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Two veterans Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh captured in Ukraine become first Russian prisoners of war from US

• Updated: 12:46 ET, Jun 15 2022
  

TWO American veterans have been captured in Ukraine, becoming the first Russian prisoners of war from the US, reports say.
Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were reportedly seized by Russian troops just outside the northeast city of Kharkiv last week, according to The Telegraph.


US vet Robert Drueke was one of two US service members taken prisoner by Russian forcesCredit: Facebook


Andy Huynh, 39, was also captured by Russian troopsCredit: Handout

The two service members reportedly volunteered with a Ukrainian army unit before their capture.
A comrade of the men, who asked not to be named, told The Telegraph that they had been captured after running into a large Russian force during a battle on June 9.
"We were out on a mission and the whole thing went absolutely crazy, with bad intel," he told the outlet.
"We were told the town was clear when it turned out the Russians were already assaulting it.
"They came down the road with two T72 tanks and multiple BMP3s and about 100 infantry. The only thing that was there was our 10-man squad."
The comrade told the outlet that the squad had set up defense positions, during which Drueke and Huynh fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Russian vehicle, destroying it.
However, the move drew the attention of a Russian tank that opened fire in their direction.
Moments later, the tank was disabled by an anti-tank mine, but the American vets vanished in the fog of battle as fears mounted about their capture.
The comrade told the outlet that the squadron launched a rescue mission in search of the Americans, sending drones in the sky and search teams on the ground - but came up empty.
He said his suspicions were confirmed later that night when a message appeared on a Russian Telegram channel claiming that two American servicemen had been taken PoW near Kharkiv.
"It is too much of a coincidence for that to have happened otherwise – we are the only Americans fighting in this area," the man told The Telegraph.

US VETS 'GONE MISSING'

Drueke - a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama - previously served with the US Army in Iraq.
The vet's mother, Lois, 68, told the outlet that he struggled to hold a steady job after returning from overseas - claiming her son suffered from PTSD.
Huynh, a California native, lived in Alabama's Tennessee Valley area and previously served in the US Marines.
His partner, Joy Black, said she had received a call from Huynh's comrades on Monday saying he had gone missing.
"I was told they had not made their rendezvous point,” she told the outlet, adding that some drone searches “found no trace” of him.
Black said the idea of volunteering had been on Huynh's mind ever since the first day of the Russian invasion on February 24.
"He said to me: 'They are attacking with 60 battalions, do you know how much that is?'
“At first, I didn't really take him seriously, but he was reading all these stories about young Ukrainian men having to fight as soon they turned 18, and he felt he should try to help," she said.

"I tried to persuade him not to go, but I think his mind was made up. I could see how it was gnawing at him. Eventually, he apologized to me and said he really had to go. 

“He didn't tell me anything about the operation he was on last week, as he didn't want to scare me. I just want to have him back safely."

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Uncle Joe mở thêm hầu bao. Hôm nọ ông Selenzkyj đưa cái danh sách vũ khí dài ngoằn, trong đó có đại pháo trái lựu cần 1000 khẩu. Mới hôm qua tui đọc báo Đức thấy bà bộ trưởng quốc phòng nói sẽ cung cấp 3 khẩu. Mẹ ơi. 

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Jun 15, 2022 - Press ISW


Western officials announced additional military aid for Ukraine on June 15. US President Joe Biden pledged $1 billion worth of military aid, including coastal defense weapons, advanced rocket systems, artillery, and ammunition to support Ukrainian operations. NATO members additionally announced they will additionally continue to provide Ukraine with heavy weapons and long-range systems and plan to agree on a new assistance package after consultations with Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. This newest round of military aid will be invaluable to support Ukrainian operations, especially in the face of increasingly protracted and artillery-heavy fighting against Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine, though Ukraine will require further sustained support.

