- Two textbooks for Russian media, offer a new narrative of the war against Ukraine. The Russians, christianized in 988 at Crimea, waged a Holy War against the godless West and its puppet state Ukraine. With references to prince Alexander Nevsky’s glorious battle against the Swedes in 1240. The strategic goal of the West has been the same for centuries: the containment, the weakening, the dismemberment, and the complete destruction of Russia.
- Officials said three more ships with Ukrainian corn have left Ukraine’s ports. UK intelligence says Russia is behaving at the height of irresponsibility around the Zaporizhzhia plant.
- Digital public services can make government more efficient and transparent, while as Ukraine has demonstrated, they can also make countries more resilient. So why is there so much reluctance to adopt them, especially among employees in the public sector?
- As of August 5, the European Union has successfully coordinated 1000 medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients via its Civil Protection Mechanism to provide them with specialised healthcare in hospitals across Europe, the European Commission said.
- The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today disbursed the first half (€500 million) of a new €1 billion macro-financial assistance (MFA) operation for Ukraine.
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- Close to two-thirds of the Ukrainians granted temporary protection in Bulgaria in June 2022 were female, according to figures released on August 5 by European Union statistics agency Eurostat.
- All 27 EU Member States, plus Norway, Turkey and North Macedonia have offered in-kind assistance to Ukraine through the largest ever operation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Deliveries have included medical supplies, mobile hospitals, shelter equipment, ambulances, firefighting equipment, and food.
- Not all decisive battles and breakthrough moments happen on the Ukrainian battlefields. The country’s economy and IT sector are having their moments too. Despite the war, the Ukrainian tech and innovation industry managed to thrive and provide an inspiration for other countries.
- Ukraine’s foreign minister will make a tour of African states this autumn, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
- With the arrival of HIMARS, the U.S.-produced M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Ukraine finally appears to have an answer to Russia’s medium and long-range artillery that inflicted so much damage in eastern and southern parts of the country.
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