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🇱🇹🇺🇦 Lithuania is developing an evacuation drone in collaboration with the Ukrainian military.
According to iRozhlas, the Lithuanian startup Airvolve began working on the Airlift U500 autonomous aerial vehicle back in 2019, amid widespread wildfires in Europe.
According to iRozhlas, the Lithuanian startup Airvolve began working on the Airlift U500 autonomous aerial vehicle back in 2019, amid widespread wildfires in Europe.
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🇱🇹🇺🇦 Lithuania is developing an evacuation drone in collaboration with the Ukrainian military.
According to iRozhlas, the Lithuanian startup Airvolve began working on the Airlift U500 autonomous aerial vehicle back in 2019, amid widespread wildfires in Europe.
According to iRozhlas, the Lithuanian startup Airvolve began working on the Airlift U500 autonomous aerial vehicle back in 2019, amid widespread wildfires in Europe.
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☠️ In 2025, for every Ukrainian soldier killed, five Russian soldiers die — The Economist
Russia’s summer offensive, which Putin placed high hopes on, ended in failure despite record mobilization numbers.
Russia’s summer offensive, which Putin placed high hopes on, ended in failure despite record mobilization numbers.
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
☠️ In 2025, for every Ukrainian soldier killed, five Russian soldiers die — The Economist
Russia’s summer offensive, which Putin placed high hopes on, ended in failure despite record mobilization numbers.
Russia’s summer offensive, which Putin placed high hopes on, ended in failure despite record mobilization numbers.
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The situation is getting worse for Russians
September 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The situation is getting worse for Russians
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Prices for Pokémon trading cards are soaring, beating the benchmark S&P 500 and sparking a wave of risky speculation on.wsj.com/4nC8JH4
The Hot Investment With a 3,000% Return? Pokémon Cards
Prices for the franchise’s trading cards are soaring like a Charizard, beating the benchmark S&P 500 and sparking a wave of risky speculation.
on.wsj.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Prices for Pokémon trading cards are soaring, beating the benchmark S&P 500 and sparking a wave of risky speculation on.wsj.com/4nC8JH4
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⚡️Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv killed Viktoriia and her infant son Roman last night.
September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚡️Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv killed Viktoriia and her infant son Roman last night.
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Venice Film Festival called out for raising Russia’s flag.
September 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Venice Film Festival called out for raising Russia’s flag.
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With the US cancelling mRNA therapy research, the UK is making a bid to be a centre for the technology with an announcement of a new biofoundry for this promising new frontier in medicine.
New UK facility to turbo-charge development of novel RNA therapies
The UK government is investing almost £30 million to establish a specialised facility to support the development of new RNA therapies, it has been announced. The UK RNA Biofoundry, which will be based...
www.chemistryworld.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
With the US cancelling mRNA therapy research, the UK is making a bid to be a centre for the technology with an announcement of a new biofoundry for this promising new frontier in medicine.
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Shocked by the terrible murder in Lviv of Andriy Parubiy, real symbol of the Maidan Revolution.
Commandant of Maidan Square camp in 2013-2014, later-Secretary of the National Security Council, Speaker of the Rada was killed in broad daylight by a shooter disguised as a courier.
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Commandant of Maidan Square camp in 2013-2014, later-Secretary of the National Security Council, Speaker of the Rada was killed in broad daylight by a shooter disguised as a courier.
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August 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Shocked by the terrible murder in Lviv of Andriy Parubiy, real symbol of the Maidan Revolution.
Commandant of Maidan Square camp in 2013-2014, later-Secretary of the National Security Council, Speaker of the Rada was killed in broad daylight by a shooter disguised as a courier.
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Commandant of Maidan Square camp in 2013-2014, later-Secretary of the National Security Council, Speaker of the Rada was killed in broad daylight by a shooter disguised as a courier.
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The EU is weighing legal ways to bypass unanimity in foreign policy, Bloomberg reports. A group of 12 countries backs shifting to qualified majority voting to speed up decisions on Ukraine and Russia, often blocked by Hungary.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
August 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The EU is weighing legal ways to bypass unanimity in foreign policy, Bloomberg reports. A group of 12 countries backs shifting to qualified majority voting to speed up decisions on Ukraine and Russia, often blocked by Hungary.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Russian aggression knows no boundaries, has no red lines.
Only through strength we can achieve peace in Europe.
Only through strength we can achieve peace in Europe.
The EU Delegation in Kyiv was damaged by today’s Russian strikes on civilian areas.
I strongly condemn these brutal attacks, a clear sign that Russia rejects peace & chooses terror.
Our full solidarity goes to EU staff, their families, & all Ukrainians enduring this aggression.
I strongly condemn these brutal attacks, a clear sign that Russia rejects peace & chooses terror.
Our full solidarity goes to EU staff, their families, & all Ukrainians enduring this aggression.
August 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Russian aggression knows no boundaries, has no red lines.
Only through strength we can achieve peace in Europe.
Only through strength we can achieve peace in Europe.
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🇺🇦🇩🇪 New batch of EW systems, developed by Ukrainian and German companies, already in Ukraine.
August 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🇺🇦🇩🇪 New batch of EW systems, developed by Ukrainian and German companies, already in Ukraine.