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"G3" ngồi xe lửa Ba Lan sang xông đất Kyjiv, không biết mang đến nỗi buồn, hay niềm vui cho Zelenzkyj. 
Nỗi buồn là không có súng và hiệp ước Minsk tập 3. Còn nếu là niềm vui thì chỉ có thể là vũ khí và Euro.

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The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have arrived in Kyiv for talks, after taking a night train from Poland



The visit of the leaders of Germany, France and Italy to Kyiv is a show of solidarity but also about a commitment to carry on supporting and helping Ukraine and its citizens, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says.
Speaking to German newspaper Bild on his way to Kyiv, Scholz said: "We don't just want to demonstrate solidarity, we also want to make it clear that we will continue with the help we're organising – financial and humanitarian, but also when it comes to weapons."
The support will go on for as long "as is necessary for Ukraine's struggle for independence", Scholz says.
The situation Ukraine is in is "very unusual", Scholz says.
He also makes clear sanctions are of great importance, saying: "They contribute to the chance that Russia will give up its operation and withdraw its troops again. Because that's the goal."

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Tổng thống Pháp hơi cương chút. Nhưng kỳ này xem ra cặp Đức - Pháp không ép Ukraine làm hiệp ước Minsk 3.
Vụ gia nhập EU chỉ là biểu tượng. Từ "ứng cử viên" trở thành "thành viên" kéo dài hơn 1 thập niên.   

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Jun 16, 2022 - Press ISW


The leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and Romania committed to Ukrainian officials that the West would not demand any concessions from Ukraine to appease Russia and will support Ukraine to the end of the war during a visit to Kyiv on June 16. French President Emmanuel Macron declared that France, Germany, Italy, and Romania are “are doing everything so that Ukraine alone can decide its fate.” Macron added that Ukraine “must be able to win” and pledged to provide six more self-propelled howitzers. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that Germany will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, and weapons assistance for “Ukraine’s war of independence.” Macron, Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis additionally vowed to back Ukraine’s bid to become an official candidate for European Union membership. Sustained Western military support to Ukraine will be essential to enable Ukrainian forces to liberate Russian-occupied territory.

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Why do world leaders take the night train to Kyiv?

The German chancellor arrived in the Ukrainian capital by rail on Thursday morning, alongside the French president and Italian premier. Such a trip is a security headache but there are few alternatives.


Ursula von der Leyen started the last leg of her trip to Kyiv in Przemysl in Poland

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the war in Ukraine had already been raging for three weeks. Russian troops had approached to within a few kilometers of the capital Kyiv, trying to break through its defenses from the north and west. The city had been rocked by heavy shelling in the morning and was at risk of being encircled.
And then came the news that several EU leaders had arrived in the Ukrainian capital to pay a surprise visit. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his deputy Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's ruling PiS party, had travelled by train with the Slovenian and Czech leaders Janez Jansa and Petr Fiala. The pictures of them all poring over a map of Ukraine while onboard went viral.
They then met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the bunker under his official residence.
It had been important to keep the journey secret, given the danger that the leaders could fall victim to a Russian attack.


Eastern and central European leaders made a surprise visit to Kyiv in March

Few alternatives to rail

Though Russian troops have now withdrawn from the greater Kyiv area, it is still difficult to travel to the Ukrainian capital by any other means than by rail. The airspace over Ukraine has been closed since the February 24 invasion. Many roads are still barely accessible due to heavy fighting.
Thus, the railway has established itself as the best means of transporting politicians from around the world to Kyiv. The first historic trip by the central and eastern European leaders was followed by visits by other top politicians, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Several German politicians have also traveled to Ukraine, including Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and opposition leader Friedrich Merz.
After some to-ing and fro-ing, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also decided to make the trip, along with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Perilous journey
Although fighting has now shifted mainly to eastern Ukraine, a journey to Kyiv by train is not without risk. Russian missile strikes continue to rain down on tracks, bridges and provincial train stations, particularly in order to disrupt arms supplies.


