Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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https://twitter.com/drewpavlou/status/1672610114786963456

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In theory the Prigozhin's press service posted

https://twitter.com/vicktop55/status/1672659079058305024

Not gonna lie, more than a little confused as to what the hell is going on at this point.

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https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1672664974844637184

Odds of agreement holding up are already going down, if accurate

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Prigozhin showing up at the warfront tomorrow, basically.

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Prigozhin may still have avoided the fate of "defenestration" (Thanks to Storr for adding a new word to my vocabulary), considered he is rumored in a windowless hotel in Minsk, and assuming the new audio release was made within a timely fashion.

The founder of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, shared an audio message Monday — his first since calling off his mutiny aimed at the leaders atop Russia’s Ministry of Defense. In the recording, which was published on a Telegram channel closely associated with Wagner, Prigozhin said his fighters will win the “next victories” in the war in Ukraine. He also assessed his march on Moscow as successful.

“Our ‘March of Justice’ was aimed at fighting traitors and mobilizing our society,” Prigozhin said. “I think that we have succeeded in much of this.” He did not specify where he is now or discuss Wagner’s plans. It was not immediately apparent when Prigozhin’s latest message was recorded. Other channels linked to Wagner and Prigozhin did not broadcast the message.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/03/russia-ukraine-war-news/

Tell him to stay out of Prague: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague

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Biden says war with Russia must end before NATO can consider membership for Ukraine

President Joe Biden told CNN in an exclusive interview that Ukraine is not yet ready for NATO membership, saying that Russia’s war in Ukraine needs to end before the alliance can consider adding Kyiv to its ranks.

Biden told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that while discussion of Ukraine’s imminent membership in NATO was premature, the US and its allies in NATO would continue to provide President Volodymyr Zelensky and his forces the security and weaponry they need to try to end the war with Russia.

Biden spoke to Zakaria ahead of his weeklong trip to Europe, which includes a NATO summit in Lithuania where Russia’s war in Ukraine and Zelensky’s push for NATO membership will be among the key issues looming over the gathering.

“I don’t think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war,” Biden said...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/politics/joe-biden-ukraine-nato-russia-cnntv/index.html

Seems entirely reasonable