tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53783233366703982072024-03-18T10:09:23.423-07:00Ukrainian Law BlogFreedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.comBlogger23204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-34766125986513441802024-03-18T10:08:00.000-07:002024-03-18T10:08:28.657-07:00SOFA EXPERT GEOPOLITICS: PUTIN'S FIESTA OR THE SUN RISES<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0JzxnkcZVtUVhrPBqtbeOS5VRnXF165HCqxgQFpQLcjsX2A1DBic656X1yifr34Nuq-4RGZ3jpZvPlYf8mp-VU7koxK91ppYdTUmxQzhi-NaLE52PM8Ig1ucOQjf2wE7EynOgbS17Kq7K-N1vmfBeiXJamVIvQMKhqgSJvriAEMsPpD6ZzZ9gE6ndilC/s657/The%20sun.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="631" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0JzxnkcZVtUVhrPBqtbeOS5VRnXF165HCqxgQFpQLcjsX2A1DBic656X1yifr34Nuq-4RGZ3jpZvPlYf8mp-VU7koxK91ppYdTUmxQzhi-NaLE52PM8Ig1ucOQjf2wE7EynOgbS17Kq7K-N1vmfBeiXJamVIvQMKhqgSJvriAEMsPpD6ZzZ9gE6ndilC/w384-h400/The%20sun.png" width="384" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The presidential elections in Russia brought the expected results. Official landslide victory for Putin. The actions of the opposition were clumsy and infantile in nature. It looked like in Tsarist Russia the serfs came to the manor's house and knelt down. Freedom is not gained by protesting on one's knees.</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Intoxicated by victory, Putin looked happy at the meeting with his election staff. This is the pinnacle of his <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>political rule. This is his holiday as an unpunished murderer and liar. Putin's fiesta of psychopathic permissiveness.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many people talk about the staged nature of the elections. Many people talk about rigging the results. Perhaps this is true. We want attention to the true meaning of these elections. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first meaning is Putin's coronation for an indefinite reign. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second meaning is much more important than the first. These elections are a referendum of the Russian people on the issue of continuing the war with Ukraine and with Europe. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Russian people gave Putin a mandate to destroy Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. The Russian people gave Putin a mandate to seize the territories of European states. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Give us all the territories we want or we will start a third world war. This is the ultimatum that Russian society put forward to the civilized world through Putin. Putin is not the reason. Putin is only a consequence.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Could anyone imagine a weaker US policy than it is today? A shame is a shame. The US abandoned Ukraine just as they abandoned Afghanistan to the delight of a triumphant Putin.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Darkness covered Ukraine. The pendulum has swung towards Russia. But the deeper the darkness, the closer the dawn. Readers of Hemingway know that the sun always rises after Fiesta. In this case it is the Ukrainian sun. As one wise man said: Russia will disappear when the Ukrainian sun rises.</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-77170125674433545562024-03-17T08:07:00.000-07:002024-03-17T08:07:19.283-07:00POLYBIUS, UKRAINE, RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsfjc8cQeNmkj7rSikHPBQnpTGuTyaZRn73oQO6TuumyNRCcN41kLmQ-IMquy3L4q01Mc6jvK3yTv77UvuG5EQi0y-t6vCMWB3rBNJutvyhX5HqwQYAH8HH5HyTcNc-rmCukBcdlP1CC5OQcHpfeCaqpXglvqjrBsAORkhUyBPAe-fRYxdW3r4vSVqsi2/s540/Gipsmodelle_Wiener_Historismus_Hofburg-Keller_2012_33_Alois_D%C3%BCll,_Polybios.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="360" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsfjc8cQeNmkj7rSikHPBQnpTGuTyaZRn73oQO6TuumyNRCcN41kLmQ-IMquy3L4q01Mc6jvK3yTv77UvuG5EQi0y-t6vCMWB3rBNJutvyhX5HqwQYAH8HH5HyTcNc-rmCukBcdlP1CC5OQcHpfeCaqpXglvqjrBsAORkhUyBPAe-fRYxdW3r4vSVqsi2/w133-h200/Gipsmodelle_Wiener_Historismus_Hofburg-Keller_2012_33_Alois_D%C3%BCll,_Polybios.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Polybius distinguished two causes of any war: the real cause of the war and the public cause of the war. </span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">We will venture a little further and say that the reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine have three levels in their complex. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>first level is the public cause of the war: demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The second level is the intention of the ruling clans of Russia to seize Ukraine and divide its material assets among themselves. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The third level is the struggle for the right to be called the successor of Kyivan Rus’.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The failure of the Russian blitzkrieg, as well as the possibility of Russia's defeat, led to the appearance of unexpected messages in the Russian media space. Namely: Russia is the heir of the Golden Horde.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How did this become possible? The answer lies in the historical foundation of the Russian state, or rather in its absence. Russia is a fake state, which was invented by Tsar Peter I in 1721. This state has no historical foundation. If Russia cannot take over Ukraine again, then it will not be able to once again appropriate the history of Ukraine.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Hence, Russia will not be able to claim the role of heir to Kyivan Rus'. After all, there was only one Rus'. And this Rus' had Kyiv as its center. Thus there is a Russian paradox: the imaginary historical center of Russia is located outside of Russia.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A fallback option in the search for a historical foundation for Russia is to claim the heritage of the Golden Horde. This is all the more appropriate now when Putin has made a pivot to the east.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, Kazakhstan seems to be well aware of the consequences of such succession. Invasion of course, what else? </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kazakhstan is taking proactive steps to preserve its historical heritage. In particular, the President of Kazakhstan took the initiative to change the coat of arms of Kazakhstan. The coat of arms of Kazakhstan is too Soviet and does not reflect the historical heritage of Kazakhstan, the President of Kazakhstan believes.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The initiative of the President of Kazakhstan is accompanied by proper information support, such as: 1. Kazakhstan is the direct heir of the Golden Horde; 2. The only known grave of a direct descendant of Genghis Khan is in Kazakhstan.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a result, if Ukraine defends its historical heritage of Kyivan Rus', and Kazakhstan strengthens its status as the heir of the Golden Horde, then an obvious question will arise: Where did Russia come from?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The answer to this question will be given in the next post.</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-22665730809974872732024-03-17T03:59:00.000-07:002024-03-17T03:59:01.377-07:00ДИСТАНЦІЙНІ ЮРИДИЧНІ ПОСЛУГИ - TARAS RAMSES LEGAL<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajSSO1S-Te-9UH7JaLwPXqUCbqR6x-N4-vd6T2S3_FGBX914fqVANZnPMrVBgWMc6L8Aho0yVFF7ukvM882-zO3gi6X35goWwBeutAQt8WeJp_KL5-MWfzjswmvRpVMdniqmpkVdHMg-wvWwUT7BS2HHu8gGkMZL-ttFM2ZaJThrNeo1eP-39dLrXiyPQ/s6000/tim-van-der-kuip-CPs2X8JYmS8-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajSSO1S-Te-9UH7JaLwPXqUCbqR6x-N4-vd6T2S3_FGBX914fqVANZnPMrVBgWMc6L8Aho0yVFF7ukvM882-zO3gi6X35goWwBeutAQt8WeJp_KL5-MWfzjswmvRpVMdniqmpkVdHMg-wvWwUT7BS2HHu8gGkMZL-ttFM2ZaJThrNeo1eP-39dLrXiyPQ/w400-h266/tim-van-der-kuip-CPs2X8JYmS8-unsplash.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Дистанційні юридичні послуги представляють новаторський підхід до надання доступу до правової допомоги без обмежень фізичної відстані. Давайте з’ясуємо, чому застосування дистанційних юридичних послуг змінює ситуацію як для клієнтів, так і для юридичних фірм:</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Переосмислення зручності: минули часи боротьби з пробками чи жонглювання розкладами для зустрічі з адвокатом. Дистанційні юридичні послуги дозволяють клієнтам спілкуватися <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>з фахівцями в галузі права, не виходячи з дому чи офісу. Такий рівень зручності не тільки економить час, але й зменшує стрес, роблячи юридичні консультації доступнішими для кожного.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Глобальне охоплення: Географія більше не є перешкодою для отримання юридичної консультації. Незалежно від того, чи перебуваєте ви в галасливому місті чи віддаленому селі, дистанційні юридичні послуги гарантують вам доступ до різноманітних юридичних експертів. Таке глобальне охоплення відкриває клієнтам можливості для співпраці зі спеціалізованими адвокатами, які можуть бути недоступними на місцевому рівні.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ефективна комунікація. Ефективна комунікація має вирішальне значення в юридичній сфері, а дистанційні сервіси пропонують спрощені канали для поточних обговорень, обміну документами та оновлень про хід справи. Відеоконференції, безпечні платформи обміну повідомленнями та хмарне сховище документів роблять співпрацю безперебійною та прозорою.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Економічні рішення: усуваючи потребу в особистих відвідуваннях офісу та оптимізуючи процеси за допомогою цифрових платформ, віддалені юридичні послуги часто призводять до економії коштів як для клієнтів, так і для юридичних фірм. Ця економічна ефективність робить високоякісне юридичне представництво більш доступним і стійким у довгостроковій перспективі.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Гнучкість у судових розглядах: завдяки прогресу технологій віртуального суду віддалені юридичні послуги виходять за рамки простих консультацій. Клієнти можуть брати активну участь у слуханнях, посередництві та дачі показань, де б вони не були, зменшуючи логістичні проблеми та забезпечуючи безперервність судових процесів.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Покращена доступність: віддалені юридичні послуги усувають прогалину в доступності для осіб з обмеженими можливостями мобільності або тих, хто живе в районах з обмеженими правовими ресурсами. Кожен заслуговує на рівний доступ до правосуддя, і дистанційні судові рішення відіграють значну роль у досягненні цієї мети.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Вступаючи в цифрову еру, давайте використаємо потужність технологій, щоб революціонізувати правовий ландшафт. Дистанційні юридичні послуги пропонують сучасний, ефективний і орієнтований на клієнта підхід, який ідеально відповідає мінливим потребам нашого сучасного суспільства. Настав час зробити правову допомогу доступнішою, зручнішою та ефективнішою для кожного.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Дистанційні юридичні послуги - Taras Ramses Legal</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">+380972607503 (Вайбер, Телеграм)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">volodymyr.machuskyy@kneu.edu.ua</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#ЦифроваТрансформація</a></span></span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-3507498453129652302024-03-16T14:39:00.000-07:002024-03-16T14:39:38.412-07:00FOR THE FIRST TIME, PUTIN IS FORCED TO COMMENT ON BATTLES ON RUSSIAN TERRITORY<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF6Lu1I8KrqUbKL8PnPf1M4V-4FqdtgGqMIkg5h8O6Gefx8RCQH-EfgQlg3zXJZZ80ONMhcP-GMjrQVKgipwnilC6ft258zn4FZ5suq7CwP9EWozxuAnFEpjOaBthHf1JrImeO-NlETU8oHf-Mg7C7CNue8Iw6twUmuIEDpCeV_BE2vyOXHKWZIf9zIS7/s1227/Grayvoron.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1227" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZF6Lu1I8KrqUbKL8PnPf1M4V-4FqdtgGqMIkg5h8O6Gefx8RCQH-EfgQlg3zXJZZ80ONMhcP-GMjrQVKgipwnilC6ft258zn4FZ5suq7CwP9EWozxuAnFEpjOaBthHf1JrImeO-NlETU8oHf-Mg7C7CNue8Iw6twUmuIEDpCeV_BE2vyOXHKWZIf9zIS7/w400-h240/Grayvoron.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation, fighting has been going on for five days between Russian militias and government troops. For five days now, Russian aircraft have been bombing Russian territory with huge bombs. Government tanks demolish the homes of Russian citizens, protecting Russian territory from Russian rebels. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Putin’s slogan: “The special military operation is going <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>according to plan” looks idiotic. On the other hand, if the plan was to transfer the war to Russian territory, then this plan was certainly crowned with success.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fierce fighting is taking place in settlements near the Ukrainian-Russian border: Kozinka, Tetkino and Grayvoron. Black smoke rises over Belgorod, where shopping centers close. What does black smoke mean in the context of the Vatican on Putin's election days?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Putin reported 2,500 militants who crossed the Russian border from Ukraine. He also reported 35 tanks and more than 40 combat vehicles that the rebels have at their disposal. Half of the rebels and half of the equipment were destroyed by government troops, only according to Putin. But the fighting continues! What a scale of operation this is!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">O gloomy boomerang of karma! How Putin mocked the Ukrainians when he sarcastically said that there were no Russian troops in the Donbass. Local miners and tractor drivers who bought tanks at the military market are fighting Ukrainian government troops, Putin laughed.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, Putin is forced to comment on the fierce fighting on Russian territory with Russian rebels. The rebels have tanks and artillery. Military market?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rebels and government forces destroy each other's personnel and military equipment. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially recognized the clashes on Russian territory. The militias publish videos of damaged Russian military equipment and captured Russian soldiers.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus, the Russian army has been defeating Russian rebels on Russian territory for the fifth day, but hostilities continue.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The rebel offensive is unlikely to succeed. The evacuation of citizens from Belgorod has not yet been announced. The situation requires close attention, since the information coming from both sides is very contradictory. For example, there are reports of a Ukrainian helicopter landing on Russian territory. There are no supporting videos.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus, there is the largest operation aimed at breaking through the Russian state border. It is important to monitor the development of this situation. To be continued.</span></div></div></div><p><br /></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-6870008750933663952024-03-15T23:13:00.000-07:002024-03-15T23:13:04.507-07:00🌟 Attention to all Ukrainians abroad and those in need of legal assistance! 🌟<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nTE_J_EWa_wBuCtDmiO4noiyJDdJZ8pfMGId0IonHm9SAro5R-cJab3-QLcEONG3BDCI6NEl6h-7AafOjM3vaUVyO_o2ViZYBfad9W6O4T4AMuvtbk3M5OcYHwjt13SMLXFcJUoHBS4rmrjW6KisedPa-fmn5-m6XVCXwx3ziWyH5m2hVYMY84pu5ArC/s731/lOGO%20NEWXX.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="731" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nTE_J_EWa_wBuCtDmiO4noiyJDdJZ8pfMGId0IonHm9SAro5R-cJab3-QLcEONG3BDCI6NEl6h-7AafOjM3vaUVyO_o2ViZYBfad9W6O4T4AMuvtbk3M5OcYHwjt13SMLXFcJUoHBS4rmrjW6KisedPa-fmn5-m6XVCXwx3ziWyH5m2hVYMY84pu5ArC/w400-h316/lOGO%20NEWXX.