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Finland has announced the allocation of an additional €92 million to support Ukraine and countries affected by Russian aggression, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland said. https://um.fi/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/gc654PySnjTX/content/suomelta-92-miljoonaa-euroa-lisatukea-ukrainaan-seka-venajan-hyokkayssodasta-karsiviin-maihin
Journalist Elena Milashina after her attack today in Grozny. Horrifying. (Her attackers shaved her head too.)
Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway

The islands' councillors will consider a motion to investigate alternative forms of governance.

BBC News

Did a boat trip a few hours ago.

Moored the boat with two ropes from the front. Now, taking a stroll outside, I noticed that only one rope was holding it to the pier.

Picked up the loose rope with a long stick and lo and behold.

Iron corrugates.

Have to install new rings and/or bollards on the pier, since these have only lasted for abt 4 decades.

Have raised a few acorns to oak plants at home last winter, and also planted acorns at the cabin.

All of them have green leafs, but one has a different colour.

Three other plants in the garden have normal leaves as the ones already planted in the vicinity of the cabin.

This one was planted as an acorn in my garden last fall. And it seems to do OK, despite of the colour. All the trees where I collected acorns are green.

Does anyone know the reason for the colour?

"But some Hurricanes were deliberately broken up and buried after the war so the Soviets did not have to pay back the United States. Under the Lend-Lease legislation, the USSR was required to pay for any donated military equipment that remained intact after hostilities ended."

Well, of course, Russians cheated then, as always.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65955365

Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv

London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany.

BBC News

Before/after of a Ukrainian counterbattery strike on a Russian 2A36 Giatsint-B towed 152mm field gun.

That crater is roughly the same width as the 40 ft (12m) length of the gun.

‼️🇷🇸Serbs Hand In More Than 100,000 Illegal Weapons In Amnesty After Mass Shootings (more) http://www.rferl.org/a/32485201.html #Ukraine #Serbia #NATO #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Serbs Hand In More Than 100,000 Illegal Weapons In Amnesty After Mass Shootings

In Serbia, 108,833 illegal weapons were handed in during an amnesty after 18 people were shot dead in two separate mass killings in May, a police spokeswoman said on July 1.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Twitter search doesn't work, threads don't work and the idiot Musk tries to sink the platform by limiting the tweets that you can read.

🤦‍♂️

Major general (ret) Pekka Toveri: "I cannot understand why USA and Europe apply restraints to the weapons aide given to Ukraine. Russia breaches all the international treaties and laws on war, and is freely is engaged in the destruction and killing of civilian population"

Run the article through translation:
https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000009282222.html

Pekka Toveri: Venäjällä kyky jatkaa sotaa vuosia – vaarallinen skenaario näyttää todennäköiseltä

Venäjä pitää kahlita, jotta siitä ei muodostu jatkuvaa sodan uhkaa Euroopalle, kenraalimajuri evp. Pekka Toveri vaatii.

Ilta-Sanomat