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June 28, 2024

Ukraine Signs Security Agreement with European Leaders and Formally Opens EU Accession Talks

The European Union has agreed to a long-term security agreement with
Ukraine to provide military, financial, diplomatic and humanitarian
assistance. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the deal
Thursday during a visit to Brussels where he met with European leaders
Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen. Zelensky's trip came one day
after the European Union formally opened accession talks with Ukraine
and Moldova. The process of joining the EU could take years or even
decades.

Meanwhile, CNN is reporting the Biden administration is preparing to
lift a de facto ban on Pentagon contractors deploying to Ukraine that's
been in place since Russia's 2022 invasion. The policy shift would bring
U.S. military personnel closer to a direct confrontation with Russia
while speeding the work of technicians who maintain and repair
U.S.-provided weapons, including F-16 fighter jets.

#eu #european-union #ukraine #accession #security-agreement #europe #secirity #voa #voice-of-america

I'm sure everything is happening exactly as you intended when you invaded Ukraine. Isn't it, Vladimir?

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Ukrainians' #Abrams #Tanks Training Expected to Start in Days

#PENTAGON — U.S. forces are expected to start training Ukrainians on M1A1 Abrams tanks “in the next week or so,” Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder told #VOA on Tuesday.

About 250 Ukrainians are arriving in #Germany this week for the training, a senior military official familiar with the training told VOA on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.

The Ukrainians will train on 31 Abrams tanks that arrived in Germany earlier this month. U.S. officials have said that a different set of 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks are being refurbished in the United States and will be delivered to #Ukraine by the fall.

Training in Germany is expected to last about 10 weeks and will focus on how to operate the tanks, how to maneuver the tanks in a combined arms fight and tank maintenance, the official said.

#UkraineWar #Russia #NATO
https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-exclusive-ukrainians-abrams-tanks-training-expected-to-start-in-days-/7106204.html

VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians' Abrams Tanks Training Expected to Start in Days

Training in Germany will focus on how to operate and maneuver the tanks, as well as maintenance

In a now-deleted tweet, US state-funded VOA Farsi posted a photo of homeless people along with a quote from a Tehran Municipality official saying "we make people feel better".

The only problem was that the image was not from ziran, but Portland, OR in US.

Not that there are any homeless people on Iran, but this is absolutely pathetic of a state sponsored propaganda organization like #VOA!

#Iran #Propaganda #VOAFarsi #Tehran #Portland #Oregon #Homelessness #Failed #WTF

iophk: #VOA helping #Microsoft promote a distracting narrative; with Microsoft products an attack can be conflated with a breach, not so with real tech https://www.voanews.com/a/microsoft-discloses-new-russian-hacking-effort/6284503.html see http://techrights.org/2021/09/30/azure-brute-force/

Microsoft Discloses New Russian Hacking Effort

US.technology giant says that the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for 2020 SolarWinds breach of corporate computer systems is continuing to attack global technology systems, this time targeting cloud service resellers