Ukrainian Army in waiting for US Javelins:
https://twitter.com/RomanDmitrich/status/1000274103734034432

LOL:)
Swedish Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon (MBT LAW), aka Robot 57 look like this.

Probably much cheeper as well.

Nothing New Under The Gun: Ukraine Deploys Old Ruse In Babchenko's Staged Slaying
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-deploys-old-ruse-in-babchenko-staged-slaying/29261941.html

While the staged assassination of journalist Arkady Babchenko in Kyiv this week sent shock waves through Ukraine and Russia, the stunt deployed by the Ukrainian Security Service in the operation is nothing new in either country.
Ukrainian authorities -- who say the Babchenko ploy led to the detention of the organizer of a Russian murder plot against the Kremlin critic -- have staged at least two killings and one kidnapping over the past three years in operations to flush out suspected perpetrators, according to officials.
In Russia, where the Foreign Ministry denounced the staged killing of Babchenko as "the latest anti-Russian provocation," such operations are frequently -- if not regularly -- chronicled in crime sections of the country's newspapers.
"In the past, I've probably written 10, maybe 12, pieces myself that involved specifically these kind of tactics," Yevgeny Vyshenkov, a former St. Petersburg police detective and deputy editor in chief of the Russian news portal Fontanka.ru, told RFE/RL.

Babchenko's 'hitman' reveals identity: Orthodox monk, Right Sector member, Donbas war veteran
https://www.unian.info/society/10137593-babchenko-s-hitman-reveals-identity-orthodox-monk-right-sector-member-donbas-war-veteran.html

Ukrainian prosecutors say Boris German, who is suspected of organizing an assassination attempt on Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko in Kyiv, has not cooperated with the Ukrainian secret service and is not an employee of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine.
https://www.unian.info/society/10137650-babchenko-case-prosecutors-dismiss-suspect-s-claim-about-his-cooperation-with-secret-service.html

https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/509189.html

Russia has RT and Sputnik state propaganda/news outlets.
Now also News Front in Crimea. https://en.news-front.info/
He helped Russia annex his native Crimea, now Konstantin Knyrik has become a general in the Kremlin’s propaganda war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRz-ETeyO4

Some information about the fake killing of Babchenko .
Ukrainian security services - it is important not to forget that they are also the offspring of the KGB, just like the Russian FSB.
The unfulfilled killer Alexey Tsymbalyuk. He is a monk who fought in the war in eastern Ukraine on the Ukrainian side against pro-Russian separatists. It’s not a joke.
The organizer of the murder who is in custody, Boris German. He is not an usual businessman, he is an executive director of joint German-Ukrainian company which produces sights and other equipment for the Ukrainian army. The single private company in this business in Ukraine.
So, all it's very strange.

Some information about the fake killing of Babchenko .
Ukrainian security services - it is important not to forget that they are also the offspring of the KGB, just like the Russian FSB.
The unfulfilled killer Alexey Tsymbalyuk. He is a monk who fought in the war in eastern Ukraine on the Ukrainian side against pro-Russian separatists. It’s not a joke.
The organizer of the murder who is in custody, Boris German. He is not an usual businessman, he is an executive director of joint German-Ukrainian company which produces sights and other equipment for the Ukrainian army. The single private company in this business in Ukraine.
So, all it's very strange.

If Russia/Putin weren't attempting to re-impose their Evil Empire upon other nations.
The the world's problems would lessen.

True.
But the Arkady Babchenko case is not about Russia trying to re-impose upon other nations.
Babchenko is a Russian dissident journalist who moved to Ukraine because he was threatened in Russia and being a journalist and also a critic of Putin can be fatal in Russia.
Then SBU and Porochenko faked the killing of Babchenko to foil a real Russian assassination plot.
Or was it real?
A purported "hit list" of 47 people -- mainly journalists and political activists -- the SBU claims to have discovered have been leaked but the story get even more bizarre.
For instance Babchenko's name was not on the list.
https://www.rferl.org/a/in-ukraine-prominent-journalists-targeted-by-russian-hit-list-question-its-authenticity/29273594.html
Dmytro Gnap, a journalist for independent Hromadske TV’s Slidstvo.info investigative unit, who is not among those on the list, seemed to doubt its veracity in a post on Facebook, asking sarcastically how the number of people on the list seemed to "multiply before my eyes."
Others also doubted its provenance, saying they found the makeup of it odd, since so many people on it were critics of the Ukrainian authorities.

