Pure Acetone @pureacetone@qoto.org

Did I meet a Russian oligarch on his yacht today?

Absolutely not! I was in the city of Aarhus, and so was his Majesty King Frederik X of Denmark.

This is Dannebrog, a 75 meter long ship commissioned in 1931 by the late king Christian X, and often used for summer cruises by the royal family.

The ship has a large, beautiful interior and a full crew of 9 officers, 7 sergeants, 2 privates of the first class, and 39 navy conscripts.

Hunting Russian Shahed drones from a helicopter is the best safari there is. 🇺🇦
#Ukraine

Burned that monster brush pile yesterday after 3 days of drying. Kept it down to flames 20 feet in the air. It burned all except the 3-4 inch limbs. I have already started throwing fresh stuff in. The perimeter got quite a bit bigger burning up green plants. Could not do that in a typical year. Typical is a field of dry grass by August.

Today Denmark sends another 116 million dollars worth of aid to Ukraine in Denmark's 20th aid package.

A large part of this contribution is financial aid, which will be spent on buying weapons from the Ukrainian defence industry which will then be used by the Ukrainian military.

Source (in Danish): https://www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2024/ny-donationspakke-pa-cirka-783-mio.-kroner-med-militar-stotte-til-ukraine/

Lukashenko claims Ukraine would be "very happy" if Russia used nuclear weapons

According to Ukrainska Pravda, Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, "stated that if russia utilised nuclear weapons, Ukraine would be "very happy" because the Kremlin would no longer have any allies."

"The worry is that escalation on Ukraine’s part is an attempt to force Russia to take asymmetric actions. Let's consider the usage of nuclear weapons. I am confident that Ukraine would be pleased if Russia or we utilised tactical nuclear weapons there. That would bring them joy"
they cite Lukashenko.

Lukashenko claims that utilising nuclear weapons would deprive Russia and Belarus of allies.

"Then we'd probably have few allies left. In general, there would be no sympathetic countries left. Because they are involved in what is happening," said Lukashenko.

"Second, it's nuclear weapons. We have already formed a certain image negative to these nuclear weapons. So they want to push [us to do it – ed.]," the Belarusian leader added.

@ukrainejournal