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Are you facing legal challenges but find it difficult to navigate the complexities of the legal system? 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Surrogate wisdom of Obama gave Crimea to Putin in the hope of appeasing the Kremlin psychopath. Obama hoped to transform Putin's intentions to destroy Ukraine into a local conflict. One more Ukraine, one less Ukraine, right? </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-9be3252a-7fff-0751-7091-4d5585bbadbb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, geopolitics is not playing the saxophone at a country gentleman's club. Moreover, geopolitics is not a game of basketball. Geopolitics requires a strategic vision. Where does the strategic vision come from today's small-town-minded political leaders?<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There were Obama Forerunners: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Bill Clinton and Jacques Chirac.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bill Clinton took away nuclear weapons from Ukraine and allowed Putin to destroy Chechnya. How could this be possible? It was simple, elegant and with a look of satisfaction on his face.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">There were their followers: Merkel and Sarkozy. Comrade Merkel has done a lot for Putin. She destroyed the German army. She destroyed the German nuclear industry. She put the German economy on Putin's gas needle. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two gas pipelines are like Putin’s two fingers in a wound on the body of Europe.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarkozy was the epitome of a useful idiot and stupidity. He allowed Putin to take over a huge part of Georgia. Absolutely free?</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hence, the monster Putin did not appear out of nowhere. In pursuit of their subjective interests, he was nurtured by short-sighted politicians. These politicians put their subjective interests above the objective interests of their countries.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Has the situation changed today, when the Russian-Ukrainian war has transformed from a local conflict into a war for the existence of Europe itself?</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Changes are taking place, but only partially. Macron was the first to recognize the existential threat to Europe from Putin. Perhaps Putin’s African pranks contributed to Macron’s transfiguration. Be that as it may, Macron is the real leader of the European Union in opposing Putin’s potential invasion of Europe. And thank God he suddenly remembered that France has nuclear weapons.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">As for the US, there are several factors. First, we need to remember who was Obama's vice president. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Secondly, we must keep in mind Trump this ship cannon, which has broken loose and is rushing all over the political deck. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thirdly, there is Gollum Johnson, the immoral jewel in Trump's crown. There is no doubt that Trump and Johnson are powerful strategic thinkers. THIS IS A DARK IRONY! </span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">It looks like these two gentlemen fully admit a European war between barbaric Russia and civilized Europe. Trump is raving about the US leaving NATO. Leaving Europe to be eaten by Putin, Trump will find that he will have to think about the existence of the United States.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Johnson.... looking at Johnson from Ukraine, where hundreds of people are dying every day, we can say the following. Envy not the glory of Mike Johnson: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-34400959847607566262024-03-15T09:23:00.000-07:002024-03-15T09:23:31.819-07:00Ukraine: Investors will have access to compensation for the engineering and transport infrastructure they have built<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2mqwmzJZuksQ8FkuAifxOSObzR7qWldNmSWys89LDPMrafiQdvUYyUtTZmH1Wz5PU7cLMoemlArCCyMogolLeES7JAiQuc7CTIkg-DgNInTiD4LzN8tCqyTspI4QTlh0fnuIOISMX2fjjvMJt15MBO7gUBUbaSC1DKHli9Ka4FGvXbhHE6Rwzemj6YHZ/s820/thumb_214744_820_360_0_0_auto.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="820" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2mqwmzJZuksQ8FkuAifxOSObzR7qWldNmSWys89LDPMrafiQdvUYyUtTZmH1Wz5PU7cLMoemlArCCyMogolLeES7JAiQuc7CTIkg-DgNInTiD4LzN8tCqyTspI4QTlh0fnuIOISMX2fjjvMJt15MBO7gUBUbaSC1DKHli9Ka4FGvXbhHE6Rwzemj6YHZ/w400-h266/thumb_214744_820_360_0_0_auto.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Over the past six months, the Government has seen progress in the creation of new industrial parks. This year, the state budget envisages UAH 1 billion for their development. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.</span></span><p></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember476" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">At its session on 15 March, the Government decided to launch two more new industrial parks.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember477" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">"The first one is located in the Rivne region. It is an industrial park specialising in industrial processing. It is expected that 1,400 jobs will be created and investments worth more than UAH 1 billion will be made," the Prime Minister said.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember478" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">The second industrial park will locate in the Lviv region. It will specialise in the processing industry with a special focus on furniture production.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember479" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">"Investments are more than UAH 2 billion. More than 2,000 new workplaces are expected to be created," said Denys Shmyhal.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember480" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, the Government continues to improve the conditions for large investment projects. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a document that allows investors to receive compensation for the engineering and transport infrastructure they have built.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember481" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">"That is, if an investor has built a road, installed water, gas or electricity connections to its plant or other investment object, the state will compensate him/her for these costs," the Prime Minister noted.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember482" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, according to the Head of Government, investors will now have the opportunity to receive compensation for their expenses for connecting to engineering and transport networks.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember483" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">"We talked about this with businesses. This is a very important and principled story. This will bring additional investments and new large projects to our economy," said Denys Shmyhal.</span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-88809033759410232582024-03-13T11:41:00.000-07:002024-03-13T11:41:24.726-07:00EU Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs adopt landmark law<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and compliance with fundamental rights, while boosting innovation.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/images/20240313PHT19315/20240313PHT19315-cl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/images/20240313PHT19315/20240313PHT19315-cl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The untargeted scraping of facial images from CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases will be banned © Alexander / Adobe Stock</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">The regulation, <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231206IPR15699/artificial-intelligence-act-deal-on-comprehensive-rules-for-trustworthy-ai" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">agreed in negotiations with member states in December</a> 2023, was endorsed by MEPs with 523 votes in favour, 46 against and 49 abstentions.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">It aims to protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, while boosting innovation and establishing Europe as a leader in the field. The regulation establishes obligations for AI based on its potential risks and level of impact.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Banned applications</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">The new rules ban certain AI applications that threaten citizens’ rights, including biometric categorisation systems based on sensitive characteristics and untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases. Emotion recognition in the workplace and schools, social scoring, predictive policing (when it is based solely on profiling a person or assessing their characteristics), and AI that manipulates human behaviour or exploits people’s vulnerabilities will also be forbidden.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Law enforcement exemptions</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">The use of biometric identification systems (RBI) by law enforcement is prohibited in principle, except in exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations. “Real-time” RBI can only be deployed if strict safeguards are met, e.g. its use is limited in time and geographic scope and subject to specific prior judicial or administrative authorisation. Such uses may include, for example, a targeted search of a missing person or preventing a terrorist attack. Using such systems post-facto (“post-remote RBI”) is considered a high-risk use case, requiring judicial authorisation being linked to a criminal offence.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Obligations for high-risk systems</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clear obligations are also foreseen for other high-risk AI systems (due to their significant potential harm to health, safety, fundamental rights, environment, democracy and the rule of law). Examples of high-risk AI uses include critical infrastructure, education and vocational training, employment, essential private and public services (e.g. healthcare, banking), certain systems in law enforcement, migration and border management, justice and democratic processes (e.g. influencing elections). Such systems must assess and reduce risks, maintain use logs, be transparent and accurate, and ensure human oversight. Citizens will have a right to submit complaints about AI systems and receive explanations about decisions based on high-risk AI systems that affect their rights.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Transparency requirements</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">General-purpose AI (GPAI) systems, and the GPAI models they are based on, must meet certain transparency requirements, including compliance with EU copyright law and publishing detailed summaries of the content used for training. The more powerful GPAI models that could pose systemic risks will face additional requirements, including performing model evaluations, assessing and mitigating systemic risks, and reporting on incidents.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">Additionally, artificial or manipulated images, audio or video content (“deepfakes”) need to be clearly labelled as such.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Measures to support innovation and SMEs</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">Regulatory sandboxes and real-world testing will have to be established at the national level, and made accessible to SMEs and start-ups, to develop and train innovative AI before its placement on the market.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Quotes</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the plenary debate on Tuesday, the Internal Market Committee co-rapporteur <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124867/BRANDO_BENIFEI/home" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy)</a> said: “We finally have the world’s first binding law on artificial intelligence, to reduce risks, create opportunities, combat discrimination, and bring transparency. Thanks to Parliament, unacceptable AI practices will be banned in Europe and the rights of workers and citizens will be protected. The AI Office will now be set up to support companies to start complying with the rules before they enter into force. We ensured that human beings and European values are at the very centre of AI’s development”.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">Civil Liberties Committee co-rapporteur <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197665/DRAGOS_TUDORACHE/home" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dragos Tudorache (Renew, Romania)</a> said: “The EU has delivered. We have linked the concept of artificial intelligence to the fundamental values that form the basis of our societies. However, much work lies ahead that goes beyond the AI Act itself. AI will push us to rethink the social contract at the heart of our democracies, our education models, labour markets, and the way we conduct warfare. The AI Act is a starting point for a new model of governance built around technology. We must now focus on putting this law into practice”.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next steps</span></span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">The regulation is still subject to a final lawyer-linguist check and is expected to be finally adopted before the end of the legislature (through the so-called <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RULES-9-2023-11-01-RULE-241_EN.html" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">corrigendum</a> procedure). The law also needs to be formally endorsed by the Council.</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">It will enter into force twenty days after its publication in the official Journal, and be fully applicable 24 months after its entry into force, except for: bans on prohibited practises, which will apply six months after the entry into force date; codes of practise (nine months after entry into force); general-purpose AI rules including governance (12 months after entry into force); and obligations for high-risk systems (36 months).</span></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Background</span></span></div></span><p></p><p class="ep-wysiwig_paragraph" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Artificial Intelligence Act responds directly to citizens’ proposals from the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE), most concretely to <a href="https://conference-followup.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/267078/Report_EN.pdf#page=55" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">proposal 12(10)</a> on enhancing EU’s competitiveness in strategic sectors, <a href="https://conference-followup.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/267078/Report_EN.pdf#page=76" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">proposal 33(5)</a> on a safe and trustworthy society, including countering disinformation and ensuring humans are ultimately in control, <a href="https://conference-followup.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/267078/Report_EN.pdf#page=77" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">proposal 35</a> on promoting digital innovation, (3) while ensuring human oversight and <a href="https://conference-followup.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/267078/Report_EN.pdf#page=77" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">(8)</a> trustworthy and responsible use of AI, setting safeguards and ensuring transparency, and <a href="https://conference-followup.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/267078/Report_EN.pdf#page=80" rel="noopener" style="border: 1px solid transparent; color: #3c77bd; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">proposal 37 (3)</a> on using AI and digital tools to improve citizens’ access to information, including persons with disabilities.