The US Department of State informed Congress of serious concerns about the negative consequences of Washington’s possible inclusion of Russia in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism
Names of 5701 Russian soldiers confirmed, all of them died in the war in Ukraine
In Ukraine, 600 million hryvnias ($17 million) collected within the framework of the People’s Bayraktar project bought access to the satellite of the Finnish aerospace company ICEYE, which will allow the country to receive detailed images of the earth’s surface, regardless of the time of day and weather conditions
A group of lawyers led by McCue Jury & Partners and Mishcon de Reya LLP seeks money for trials of Russians under sanctions
Throughout July, the six largest countries in Europe did not provide Ukraine with any military assistance, for the first time since the start of the war.
The owner of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, personally recruits prisoners in Russian colonies, offering release in six months for participation in hostilities in Ukraine, the convicts themselves told The Insider about this. According to them, Prigozhin does not hide the fact that Vladimir Putin personally authorized the recruitment of criminals for the war (whether it is true or not, the Federal Penitentiary Service provides “Putin’s cook” with full assistance in his communication with convicts in the colonies). Prigozhin (who himself once served time for robbery and involving minors in criminal activities), wearing the star of the Hero of Russia on a T-shirt, tells the prisoners that he “represents an organized criminal group that helps the Russian army”, and promises convicts from 100 to 230 thousand rubles a month favoring those convicted of murder.
Ukraine is behind three explosions at Russian military installations in Crimea, including an explosion at a Russian air base on the west coast of the peninsula
US intelligence learned about Vladimir Putin’s plans to start a full-scale war in Ukraine in October, writes The Washington Post.
Another five foreigners who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were charged in the “DPR” court
It is believed that the issues of gender and sexuality during the war should fade into the background, as the war equalizes everyone. In fact, during any humanitarian crisis, queer people are exposed to particular risks and threats: increased levels of violence, lack of access to medical, psychological and other assistance due to social exclusion, problems at the border. Queers have a much harder time migrating and applying for asylum than heteronormatives and especially couples. In Russia, it is impossible for them to obtain asylum, in the West, many queer people are regularly denied it. But even having fled the war to a European country, queer people from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are still in danger.