Putin has referred the collapse of the Soviet Union to as “the greatest political catastrophe” of the 20th century.
Now Russia has a geographic weakness again with not so many buffer zones anymore.
The Baltics, Belarus and Ukraine the most important buffers but also Poland, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania.
But now these countries except Belarus and Ukraine have joined NATO.
Belarus is already part of Russia, Crimea and Donbass in Ukraine are now invaded by Russia.
What next?
When Estonia got it independence in 1991, the Estonians represented only 60% of the population. About 35% were Russian-speaking (Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians). These groups are greatest in the north-east, Narva is almost entirely Russian-speaking...

but we should never forget that the real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt to re-impose the 'Evil Empire'.

The real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt of USA to rule all over the world.

but we should never forget that the real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt to re-impose the 'Evil Empire'.

The real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt of USA to rule all over the world.

Russia and the U.S. have caused very similar problems throughout the world since WWII and both countries need to wake up to themselves (and very soon).

But there are those on both sides who won't even wake up to those facts.

but we should never forget that the real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt to re-impose the 'Evil Empire'.

The real problem for Europe and the rest of the world, is an attempt of USA to rule all over the world.

Russia and the U.S. have caused very similar problems throughout the world since WWII and both countries need to wake up to themselves (and very soon).
But there are those on both sides who won't even wake up to those facts.

And both the US and Russia are preparing for war. We are now living in Cold War 2.0.
Right now there are two major military drills, Saber Strike in Poland and BALTOPS in the Baltic Sea.
All Swedish Home Guards was called in on our National Day!
Russian missile test in the Baltic Sea just outside Swedish and Danish territories only a few weeks ago.
This autumn, NATO is hosting the largest military exercise in Norway since the Cold War. About 35,000 soldiers from 30 different countries are expected to attend Trident Juncture.
I guess Russia will have Zapad 2018 this autumn in Russia's westfront.
The list is longer.
Hmm. Very many drills in the Baltic region...

Some real war in Ukraine.
Military exercises in Crimea: What is Russia preparing for?
https://www.unian.info/politics/10144871-military-exercises-in-crimea-what-is-russia-preparing-for.html

When and where will we see miniaturized tactical nukes, about 0.2 kTon?
https://youtu.be/CzCPp-pRJ54

Russia's state TV:
Participants discuss @BuzzFeed report that Trump told G7 leaders "Crimea is Russian, because everyone who lives there speaks Russian." They interpret it as Trump's recognition of Crimea's status.
The hosts triumphantly declare: "Crimea is ours, Trump is ours!"

Blin, Trump is a с*ка бл*ть!

According to that logic, Austria is German and both Ireland and the USA British

And why are not Ã…land (the islands between Sweden and Finland) where all speak Swedish not Swedish but Finnish instead?
The Battle of Bomarsund, in August 1854, took place during the Crimean War, when an Anglo-French expeditionary force attacked a Russian fortress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bomarsund

Participants discuss @BuzzFeed report that Trump told G7 leaders "Crimea is Russian, because everyone who lives there speaks Russian."

According to that logic, Austria is German and both Ireland and the USA British.

Hrm... 66% of Canada speaks English. What with this and Donald Trump's recent antagonism to our Prime Minister and our shared world's longest undefended border, should we be worried? :^p
(Edit: Oh damn... we have oil too.)

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Participants discuss @BuzzFeed report that Trump told G7 leaders "Crimea is Russian, because everyone who lives there speaks Russian."
According to that logic, Austria is German and both Ireland and the USA British.