</span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #505154; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><p></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-28585975388447977912024-03-13T10:54:00.000-07:002024-03-14T13:42:26.416-07:00SOFA EXPERT GEOPOLITICS: MIGHTY MACRON<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDP5z6uMPGHJklDBj0-pksEnE4oBi81UCxe7IFv_n-DhdWh_krmshGqdgBLMr2bRlV8JIsF8XsrtORbGxO1P0aQiJXL71iE5Q_sbnKa9GC2w4pU-cLQkdGXlrD6TCD6pKOFJS8XolpnoXmzoL6FD0TbScCKARPnvsbCJWNQC4KQMtnJ1hv_EAeAi3dfrK/s415/Emmanuel_Macron_in_2022_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDP5z6uMPGHJklDBj0-pksEnE4oBi81UCxe7IFv_n-DhdWh_krmshGqdgBLMr2bRlV8JIsF8XsrtORbGxO1P0aQiJXL71iE5Q_sbnKa9GC2w4pU-cLQkdGXlrD6TCD6pKOFJS8XolpnoXmzoL6FD0TbScCKARPnvsbCJWNQC4KQMtnJ1hv_EAeAi3dfrK/s320/Emmanuel_Macron_in_2022_(cropped).jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tomorrow, March 14, Macron will make an urgent appeal to the French people regarding the war in Ukraine.</span></div><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was finally explained to Macron that Russia was kicking France out of Africa. Hence Macron’s opposition to Russia. In particular, his statements that France could send troops into the territory of Ukraine. In addition, France has already signed agreements with Armenia and Moldova, which directly contradicts the interests of Russia.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>It would be nice if someone explained to Macron that Russia has long turned into a proxy of China.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is important for Putin and China to create as many points of tension and destabilization around the world as possible. Next, stabilization in exchange for territory or resources.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In former times, Russia hid behind ideology (for example, the liberation of the Balkan Slavs or the world revolution).</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At this stage of development, Russia has reached such a stage of degradation that it justifies Hitler and openly pursues a policy of state terrorism.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the US weakened by Speaker Johnson, the immoral jewel in Trump's crown, Macron is forced to look after the interests of France, becoming a significant ally of Ukraine and the foremost leader of a free Europe.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking on TV, Macron says there no point in negotiating with Putin: "We negotiated as much as we could, but there is nothing to talk about with Putin anymore. Ukraine must win. There will be no red lines for France. I’m the President of France and I decide"</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-39576585457708126212024-03-12T12:55:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:55:37.987-07:00A moveable feast in Ukraine today or Russians invaded Russia!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Bj8BT0yFfmjMxP4fKMuwKLSDqn4b2rP5L8zfrOmoIMcRSUIhHEosc1eDT0UCyNQp5FwqUpmUTt_w4C5TIFMCm3PtaEl5HYsBHp3c1NEDpasLIBlcu1wH2EAMGJ1IYKoHYfwGnTG_z1zCQ0pgmoha-e8uQ5HiRoe7mTBkGNPkWq87Ma7W-_XqfsAOsHU/s680/GIdSAVmXEAAfw8W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="680" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_Bj8BT0yFfmjMxP4fKMuwKLSDqn4b2rP5L8zfrOmoIMcRSUIhHEosc1eDT0UCyNQp5FwqUpmUTt_w4C5TIFMCm3PtaEl5HYsBHp3c1NEDpasLIBlcu1wH2EAMGJ1IYKoHYfwGnTG_z1zCQ0pgmoha-e8uQ5HiRoe7mTBkGNPkWq87Ma7W-_XqfsAOsHU/w400-h179/GIdSAVmXEAAfw8W.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Ukraine as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Ukraine is a moveable feast."</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's just a moving holiday today in Ukraine!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>anti-Putin military alliance of the Legion "Freedom of Russia", the Russian Volunteer Corps and the "Siberian Battalion" began a spring liberation campaign from the territory of Ukraine, moving through three regions of Russia.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> At night, units of the "Freedom of Russia" Legion, the "Freedom of Russia" Legion and the "Siberian Battalion" broke through several sections of the border at once and entered the interior of the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sources report that at least 15 units of enemy equipment entered the territory of the Kursk region, including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The anti-Putin military alliance used artillery to strike warehouses and headquarters in the specified border areas. In the Belgorod region, two classified headquarters were lost, which were located underground. There are dead officers among them.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The development of the situation will be reported in the near future.</span></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-14536532425047197502024-03-12T12:48:00.000-07:002024-03-12T12:48:19.734-07:00Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: EU individual sanctions over territorial integrity prolonged for a further six months<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a52; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;">The Council decided today to prolong the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for another six months,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a52; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><strong style="color: #3f4a52; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;">until 15 September 2024</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f4a52; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif;">.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The existing restrictive measures provide for travel restrictions for natural persons, the <strong>freezing of assets</strong>, and a ban on <strong>making funds or other economic resources available</strong> to the listed individuals and entities. Sanctions will continue to apply to over 2100 individuals and entities, many of which are targeted in response to Russia’s ongoing unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the context of the sanctions' review, the Council also decided not to renew the listings of three individuals and remove nine deceased persons from the list.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After 24 February 2022, in response to Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, the EU massively expanded sanctions against Russia with the aim of significantly weakening Russia's economic base, depriving it of critical technologies and markets, and significantly curtailing its ability to wage war.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On 14 and 15 December 2023, the European Council adopted conclusions in which it reiterated its resolute condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations, and reaffirmed the EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and its inherent right of self-defence against Russia’s aggression.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The European Council also stated that Russia’s ability to wage its war of aggression must be further weakened, including by further strengthening sanctions, and through their full and effective implementation and the prevention of their circumvention.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://nsl.consilium.europa.eu/dg/l/104100/xbi2chun3d3wee36lobx3flffiiehubsckhfaeapibdo7vglfzunhdg2q47pmabifpeo7rhbi5w3o/vjgrumtjxgkorpzxc3hzf6zx2u" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(22, 65, 148) !important; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Russia: two years after the full-scale invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine, EU adopts 13th package of individual and economic sanctions (press release, 23 February 2024)</span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgb(63, 74, 82) !important; font-family: "Web Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" href="https://nsl.consilium.europa.eu/dg/l/104100/xbi2chun3d3wee36lobx3flffiiehubsckhfaeapibdo7vglfzunhdg2q47pmabifpeo7rhbi5w3o/fm76qsfxvk3ni3etauotcmm5gy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(22, 65, 148) !important; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">EU response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (background information)</span></a></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-20629366501740531932024-03-11T12:32:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:32:10.770-07:00New ICC Presidency elected for 2024-2027<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/new-icc-presidency-elected-2024-2027?fbclid=IwAR3fdzlbS1gjVk6kQN2NWyIeIsp5KBgHFb-djHE9n_10y8a7A5-xghMYAzA">Press Release: 11 March 2024</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbG54Z8Xo1mL6vtLp2e4DflUKBflHhZln3TjGYHyiHeXMYLA5V_jd-tKIKyXIGC_wgy6Xn7hAeXg8cesgoahoK-y_l1C4I6mRk8H0SAqbcVZB37UPhCGl6niEzVSUL9mbcvuh6br2qXosejv8Lvukhu62z2GhbscCYdvFB-WKzGQAiF4GVqwEa9aub6RC/s500/6384614689076150455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbG54Z8Xo1mL6vtLp2e4DflUKBflHhZln3TjGYHyiHeXMYLA5V_jd-tKIKyXIGC_wgy6Xn7hAeXg8cesgoahoK-y_l1C4I6mRk8H0SAqbcVZB37UPhCGl6niEzVSUL9mbcvuh6br2qXosejv8Lvukhu62z2GhbscCYdvFB-WKzGQAiF4GVqwEa9aub6RC/w400-h209/6384614689076150455.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">Pictured here from left to right: ICC First Vice-President Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane and ICC Second Vice-President Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou ©ICC-CPI</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, 11 March 2024, the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a plenary session, elected <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-tomoko-akane" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;" title="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-tomoko-akane">Judge Tomoko Akane</a> as President of the Court. <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-rosario-salvatore-aitala" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;" title="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-rosario-salvatore-aitala">Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala</a> was elected First Vice-President and <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-reine-alapini-gansou" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;" title="https://www.icc-cpi.int/judges/judge-reine-alapini-gansou">Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou</a> Second Vice-President. The members of the Presidency are elected for a three-year term with immediate effect.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I am deeply honoured to have been elected by my fellow judges to serve as President of the International Criminal Court. At this challenging time for the Court, stable, collaborative and unified leadership is required. I will focus on fostering dialogue amongst the organs of the Court, and defence and victims’ representatives, as well as in reinforcing the dialogue with States Parties and States that have not yet ratified the Rome Statute. I will also prioritise the security and well-being of the Court’s personnel”, said newly-elected ICC President Akane.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Presidency – consisting of the President and the two Vice-Presidents – plays a key role in providing strategic leadership to the ICC as a whole. The Presidency coordinates with the other organs and seeks the concurrence of the Prosecutor on matters of mutual concern. In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC's governing treaty, the Presidency is responsible for the proper administration of the Court, with the exception of the Office of the Prosecutor. The Presidency oversees the activities of the Registry and provides input into a broad range of administrative policies affecting the Court's overall functioning. Furthermore it conducts judicial review of certain decisions of the Registrar and concludes Court-wide cooperation agreements with States and international organizations.</span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-57138275013709192842024-03-11T04:48:00.000-07:002024-03-11T04:48:09.742-07:00In Trump We Trust? Or The Short Happy Glory of Viktor Orban<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouO-U2tBOWEVD4XutnAk2Vc-bZREfHecxxN4hLESmK62hLal8JODhz6p17-RXtnyzrU6wDsi8tMrpJkwx2GLkOUcrI-vNcxEbejRdRdbYxg4K5qdEcA_YEGqYT4B-NQ4tVj-xUw-1eQf1erKdTkejIozs1SgUXUJJ2TGIKMgsmp-rGry-h2nw2JlSoOJU/s1004/Florida-plate-med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1004" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouO-U2tBOWEVD4XutnAk2Vc-bZREfHecxxN4hLESmK62hLal8JODhz6p17-RXtnyzrU6wDsi8tMrpJkwx2GLkOUcrI-vNcxEbejRdRdbYxg4K5qdEcA_YEGqYT4B-NQ4tVj-xUw-1eQf1erKdTkejIozs1SgUXUJJ2TGIKMgsmp-rGry-h2nw2JlSoOJU/w400-h204/Florida-plate-med.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3f2f721-7fff-11d9-508f-c4a0ab8251c8"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Putin's lucky messenger Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump in Florida. The Prime Minister of Hungary, a country with a population of 10 million, has risen to previously unattainable heights. Orban was deciding the fate of Ukraine, a country of 40 million people and the largest territory in Europe, with Donald Trump, the former and possibly future US president.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Inflated by the political importance of the moment, Orban hastened to report the results of the meeting. It turns out that all three of them, namely Trump, Putin and Orban, see the same way to end the war in Ukraine. You just need to stop giving money to Ukraine and then the war will end immediately, since Ukraine will not be able to fight on its own. This is what these “modern political leaders'' think.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Orban and Trump are silent about what follows this method of ending the war. Putin himself did it instead. Previously, Putinhas threatened Ukraine that without Western help Ukraine would only have two to three weeks to live. In practical application, this means genocide of the Ukrainian people and the destruction of an independent state in the 21st century.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Trump's intentions are simple and clear. By all means, prevent Ukraine from winning before the presidential elections in the United States. Using the war as leverage over Biden's position. And then act as a powerful world leader and instantly end the war. This shameless plan is being successfully implemented by Republicans in Congress.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Putin's intentions are even clearer. Either give me Ukraine or I will completely destroy the world legal order. Moreover, politicians in Eastern Europe are well aware that Ukraine is just the beginning for Putin.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Orban’s intentions are also obvious, acting as a traitor to European values and wanting to get a part of Ukraine, he is a politician at the beck and call of Putin and Trump. One can only hope that this happy glory of Viktor Orbán will be short-lived. A used toothbrush is usually thrown away.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thus, at present, in addition to the axis of evil, a situational triumvirate of Trump, Putin and Orban has also formed. This triumvirate is a real threat and challenge for Ukraine.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Finally, it should be noted that all voters of Trump, Putin and Orban, supporting these politicians, along with them, must bear political responsibility. In Putin's case, this responsibility will also come in the form of reparations and criminal liability.</span></p><br /><br /></span>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-3237646054536047912024-03-09T14:46:00.000-08:002024-03-09T14:48:50.708-08:00Vicarious embarrassment or the role of personality <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqSHztNWAquvxcpz6RgOsRkQcF62ghEQQ4dVMUzuALkJQ5RqBGJRn6Xe3zfvvvorQnn86SZr352p-jshABD9TBXZjH4xTJHZgmt1SnY4EfqNU5vmQu1n2Ob06YRVaVTqHI_HosFASFssf-a0Mh_2VcC6mhSZa7EcK79xaYTpu0n1V6SvP1IjKrRYtz4Cv/s330/El_Quitasol_(Goya).