With a ceasefire Putin would be able to claim victory, and that means the aggressor winning as the world watches. You can call this a "new reality" if you want, but this new reality would be horrible and we cannot allow it to happen. We should choose to make the aggressor lose.
This is what it means to live next to a terrorist state. This is what we are uniting the entire world against.
Today, a Russian missile hit the heart of Chernihiv. A square, a university, and a theater. Russia turned an ordinary Saturday into a day of pain and loss. There are casualties. My condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. All services are working on the site. Rescuers, police, doctors.
I urge the world to stand up to Russian terror. Provide Ukraine with additional tools to safeguard life. For life to win, Russia must lose this war.
Odesa. Mykolaiv. Russian terrorists continue their attempts to destroy the life of our country.
Unfortunately, there are wounded and dead... My condolences to the families and friends!
But the evil state has no missiles that are more powerful than our will to save lives, support each other and win.
I thank everyone who defends our cities, our people, our sky! I am grateful to all our warriors, rescuers, doctors, local authorities, volunteers... to everyone involved in eliminating the consequences of Russian terror!
I am grateful to the port workers who do their best to preserve our infrastructure! To the builders and repair teams who help people restore normal living conditions!
Together we will make it through this terrible time. And we will withstand the attacks of Russian evil.
#Switzerland has for years been the destination of choice for Russian oligarchs and corrupt officials to hide their stolen money. Swiss banks are estimated to hold over $200 billion in stashed Russian cash. The United States recently opened an investigation into Swiss banks helping #Russia to evade sanctions, subpoenaing the two largest Swiss banks at the time. Switzerland is also key to Russian #evasion of export controls meant to ensure Russia cannot resupply its military and continue its war.
Russian-induced corruption within the Swiss law enforcement system led to the resignation of the former top prosecutor of Switzerland and the conviction of a senior Swiss law enforcement official on bribery charges. Switzerland is now primed to send millions in frozen Russian dirty money related to the revelations of Sergei Magnitsky to the Russians who stole it.
This hearing will examine Switzerland’s key role in laundering Russian money. Witnesses will discuss how Switzerland came to be a favorite destination for Russian dirty money, how Russian corruption in Switzerland endangers U.S. national security and the ability of Ukraine to defend itself, and possible policy responses. This hearing builds on years of work by the #Commission to hold Switzerland to account for its role in Russian money laundering and corruption.
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify:
1Bill Browder, Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign
2Drew Sullivan, Co-Founder, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
3Olena Tregub, Secretary General, Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO)
HEARING
Russia’s Alpine Assets: Money Laundering and Sanctions Evasion in Switzerland
July 18, 2023
1:00 p.m.
Senate Dirksen Building G50
Live stream: https://t.co/kNVMw8Dzzm
Here in Vilnius 🇱🇹, we see the progress of Europe. People here know what security is and how to achieve it. And they know that security means being together with Ukraine 🇺🇦.
I am grateful to you, Vilnius, and to all Lithuanian cities and communities for every call in support of Ukraine, for sheltering our people who have taken refuge in Lithuania from hostilities... Thank you!
Thank you for your help to our defense and for your clear, honest and courageous position on inviting Ukraine to @NATO. Ukrainian flags on Lithuanian streets clearly prove that we are already allies, and Ukraine will defend both its own and your freedom!
And no one should ever, ever look back to Moscow!
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- Литва - это больше, чем союзник.
- Литва, это дольше, чем друзья.
- Литва - это больше, чем сестра.
Литва - это судьба.)
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- С праздником, дорогие вы наши.
- За нашу и Вашу свободу!..
In China, they predicted the campaign of PMC "Wagner" to Kyiv
The local edition of the South China Morning Post publishes a popular point of view, according to which Prigozhin's departure to Belarus is a covert maneuver for the further campaign of the "Wagnerites" against the Ukrainian capital from the territory of Belarus.
⚡️Ukrainian forces liberate territory near Krasnohorivka.
Ukrainian forces liberated territory near Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast, which had been occupied since Russia’s initial invasion in 2014, the Ukrainian military’s Tavria group reported.
Putin's plane reportedly attempted to enter Kazakhstan air space but was turned away. Kazakhstan President Tokayev commented: "The current events are Russia's internal affair."
Everyone who chooses the path of evil destroys himself. Who sends columns of troops to destroy the lives of another country and cannot stop them from fleeing and betraying when life resists. Who terrorizes with missiles, and when they are shot down, humiliates himself to receive Shahed drones. Who despises people and throws hundreds of thousands into the war, in order to eventually barricade himself in the Moscow region from those whom he himself armed. For a long time, Russia used propaganda to mask its weakness and the stupidity of its government. And now there is so much chaos that no lie can hide it. And all this is one person, who again and again scares by the year 1917, although he is able to result in nothing else but this.
Russia's weakness is obvious. Full-scale weakness. And the longer Russia keeps its troops and mercenaries on our land, the more chaos, pain, and problems it will have for itself later. It is also obvious. Ukraine is able to protect Europe from the spread of Russian evil and chaos.
We keep our resilience, unity and strength.
All our commanders, all our soldiers know what to do.
Glory to Ukraine!
Day 485 of my 3 day war. Russia is invading Russia to free Russia from those who invaded Russia to free Russia from those who invaded Russia.
I remain a master strategist.