An “authoritarian axis” is trying to regain strategic momentum in the wake of the Russian invasion into Ukraine. 1/4 #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies
During Russian-Chinese negotiations, Putin stated that the Russian Federation advocates using Chinese yuan when trading with countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 2/4
Perhaps this is due to the fact that the list of sanctioned goods for trade with the EU is so large, as well as the political price of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, that Russia has to agree to the currency colonization of another state. 3/4
Shares of Chinese companies have fallen sharply and are very subtly hinting to Xi Jinping that he is doing something wrong. Such a hit happened just as he came to Moscow so far. 4/4
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📌 How Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, lives during the war: The story of the head of the local humanitarian center. #UkraineWorldTestimony 1/12
Marharyta Horbatenko runs the For Nikopol's Children charity, which, after the full-scale Russian invasion, turned from a center for helping children with cancer into a broad-purpose humanitarian aid center for those affected by the war. 2/12
"We took care of a 7-year-old girl whose legs were blown off by an explosion. We raised money for her prostheses and treatment. Now she is in Poland for rehabilitation," Marharyta explains. 3/12
How Russia held its pseudo-referendum in Kherson: a local woman's story. #UkraineWorldTestimony 1/11
From September 23 to 27, 2022, Russian occupation authorities held so-called "referenda" on joining the Russian Federation in the territories they controlled in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk Oblasts. 2/11
Even before the results were announced, Russian propagandists claimed high voter turnout, significant public support, and a generally fair and transparent expression of the “people’s will.” 3/11
There are similarities and differences between #Georgian Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Ukrainian #Donbas and #Crimea in 2014. 2/11
The similarities are that #Russia was the main driving force for the separatist aspirations of these regions. Russia was instrumental in making these entities successful on the ground and expelling legitimate state authorities from the territories in question. 3/11
After the beginning of the full-scale #RussiaUkraineWar, 🇷🇺 authorities took orphans or children left without parental care from the occupied regions of 🇺🇦 to 🇷🇺, without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities or relatives of such children. 1/6 #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies
In addition, it was reported that in the occupied Crimea and several regions of Russia, children who went there with the consent of their parents are kept in children's camps, but now the parents cannot take them back. 2/6 #StopRussiaNow
In May 2022, Putin signed a decree simplifying the granting of Russian citizenship to Ukrainian children, which opens the way for their adoption in Russia. 3/6 #RussianWarCrimes#RussiaIsATerroristState
The story of Oleksiy Prytula, who was seriously injured in the war. 1/13 #UkraineWorldTestimony
Before the full-scale Russian invasion, 41-year-old Oleksiy Prytula from Izmail, Odesa Oblast, worked as a veterinarian. After February 24, he prepared food for Ukrainian soldiers with his wife, helped IDPs, made camouflage nets, and donated blood. 2/13
In the first days of the war, Oleksiy was accepted at the enlistment office because he had no military experience. However, on July 4, he received a call from the enlistment office and was informed that he had to be ready to go the next day. 3/13
Partners continue to provide support to #Ukraine, including weapons. #Ukraine highly values the project of the European Defense Agency signed on March 20 regarding the joint production of 155-calibre ammunition. 1/5 #UW_InfoWatch#AgainstRussianLies
"As of now, 19 EU MSs and Norway have already joined this project. That is 20 countries that will be involved in one way or another in the joint production of the 155-calibre ammunition, which is extremely necessary for Ukraine," Ukraine’s FM Dmytro Kuleba. 2/5 #StandWithUkraine
The minister emphasised that this is a "really revolutionary step", as all these countries will work to make the aid to Ukraine with shells become strategic. 3/5 #ArmUkraineNow