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="330" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqSHztNWAquvxcpz6RgOsRkQcF62ghEQQ4dVMUzuALkJQ5RqBGJRn6Xe3zfvvvorQnn86SZr352p-jshABD9TBXZjH4xTJHZgmt1SnY4EfqNU5vmQu1n2Ob06YRVaVTqHI_HosFASFssf-a0Mh_2VcC6mhSZa7EcK79xaYTpu0n1V6SvP1IjKrRYtz4Cv/w400-h278/El_Quitasol_(Goya).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Events, speeches and actions of people in modern politics evoke in me Vicarious embarrassment or Spanish shame. This feeling of embarrassment comes from observing the embarrassing actions of congressmen and other American politicians in relation to American aid to Ukraine.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This feeling of embarrassment also comes from watching the Pope call for Ukrainians to take courage and enter into negotiations with Russia <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>under a white flag. We must remind the Pope that Ukrainians have already proven their courage in two years of war. And it wouldn’t hurt to ask the Pope where his courage was when the Russians wiped out the Ukrainian city of Mariupol from the face of the earth.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This feeling of embarrassment also comes from watching Trump and his speeches. Don't Trump voters understand that Trump will be the last president of the United States?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s unpleasant to admit this, but a significant part of the modern Western political establishment includes people whose scale does not correspond to the scale of the events that are happening before our eyes.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The conformity and indecisiveness of political leaders have led to the fact that Putin and his entourage, who are essentially an ordinary gang with nuclear weapons, are successfully destroying the world law and order. Moreover, they have successfully formed an axis of evil where the Houthis cut cables and fire on ships.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The war between civilization and barbarism has entered a decisive stage. Civilization will either win or cease to exist. Exactly. Victory or death!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oddly enough, French President Emmanuel Macron was the one who changed. Macron's transfiguration is his painful evolution from currying favor with Putin to assuming the role of leader of the free world. It is hoped that other politicians will follow him!</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-63414917101012644462024-03-08T10:27:00.000-08:002024-03-08T10:27:12.071-08:00A Farewell to Arms<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The content of the latest speech by American President Biden, in the context of American support for Ukraine, evokes a strong feeling of déjà vu. </span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Absolutely correct words, but Ukraine needs the right actions. There are no correct actions at this time. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Judging by the expression on the face of Speaker Johnson, the favorite of all Ukrainians, during Biden’s speech, it is unlikely that such actions will be carried out in the near future. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sabotage of American aid to Ukraine is a powerful and well-planned blow to the authority of Biden and the United States in the international arena.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As always, Trump simply acted idiotically. He accused Biden of handing over Ukraine to Russia. The obvious message from Trump is that under Trump, Putin would not have dared to invade Ukraine. According to Trump, it is obvious that under Trump's rule the sun would not dare to rise in the east.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is sad to watch all this election fever from Ukraine, where Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, including children, are dying every day.</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-23945600485964747252024-03-08T09:16:00.000-08:002024-03-08T09:17:09.916-08:00Flower fever on the banks of the Dnieper or a holiday of spring, beauty and love<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAzUycx327QkylTnr6lT-fahSufMSwn8ZXom9nvarMQ4n6w7VtdOLYTABeUAA0tBN17yZTNp0TQytUqWLS4S4Qz2QxV3uLVRqfQs4Zu2taAaMEx0qWaKW9OtLTLCQTR1jaQ5UhiCpktis8Y5rmoMlTZLIRQFAN_rOBVqZFGx8A_rbWT4QEpLenEbKi2tm/s1280/photo_2024-03-08_19-01-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="964" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAzUycx327QkylTnr6lT-fahSufMSwn8ZXom9nvarMQ4n6w7VtdOLYTABeUAA0tBN17yZTNp0TQytUqWLS4S4Qz2QxV3uLVRqfQs4Zu2taAaMEx0qWaKW9OtLTLCQTR1jaQ5UhiCpktis8Y5rmoMlTZLIRQFAN_rOBVqZFGx8A_rbWT4QEpLenEbKi2tm/w211-h281/photo_2024-03-08_19-01-33.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">On March 8, in many cities of Ukraine and especially in Kyiv, you can see many men with bouquets of tulips in their hands. Bouquets can consist not only of tulips. Chrysanthemums or roses can be used, but it doesn’t matter. Although tulips are still preferable.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">On this day in Kyiv you can see queues of men buying flowers. Men with bouquets are literally everywhere. They rush to present <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>bouquets to their loved ones, wives, girlfriends, mothers, and colleagues. The roots of this tradition go back to the Soviet Union, when they celebrated the holiday - International Women's Day on March 8th. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11tmoR9hXg2EIPTg-rmjbHX9u4MBGc-BPp_1tpe3w1uRZAj_dAmDVrNKJ31UHr1kDVBaGe8bWX148NKZCsFTcccBQqGsIqye0UWuP2YXPbM5ApvS2WFtYdt1F8zVnSe-3-yhYOqcGxvBM29C-o9v3bHCTBoRPUwBQYu8y3dC8ztLse71-cBPW5voM57Sf/s1280/photo_2024-03-08_19-01-53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11tmoR9hXg2EIPTg-rmjbHX9u4MBGc-BPp_1tpe3w1uRZAj_dAmDVrNKJ31UHr1kDVBaGe8bWX148NKZCsFTcccBQqGsIqye0UWuP2YXPbM5ApvS2WFtYdt1F8zVnSe-3-yhYOqcGxvBM29C-o9v3bHCTBoRPUwBQYu8y3dC8ztLse71-cBPW5voM57Sf/s320/photo_2024-03-08_19-01-53.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br />Modern Ukrainian society lives outside the paradigm of the Soviet Union. However, the tradition of giving flowers to women on March 8 as a symbol of spring, love and beauty continues to live. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This spring holiday looks especially impressive during the Russian-Ukrainian war. Today this holiday contains a life-affirming principle. Just as spring always defeats winter, so Ukraine will defeat Russia. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Russia is the past, and Ukraine is the future. The future always defeats the past. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spring, Beauty and Love are invincible!</span></div></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-59600738520369678702024-03-07T17:35:00.000-08:002024-03-07T17:35:25.228-08:00All the world's a stage, and all that<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOqLbgds5lLltjfILF4JyRGTGj6DqKt-cgYpLD08sOr-ELeBPWwRGEqYhk0GUHbMjNt_JpXVpIP2evQtXwFgG88NRVBJ8d7R00M-bKGwvLk5aj-HXUaUdXUxeQyJkskqQ3SMqbKUIiiBCjM5ghaNZq73lpcu7SYHM3DXMOLCcJjO1a4KUv_CD-rSnlEaB/s330/Mosaic_depicting_theatrical_masks_of_Tragedy_and_Comedy_(Thermae_Decianae).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="330" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOqLbgds5lLltjfILF4JyRGTGj6DqKt-cgYpLD08sOr-ELeBPWwRGEqYhk0GUHbMjNt_JpXVpIP2evQtXwFgG88NRVBJ8d7R00M-bKGwvLk5aj-HXUaUdXUxeQyJkskqQ3SMqbKUIiiBCjM5ghaNZq73lpcu7SYHM3DXMOLCcJjO1a4KUv_CD-rSnlEaB/w400-h325/Mosaic_depicting_theatrical_masks_of_Tragedy_and_Comedy_(Thermae_Decianae).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">All the world's a stage, and all the states and people merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one state in its time plays many parts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Preliminary note. I consider American aid to Ukraine in the war with Russia to be vitally important for Ukraine, as well as European aid as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the same time, when I think about American aid to Ukraine at its current stage, my opinion gradually drifts from the theater of the absurd towards Farce. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you remember, Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. However, I'm not a fan of farce as such. This performance is too hypocritical. In this farce, the leading role is played by the favorite of all Ukrainians, Speaker Johnson. He is Trump's Gollum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leaving Farce, we immediately find ourselves in the traditional Chinese theater Xiqu. Xiqu is the primary genre of indigenous Chinese theatre.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A play called “The Ukrainian Crisis” is being performed on the stage of the Chinese theater today. Crisis is a somewhat strange definition for a war in which at least half a million soldiers have already died, don’t you think? The leitmotif of the play is for world peace. The moral of the play is a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hence. Russia calmly remains in the occupied Ukrainian territories, builds fortifications and prepares for the next phase of the war of conquest. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a Ukrainian, this play simply takes my breath away when I imagine what the Russians are doing right now with my compatriots in the occupied territories. I leave the theater without regret.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Leaving the Chinese theater, I find myself in the French ballet. Who is this man in tights with strong legs performing Entrechat? Bah, this is Macron! He forbade drawing any red lines on the stage, so his movements are bold and graceful and sometimes look menacing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">I heard that these ballet dancers kick painfully in the stomach or even lower. The flying combat Macron gives me cautious optimism. The evolution of his consciousness has traveled a difficult path from “Putin must save his face” to “There are no red lines for France.” Moldova also seduces Macron.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">All tickets to the British and Ukrainian Theater have been sold out. These theaters are waiting for their review.</span></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-55887823694865482622024-03-06T09:14:00.000-08:002024-03-06T09:14:44.760-08:00Russian missile strikes near Zelensky’s convoy<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fJzoicql6Yw?si=xISuVg2XgrfN1CPz" frameborder="0"></iframe>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-17285862087942641002024-03-05T09:40:00.000-08:002024-03-05T09:40:36.093-08:00Speaker Mike Johnson and My Faith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcLtSiBkNFqd3TxrczE5-qMNpNufxJmyDWjlAwi4_kGkPIewQY3VYT0tdqbISAvXjZyjWiUG7R7CGlNZ2fvu11yiOP9fTW174bhUXWzfIB0RJvIRJHdzZCmvTzuW9nFhLRtrEFs-swJ6mEDFRGE7A0c56flO4GZjdhOeyCzSihGt1dMj_7qbWmfnHb_uB/s412/Us_rep_mike_johnson_official_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="330" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcLtSiBkNFqd3TxrczE5-qMNpNufxJmyDWjlAwi4_kGkPIewQY3VYT0tdqbISAvXjZyjWiUG7R7CGlNZ2fvu11yiOP9fTW174bhUXWzfIB0RJvIRJHdzZCmvTzuW9nFhLRtrEFs-swJ6mEDFRGE7A0c56flO4GZjdhOeyCzSihGt1dMj_7qbWmfnHb_uB/w320-h400/Us_rep_mike_johnson_official_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaker Mike Johnson inspires me to feel like a deeply religious person. This king of hypocrisy or Trump’s Gollum put thousands of Ukrainian lives, including children, on one scale, and on the other scale lies Trump’s presidency and Johnson’s personal vanity. Trump can go unpunished, since he is beyond morals and faith, while Johnson never can. It cannot be that this being, who claims to be a Christian and dad, can go unpunished. Envy not the glory of Mike Johnson: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.</span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-43694099275055167262024-03-05T07:19:00.000-08:002024-03-05T07:19:54.831-08:00Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/styles/press_release/public/2022-07/160729-icc_hq-02.jpg?itok=2I35FNgI" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="800" height="251" src="https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/styles/press_release/public/2022-07/160729-icc_hq-02.jpg?itok=2I35FNgI" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="mt-4" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1.5rem !important; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, 5 March 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court, composed of Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Presiding, Judge Tomoko Akane and Judge Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez (“ICC” or “Court”) <a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-sergei-ivanovich-kobylash-and">issued warrants of arrest </a>for two individuals, Mr Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Mr Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, in the context of the situation in Ukraine for alleged crimes committed from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mr Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash, born on 1 April 1965, a Lieutenant General in the Russian Armed Forces, who at the relevant time was the Commander of the Long-Range Aviation of the Aerospace Force, and Mr Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, born 4 April 1962, an Admiral in the Russian Navy, who at the relevant time was the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, are each allegedly responsible for the war crime of directing attacks at civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(ii) of the Rome Statute) and the war crime of causing excessive incidental harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects (article 8(2)(b)(iv) of the Rome Statute), and the crime against humanity of inhumane acts under article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are reasonable grounds to believe they bear individual criminal responsibility for the aforementioned crimes for (i) having committed the acts jointly and/or through others (article 25(3)(a) of the Rome Statute), (ii) ordering the commission of the crimes, and/or (iii) for their failure to exercise proper control over the forces under their command (article 28(a) of the Rome Statute).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The two warrants of arrest were issued following applications filed by the Prosecution. Pre-Trial Chamber II considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the forces under their command against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">During this time-frame, there was an alleged campaign of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations, which were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-Trial Chamber II found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the alleged strikes were directed against civilian objects, and for those installations that may have qualified as military objectives at the relevant time, the expected incidental civilian harm and damage would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pre-Trial Chamber II also considered that the alleged campaign of strikes qualifies as a course of conduct involving the multiple commission of acts against a civilian population, pursuant to a State policy, in the meaning of Article 7 of the Statute. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">As such, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the suspects also bear responsibility for the crime against humanity of ‘other inhumane acts […] intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health’, as per article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The content of the warrants is issued ‘secret’ in order to protect witnesses and to safeguard the investigations. