Incoherent

• 00:17 - Loss data
• 01:10 - Repatriating planes from abroad
• 02:03 - Map updates.
• 05:07 - ZNPP
• 07:04 - News updates.
• 11:57 - The lighter side of things.

Het ministerie van Onderwijs komt met een dringend advies voor scholen, waarin staat dat leerlingen geen mobieltje mee de klas in mogen nemen, behalve als daar een speciale reden voor is. Er komt geen wettelijk verbod, maar een richtlijn. Het gaat ook om tablets en smart-horloges.

Dringende adviezen, inlegvelletjes, beleidsmaatregelen.

Ukraine needs the West to give it ‘shells, planes and patience’ - that was the message from top commander Valeriy Zaluzhniy in an interview with the Washington Post. Many Western observers say Ukraine's counter offensive is failing to make significant progress. Kyiv says it's making slow but steady gains, but admits that Russian forces have also advanced in some areas. DW’s Nick Connolly reports.

cross-posted from: https://lemmyunchained.net/post/6958

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Day 494: Today there is a lot of news from the Orikhiv direction.

After Ukrainians pushed Russians from the last line of fortification in from of Robotyne, Ukrainians shifted their focus to the flanks. The main goal of Ukrainians right now is to improve their tactical position around Robotyne prior to attempting to take it.

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Ukraine's second big push of their highly anticipated counteroffensive is only days away. The pressure is on for Ukraine to prove to NATO that it can make large gains before the Vilnius Summit in two weeks.

Meanwhile, Putin tries to erase Prigozhin's name from Russian society. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains a dangerous situation.

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Entry to Crimea appears to have been cut off or greatly reduced from videos and information coming from Taman, the village on the Russian side of the Kerch bridge. This may be connected to the Nuclear powerplant at the ZNPP which many suggest may be blown up because of Ukraine's counteroffensive.

Meanwhile Ukraine is taking ground near Robotyne, and Zelensky reaffirms that Ukraine must regain their territory before NATO membership.

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Ambulances, fire trucks and buses were donated by Taiwanese volunteers.
Photo credits: Lidia Petruk.

This morning in the city of Zhanghua, donors announced a large-scale humanitarian shipment for Ukraine. It includes 48 vehicles, including more than 20 ambulances, at least 6 fire trucks, and several dozen jeeps and minibuses for the needs of Ukrainian defenders at the front.

The initiator of the project is a local businessman, Sanzhong Bai. He was the person who started buying used cars and sponsored their repair and conversion.

The MIG-29 is not suited to engage small targets such as the Shahed or cruise missiles since the aircraft's avionics and radar system are not very advanced. So F-16s are critical for Ukraine as an offensive strategy and to intercept missiles and cruise bombs beyond Ukrainian territories, potentially saving the lives of thousands of civilians. We talk about this in our video interview with a Ukrainian pilot.

• A Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk left several dead and dozens injured.
• Kyiv said it caught a Russian sleeper agent who was monitoring the restaurant before the strike.
• The agent allegedly filmed the restaurant and sent footage to Russia's GRU, Ukraine said.

Switzerland is expanding its sanctions against Russia in line with the EU’s 11th package of sanctions, the Swiss government announced on June 28.

Official swiss publication (in english) https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-96175.html