Mario Draghi, Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz en route to Kyiv

When foreign politicians travel to Kyiv by train, they often get on a Ukrainian train for the last leg of their journey from the Polish border because European and Ukrainian rail track widths are different. Delegations are usually accompanied by their own national security personnel as well Ukrainian security guards.

Secrecy not always maintained

Secrecy is supposed to be of the utmost importance. The April visit of US Secretary of State Blinken and US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin was first made public only afterwards — for fear of a Russian missile attack.
Thus, Ukrainian and Polish security teams must have been displeased when Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki announced his visit while still en route to Kyiv. The chairman of Ukrainian Railways, Oleksandr Kamyshin, later told US broadcaster CNN that the show of solidarity was welcome, but it had been a little rash to advertise it so early. "That was really important for us, even if it was naive," he said. Since the invasion, Kamyshin and his colleagues have been operating from a train that constantly changes its location.


Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in May

He said that he did not even tell his kids and advised them not to reveal their location either. "Everyone should understand that this is war. But I can't instruct prime ministers."
Nor can he give orders to European Commission presidents, apparently. Ursula von der Leyen also announced her visit ahead of time on Twitter — on the same day that a Russian missile attack of a train station in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine killed over 50 people. The starting point of her journey was also made known in advance: the train station in the Polish town of Przemysl, just around 13 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit took place almost at the same time. It had been planned for weeks but was postponed several times for security reasons. It, too, was not supposed to be made public until afterwards, but it was the Ukrainian embassy in London that tweeted a picture of Johnson while he was still in Kyiv with Zelenskyy.

Luxury sleeper cars for VIPs

Even if secrecy is maintained, the Ukrainian railroad company cannot guarantee its VIP guests complete safety and that there will not be missile attacks. But it does try to make delegations as comfortable as possible.
According to a report by Radio Free Europe, one of the luxury carriages used in the past few months was built in 2014 to take wealthy tourists to Crimea. It probably served this purpose only a few times before the peninsula was annexed by Russia the same year. Other carriages being used date back to the Soviet era but were modernized a few years ago. Many feature king-size beds and flat-screen televisions. Those used as meeting rooms have upholstered seats and leather armchairs.


Ursula von der Leyen on a rather luxurious train to Kyiv

But not everybody is given the full VIP treatment. German Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz traveled to the Ukrainian capital in a first-class sleeper car, with only a narrow bed and fold-out desk. Nonetheless, this was presumably considerably more comfortable than some of the sleeper cars that still have wooden beds.
After arriving, the politicians do not usually spend much more than a few hours in Kyiv. This might give them time to meet President Zelenskyy, visit the war-ravaged suburbs and perhaps enjoy a meal. Johnson, for example, ate chicken soup, a goat's cheese salad, roast beef and cherry dumplings for dessert.
What is crucial is the symbolism, the photos, the words and gestures of solidarity, and most importantly the assurances that a politician's country stands firmly with Ukraine.
Then it's back on the tracks for a long return journey through a war-torn land.

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EU expected to back Ukraine membership bid as war brings huge shift

BRUSSELS/KYIV, Ukraine, June 17 (Reuters) - The European Union's executive Commission was expected to give its blessing on Friday to membership candidate status for Ukraine and its neighbour Moldova, an historic eastward shift in Europe's outlook brought about by Russia's invasion.
Ukraine applied to join the EU just four days after Russian troops poured across its border in February. Four days later, so did Moldova and Georgia - two other ex-Soviet states contending with separatist regions occupied by Russian troops.

The leaders of the three biggest EU powers - Germany, France and Italy - signalled their solidarity on Thursday by visiting Kyiv, along with the president of Romania.
"Ukraine belongs to the European family," Germany's Olaf Scholz said after meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. EU leaders are expected to endorse the Commission's recommendation at a summit next week.
The Commission is expected to recommend candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova, while asking Georgia to meet more conditions first because of what a senior diplomat close to the enlargement process described as setbacks there to reforms.