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, mindful that conduct similar to that addressed in the present situation, which amounts to violations of international humanitarian law, is alleged to be ongoing, the Chamber considers that public awareness of the warrants may contribute to the prevention of the further commission of crimes. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Therefore, Pre-Trial Chamber II considers it to be in the interest of justice to authorise the Registry to publicly disclose the existence of the warrants, the name of the suspects, the crimes for which the warrants are issued, and the modes of liability.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Georgia; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">For further information on the situation in Ukraine, check <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/situations/ukraine" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #003366;">here</a>.</span></p></div><p><br /></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-86498287373150820532024-03-04T13:51:00.000-08:002024-03-04T13:51:55.075-08:00INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE AGGRESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AGAINST UKRAINE<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4sb1ufVW_Dh33O7hryeebBUbi6z4ZAkjLc0QrQ6HuhQ6OE_qclOWTIFOEojT9hTJrgtdtyPBFmtiXJGtBn9fghxEYEbDTjX7M7lQqntjAUwTK-tUYmWymMs-MLCcbb_ziBQP9kuhgf-Ru3EIqLGiy5yQ3CelEE52MvECvTfTWIgbwi8vmQYYCodJtczD/s1023/01f00000-0aff-0242-a58f-08d9fdc6e901_w1023_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1023" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4sb1ufVW_Dh33O7hryeebBUbi6z4ZAkjLc0QrQ6HuhQ6OE_qclOWTIFOEojT9hTJrgtdtyPBFmtiXJGtBn9fghxEYEbDTjX7M7lQqntjAUwTK-tUYmWymMs-MLCcbb_ziBQP9kuhgf-Ru3EIqLGiy5yQ3CelEE52MvECvTfTWIgbwi8vmQYYCodJtczD/w400-h225/01f00000-0aff-0242-a58f-08d9fdc6e901_w1023_s.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">‼️The official website of the International Register of Damages Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which was created by the Resolution of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the Creation of an Expanded Partial Agreement on the Register of Damages Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, CM/Res(2023)3 of May 12, 2023, has become operational. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1776" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">👉 The resource was created to highlight the activities of the international Registry of Losses among the general public. On the website, you can read information about the Register of Losses, learn about the latest news and events related to its work. Potential claimants will be able to find answers to the most frequently asked questions, learn about the initiation and process of filing claims for damages, and more.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1777" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">💻 The website is available in Ukrainian and English. The French version of the website will be available later.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1778" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">✅ Link to the website of the International Register of Losses: 🔗<span class="white-space-pre" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre !important;"> </span><a class="app-aware-link " data-test-app-aware-link="" href="http://rd4u.claims/" style="background-color: var(--artdeco-reset-link-background-color-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);" target="_self">rd4u.claims</a>.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1779" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">📌 The location of the international Register of Damages is The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1780" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">As noted by Iryna Mudra, the international Loss Register is the first component of the international compensation mechanism, which will consist of a loss register; application review commission; compensation fund.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1781" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">💬 The register of damages serves as a documentary form of accounting for evidence and information regarding claims for compensation for damages, losses or damage caused on February 24, 2022 or later on the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, including its territorial waters, to all interested individuals and legal entities, as well as the state of Ukraine, including its regional and local authorities, state or controlled institutions, by internationally illegal acts of the Russian Federation in Ukraine or against Ukraine.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1782" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">Currently, Ukraine, together with other participating states and associated members of the Register of Losses, is actively implementing a number of measures aimed at the earliest possible full launch of the work of the International Register of Losses. The Loss Register is expected to start accepting the first applications in April 2024. The start of accepting applications will be notified additionally.</span></p><p class="ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph" id="ember1783" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.75; margin: 1.6rem 0px; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); pointer-events: all; text-align: justify; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="font-size: large;">Source: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine..</span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-3754308652589026512024-03-03T11:32:00.000-08:002024-03-03T11:45:31.001-08:00PEACE NEGOTIATIONS OR THE CAPITULATION?<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQ-tbv2SxuzuY1GCAw8BLuFkLdiMnPRTjfHgj4KR90uSuNJZP_EJO7WlvSB596EEHPceuL5SDBU63bQGifIETA4atCCglKVBJtiss1FAg-_N_kXwTxUdvBXqaJsDLS-VBgxwwcRIy_EAB_KZmvPjXLNuXnmAUWCMxp8Z8OsfPb8vwHEv-9WKspQF_LptS/s680/GHu09ypWIAAj6fU.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="680" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQ-tbv2SxuzuY1GCAw8BLuFkLdiMnPRTjfHgj4KR90uSuNJZP_EJO7WlvSB596EEHPceuL5SDBU63bQGifIETA4atCCglKVBJtiss1FAg-_N_kXwTxUdvBXqaJsDLS-VBgxwwcRIy_EAB_KZmvPjXLNuXnmAUWCMxp8Z8OsfPb8vwHEv-9WKspQF_LptS/w400-h283/GHu09ypWIAAj6fU.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;">Odesa, Ukraine. </div><div style="text-align: center;">@ Kustovsky</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Russian-inspired calls for a ceasefire on the battlefield of the Russian-Ukrainian war are spreading in the media space. Turkey (Et tu, Erdoğan?) and China, in particular, want peaceful negotiations. The arguments of peace supporters are simple and clear. </span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-2973f3a4-7fff-0d60-2839-d0e260ee6c24"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, the parties cannot achieve more through military means. Secondly, people are dying and the infrastructure of a huge country is being destroyed in front of the whole world. Third, the start of peace negotiations does not mean at all that Ukraine recognizes Russia’s right to the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.<span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calls for peace negotiations are heard against the backdrop of political leapfrog in Washington, where there has been a paralysis of political will and a successful Russian special operation to block the western borders of Ukraine.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">The supply of weapons and financial assistance to Ukraine is under threat. Scholz, intimidated by Putin, looks incompetent before our eyes. Thus, the circumstances and allies are pushing Ukraine towards a ceasefire and the start of peace negotiations with Russia.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately, world leadership does not tolerate a vacuum. French President Emmanuel Macron has risen like an unexpectedly grandiose political Mont Blanc. Nota bene, Macron received Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace, even before Zelenskyy became president of Ukraine.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Macron caused a storm in politics by admitting the possibility of sending French troops to Ukraine. He also stressed that Russia must not win the war against Ukraine and added that the security of Europe is at stake.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is noteworthy that statements about the impossibility of Ukraine achieving more by military means on the battlefield intensified precisely when the Ukrainian armed forces began to successfully shoot down Russian planes, Ukrainian drones began to destroy Russian oil bases, and all the achievements of the Russian months-long offensive culminated in the capture of the village of Avdievka. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Someone may have the idea that some of Ukraine’s friends and all of its enemies are frightened by the very thought of a possible victory for Ukraine. Indeed, in this case, a powerful regional state will emerge in Eastern Europe, with a powerful army and enormous natural human resources. Such a state will force other players to make room on the world stage.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Regarding the death of Ukrainians and their children, as well as the destruction of infrastructure, the following is obvious. The goal of Putin and the overwhelming majority of the Russian people is the destruction of Ukrainian statehood and the Ukrainian people. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">A ceasefire and peace negotiations will entail a significantly higher number of casualties among the Ukrainian population in the territories occupied by Russia. Remember Bucha, remember the torture centers of Kupyansk and Kherson. A ceasefire now means giving Russia carte blanche to kill unwanted Ukrainians and resettle Ukrainian families in Siberia. After all, this has already happened!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">The thesis that the start of peace negotiations does not mean that Ukraine recognizes Russia’s right to the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia does not stand up to criticism. This thesis is designed for naive people, which many foreign politicians still consider Ukrainians to be. But if Ukrainians are so naive, then why can’t Putin defeat them so far? Peace negotiations mean only one thing - surrender. The capitulation of Ukraine to Russia with all the ensuing consequences.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will immediately nullify the responsibility and punishment of Putin and his cronies for all war crimes. These peace negotiations will nullify the compensation for damages caused by Russia to Ukraine. These peace negotiations will allow other countries to participate in the governance of certain territories of Ukraine (for example, Crimea).</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, these peace negotiations with the insane psychopath Putin will lead to nothing other than a beneficial respite from the war for Russia. The very fact of such negotiations will mean betrayal of the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians killed and tortured by Russia.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glory to Ukraine!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-69199484579715538512024-03-03T05:43:00.000-08:002024-03-03T05:43:41.188-08:00USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DEMINING THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRnp1qv8QFueCeY5hn3qC-5ewPJ0ZEqgwXmlc1EeWjn00R1WAXxVqEmhP2ckEod6oAbF-veB90_IhddJNbzYQzURQ5Ax06qz3aVqZP4IftPjuzDOgLUvTo5RIjo8qf7kPJQLHkGp2cqZ5wK2cH66Hj2B7fYvj9R381kHIHQPKqW8Atw9R_-gEAg7VsMra/s509/istockphoto-1620654909-170667a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="509" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRnp1qv8QFueCeY5hn3qC-5ewPJ0ZEqgwXmlc1EeWjn00R1WAXxVqEmhP2ckEod6oAbF-veB90_IhddJNbzYQzURQ5Ax06qz3aVqZP4IftPjuzDOgLUvTo5RIjo8qf7kPJQLHkGp2cqZ5wK2cH66Hj2B7fYvj9R381kHIHQPKqW8Atw9R_-gEAg7VsMra/w400-h266/istockphoto-1620654909-170667a.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Artificial intelligence will help in humanitarian demining of the territory of Ukraine. The Ministry of Economy and the Palantir technology company, which specializes in big data analytics, signed a partnership agreement. The signing of the document took place in London as part of a working visit to Great Britain by the Ukrainian delegation led by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Economy Yulia Svyridenko.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Humanitarian demining is the zero stage of Ukraine's recovery. Currently, 156,000 square kilometers of land are potentially contaminated, and more than 6 million Ukrainians are at risk. That is why the acceleration of humanitarian demining, in particular thanks to cooperation with technology companies such as Palantir, is an opportunity to save people's lives and start the reconstruction of Ukraine faster," said Yuliya Svyridenko during the signing of the document.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">For his part, the executive vice president of Palantir in Great Britain and Europe Louis Mosley emphasized that the signed agreement will help save the lives of Ukrainians and strengthen the economy of Ukraine.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Whether we're helping brave Ukrainian defenders resist Putin's aggression, supporting the resettlement of their loved ones, or helping the country's critically important demining program, Palantir stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and its people," said Louis Mosley.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The agreement contains specific provisions on cooperation in the following areas:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">digitization of humanitarian demining operations, automation of processes provided for by the National Mine Action Strategy for the period up to 2033;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">expanding digital capabilities for coordination of land clearance and assessment, regional prioritization and risk management in mine action;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">using an assistant based on the Palantir artificial intelligence platform (AIP) for decision-making in mine countermeasures.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The platform will work with large databases formed by structures related to the implementation of mine action measures, starting from local self-government bodies, regional authorities, ministries and departments and ending with mine action operators.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is assumed that the databases will contain both permanent information, for example, an assessment of the economic efficiency of agricultural land, the proximity of contaminated areas to communications, etc., and operational information, which will be regularly updated. It is, in particular, about the survey data of the territories of the State Emergency Service, State Security Service, non-governmental operators, the number and condition of equipment, the presence of pyrotechnic units in specific areas, etc. Powered by Palantir AIP, the platform will analyze information and provide recommendations for process optimization. For example, it will be able to advise, taking into account all the data, how to most effectively clear a specific area - with the help of new demining methods, such as drones, or with the use of traditional methods. The ultimate goal is to clear the territory faster and at lower costs.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The pilot project of the platform was presented at the First International Donor Conference on Humanitarian Demining of Ukraine, which took place in Zagreb on October 11-12, 2023. Currently, the signed agreement is a new stage in the cooperation between the Ministry of Economy and Palantir.