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Wow, the fire from the oil depot really caused a lot of damage to the metalwork factory, Roszmee, which produces metal structures for the Crimean Bridge. That's a huge impact!

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Today at around 8pm in Izium, 7 teenagers (3 boys and 4 girls) aged 14-17 discovered a piece of a petal anti-personnel mine. One of the teenagers picked it up from the ground and threw it near the others. The mine then exploded. All of the children were injured by shrapnel, but their condition is stable. Five of them were taken to the Izium hospital, but their lives are not in danger.

At the Ukraine-EU summit today, the European Union officially backed Ukraine's peace formula and for the first time acknowledged Ukraine's desire to initiate negotiations for EU membership, which could start this year, according to President Zelensky. He also noted that Ukraine has already fulfilled 72% of its commitments under the Association Agreement with the European Union.

Today, Kyiv hosted the Ukraine-EU summit, which was an unprecedented event in the context of the European Union and was likely of comparable importance to the meeting between Zelensky and Biden. Therefore, in this evening's post, we will discuss all the key points of this historic event. Personnel decisions, intensification of state and anti-corruption policy - all of this was preparation for the summit, and it is clear that the state is responding quickly to all scandals related to corruption, which is one of the points for joining the EU. The maximum Ukrainian program for this summit was announced shortly before by Shmyhal, and it was to join the union in two years. However, according to experts, Europe itself does not fully believe in such a timeframe. After all, the EU's expansion to such a large territory as our country must be worked out at all levels of the system. Charles Michel, President of the European Council, says that the two-year deadline is quite realistic, but emphasizes that Ukraine must make a lot of efforts for this, such as working on reforms aimed at strengthening democratic institutions, especially the rule of law, the fight against corruption and the independence of the judiciary. Michel was very decisive and said that the Kremlin will not intimidate Europe and

⚠️The use of ground-based OTRK/SAM launchers in the East is a threat, such as the S-300 air defense system which can reach targets up to 70-100 km away from the launch point, and the Iskander air defense system which can reach targets up to 500 km away from the launch point.

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I don’t know why they refer to childbirth as delivery when it’s technically a form of takeout.

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A mentally ill homeless guy walked onto a high school campus in my suburb, wearing all black, carrying a big duffel bag. Now, it’s reasonable to be concerned about that and want to identify who it is, assure he’s not carrying weapons onto the campus, and so forth.

But the community (as, perhaps, poorly represented on Facebook) is coming completely unhinged.

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GOP AGs threaten pharmacies if they dispense abortion pills by mail - Raw Story

This is unconstitutional restraint of trade.

rawstory.com/gop-ags-threaten-

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CALL TO ACTION ALERT: Most Undocumented Americans are banned from obtaining a Drivers License. This makes their lives even more difficult.

UNITED WE DREAM is leading the charge with a petition to legalize DLs for undocumented Americans in All 50 States.

I need y'all to lend your voice to demand this critical right for undocumented immigrants.

Please sign and boost: bit.ly/3Jtfgmz

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One BIG difference between 2011 & 2023:

In 2011, the newly minted House Republican majority's refrain was "Where are the jobs" while they simultaneously demanded spending austerity.

Unemployment in January 2011 was 9.1%.

Today, unemployment is 3.4%, lowest since 1969.

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And now NBC News has an excellent article out on the homophobic smear campaign targeting #gigisohn

Still crickets from the White House and Senate Democrats...

nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fcc

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The next time you see a female pilot any female pilot - remember Bessie Coleman, the first African-American/Cherokee Female Aviator.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_C

#blackhistory

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Mastondon is a life raft scaling up to be a fleet.

Twitter is Cambridge Analytica, twitter is a manipulated platform that dumps far right tweets onto your timeline when it wants, and hides tweets silently.

Twitter is using familiarity like facebook did to funnel people to the far right. Or depress readers into inaction.

Come spring, we will be able to oust the Russians with the help of GLSDBs missiles with a kill radius of up to 150 km, which are expected to be delivered to Ukraine by 2023, according to Reuters. These missiles are not yet compatible with HIMARS, but the United States may provide Ukraine with new launchers for them.

4chan users embrace AI voice clone tool to generate celebrity hatespeech - The Verge

So don't believe anything you hear

theverge.com/2023/1/31/2357928

The United States has declared a new arms package for Ukraine worth almost $2.2 billion, with some of the arms coming from the US stockpile and the remainder being purchased from a manufacturer.

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