The countries will still face a lengthy process to achieve the standards required for membership, and there are other candidates in the waiting room. Nor is membership guaranteed - talks have been stalled for years with Turkey, officially a candidate since 1999.
But launching the candidacy process, a move that would have seemed unthinkable just months ago, amounts to a shift on par with the decision in the 1990s to welcome the ex-Communist countries of Eastern Europe.

"Precisely because of the bravery of the Ukrainians, Europe can create a new history of freedom, and finally remove the grey zone in Eastern Europe between the EU and Russia," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
"Ukraine has come close to the EU, closer than any time since independence," he said, mentioning unspecified "good news" to come.
If admitted, Ukraine would be the EU's largest country by area and its fifth most populous. All three hopefuls are far poorer than any existing EU members, with per capita output around half that of the poorest, Bulgaria.
All have recent histories of volatile politics, domestic unrest, entrenched organised crime, and unresolved conflicts with Russian-backed separatists proclaiming sovereignty over territory protected by Moscow's troops.

PORT BLOCKADE

President Vladimir Putin ordered his "special military operation" officially to disarm and "denazify" Ukraine. One of his main objectives was to halt the expansion of Western institutions which he called a threat to Russia.
But the war, which has killed thousands of people, destroyed whole cities and set millions to flight, has had the opposite effect. Finland and Sweden have applied to join the NATO military alliance, and the EU has opened its arms to the east.
Within Ukraine, Russian forces were defeated in an attempt to storm the capital in March, but have since refocused on seizing more territory in the east.
The nearly four-month-old war has entered a punishing attritional phase, with Russian forces relying on their massive advantage in artillery firepower to blast their way into Ukrainian cities.
Ukrainian officials said their troops were still holding out in Sievierodonetsk, site of the worst fighting of recent weeks, on the east bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. It was impossible to evacuate more than 500 civilians who are trapped inside a chemical plant, the regional governor said.
In the surrounding Donbas region, which Moscow claims on behalf of its separatist proxies, Ukrainian forces are mainly defending the river's opposite bank.
Near the frontline in the ruins of the small city of Marinka, Ukrainian police made their way into a cellar searching for anyone who wanted help to evacuate. A group of mainly elderly residents huddled on mattresses in candlelight.
"There's space down here, you could join us," joked one man as the officers came in. A woman named Nina sighed in the darkness: "There is nowhere. Nowhere. Nowhere to go. All the houses have been burnt out. Where can we go?"
In the south, Ukraine has mounted a counter-offensive, claiming to have made inroads into the biggest swath still held by Russia of the territory it seized in the invasion. There have been few reports from the frontline to confirm the situation in that area.
Ukraine claimed its forces had struck a Russian tugboat bringing soldiers, weapons and ammunition to Russian-occupied Snake Island, a strategic Black Sea outpost.
Among the main concerns of world leaders is Russia's blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports, preventing exports from one of the world's biggest sources of grain and threatening to cause a global food crisis.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he was sceptical that Moscow would agree to a United Nations proposal to open the ports.
"I already had talks a few weeks ago with President Putin, but he didn't want to accept a U.N. resolution on this subject," he said.
Russia blames the food crisis on Western sanctions, which it says harm its own grain exports, and Ukraine's ports can't be opened because of mines.

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Ukraine should be welcomed - EU commission

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been giving a statement on EU membership applications by Ukraine, as well as Moldova and Georgia.
She says:

We have one clear message - and that is, yes, Ukraine deserves European perspective, yes, Ukraine should be welcomed as a candidate country. This is on the understanding that good work has been done - but important work remains to be done. The entire process is merit-based, so it goes by the book and progress depends entirely on Ukraine. So it is Ukraine that has it in its hands."We have one clear message - and that is, yes, Ukraine deserves European perspective, yes, Ukraine should be welcomed as a candidate country. This is on the understanding that good work has been done - but important work remains to be done. The entire process is merit-based, so it goes by the book and progress depends entirely on Ukraine. So it is Ukraine that has it in its hands."