</span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-31208689164467356652024-03-02T11:30:00.000-08:002024-03-02T11:30:57.454-08:00Agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <u style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Introduction</u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Government of the Netherlands, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Participants’, or ‘Ukraine and the Netherlands’,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Underlining</em> their unwavering commitment to a free, independent, democratic and sovereign Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders as of 1991, capable of defending itself and deterring future aggression,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Underscoring</em> their commitment to contribute to Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, to resist future coercion, to choose its own future, and to prosper,<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Acknowledging</em> the legitimate right of Ukraine to self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations (UN) Charter,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Affirming</em> that the security of Ukraine is integral to the security of the Euro-Atlantic region, and thus that the security of Ukraine and the Netherlands are closely related,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Considering</em> the Russian Federation’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine to be a threat to international peace and security, a flagrant violation of international law, and a breach of the UN Charter, and incompatible with their security interests,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reaffirming</em> the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act, including the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, and the inviolability of borders, which are essential for European and worldwide security,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Supporting</em> Ukraine’s and joint efforts to create a just and sustainable peace, based on the principles set out in the 10 points of Ukraine’s Peace Formula,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Standing</em> <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">united</em> with partners and Allies, rooted in their shared democratic values and interests, and above all, respect for the UN Charter and the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Acknowledging</em> the commitment expressed by the Netherlands by co-signing the Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine of 12 July 2023 and qualitatively developing it, where needed, through a security Agreement with Ukraine,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wishing</em> to build on an already extensive network of bilateral and multilateral linkages, agreements, arrangements and understandings, and wishing to deepen and maximise the potential of their cooperation, as well as to establish bilateral commitments and cooperation across various spheres including defence, security, resilience, and identify areas for potential future support,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Acknowledging</em> Ukraine’s pathway towards future integration within the Euro-Atlantic community and its commitment to continue implementing reforms regarding good governance, anti-corruption, transparency and modernisation of the defence sector,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reaffirming</em> their support for reforms to strengthen Ukraine’s security and economy, which are conducive to Ukraine realising its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, including towards European Union and NATO membership,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Recognising</em> that Ukraine’s defence, recovery, reform and European and Euro-Atlantic ambitions are mutually reinforcing and should be approached in a synergetic manner,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Recognising</em> their goal to restore the military and political stability and international law and order, violated as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as well as to prevent possible acts of aggression in the future,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have decided as follows:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 1: Scope of the Agreement</span></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants have decided to continue their cooperation to assist Ukraine in defending itself against Russian aggression for as long as it takes, and decide to:</span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">provide support to Ukraine in continuing its legitimate self-defence in accordance with article 51 of the UN Charter against the current Russian aggression and to deter aggression in the future;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">strengthen Ukraine’s recovery, economic stability and resilience;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">promote accountability for the violations of international law, including international crimes, committed in or against Ukraine and its citizens, and raise the costs to the Russian Federation of its ongoing aggression;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">implement and support an effective reform agenda that will reinforce the reforms necessary for Ukraine to advance towards its Euro-Atlantic aspirations.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In so doing, the Participants acknowledge their mutual wish to enter into specific, bilateral long-term security commitments to contribute to these efforts.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants acknowledge and confirm their view that the Agreement among the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for Peace regarding the Status of their Forces, drawn up at Brussels on 19 June, 1995, applies to all activities undertaken pursuant to and in implementation of this Agreement.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 2: Ensuring a sustainable force capable of defending Ukraine now and in the future</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants continue their cooperation in order to provide military support to Ukraine. The objective of this military support is twofold. Firstly, to contribute to Ukraine’s ability to continue to exercise its legitimate right to self-defence against Russian and other foreign aggression. Secondly, to help adapt and modernise the security and defence forces of Ukraine, in order to enhance their interoperability with NATO forces and to form a credible deterrent against future foreign aggression.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2024, the Netherlands will provide EUR 2 billion of military support. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will continue support to Ukraine for the ten-year duration of this Agreement.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Short-term military support</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a view to the short-term objective, the Participants will cooperate to assist with the urgent needs of the security and defence forces of Ukraine to defend Ukraine. Such efforts will be focused on assisting the sustainment of Ukraine’s combat operations, as well as the sustainment of platforms and systems provided since February 2022. The Participants will coordinate training activities preparing personnel of the security and defence forces of Ukraine for combat operations as well as sustainment.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will work together, and with other partners of Ukraine, to assist the security and defence forces of Ukraine and to restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, as well as to increase Ukraine’s resilience so that it is sufficient to deter and defend against future attacks, through the continued provision of security assistance and modern military equipment, across the land, air and sea, space and cyber domains – prioritising air defence, artillery and long-range firepower, armoured vehicles, and other key capabilities as required. This will include, but is not limited to, working together so that Ukraine’s military and non-military security institutions are able to perform effectively to European and Euro-Atlantic standards and are fully accountable to the Ukrainian people, Parliament and Government.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is the policy of the Netherlands to assist Ukraine with the preservation of its qualitative defence and military edge amid rapid, uncertain and challenging regional political and security transformations.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Long-term military support and capability development</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a view to medium- and long-term support, the Participants will cooperate on coordinating activities focused on the modernisation of the Defence Forces of Ukraine (i.e. a Future Force Concept). Long<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">-</span>term goals of these activities will be to provide Ukraine with a credible deterrent against future foreign aggression and to enhance interoperability with NATO forces. These activities will be concentrated on capacity development in the air and maritime domains of Ukraine, where increasing interoperability between the security and defence forces of the Participants, as well as relevant international organisations, is an important objective. The main focus will be on, but not limited to, the areas of the development of maritime capabilities and support in the field of air defence by Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will advise and support work on defence governance and policies to support the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in a structural manner.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Military support to Ukraine will be provided by the Netherlands on a bilateral basis and via multilateral instruments, including via NATO’s <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ukraine Comprehensive Assistance Package </em>(UCAP) and the EU’s European Peace Facility (EPF).</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine will ensure that the military materiel provided to it by the Netherlands is deployed in accordance with the conditions as agreed upon in end-user certificates, including adherence to international law, in particular international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Furthermore, Ukraine will ensure that the military support provided to it by the Netherlands is used solely for self-defence and deterrence of aggression and is administered in accordance with the rule of law and with effective democratic oversight. Ukraine and the Netherlands will cooperate to prevent the diversion and the illegal circulation of military materiel provided to Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will seek to ensure that Ukraine’s military capabilities are at such a level that, in the event of external military aggression against the Netherlands, Ukraine is able to provide effective military assistance. The terms, format and scope of such assistance will be determined by the Participants.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">UDCG and </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ukraine future force capabilities</em></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will coordinate their efforts in the development of military capabilities through the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) as well as other bodies, platforms and institutions.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will jointly lead the air force coalition which concentrates on future force development and capacity development in the air domain. The Netherlands will make significant contributions to the maritime coalition and other capability coalitions where capacity building and increasing future interoperability between the security and defence forces of the Participants are important objectives.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will support the development of the security and defence forces of Ukraine including (but not limited to): a Future Force Concept, a move towards NATO concepts and operating procedures, command and staff training, combined exercises, and enhanced compatibility and interoperability with NATO Allies.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Training and exercises and lessons learned</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will continue and where necessary expand its support in strengthening the capacity of the Ukrainian security and defence forces personnel in particular, but not exclusively, under the framework of the EU Military Assistance Mission. The Netherlands will provide individual and collective trainings to the security and defence forces of Ukraine including train-the-trainers programmes, particularly on weapon systems supplied by the Netherlands and NATO Allies. The training will also promote increased interoperability with Euro-Atlantic partners. Training will be provided in close cooperation with partners within the EU and NATO and in compliance with applicable national, EU and international law.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Netherlands will jointly identify lessons learned on systems and tactics.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 3: Defence industry cooperation</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will support, where possible<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </span>Ukraine’s efforts to integrate its defence industry into NATO and the EU defence and security frameworks.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to contribute to the development of Ukraine’s defence industrial base. Ukraine and the Netherlands will develop a strategic cooperation roadmap on the defence industry and identify the most impactful opportunities for defence and security industry capability development and innovation.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine will cooperate with the Netherlands with regard to industrial production and operational knowledge in relation to, among other things, unmanned vehicles. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to address existing defence materials supply chain bottlenecks impeding the development of the capacity and capability of Ukraine and other beneficiaries for manufacturing of priority weapons and ammunition.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to identify funding sources required to enable the development of Ukraine’s defence industrial base, which will include providing Dutch investment and financial assistance, in particular in time of war and post-war recovery.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to strengthen protection of transferred technologies and intellectual property rights.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to promote information exchange, share lessons learned, remove barriers to cooperation and implement required reform in the defence industry. These partnerships will enable both Ukraine and the Netherlands to expand the capacity of their defence industries.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Netherlands will work to transform Ukraine’s defence industry into a powerful capability, enabling Ukraine to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity, serving as a major driver in economic recovery and being essential part of effective deterrence against potential future acts of aggression to ensure peace and prosperity for both Ukraine and Europe.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 4: Cooperation in the event of a future armed attack</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the event of a future Russian armed attack against Ukraine, at the request of either Participant, the Participants will consult within 24 hours, bilaterally or via other channels they both deem appropriate, in order to determine appropriate next steps.