Marco Rubio said the U.S. is "committed to supporting the Russian people as they continue to build on their aspirations for a brighter future."
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>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the U.S. "remains committed to supporting the Russian people" as the country marked Russia Day. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed Rubio's message while the head of Russia's international affairs parliamentary committee, Leonid Slutsky, described it as a "polite gesture." But pro-Ukrainian social media users questioned the appropriateness of Rubio's message on Thursday to the country which staged a full-scale invasion over three years ago and continues to bomb civilian infrastructure. Roman Sheremeta posted on X that Rubio issued a greeting that was "an insult to the millions of Ukrainians who suffer daily from Russian aggression.<
Must Rubio thrust his head up Russia's ass to please Trump? Sickening.
"Even if you're on the ground, it's very difficult for you to count casualties," said Marina Miron, a postdoctoral researcher at King's College London.
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>Russian casualties fighting against Ukraine have surpassed 1 million, according to Kyiv's military, as ceasefire negotiations yield little progress and Moscow ramps up its summer offensive. Moscow has sustained 1,000,340 casualties since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv's General Staff said on Thursday. One million Russian soldiers being killed or injured is a "stunning and grisly milestone," the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said earlier this month. The figures from Ukraine's General Staff are very difficult to independently verify, but statistics published by Kyiv are frequently cited by Western officials. The British government put Russia's likely total casualty count since February 2022 at 920,000 back in April.<
"Casualties" = KIA + WIA
Ukraine hit the "bold target" of a microelectronics plant close to Moscow's city center, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday.
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>Ukraine targeted a technology plant close to Moscow overnight, Kyiv's military said on Thursday, the latest in a run of attacks on Russian microelectronics plants since the beginning of the year. The assault was launched on the Rezonit facility roughly 25 miles, from the center of the Russian capital city, Andriy Kovalenko, an official with Ukraine's national security and defense council, said on Thursday. The site was a "bold target" for Ukraine, Kovalenko added. Ukraine's military, confirming the overnight attack, said the Rezonit plant was an "important facility" for Russia's industry, supplying its military.<
UKR needs to target and strike at least 4 Russian military/energy related facilities every day.
The European Union's foreign policy chief said EU sanctions are enough to hurt Russian oil exports without U.S. help.
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>The European Union may not need the Trump administration's support for its proposal to lower a price cap on Russian oil, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said. The comments by EU High Representative Kaja Kallas followed Brussels' latest sanctions package that included proposing to lower a G7-imposed price cap on seaborne Russian oil from $60 to $45, to curb funding for Vladimir Putin's military machine. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said lowering this price cap would not help stabilize global energy markets. Kallas told the Brussels Forum on Wednesday that most Russian oil goes via the Baltic and Black Seas. This meant that while U.S. backing was important, if it was not forthcoming, "we can still do it and have an impact."<
Do it. **** Vladimir Puitn and **** Donald Trump.