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        Ukraine ready to die for European dream - von der Leyen

Continuing her news conference, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Ukrainians are "ready to die" for the European perspective.
She adds: "We want them to live with us in the European dream."
"This is of course on the understanding that the country will carry out a number of further important reforms," von der Leyen adds.
"In the view of the Commission, Ukraine has clearly demonstrated the country’s aspiration and the country’s determination to live up to European values and standards."

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Moldova gets EU's green light, but Georgia doesn't

The European Commission is welcoming Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for membership.
But Georgia, another former Soviet republic, is being asked to meet certain conditions before being granted the same status.
"[Moldova] is s on a real pro-reform, anti-corruption and European path," Ursula von der Leyen says.
"Georgia must now come together politically to design a clear path towards structural reform and the EU."

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Á quân tổ chức.

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EBU releases statement: Eurovision 2023 will not be held in Ukraine
Eurovision 2023 will most likely be held in United Kingdom



The European Broadcasting Union, EBU, has just released a statement regarding Eurovision 2023 and the potential host country.

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with the song "Stefania". Traditionally, the winning country will host the next year's contest, however, due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the EBU has determined that Ukraine will not host the 2023 contest.

The Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC had already started the preparations for hosting Eurovision 2023, and the EBU "share their sadness and disappointment that next year’s contest cannot be held in Ukraine":

– Following objective analysis, the Reference Group, the ESC’s governing board, has with deep regret concluded that, given the current circumstances, the security and operational guarantees required for a broadcaster to host, organize and produce the Eurovision Song Contest under the ESC Rules cannot be fulfilled by UA:PBC.



Discussions with BBC


United Kingdom finished 2nd at Eurovision 2022 (Sam Ryder - "Space Man"), and the EBU will now begin discussions with the British broadcaster BBC to potentially host Eurovision 2023 in the United Kingdom.

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"Không còn cô đơn" 

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Cũng là độc tài và "đồng chí", nhưng độc tài mất nhân tính và độc tài còn một ít nhân tính ...   Biết thế nào là "toàn vẹn lãnh thổ", biết thế nào là "chảy máu chất xám".

 (Đọc các dòng tô đỏ)
 

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Kazakh president at odds with Putin over separatist republics


[url=https://idsb.tmgrup.com.tr/ly/uploads/images/2022/06/17/213092.jpg][/url]Russian President Vladimir Putin ® and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev shake hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2022. (TASS Host Photo Agency Pool via AP)
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg Friday that Kazakhstan will not recognize the eastern Ukrainian separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The right to self-determination guaranteed by the United Nations collides with the right of states to territorial integrity, which is why Taiwan, Kosovo, Abkhazia or South Ossetia are not recognized. "And this principle obviously applies to such quasi-state territories as Donetsk and Luhansk," Tokayev said.

With his comment, Tokayev set himself at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as whose guest of honor he sat on the podium in St. Petersburg. Russia has recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and cites their defense as one reason for the war against Ukraine.

Even though Kazakhstan is a close ally of Moscow, Tokayev did not fully back the Ukraine war. "There are different opinions, we are an open society," he said. Again, he referred to the right of states to integrity.

The president of the oil-rich country also assessed the global economic situation differently from Putin, who saw the dominance of the West coming to an end. True, there was a crisis, Tokayev said, according to Russian agencies. "But at the same time, you have to see that the U.S. and the West as a whole are solid in terms of economic development," he added.

When mass protests broke out in Kazakhstan in January against Tokayev's authoritarian rule, Putin had sent military aid. The protest collapsed. Tokayev now complained that young, well-educated people were leaving Russia as well as Kazakhstan. "They contribute to progress in other countries. That, I think, is our failure," he said.

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Thông tấn xã nhà nước Ukraine loan tin cách đây 1 giờ rằng đã bắn hạ một chiến đấu cơ SU-25 của Nga.
 

