked, we block accounts that violate the X rules,” it says when trying to open it.
2024-02-20 13:48:35
Russia puts brother Navalny on the wanted list
Russia has put Oleg Navalny, the brother of Alexei, who died in prison last Friday, on its wanted list. This was reported by the official Russian news agency Tass, citing the Russian Interior Ministry database.
2024-02-20 13:48:00
Navalny's mother to Putin: Give me back his body
Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila, released a video appealing to Vladimir Putin to return her son's body to her. The news was published by Navalny's team.
2024-02-20 12:48:57
Journalist political prisoner dies in prison in Belarus
Belarusian journalist Igor Lednik died in prison where he was serving a sentence for an article published in 2022 for which he was accused of defaming President Alexander Lukashenko. The news was announced by the Social Democratic Party. Lednik was serving a three-year sentence and his health had deteriorated behind bars.
The journalist and former politician had undergone gastrointestinal surgery and also suffered from heart problems. Former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikanovskaya, a key figure in the anti-Lukashenko dissidence, said she was “devastated” by the death of “a tireless freedom fighter.” “This death is a tragic symbol of the brutality of the Lukashenko regime. “He must be held responsible for every death, every hero lost,” he said on his X account.
2024-02-20 07:08:11
The USA is thinking about using long-range missiles
After months of requests from Kiev, the Biden administration is reportedly working to equip Ukraine with powerful new long-range ballistic missiles. Two US officials reported this to NBC in Munich. Late last year, the United States began equipping Kyiv's armed forces with medium-range ATACMS systems. However, now they would be willing to send a version of these missiles that could reach Crimea. But everything depends on the approval of the US Congress on the bill that provides 95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Defense officials told NBC News that the U.S. has a limited supply of Atacms and would not be able to send new ones without new funding.
Ukrainian War, today's live broadcast on Tuesday, February 20th. After Avdiivka, the war front in Ukraine is shaking in the Zaporizhia region. Ukrainian military leaders admit this, reporting that the Russian army is advancing and Kiev's troops are facing “severe attacks” in the southern oblast.
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Russian forces have likely captured all of Avdiivka since February 19, although Russian forces may still be clearing parts of Avdiivka.
The pace of Russian offensive operations near Avdiivka reportedly slowed dramatically after the Russian capture of Avdiivka. 🧵(1/10) https://t.co/6eGOIaOzYr pic.twitter.com/Kgis8d4cSc
— Institute for War Studies (@TheStudyofWar) February 20, 2024
It is another negative signal a few days after the withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers from the city in the Donetsk region, which Moscow captured in the most significant success on the ground since the capture of Bakhmut in May 2023. Enough to urge President Zelensky's partners to make an almost desperate appeal: “The situation in Ukraine is becoming dramatic, Avdiivka has already fallen, the Russians are attacking in different directions and perhaps it is almost too late,” is one example The alarm was raised in Brussels by Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, who invited his European colleagues to decide on the supply of ammunition.
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