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants intend, in accordance with their respective legal and constitutional requirements, to provide swift and sustained security assistance, modern military equipment across land, sea and air domains, and economic assistance, to impose economic and other costs on the Russian Federation, and to consult on Ukraine’s needs as it exercises its right of self-defence enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In order to ensure the widest and most effective collective response to future armed attacks, the Participants may amend these provisions in order to align with any mechanism that they may subsequently agree with their other international partners, including the participants in the G7 Joint Declaration of 12 July 2023.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 5: Strengthening Ukraine’s recovery, economic stability and resilience</span></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recovery and reconstruction</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will continue their cooperation to strengthen Ukraine’s economic stability and resilience through support for the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. The Netherlands will contribute its fair share amongst donor States and institutions towards the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine, which may take the form of contributions via various bilateral and multilateral channels, including, but not limited to, the European Union and International Financial Institutions. The Participants intend to stimulate the participation by their respective private sectors in the recovery and reconstruction efforts. The authorities of Ukraine will ensure that the support received for the purposes of recovery and reconstruction is spent in a manner that is efficient, transparent and accountable.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants underscore the importance of support being provided in unison and effective coordination with the relevant partners of Ukraine, including the G7, the European Union and International Financial Institutions and through designated channels, including the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will continue to strengthen coordination mechanisms for joint international efforts for reconstruction. The Netherlands will continue to support Ukraine throughout its path from early to long-term recovery, with these efforts being aligned with Ukraine's EU perspective and its status as an EU candidate country.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants underline the value they attach to the congruence and alignment of the recovery and reconstruction process with an effective reform agenda.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will direct their efforts to extend their cooperation to such areas as the development of entrepreneurship, improvement of the regulatory environment, encouragement of investments in specific projects that meet the interests of both sides (e.g. green technology, digital transformation) and financial support for the recovery of small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Humanitarian demining </span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Given the extraordinary scope of the challenge presented by the Russian Federation’s massive contamination of Ukrainian soil with mines, ammunition and other explosive ordnance, the Netherlands will continue providing support to humanitarian demining efforts alongside partners. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants recognise the need to unite efforts aimed at protecting the population and territories of Ukraine from the negative consequences caused by mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of Russian armed aggression and to alleviate the devastating consequences after its completion.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 6: Non-military security threats</span></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Countering hybrid threats</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants acknowledge that state actors use non-traditional ways of exerting power, either covertly or on the basis of a hidden agenda, referred to as hybrid threats. Hybrid threats are threats to national security which largely manifest themselves below the threshold of an open armed conflict involving a multiple use of resources by state and/or non-state actors, with the objective to achieve certain strategic objectives. These tactics may or may not be used in conjunction with armed means.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants reaffirm their commitment to defending their open and democratic societies against these malign activities. The Participants remain united in their efforts to defend themselves against and counter hybrid threats. The Netherlands will continue to support initiatives to counter hybrid threats within the EU, NATO and relevant international coalitions. The Participants intend to continue to learn from each other and support each other to strengthen resilience in the face of hybrid challenges.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will continue intelligence sharing and cooperation, within accepted parameters. On 5 February 2024, Ukraine and the Kingdom of the Netherlands signed an agreement concerning the exchange and mutual protection of classified information.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cooperation in the sphere of cybersecurity</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will work together to enable Ukraine to detect, deter and respond to Russian cyber operations, including cyber espionage and sabotage, including through greater cyber resilience and critical infrastructure protection. This will be achieved through information sharing, conducting joint operations and providing technical assistance to Ukraine, within the legal boundaries and upon the availability of information and expertise. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will work together to improve cooperation against cyber threats, both bilaterally and in the framework of the Tallinn Mechanism. Bilaterally, the Participants will be working towards further operational and political alignment to address cyber threats from the Russian Federation. The Tallinn Mechanism aims to facilitate the prompt provision of expert services in the field of cybersecurity, based on Ukraine’s integral assessment of cybersecurity priorities, both to help Ukraine defend its critical infrastructure now and to address longer-term cyber resilience needs.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants recognise the need to detect, and respond to malign cyber operations and in particular malicious use of cyber capabilities by the Russian Federation and other hostile state and non-state actors.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In order to operationalise the above mentioned fields of increased cooperation, the Participants will engage in regular cyber dialogue. In that dialogue, the Participants will seek ways to intensify operational and political cooperation to deter and respond to cyberattacks by the Russian Federation, its satellites and other malicious cyber actors.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Resilience of critical energy, digital and other critical infrastructure</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands is committed to exploring areas for enhanced cooperation in support of Ukraine’s energy supply security, among them the green energy transition.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will continue to support Ukraine to enhance protection and the resilience of critical infrastructure within the EU, NATO and relevant international coalitions. The Participants intend to explore areas for enhanced international cooperation with a view to exchanging knowledge and best practices in the realm of critical infrastructure capabilities in various sectors.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will work with Ukraine to identify sources of funding for grant programmes to develop the recovery of critical infrastructure in various sectors.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands will support the access of Ukrainian specialists to relevant international programmes and to relevant projects on its territory and in partner countries. The Participants will furthermore explore areas for enhanced cooperation regarding study visits with a view to exchanging knowledge and exchange of best practices.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Information security</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Netherlands recognise that the Russian Federation continues to manipulate information in support of its war on Ukraine and will continue to mutually support each other’s efforts to counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI).</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In order to counter Russian information manipulation globally, the participants will, where possible, collaborate to improve Ukraine's capabilities to counter information security threats, primarily Russian disinformation campaigns; support Ukraine in joining collective instruments for countering threats to information security, in particular through collaboration in existing mechanisms for developing common narratives to counter FIMI, primarily from the Russian Federation; exchange lessons learned on communication strategies to counter disinformation; promote the development of joint educational and training programs within international institutions, including regular sharing of experiences.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cooperation in the sphere of combating serious and organised crime</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will, where possible and opportune, provide legal assistance under existing instruments for international criminal cooperation in order to combat serious and organised crime (SOC), amongst others illicit finance, aimed at undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its internal stability and the process of recovery and reconciliation in Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will, where possible and opportune under existing instruments, respond to the activities of SOC groups and individuals that are trying to infiltrate across Ukrainian society and are actively used as a tool of hybrid warfare to destabilise the process of recovery and reconciliation in Ukraine.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 7: Promoting accountability </span></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Investigation, prosecution and adjudication of international crimes</span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Recalling that Ukraine requested the Netherlands to be the lead nation on Point 7 of its Peace Formula, Restoring Justice, the Netherlands is, and remains, strongly committed to ensuring accountability for violations of international law, including international crimes, committed against Ukraine and its citizens, first and foremost among these the crime of aggression. The Netherlands will continue to provide support to investigate and prosecute these violations. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. The Participants are committed to the overall objective as stated under Point 7, to restore justice, break the cycle of impunity for international crimes, and deter future commission of such crimes by ensuring that the Russian Federation, as well as individuals responsible for the crime of aggression and atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine, are held accountable.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. In the framework of this bilateral Agreement, and in line with the Action Plan/Framework proposals developed under Point 7 in September 2023, the Participants will continue to cooperate closely to pursue the key objectives as outlined therein, including:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">promoting, within Ukraine, the effective domestic investigation and prosecution of international crimes, including, but not exclusively, through bilateral cooperation and capacity building;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">in line with the activities of the Core Group, pursuing accountability for the crime of aggression, for which there can be no impunity. The Participants support the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine and recall the offer to host under certain conditions a future special tribunal for the crime of aggression in The Hague;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">holding those responsible to account, consistent with international law, including by supporting the efforts of international mechanisms, such as the International Criminal Court;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">promoting international cooperation among States and between States and international justice mechanisms in the investigation and prosecution of international crimes committed in, and against, Ukraine, including by co-chairing the Point 7 Working Group of the Ukrainian Peace Formula in Kyiv and the informal international Dialogue Group for Accountability for Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine will ratify the Rome Statute of the ICC, including the Amendments on the crime of aggression adopted by the Review Conference of the Rome Statute held in Kampala, Uganda on 11 June 2010 by Resolution RC/Res.6, as mentioned in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, on the way to its membership in the EU.</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. In order to achieve these objectives, the Participants will continue to coordinate their efforts bilaterally and internationally. To this end, the Participants commit to holding regular high level bilateral coordination meetings. In this regard, The Netherlands will host a ministerial conference, entitled ‘Restoring Justice for Ukraine’<em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">,</em> in The Hague in the spring of 2024. To ensure Ukraine remains in the lead with regard to coordination of international efforts, the Netherlands will assist Ukraine in setting up the Secretariat of the Dialogue Group with the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and will continue to jointly guide its work, and that of the Dialogue Group.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. Ukraine and the Netherlands will continue international efforts to hold to account the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation for its war of aggression against Ukraine and maintain progress towards the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Compensation for losses, injuries and damages caused by Russian aggression</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Netherlands reaffirm their commitment to holding the Russian Federation accountable for causing losses or damage to all individuals and legal entities concerned, as well as the state of Ukraine, as a result of the internationally wrongful acts of the Russian Federation in or against Ukraine including its aggression in violation of the UN Charter, and reaffirm that the Russian Federation must bear the legal responsibility, including making reparations for any damage caused by such acts, which will also help deter future attacks and support Ukraine’s recovery.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants reaffirm that the Russian Federation must pay for damage caused to Ukraine, and/or any third state, legal entity or physical person by internationally wrongful acts attributable to the Russian Federation and committed in or against Ukraine, including aggression, international crimes, the disruption of economic activities, and that the Russian Federation must pay for the long-term reconstruction of Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands supports the reference made in the G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine. In this regard, Russian sovereign assets in the jurisdiction of the Netherlands, will, to the extent they exist and in accordance with the Dutch legal system, remain immobilised until the Russian Federation has ceased its aggression against Ukraine and fulfilled its obligation to make reparation.