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 dà, kỹ thuật mà lọt vào tay Nga thì vô cùng bất lợi.
 Hồi tuần trước "kỹ thuật Mc Donalds" đã lọt vào tay Nga trở thành "Wkusno i totschka"

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Thương vụ bán drone của Mỹ cho Ukraine bị đình trệ


Máy bay không người lái MQ-1C Gray Eagle của Mỹ có thể trang bị phi đạn Hellfire để sử dụng cho chiến trường chống lại Nga.

Kế hoạch bán bốn máy bay không người lái (drone) cỡ lớn, có thể trang bị vũ khí của chính quyền Biden cho Ukraine đã bị tạm dừng do lo ngại thiết bị do thám tinh vi của Mỹ có thể rơi vào tay kẻ thù, Reuters dẫn lời hai người nắm rõ việc này cho biết.

Sự phản đối về mặt kỹ thuật đối với thương vụ này được nêu ra trong cuộc thẩm duyệt sâu hơn của Cục An ninh Công nghệ Quốc phòng của Lầu Năm Góc, có nhiệm vụ giữ an toàn cho công nghệ giá trị cao khỏi rơi vào tay kẻ thù. Trước đó, kế hoạch này, vốn đã được lưu hành từ tháng 3, đã được Nhà Trắng phê chuẩn, ba người cho biết.
Kế hoạch bán cho Ukraine bốn chiếc drone MQ-1C Grey Eagle có thể trang bị phi đạn Hellfire để sử dụng cho chiến trường chống lại Nga được Reuters đưa tin lần đầu tiên trước đó trong tháng 6.
Việc phản đối xuất khẩu các drone này nảy sinh do lo ngại radar và thiết bị do thám trên máy bay có thể tạo ra nguy cơ an ninh cho Mỹ nếu nó rơi vào tay Nga.
Các nguồn tin cho biết điều này đã không được xét tới trong cuộc thẩm duyệt ban đầu nhưng đã được nêu ra trong các cuộc họp tại Lầu Năm Góc vào cuối tuần trước.
"Thẩm duyệt an ninh công nghệ là một thông lệ tiêu chuẩn để chuyển giao các vật phẩm quốc phòng của Hoa Kỳ cho tất cả các đối tác quốc tế. Tất cả các trường hợp đều được xem xét riêng biệt. Thông qua quá trình được xác lập này, các lo ngại về an ninh quốc gia được nêu lên tới thẩm quyền phê chuẩn phù hợp," phát ngôn viên Lầu Năm Góc Sue Gough nói.
Quyết định về việc có tiếp tục với thương vụ này hay không hiện đang được xem xét ở cấp chỉ huy cao hơn tại Lầu Năm Góc, nhưng không chắc khi nào thì quyết định sẽ được đưa ra, một quan chức Mỹ nói với điều kiện ẩn danh.
Một giải pháp để xúc tiến thương vụ này là thay gói cảm biến và radar hiện có bằng một thứ gì đó ít tinh vi hơn, nhưng việc đó có thể mất hàng tháng để hoàn thành, một trong những nguồn tin cho hay.
Nếu thương vụ bán drone được phép tiến triển, Quốc hội sẽ có cơ hội ngăn chặn nó, dù điều này được xem là khó có thể xảy ra.
Bốn chiếc drone Grey Eagle do General Atomics sản xuất ban đầu dự kiến sẽ được chuyển cho Lục quân Mỹ, những người biết rõ quy trình này cho biết.
Theo tài liệu ngân sách của Lục quân, Grey Eagles có giá 10 triệu đôla mỗi chiếc.

