Kyiv Arsenal Book Fair 2024 draws 35,000 visitors despite war. PHOTO REPORT
At Kyiv Arsenal 2024, charred books from a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv stood alongside works by soldier-authors, illustrating Ukrainian literature's endurance under fire.
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June 27, 2024
- Reuters: US offers $10 mln reward for info on Russian hacker for cyber attack on Ukraine and its allies
- Stoltenberg says he expects NATO to establish new command in Wiesbaden for Ukraine support
- Politico: Russia sends 30,000 migrants to dig trenches in Ukraine
- Military: Ukrainian forces push Russian invaders out from Chasiv Yar’s ‘Kanal’ micro-district
- Ukraine, EU signed Joint Security Commitments, which include military, financial, and humanitarian, aid for ten years
- NATO Secretary General: Russia incapable of significant breakthroughs in Ukraine
- Tusk: Poland finalizes work on security agreement with Ukraine
- Germany may hold more basic training for Ukrainian army recruits
- Ukraine signs security agreements with Lithuania and Estonia
- NATO will offer Ukraine a ”bridge” to membership through new structure to coordinate aid
- Zelenskyy arrives in Brussels to sign EU-Ukraine security agreement
- Ukrainian World Congress launches major campaign in 32 countries to promote Ukraine’s NATO membership ahead of Washington summit
- EU allocates more than $2 bn of financial support to Ukraine
- Ukraine may deploy Magura V5 naval drones in Azov Sea, which is well within their operational range
- US ambassador: China has ”effectively sided with Russia”
- Battle rages on: Ukrainian forces destroy three Russian tanks, nine armored vehicles, and 42 artillery systems over last 24 hours
- Media: Swedish furniture giant IKEA set to reopen in Ukraine
- Frontline reportFrontline report: Ukrainian forces conduct flanking maneuvers against Russian detachments in and around Vovchansk
- Ukraine downs 28/29 air targets during Russia’s nighttime assault
- HUR hackers attack Russian internet providers in occupied Crimea
- White House welcomes Dutch PM Rutte as next NATO chief
- Lithuania allocates 0.25% of GDP for Ukraine’s defense support
- ISW: Ukraine lacks air defense systems to protect repaired energy facilities
Daily Review
Ukrainian journalists face threats fueled by US GOP legislators, Musk for exposing anti-Ukraine narratives
Data journalism agency Texty faces pressure and threats after publishing a research, revealing US figures who oppose Ukraine aid, showing how they echo Russian propaganda narratives.
What does Ukraine hope to achieve with the Global Peace Summit?
On 15-16 June, an inaugural Global Peace Summit dedicated to Ukraine's Peace Formula will occur in Switzerland. Russia is not invited. What are its goals and can it really achieve peace? We spoke to an insider to find out.
Ukraine ramps up anti-corruption safeguards ahead of potential $ 300bn Russian assets transfer
The G7 summit in Italy this week will be the stage for a critical discussion on the potential confiscation of $300 billion in frozen Russian assets. Ukraine's recent anti-corruption measures are strengthening the case for this unprecedented action.
Inside the USA’s anti-Ukraine network, from hard left to far right
They make for unlikely allies: hardcore MAGA Republicans and anti-imperialist leftists, isolationist libertarians and conspiracy-minded YouTubers. But as a Texty report reveals, these disparate factions are increasingly united in their opposition to American support for Ukraine.
Nine reasons NATO cannot afford to say “no” to Ukraine
Allies plan to leave Ukraine yet again in limbo at the Washington summit. They are but victims of reflexive control: denying Ukraine membership will escalate Russia's war, not the other way around
Frontline report
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Ukraine war erodes Russia’s grip on Black Sea, Mediterranean
The ongoing war in Ukraine has damaged one-third of Russia's Black Sea warships and cut off its ability to rotate naval assets through Turkish straits, weakening the Kremlin's power projection in the Mediterranean region it once dominated.
Big Oil finances Putin’s war crimes and Trump’s political ambitions
Recent findings suggest that Big Oil has been channeling funds into Putin's regime and Trump's political coffers, supporting Russian aggression in Ukraine and efforts to secure favors for the fossil fuel industry.
Stolen childhood: Ukrainian teens recount grim experiences under Russian occupation
Fear, violence and forced conscription drive Ukrainian teens to leave occupied towns
Ukraine “radically changes” tactics with Western greenlight to strike Russia
Ukrainian forces have started striking Russian military targets in the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, using Western weapons after the US and NATO allies permitted attacks on Russian territory.
The West’s fear of escalation is Russia’s greatest weapon
Nothing has contributed to the escalation of Russia's wars more than the Western fear of angering Russia
It’s ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine, not two
Years of futile negotiations over Ukraine should dispel any illusions – intelligence proves Putin spent the last decade preparing for exactly this war, with aims far beyond Ukraine.
Evergreens
“Decolonization will not be stopped”: Ukraine expands movement against Russian cultural imperialism
Progressive decolonization discourse has ignored Russia's history of imperialism and cultural appropriation, but Ukraine is determined to challenge false narratives by rewriting its place in the world's museums.
National revival is Belarus’ best defense against Putin and Lukashenka
After a century of Russification leaving just 1 in 10 Belarusians speaking their native tongue, revitalizing national identity is the only recourse against the Putin-Lukashenka axis of repression.
How Ukraine built a volunteer hacker army from scratch
Volunteer Ukrainian hackers have inflicted over $1 billion in damage on Russia, outmaneuvering its cyber defenses through constantly adapting, coordinated attacks.
Analysis
“Story of a dying empire”: Georgia’s “foreign agent” law protests echo Ukraine’s Euromaidan
Nearly a decade after Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution, the struggle against Russian influence has found new life on the streets of Tbilisi, where protesters see the "foreign agent" law as a haunting echo of the empire's last gasps.
Europe finds its courage to stand up to Russia
From debates of troop deployment to speeches about the pre-war era, there is a growing sense in the EU that the time for appeasing Putin has passed
