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Status of Canadian deal to buy artillery shells for Ukraine is uncertain

Canada is in discussions with arms companies to obtain further equipment for Ukraine but it’s unclear whether a critical deal to purchase 100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition for that country will proceed.

Canadian officials have been talking with their counterparts in South Korea to acquire the 155-millimetre artillery ammunition, this newspaper reported in late May. Canada would then provide those 100,000 rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, which has been warning for the last month that it is running out of artillery shells.

They’ll find a way. They need this war to further the Green-scam, look how quickly principles were set aside and the turbines released to prevent Germany dropping out.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada

Did Canada abandon Ukrainians on hit list risk? Tempers flare as Joly pressed on report

Nobody knows nuttin.

Tensions flared at the House of Commons foreign affairs committee on Thursday as Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly was grilled over a report that Canada “abandoned” Ukrainian embassy staff as the Russian invasion loomed.

The report, which was published by the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, cited three sources who alleged that Global Affairs Canada received intelligence confirming Russia’s intention to wage war against Ukraine — and that Ukrainian staff at Western embassies were among those on likely Russian hit lists.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canadian Forces will train Ukrainian soldiers in the U.K. on countering Russia

Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canadian Forces members will train Ukrainian soldiers in the United Kingdom in an effort to bolster their fight against the Russian invasion.

In a press conference on Thursday, Anand called the invasion a “direct” attack on the rules-based international order and one that is extracting a heavy cost on Ukrainians fighting for their freedom.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t know Kyiv embassy staff faced threat from Russia

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she and her department were unaware of intelligence reports delivered weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which diplomats in Kyiv were told Ukrainians who worked for the Canadian embassy there were likely on lists of people Moscow intended to detain or kill.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, WTF?

Russia brands Ukraine’s Azov Regiment ‘terrorist’ group

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday declared the Ukrainian Azov Regiment a terrorist organization.

Despite its checkered past, the Azov Regiment is hailed in Ukraine as heroes for fighting to defend the country’s embattled east against the Russian invasion.

An estimated 1,000 Azov soldiers are being held by Russia and Moscow’s allied forces in eastern Ukraine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Russian soldiers accuse superiors of jailing them for refusing to fight

A group of Russian soldiers have accused their commanders of jailing them in eastern Ukraine for refusing to take part in the war, in a rare public exposure of tensions inside the ranks of Russia’s army over the invasion.

Maxim Grebenyuk, a lawyer who runs the Moscow-based advocacy organisation Military Ombudsman, said at least four Russian soldiers had filed written complaints with the investigative committee, demanding punishment for the superiors who oversaw their detainment.

“We already have a list of 70 Russian soldiers who were held as prisoners. In total, about 140 soldiers were held,” added Grebenyuk, who represented the soldiers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Germany Has Three Months to Save Itself From a Winter Gas Crisis

“Hang the Greens” Germany, election poster

(Bloomberg) — Germany’s presidential palace in Berlin is no longer lit at night, the city of Hanover is turning off warm water in the showers of its pools and gyms, and municipalities across the country are preparing heating havens to keep people safe from the cold. And that’s just the beginning of a crisis that will ripple across Europe.

It might still be the height of summer, but Germany has little time to lose to avert an energy shortage this winter that would be unprecedented for a developed nation. Much of Europe is feeling the strain from Russia’s squeeze on natural gas deliveries, yet no other country is as exposed as the region’s biggest economy, where nearly half the homes rely on the fuel for heating.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Germany

Britain helps Ukraine hunt for Russian spies eyeing Western military aid

Destroying military aid flowing into Ukraine from the West is ‘goal number one for Russian agents’, according to Ukraine military

Britain is helping Ukraine hunt Russian spies targeting Western-supplied weapons, the acting deputy head of Kyiv’s military intelligence has said.

Finding and destroying military aid flowing into Ukraine from Western countries is “goal number one for Russian agents”, according to Major General Vadym Skibitsky.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Canada sanctions Russian military officers over atrocities in Bucha

OTTAWA – The Canadian government is imposing sanctions on dozens of Russian military officers whose troops are accused of committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the new sanctions against 47 Russians this morning, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues nearly six months after it began.

Canada is also adding 17 Russian companies and entities to its sanctions list for supporting the invasion of Ukraine.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ukraine war: Russia accuses US of direct role in Ukraine war

Russia has accused the US of direct involvement in the war in Ukraine for the first time.

A spokesperson for Moscow’s defence ministry alleged the US was approving targets for American-made Himars artillery used by Kyiv’s forces.

Lt Gen Igor Konashenkov said intercepted calls between Ukrainian officials revealed the link. The BBC could not independently verify this.

There was no immediate comment on the allegation from US officials.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", USA

Germany (still) refuses to go nuclear … and Spain limits air conditioning & heating

The country’s energy policy is purely ideological

As Germany stares down the barrel of an energy crisis, it’s lights out already in the capital. The Red City Hall, the presidential palace and the Victory Column are among the 200 sites in Berlin that will no longer be illuminated at night. The Deputy Governing Mayor, Bettina Jarasch, said her city wanted to make a “visible contribution” to the changes required in light of Putin’s weaponisation of Germany’s energy dependency.

Spain puts limits on air conditioning and heating to save energy

Spain has announced new energy-saving measures, including limits on air conditioning and heating temperatures in public and large commercial buildings, as it becomes the latest European country to seek to reduce its energy consumption and its dependence on Russian oil and gas.

Under a decree that comes into effect in seven days’ time and applies to public buildings, shopping centres, cinemas, theatres, rail stations and airports, heating should not be set above 19C and air conditioning should not be set below 27C. Doors will need to be closed so as not to waste energy, and lights in shop windows must be switched off after 10pm.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Green-Scam

Canada abandoned Ukrainian embassy employees despite their likelihood of being on Russian hit list

Before pulling Canadian diplomats out of Ukraine weeks ahead of the Russian invasion, Global Affairs Canada received intelligence confirming that Russia intended to wage war against its neighbour, and that Ukrainians who worked for the Canadian embassy were likely on lists of people Moscow intended to hunt down.

Despite the apparently dire situation, Ottawa told Canadian embassy leaders in Kyiv to withhold this information from those Ukrainian staff members and leave them behind.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Europe has lost the energy war

The livelihoods of millions have already been sacrificed

After a decade of financial austerity, is Europe now on the brink of a new age of energy austerity? The city of Hanover has recently introduced strict energy-saving rules that include cutting off the hot water in public buildings, swimming pools, sports halls and gyms, banning mobile air conditioners, fan heaters or radiators, switching off public fountains, and stopping illuminating major buildings such as the town hall at night.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", "Ukraine - Russia"

NATO Deadbeat German Chancellor who helped feck over his own nation’s energy security defends fellow NATO Deadbeat Trudeau on Russian gas turbine decision

German Chancellor defends Trudeau, saying Canada called Putin’s bluff by agreeing to send Russian turbines back

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the Kremlin’s bluff by allowing Russian pipeline turbines repaired in Canada to be sent back to Moscow’s state-controlled Gazprom, arguing that this move eliminated a pretext for Vladimir Putin to reduce or stop deliveries of natural gas to Europe.

Ottawa circumvented its own sanctions against Russia in the decision last month, drawing harsh criticism from Ukraine for what it described as bending to Moscow’s blackmail.

Mr. Scholz, however, defended Mr. Trudeau and told The Globe and Mail that he considers criticism of the Prime Minister and his government over this matter to be “utterly baseless.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"