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Jun 18, 2022 - Press ISW


Russian forces made marginal gains on the outskirts of Severodonetsk on June 18 but have largely stalled along other axes of advance. Russian troops are likely facing mounting losses and troop and equipment degradation that will complicate attempts to renew offensive operations on other critical locations as the slow battle for Severodonetsk continues. As ISW previously assessed, Russian forces will likely be able to seize Severodonetsk in the coming weeks, but at the cost of concentrating most of their available forces in this small area. Other Russian operations in eastern Ukraine—such as efforts to capture Slovyansk and advance east of Bakhmut—have made little progress in the past two weeks. Russian forces are continuing to fight to push Ukrainian troops away from occupied frontiers north of Kharkiv City and along the Southern Axis, but have not made significant gains in doing so, thus leaving them vulnerable to Ukrainian counteroffensive and partisan pressure.

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4 hôm nay hơi khó ngủ vì thời tiết nóng quá. Cứ bắt đầu 3 giờ trưa là không thể đi ra ngoài. Không hiểu sao mà người ở Việt Nam sống được. Mình than vãn nóng thì người ở Việt Nam sẽ nói như:  "Nhà giàu đứt tay như ăn mày đổ ruột" . Cái nóng của mình đâu có ăn thua gì như cái nóng mùa khô dai dẳng ở miền Nam..... bắt đầu từ tháng 4.

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Unprecedented heatwave cooks western Europe, with temperatures hitting 43C





An intense and unprecedently early heatwave is baking western Europe, with temperatures in many places topping 40C Saturday. 

Temperatures were high across most of Western Europe on the first day of the weekend. However, France and the Iberian Peninsula have been hit particularly hard.  
In southwest France, there were peaks of close to 42/43C, as the city of Biarritz broke an "absolute" temperature record.

Nearly three-quarters of the country's population, some 45 million people, were issued with red or orange heat alerts in what is the earliest heatwave ever recorded in France. 
For some in Paris, especially those living in cramped, old apartments, the scorching heat was too much to bear.
Christian Thurillat, 70, told Euronews he was struggling to cope and largely unable to sleep. 

"I get up, I go there, I get up, I go to the bathroom, I come back, I drink a glass of water, then I sit down, I watch TV, that's it. Until 2:00 a.m. in the morning," he said. 
Many regions of France also experienced high levels of toxic ozone concentrations due to Saturday's heat wave, according to the country's official Prev'Air bulletin. 
Ozone, a so-called "secondary" pollutant, is created when pollutants released by road traffic and industrial compounds, such as solvents and hydrocarbons, react with the sunlight. 
The resulting gas causes increased wheezing, coughing and chest tightness. Children playing outdoors are particularly susceptible.
Areas across Western and Southern Europe are already rationing water amid the sweltering heat, with a very dry spring putting immense stress on water systems.

Scientists have said the multiplication of heat waves in Europe is a direct consequence of global warming, with the World Meteorological Organisation warning this is only a "foretaste of the future." 
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are increasing the strength, duration and rate of repetition of heat waves across the world.
Faced with this exceptional situation, festive, sporting and cultural events were cancelled in France. 
From Saturday evening, occasional thunderstorms could occur on the Atlantic French coast, meaning the heatwave may gradually decrease, especially in the worst affected areas in the southwest.
In Spain, firefighters continued to fight several fires across the country, which have broken out due to the dryness. 
The most devastating fire forced authorities to evacuate 14 villages, regrouping several hundred inhabitants in the Sierra de la Culebra, a mountain range in the region of Castile and Leon, near the border with Portugal.
According to regional authorities, some of them were able to return to their homes Saturday morning as the flames had moved away from their homes.
Nearly 20,000 hectares of land have been burned by the giant fires sweeping through Spain.
In northern Italy, several towns have announced water rationing and the northern Lombardy region has hinted at declaring a state of emergency as a record drought threatens harvests.
“As a result of climate change, heatwaves are starting earlier,” said Clare Nullis, a spokeswoman for the World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva.
“What we’re witnessing today is unfortunately a foretaste of the future," she added. 
Temperatures in London stayed well below 20, with rain and cloud hitting the British capital.

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