Tim MakJul 18, 2024

Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands:

In #Ukraine, you never know whether you will have to perform CPR on a friend — or your pet.
Oleh visited an emergency medicine for animals class at an event, where pets whose owners have fled or died hope to be re-homed.

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Ihor spoke about CPR for animals: If it is a small animal, you can take it by the shoulder blades and press on the chest with your thumbs. For a larger animal, put it on its side and then press. Do 2 presses per second and every 6-8 presses, breathe air into the animal's nose.
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Like everything in #ukraine the war has taken its toll on these adoption days too. Since the start of the full-scale war, the # of stray #animals has only increased.

Pets, especially #dogs are in some cases left chained or in cages when their owners evacuate from dangerous areas.

Jul 18, 2024 at 1:14pmWeb
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In a shelter in #Borodyanka #Kyiv Region, which was occupied by #Russians at the start of 2022, 300 dogs died in a month without food and water after being left in cages by the workers when they evacuated.

To help these #animals find homes, Kyiv authorities hold adoption days.

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There, Oleh met a cat from #Borodyanka She was named Olyvka (in English, Olive) because of the color of her fur. She survived the #Russianoccupation and was found by volunteers after the town was liberated.
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One of the most terrible disasters during the #RussianFullScaleWar invasion, not only for people but also for animals, was the #Russian attack on the #KakhovkaDam dam in June 2023, leading to water flooding vast areas in the #Kherson Region.
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At the Adoption Day, Oleh also met representatives of the Khvostata Banda (in English, the ‘Tailed Gang’) charity. They make medical kits for service dogs, the first in Ukraine. 70 % of the kit contents can be used by the soldiers but the rest is only for the animal.
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A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week! Click to read The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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TODAY’S NEWS:

#Russian FM expressed his positive attitude towards the new US VP candidate JD Vance. Speaking at the UN, #Lavrov said he is confident that it will be easier to negotiate a quick peace in #Ukraine with Trump's team, as #Trump and #Vance support ending aid to Ukraine, #Bloomberg writes.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/russia-s-lavrov-praises-trump-vance-ticket-on-ukraine-war-stance?srnd=europe-politics

Trump, Vance View on Ukraine Draws Praise from Russia's Sergei Lavrov

Russia’s top diplomat signaled a preference for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and especially his running mate JD Vance, praising their vocal interest in cutting a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Bloomberg
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A draft of the #German budget for 2025 seen by Politico contains slashes funding for Ukraine, in half. Having been the largest #European supplier of #Ukraineaid. #Germany is considering redirecting funds to social support and green policy.

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-war-slashes-funds-ukraine-russia-savings-aid-drat-2025-budget-defense-deal/

Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push

German leaders plan to halve aid to Ukraine just as Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election looks increasingly likely.

POLITICO
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#Kyiv stopped the transit of #Russian oil to #Hungary through Ukraine due to sanctions against Lukoil, a Russian energy corporation. #Lukoil was one of Hungary's largest oil suppliers. Hungary and Russia have increased energy cooperation since the full-scale war – despite #sanctions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/ukraine-legal-issue-halts-russia-oil-to-hungary-minister-says?embedded-checkout=true

Lukoil Supply to Hungary Halted as Ukraine Hardens Sanctions

Hungary and Russia are working to resume oil deliveries by Lukoil PJSC after tougher sanctions by Ukraine kicked in against the company.

Bloomberg
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Show threadTim MakJul 18, 2024

Chapik is today’s Dog of War:

Chapik was adopted by Oleh’s family from a shelter on August 23, 2022, the Day of the Ukrainian Flag. He was a year old and was brought to the shelter with a broken paw.

Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Jul 18, 2024

@timkmak

the daily dose of lies by the Kremlin and the daily dose of bashing Germany by Politico.

Show threadelpolacodesplegadoJul 18, 2024
@elCelio
Politico is owned by Axel Springer, who has been traditionally hateful of amything remotely progressive in German politics.
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Show threadel Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Jul 18, 2024
@elpolacodesplegado @timkmak makes sense then
Show threadelpolacodesplegadoJul 18, 2024
@elCelio
There is a lot of creative accounting involved, too. Parts will come from the special budget for rearmament and parts from the defense budget. Expect increases as 25 progresses. They did the same this year when they began with 3 Bln initially.
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Show threadSibrosanJul 18, 2024

@timkmak

> it will be easier to negotiate a quick peace <

As in pulling the rug from under #ukraine so that the Russian regime gets its way... 🤮

Show threadAfricanoJul 19, 2024

@timkmak
Some hope on resilience of nature

https://uwecworkgroup.info/one-year-after-the-terrorist-attack-at-kakhovka-hydropower-plant-1b-trees-instead-of-desert-and-willow-forests-unique-to-the-continent/

Via @GOrizaola

One year after the terrorist attack at Kakhovka Hydropower Plant: 1B trees instead of desert and willow forests unique to the continent – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group

Viktoria Hubareva A year ago, the former Kakhovka Reservoir was predicted to become a lifeless desert, polluted with dangerous lakebed sediments. Instead, a unique willow-poplar forest grows there, the only such forest in all of Europe. If it can be preserved, it will bring good investments to Ukraine and have a positive climate impact. On

Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group – Seeking solutions through information sharing about the environmental impacts of the war. UWEC Work Group.