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British lawyer Jason McCue
Ukrinform sat down with an acclaimed British lawyer, Jason McCue, who has been engaged in “lawfare” against Russia, a system of measures aimed at exerting maximum pressure on Russian war actors in the legal field, achieving justice, accountability for violators of international law, and compensation for victims.
The initiative he is promoting would target in UK courts the money of Russia’s private sector elements contributing to the Russian war effort – all in order to ensure damage compensations for Ukrainians. To his end, he offers turning Ukrainian court decisions into pragmatic enforceable judgments handed down in allied jurisdictions.
Mykhailo Samus, defense analyst, deputy CEO for International Affairs at the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been ongoing for 10 years now, and the Great War has been going on for longer than 900 days. The world has seen that Ukrainian soldiers, our defenders are our golden fund. They are holding us all in this world, holding the State, defending Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, and all of Europe.
Let's talk about what our Armed Forces are fighting with, what warfighting assets – weapons and equipment -- we possess, because the heroism alone, training, and our soldiers’ aptitude to defend their land will not suffice. More weapons are required.
This conversation is with Mykhailo Samus, deputy CEO for International Affairs at of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies. He also heads the newly created platform New Geopolitics Research Network -- a platform that addresses exactly the issues this interview is about.
Publication
Kursk incursion has forced Moscow to change its SVO objectives
On September 6, it turns one month since Ukrainian forces, on 6 August, crossed the border near Sumy into the Kursk region of Russia. Ukrinform has found out which of its objectives the incursion achieved so far.
Intermediate outcomes: throughout this month, Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced 35 km deep into the territory of the Russian Federation, took control of 1,300 square kilometers and 100 settlements (about the same as the Russians have seized from Ukraine in the Donbas throughout the eight months of this year), and captured more than six hundred Russian soldiers to expand the pool of war prisoners to exchange for Ukrainian troops in Russian captivity. This a fantastic success by itself. But even more importantly, the Ukrainian offensive has forced the enemy to withdraw significant forces and capabilities from eastern Ukraine and into Rusk Oblast. This is first and foremost, but more would be better. But everything has its own time.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Chief Commander, Oleksandr Syrsky: over the past six days, the adversary has failed to advance even one single meter toward Pokrovsk. Lithuania provides EUR 10mn to support procurements of new Palyanytsia missiles by Ukraine
Ukraine Latest: Weekly Digest for September 2-8, 2024
Fact Check
Russian propaganda spreads fake video about 'massive use of Nazi symbols' by Ukraine's military in Kursk region
Russian propaganda finds ‘evidence of Ukraine's guilt’ in Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy sector in Hungarian historian’s claims
Russian media outlets, z-Telegram channels, and Russian TikTok accounts are spreading a video excerpt from an analytical program on the Hungarian TV channel HirTV. The propagandists broadcast a quote from Balint Somkuti, a Hungarian historian and political scientist, who claims that Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure began on October 8, 2022, allegedly following an explosion on the Crimean bridge, which the Russian occupiers illegally built across the Kerch Strait. Somkuti calls the explosion on the bridge a “terrorist attack” and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “red line,”, which the Ukrainian authorities allegedly crossed.
Video
16 medevacs were given to the Ukrainian military by philanthropists from New Zealand
A reception was held in Berlin in honor of Independence Day with the participation of German and Ukrainian representatives
News:
War
Ukraine must be allowed to launch symmetrical strikes against Russia - French expert
If the West wants Ukraine to win, it must allow it to launch symmetrical strikes against military targets deep inside Russian territory. This, in addition to providing Ukraine with a sufficient number of long-range missiles, can have a strategic impact on the course of the war.
Russia’s counteroffensive in Kursk region “totally predictable” - defense expert
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are shifting from exclusively offensive operations in Kursk region to an effort to restrain Russian troops, whom they succeeded in pulling from the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove axes in eastern Ukraine.
Bashkir activist in exile tells of Russia’s army recruitment campaign
In Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, which is the leader in the number of volunteers who were killed in action on Ukrainian battlefields, officials do their utmost to recruit more soldiers for the war effort, fearing criminal prosecution.
Politics
FTA with Turkey will help attract investments, rebuild Ukraine - ambassador
The free trade agreement with Turkey, which is currently undergoing the process of ratification in the Ukrainian parliament, will facilitate the entry of Ukrainian manufacturers into the Turkish market and the attraction of Turkish investments into the Ukrainian economy.
Economy
No significant fluctuations in exchange rate expected until year-end – expert’s opinion
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue efforts to maintain balance between supply and demand, which will serve as a safeguard against rapid exchange rate fluctuations.
Sugar refining season begins in Ternopil region
In the Ternopil region, one of enterprises has already started the sugar refining season and processed 19,000 tonnes of sugar beets.
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