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“Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Isolated, outmanoeuvred, and stalled on the battlefield, Russia is tottering financially and militarily, while Zelensky's Ukraine continues to hold the upper hand.” A good piece from @EngelsbergIdeas
Engelsberg ideas.com/essays/russias-reckoning-is-coming/
Engelsberg ideas.com/essays/russias-reckoning-is-coming/
Russia's reckoning is coming
Beyond the bluster of his meeting with President Trump, Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Isolated, outmanoeuvred, and stalled on the battlefield, Russia is tottering financially and militarily, while Zel...
engelsbergideas.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Isolated, outmanoeuvred, and stalled on the battlefield, Russia is tottering financially and militarily, while Zelensky's Ukraine continues to hold the upper hand.” A good piece from @EngelsbergIdeas
Engelsberg ideas.com/essays/russias-reckoning-is-coming/
Engelsberg ideas.com/essays/russias-reckoning-is-coming/
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In occupied Donetsk, a café was fined for showing Oleksandr Usyk’s @usykaa photo and naming a shake after him.
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In occupied Donetsk, a café was fined for showing Oleksandr Usyk’s @usykaa photo and naming a shake after him.
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Norway will supply Ukraine with air defense systems worth $700 million, including two Patriot systems from Germany. Norway is also helping purchase Hensoldt radars and Kongsberg air defense systems.
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
August 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Norway will supply Ukraine with air defense systems worth $700 million, including two Patriot systems from Germany. Norway is also helping purchase Hensoldt radars and Kongsberg air defense systems.
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...
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Zelensky said Ukraine has always supported friendship with Hungary, but now the future of the Druzhba (“Friendship”) oil pipeline depends on Budapest. He was responding to questions about whether strikes on the pipeline could prompt Hungary to lift its veto on Ukraine’s EU accession talks.
August 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Zelensky said Ukraine has always supported friendship with Hungary, but now the future of the Druzhba (“Friendship”) oil pipeline depends on Budapest. He was responding to questions about whether strikes on the pipeline could prompt Hungary to lift its veto on Ukraine’s EU accession talks.
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The US is overlawyered and could learn from Beijing’s laser focus on technical innovation, a new book argues
China Is Run by Engineers, and the US by Too Many Lawyers
In his new book, Dan Wang argues that America is too good at making rules, and could learn from Beijing’s laser focus on technical innovation.
bloom.bg
August 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The US is overlawyered and could learn from Beijing’s laser focus on technical innovation, a new book argues
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🇪🇺 Emergency meeting of EU ambassadors to be convened in Brussels after Trump-Putin meeting, - EU Council.
August 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🇪🇺 Emergency meeting of EU ambassadors to be convened in Brussels after Trump-Putin meeting, - EU Council.
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OSINT analyst Brady Africk reports that new satellite imagery shows Russia has built drone launch sites and storage at a southwestern air base for attacks on Ukraine. Recent images reveal massed drones and hardened shelters.
August 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
OSINT analyst Brady Africk reports that new satellite imagery shows Russia has built drone launch sites and storage at a southwestern air base for attacks on Ukraine. Recent images reveal massed drones and hardened shelters.
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European officials told the US that Ukraine’s future cannot be discussed without Kyiv and that Europe will continue to provide weapons and funds regardless of the US position.
August 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
European officials told the US that Ukraine’s future cannot be discussed without Kyiv and that Europe will continue to provide weapons and funds regardless of the US position.
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🇺🇦❗️Azov soldier was recognized as the best combat medic in Europe at the Combat Medical Care Conference 2025 in Germany.
Volodymyr Ryzhenko, call sign "Sprite", saved a wounded comrade in combat conditions in winter by transfusing him with blood delivered by a drone. Sprite received a sword.
Volodymyr Ryzhenko, call sign "Sprite", saved a wounded comrade in combat conditions in winter by transfusing him with blood delivered by a drone. Sprite received a sword.
August 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🇺🇦❗️Azov soldier was recognized as the best combat medic in Europe at the Combat Medical Care Conference 2025 in Germany.
Volodymyr Ryzhenko, call sign "Sprite", saved a wounded comrade in combat conditions in winter by transfusing him with blood delivered by a drone. Sprite received a sword.
Volodymyr Ryzhenko, call sign "Sprite", saved a wounded comrade in combat conditions in winter by transfusing him with blood delivered by a drone. Sprite received a sword.
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Ukraine’s drone campaign is systematically targeting Russia’s key southern rail corridor, which supplies the Donetsk front and Crimea, Ukrainian OSINT group Oko Gora reports. This is already the sixth attack in the past week, according to their update.
July 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ukraine’s drone campaign is systematically targeting Russia’s key southern rail corridor, which supplies the Donetsk front and Crimea, Ukrainian OSINT group Oko Gora reports. This is already the sixth attack in the past week, according to their update.
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Although Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia lasted just five days, the conflict holds important lessons for Western countries as they prepare for what comes after the war in Ukraine, writes Eka Tkeshelashvili.
Georgia’s Warning for Ukraine
A cease-fire alone would hardly end Russia’s quest for dominance.
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Although Russia’s 2008 war in Georgia lasted just five days, the conflict holds important lessons for Western countries as they prepare for what comes after the war in Ukraine, writes Eka Tkeshelashvili.
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I try to make my way through life so that I’m eulogized like Ozzie and not condemned like Hogan
July 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I try to make my way through life so that I’m eulogized like Ozzie and not condemned like Hogan