Good morning readers, #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
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“I was so shocked, I couldn't believe my eyes. The very first thing I did that morning was organize a protest event on Facebook, even though I had no experience with holding rallies,” Olha Glotka, a Ukrainian-born filmmaker based in #Canada , told The Counteroffensive.
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This Friday, the #Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, will screen ‘Russians at War’, a film by Russian-born Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova.
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To find out how #Canada , a significant ally of Ukraine with a large #Ukrainian diaspora, funded #Russian propaganda, follow the link:
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NEWS OF THE DAY:
UK LIFTS STRIKE RESTRICTIONS: The United Kingdom has privately conveyed that #Ukraine may use its Storm Shadow missiles for strike into Russia, reports The Guardian.
Blinken hints US will lift restrictions on Ukraine using long-range arms in Russia
Decision understood to have already been made in private as secretary of state says in Kyiv that US will continue to adapt policy
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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WHERE IS THE U.S. ON THIS? While Congressional lawmakers – and President #Biden himself – have hinted that the United States might also change its policy on long-range strikes, no announcement has yet been made.
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RUSSIAN BEGINS KURSK COUNTEROFFENSIVE: #Russia is seeking to push #Ukraine out of the #Russian territory it now occupies, CNBC reports. A senior Russian general said that Russian forces had taken back ten settlements.
Russia turns the tables on Ukraine, launching counterattacks to retake Kursk after incursion stalls
Russia appears to have launched a major counteroffensive to retake areas of its Kursk border region that were seized by Ukrainian forces in a bold incursion.
CNBC (www.cnbc.com)
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@timkmak Good morning Tim, I had the chance to watch Russians at War in Venice last week and I disagree. I did not see it as an attempt to whitewash, the soldiers are openly criticizing their leadership and the war. I do however think it is a dangerous movie to show to an audience not familiar with the conflict as some of the interviewees regurgitate Russian propaganda unchallenged.