For the past three years, the profits generated by Austrian bank Райффайзен Банк have exceeded the entirety of the Raiffeisen group’s other operations ft.com/content/1d1252…

Was only a matter of time before Putin sacked his defense minister for a disastrous performance in Ukraine. Some 50 percent of conventional Russian military capability and 20-30% of RF Black Sea fleet up in smoke.. bbc.com/news/world-eur…

The downing of Flight PS752: Iran may have kept airspace open due to lucrative overflight fees. Many countries fleece airlines including NAV CANADA - which has some of the highest fees in the world, which are then passed onto passengers
cbc.ca/news/politics/… #cdnpoli

We’re extremely pleased to host as moderator at our upcoming annual conference in NYC Helena Humphrey of BBC News. She’s part of a large & dedicated team at BBC which has provided outstanding Ukraine coverage. May 16: follow the link to register! ujana.net/events-1/2024-… #media

Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine has been brutal on the Ukrainian media sector. At least 234 newsrooms shuttered. And at least 80 Ukrainian journalists killed, 10 of them on duty. Speakers at Bucha Journalism Conference praise the hard work and bravery of Ukrainian journalists

#BREAKING : Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armoured attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the border and sought to break through defensive lines bbc.com/news/articles/…

At Bucha Journalism Conference today, the collapse of the digital advertising market in Ukraine and widespread closure of newsrooms identified as two of the major challenges of the media landscape after more than 2 years of war #buchaconference

Honoured to speak at the Ukrainian Journalists’ Association of North America UJNA conference on 16 May. Topic: Talking About Ecocide as a Tool of War.

Join us! the lineup is 🔥
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Ukraine’s highly-popular former chief of staff of the Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, today formerly designated by President Zelensky as Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom president.gov.ua/documents/3162…

Ukraine’s largest energy provider DTEK Group says after last night’s massive missile & drone attacks, Russia has now damaged or destroyed 50% of its energy system & 80% of thermal power capacity. Says if systems not restored by this winter a “humanitarian disaster” could evolve

Day One of our conference open for registration via this link. Delighted to be facilitating discussions designed to inform, inspire & persuade with/ Farzana Baduel of Curzon PR ujana.net/rsvp-1

Massive Russian rocket/drone attack in Ukraine overnight: ​​55 missiles of various types & 21 attack drones, officials said, adding that 59 were destroyed. Electricity generation/transmission facilities in 6 regions targeted, 3 seriously. Railways station/tracks in Kherson hit

Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to rehearse the use of so-called tactical nuclear weapons in combat, casting the drills as a response to “threats” from French President Emmanuel Macron.
ft.com/content/721964… via @ft