Hrm... 66% of Canada speaks English. What with this and Donald Trump's recent antagonism to our Prime Minister and our shared world's longest undefended border, should we be worried? :^p

Hmm. I wonder if France want Quebec...

Hrm... 66% of Canada speaks English.

BTW, what if English-speaking Canadian people lived in state where English became not official language and government would say them that speaking English is not good, education in English will shorten constantly and they must learn official French? What they will think? :-)
Yes, I know about reality, about Quebec, Francophones, etc. They have their second official language, and it's normal situation in a normal country, unlike policy of Ukraine rulers.
Really, if the Ukrainian government at past has established two official languages, it would not the separatist conflict now in Eastern Ukraine, I think. Yes, Crimea is other case, but the Eastern Ukrainians (Donetsk and Lugansk) at past wanted mainly the Russian as the second official language, it would be enough for them. At past, not now.

Yes. Ukraine have chosen to have only one offical state language like most of the countries in the world.
Canada is an exeption in that matter having two.
But the Russian and Ukrainian languages are very close. Not like English and French that are very different.
According to official census, 67 percent of Ukrainian people have Ukrainian as their mother tongue, while 24 percent are Russian. Large groups of the population, however, are bilingual, and in daily terms, over 40 percent of the population use Russian as the first language.
The difference between Ukrainian and Russian today is said to be as between Swedish and some Danish dialects.
Which means that the language issue in Ukraine is a non-issue.

Speak Chernobyl like native in only 5 minutes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZJE5G5TLM4

PwC Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2018: Ukrainian findings

48% of Ukrainian respondents reported their organisations being victims of economic crime in the last two years.
Bribery and corruption (73%) continues to lead in economic crime experienced by organisations in the last 24 months, asset misappropriation (46%), procurement fraud (33%), HR fraud (33%) and cybercrime (31%) are close behind.

https://www.pwc.com/ua/en/survey/2018/economic-crime-survey.html

Atlantic Council: Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline).
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It sounds like the stuff of Kremlin propaganda, but it’s not. Last week Hromadske Radio revealed that Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports is funding the neo-Nazi group C14 to promote "national patriotic education projects" in the country. On June 8, the Ministry announced that it will award C14 a little less than $17,000 for a children’s camp. It also awarded funds to Holosiyiv Hideout and Educational Assembly, both of which have links to the far-right. The revelation represents a dangerous example of law enforcement tacitly accepting or even encouraging the increasing lawlessness of far-right groups willing to use violence against those they don't like.

Since the beginning of 2018, C14 and other far-right groups such as the Azov-affiliated National Militia, Right Sector, Karpatska Sich, and others have attacked Roma groups several times, as well as anti-fascist demonstrations, city council meetings, an event hosted by Amnesty International, art exhibitions, LGBT events, and environmental activists. On March 8, violent groups launched attacks against International Women’s Day marchers in cities across Ukraine. In only a few of these cases did police do anything to prevent the attacks, and in some they even arrested peaceful demonstrators rather than the actual perpetrators.
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http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-s-got-a-real-problem-with-far-right-violence-and-no-rt-didn-t-write-this-headline

It's now Midsummer.
Sweden

Ukraine

Щаслива літня Україна:)

Atlantic Council: Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline).

Yes... It's true Igor.
It's about time that Ukriane do something about it.
This and the corruption state in Ukraine is very much closely related.
So far Ukraine has a "laissez faire" attitude to this.
Ukraine want to join the EU and NATO.
Won't happen if Ukraine are not doing any reforms!

Anyway.
Щаслива літня Україна:)

moomin... Glad svensk sommar :)

Thanks. Glad Midsommar!
Time to roll around naked in the midsummer grass dew.
I suggest everyone to do the same.
It's invigorating to your soul:)

Singing "Små grodorna" while dancing around the midsummer pole also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXUT5TRtiwA