Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
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But more than 120,000 birds and 20,000 mammals, as well as dozens of people, were not so fortunate. They fell victim to a #Russian war crime that has come to be known as ‘ecocide.’
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The war in #Ukraine has raised the need to make environmental destruction an international crime in its own right, and Ukrainians are at the forefront of a new legal theory to make it happen.
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Olena is a volunteer with the ‘Kyiv Tails’ charity foundation, which rescues animals affected by the war. Before the full-scale invasion, she had a shelter in Siverodonetsk, in the Luhansk region. However, her city is now occupied and has been burned to the ground.
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ONLINE MARRIAGE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST INVENTIONS: #Ukrainian public service portal Diia has been included in #TIME magazine's list of the world's best inventions for its online marriage service, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov announced.
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#UKRAINE MAY BE A EU MEMBER BY 2029: If Ukraine completes the necessary reforms, the country could join the #EU within five years, a senior EU official said. The reforms concern the rule of law, oligarchs and corruption to meet the membership criteria, DW reports.
https://www.dw.com/uk/v-evrokomisii-vperse-nazvali-konkretnij-strok-vstupu-ukraini-v-es/a-70642913
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TO FUND ITS WAR, #MOSCOW HAS TO INCREASE TAXES - In the draft 2025 budget of Russia, almost a third of all expenditures (or 6.3% of GDP) will be directed to financing the army, Reuters reports. This is the highest level of military spending since the Cold War.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-braces-more-tax-rises-fund-ukraine-war-2024-10-31/
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Today, we have a cat that Nastia came across in her neighbourhood.
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