Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
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Half an hour later, you're at the site of the attack, where a #Russian missile hit the main children's hospital in Kyiv.
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A few days later, the U.N. officially said that the #Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital was “most likely” directly hit by a modern #Russian Kh-101 cruise missile. Two people were killed and sixteen injured. Many more children, undergoing treatment, are displaced.
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Critically, the missile included dozens of electronic chips from non-Russian manufacturers. Surprisingly, investigators found #Taiwanese chips inside the remnants of the Kh-101 missile.
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Back in June 2022, #Taiwan imposed sanctions on Russia, including a ban on direct supplies of modern chips that could be used in weapons.
However, the #Russian Kh-101 used in the attack against #Okhmatdyt was only manufactured a few weeks before the attack.
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To find out how Russia, in the third year of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, circumvents sanctions and obtains modern electronics for its missiles and drones, follow the link:
How Taiwanese chips find their way into Russian weapons of death
We visited the lab in Kyiv where they take the wreckage of Russian missiles, pulling apart the Western components that make it possible for them to rain violence down on Ukraine.
(www.counteroffensive.news)
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NEWS OF THE DAY:
#US TRAINS ITS ELITE #NAVY SEAL UNIT IN CASE OF A #CHINESE ATTACK ON TAIWAN: #SEAL Team Six, known for killing Osama bin Laden in 2011, has been undergoing special training for more than a year aimed at missions to assist #Taiwan if Chinese invasion occurs.
US Navy Seal unit that killed Osama bin Laden training to help Taiwan in case of China invasion
Clandestine team has been planning and training for potential conflict for over a year
The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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CANADA: LET UKRAINE STRIKE DEEP INTO #RUSSIA -- #Canadian PM Justin #Trudeau has joined the calls for the United #States to allow #Ukraine to strike targets behind enemy lines, accusing Putin of trying to "deeply destabilize the international rules-based order that protects us all.”
Ukraine should be allowed to launch long-range strikes on targets inside Russia – Canada’s PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stressed that Ukraine should be allowed to launch strikes on targets deep into Russia, despite Moscows threats that it would draw the North Atlantic Alliance into a direct war with Russia.
Ukrainska Pravda (www.pravda.com.ua)
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… BUT NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET: #Biden and #UK PM Keir #Starmer discussed letting #Ukraine used their systems to fire deep into Russia, but did not make any announcement in Washington D.C. Instead, Starmer said that they would be discussing the issue at the #UN general assembly.
Ukraine war briefing: Biden, Starmer stop short of announcing Storm Shadow permission
Leaders discuss letting Ukrainians fire long-range missiles into Russia, which Putin says would amount to Nato joining war. What we know on day 934
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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#JD #VANCE OUTLINES #TRUMP PEACE PLAN: Trump's running mate said that their proposal would probably involve a demilitarized zone between #Russia and #Ukraine , one that is heavily fortified. It would also mean that Ukraine would have to commit to not joining #NATO .
Demilitarised zone in Ukraine and abandonment of NATO: Trump’s running mate outlines “plan for ending the war”
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has outlined the Trump administrations prospective plan to settle the war in Ukraine, which includes establishing a demilitarised zone on Ukrainian territory and denying Ukraine NATO membership.
Ukrainska Pravda (www.pravda.com.ua)
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