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands, working with its partners, will continue to pursue all lawful routes through which Russian assets can be used to support Ukraine.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will continue to work together with others, including G7 states, towards the establishment of a compensation mechanism to provide compensation for damage, loss, or injury caused to all natural and legal persons concerned, as well as the state of Ukraine, caused by internationally wrongful acts of the Russian Federation in or against Ukraine, as also envisaged by the Statute of the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, adopted by the Resolution of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe CM/Res(2023)3 establishing the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. In this regard, the Participants will explore appropriate options for the financing of a compensation mechanism to provide prompt and adequate compensation to victims of aggression and to support Ukraine’s reconstruction.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 8: Sanctions</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants recall that the European Union has imposed massive and unprecedented sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to the war of aggression against Ukraine and that the aim of these measures is to impose severe consequences on the Russian Federation for its actions and to thwart Russian abilities to continue the aggression. The Participants will continue to work to ensure that the costs to the Russian Federation of its aggression continue to rise, including through sanctions and export prohibitions. The Participants also recall that sanctions are most effective when adopted and implemented in coordination with international partners.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will cooperate to actively contribute to the EU policy process to further increase the pressure on the Russian Federation, by developing further individual and sectoral measures and countering the circumvention of the measures in place. </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will further build on the close cooperation in multilateral and bilateral formats to: exchange information on the effectiveness of current measures; report on the impact (of enforcement) thereof; counter patterns of circumvention and explore areas where further measures could reinforce the sanctions in place within their jurisdictions.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will cooperate on effective implementation of sanctions, including by exchanging relevant information on enforcement where appropriate, taking into account national legislation.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">While the Russian Federation’s aggression towards Ukraine continues, the Netherlands will remain committed to pursuing robust EU sanctions against relevant sectors of the Russian economy and those who are supporting or profiting from the war, or assisting in sanctions circumvention via third countries. The Netherlands will also take determined action with partners to tackle all forms of sanctions circumvention as well as to keep reinforcing its own domestic resilience against Russia-linked illicit finance and elites.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 9: Supporting the Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants acknowledge the importance of international coordination regarding support and security commitments for Ukraine. NATO and the EU both play key roles in Ukraine’s long-term security.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants recall that the EU and its Member States and NATO and its Allies have provided Ukraine with unprecedented levels of political, military, humanitarian, and financial support, to help Ukraine in the defence of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants acknowledge the difficult circumstances under which Ukraine operates. The Participants reaffirm that Ukraine will continue to carry out the reforms necessary to integrate more closely in the Euro-Atlantic community, while the Netherlands will continue to provide Ukraine with political and practical support. These reforms include continuing implementation of the law enforcement, judiciary, anti-corruption, corporate governance, economic, security sector, and state management reforms that underscore Ukraine’s commitment to democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and media freedoms, and put its economy on a sustainable path; and also include advancing defence reforms and defence modernisation including by strengthening democratic civilian control of the military and improving efficiency and transparency across Ukraine’s defence institutions and industry.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">NATO</span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. The Participants recall that Ukraine’s future is in NATO. Referring to the Agreement among the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for Peace Regarding the Status of their Forces, to which both Participants are a party, Ukraine has become increasingly interoperable and politically integrated with the Alliance. Ukraine has made substantial progress on its reform path and will join NATO when Allies agree and conditions are met. The Netherlands and NATO Allies will continue to support and review Ukraine’s progress on democratic and security sector reforms as well as interoperability through Ukraine’s adapted Annual National Programme (ANP) on its path towards future membership. Specifically, the Participants commit to Ukraine’s implementation of the following enhancements:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">ensuring NATO standards of transparency, accountability, and competition in the management and oversight of security policy and practice, including procurement at the Ministry of Defence and across the defence industrial sector;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">transforming defence planning and resource management systems to increase transparency, reduce corruption, and increase interoperability with NATO;</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">reorganising command and control structures in accordance with NATO principles to increase interoperability and ensure effective civilian oversight; and</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">modernising defence human resource management and military education systems to align with NATO principles and standards.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div></span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. The participants also acknowledge the NATO-Ukraine Council as a joint body where Allies and Ukraine sit as equal members to advance political dialogue, engagement, cooperation, and Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Additionally, the Netherlands will continue to contribute to the delivery of support to Ukraine via NATO’s Comprehensive Assistance Package (UCAP). The aim of short-term non-lethal support is to help with the sustainment of Ukrainian operations. The aim for the medium- to long-term support is to help with rebuilding the Ukrainian security and defence sector and to help Ukraine with its transition towards full interoperability with NATO on its road to NATO membership.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">European Union</span></em></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">With regard to Ukraine’s future accession to the EU, the Participants reaffirm that Ukraine is part of the European family and has a future within the EU. The Participants recall the merits-based nature of the EU accession process. They reaffirm their commitment to work on Ukraine’s progressive integration with the Union, with a view to future Union membership. The Netherlands acknowledges Ukraine's efforts thus far to implement necessary reforms under extremely challenging circumstances and will continue to support Ukraine’s reform efforts.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The EU and its Member States have provided unprecedented support to Ukraine, notably through the European Peace Facility (EPF), the EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM) for Ukraine, as well as through efforts to scale up the production and delivery of ammunition, macro-financial assistance and budget support, support for recovery and reconstruction, diplomatic support and global outreach, solidarity lanes, trade measures, accountability efforts, regional cooperation, sanctions, humanitarian aid, and the protection of people fleeing the war. As a member of the EU, the Netherlands contributes to EU support to Ukraine. All these parallel processes help to improve the security and resilience of Ukraine, which is linked to the success of Ukraine’s path to EU accession.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Netherlands, as a member of the EU, contributes to the continuation of credible and effective support, including in the framework of the EU's security arrangements for Ukraine. This will help Ukraine defend itself in the long-term, deter acts of aggression and resist destabilisation efforts. The Netherlands will advocate fostering opportunities for cooperation in the framework of relevant EU initiatives, including those aimed at ramping up defence production capacity and enhancing cooperation with the Ukrainian defence industry. This cooperation will benefit the production of military materiel for both Ukraine and the Netherlands.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 10: Bilateral relations</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ukraine and the Netherlands will further develop their close and friendly relations in all areas, on the basis of shared values and an unshakeable solidarity in the face of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and of common threats and challenges. Ukraine and the Netherlands seek to work together even more closely in the future in the political, defence, economic, scientific and cultural spheres. Ukraine and the Netherlands will further deepen their bilateral relations by strengthening regular consultation formats.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cultural heritage</span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. The Participants recognise that the armed conflict has damaged cultural heritage of Ukraine, through negligence, disregard or even purposeful attacks on it, motivated by malice or malign intentions. We recall in this vein UNESCO’s 1954 Hague Convention (and its protocols) for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Its observance is one of the main subjects of the UNESCO conference taking place in The Hague on 14 and 15 May 2024, marking the Convention’s 70<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> anniversary. The conference will seek attention for the necessity of enhancing the adherence to and observance of the Convention and its protocols, by, ultimately, all States Parties to UNESCO.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 11: Implementation of cooperation</span></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. The Participants will implement this Agreement in accordance with their international and national obligations, as well as the European commitments of the Netherlands.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 12: Executive and technical arrangement</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants will, if they so deem necessary, designate authorised bodies for the development and implementation of bilateral arrangements in accordance with the areas of cooperation specified in this Agreement.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The authorised bodies of the Participants can conclude executive and technical arrangements on specific areas of cooperation within the framework of the implementation of this Agreement or supplements to this Agreement.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 13: Timeframe of the Agreement</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Agreement is valid for ten years from the date of its signature. The Participants will evaluate the effectiveness and necessity of the Agreement before the end of its validity.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the event that Ukraine becomes a member of NATO before the expiry of this Agreement, the Participants will decide on its future status.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The provisions of this Agreement will come into effect immediately upon signature.</span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph 14: Procedural provisions</span></u></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants underline that the present Agreement is intended to build upon their existing excellent cooperation in the various fields outlined in this Agreement which is expressly non-exclusive. Nothing in this Agreement will preclude any of the activities currently carried out in the field outside the remit of the Agreement. Similarly, the current Agreement does not preclude future activities that do not currently fall under the objectives stated above.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Participants acknowledge that the level and kind of support the Netherlands provides may vary annually, as a consequence of both evolving needs of Ukraine and other considerations.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Representatives of the two Participants intend to meet at least once a year to review and evaluate the progress of activities jointly carried out under this Agreement. Such meetings will be held on an alternating basis in Ukraine or the Netherlands or at another location to be jointly decided upon.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Neither Participant will make available any information, documents or data derived from the cooperative activities under this Agreement to a third party without prior written permission from the other Participant.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amendments to this Agreement may be made at any time as mutually decided by the Participants in writing.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any disputes between the Participants arising out of the interpretation and/or implementation of this Agreement will be settled amicably through negotiation or consultation between the Participants.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.45rem 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Agreement may be terminated at any time upon a three months’ notice in writing. The termination will not affect the implementation of ongoing activities or projects decided upon prior to the date of its termination, unless the Participants decide otherwise. </span></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 1 March 2024, in duplicate, in the Ukrainian, Dutch and English language, all three texts having equal validity of which the English version will prevail in the event of any discrepancy.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0.8rem; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the Government of the Netherlands: Prime Minister Mark Rutte</span></span></p>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378323336670398207.post-28929048075554634342024-03-01T11:35:00.000-08:002024-03-01T11:48:07.300-08:00Cirque du Soleil on Capital Hill and the new Napoleon - Macron.<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHmhwzoXEAAfSrH?format=jpg&name=small" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="680" height="265" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHmhwzoXEAAfSrH?format=jpg&name=small" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cirque du Soleil on Capitol Hill continues to stubbornly and shamelessly block aid to Ukraine. Led by Gollum Johnson, this establishment combines the circus arts of election politics with nasty backroom intrigue. Franz Kafka would give a standing ovation.</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-bf133601-7fff-06ef-161c-2ab6f90bd8b2"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The courageous Pentagon is looking for ways to transfer $4 billion worth of weapons to Ukraine. There is no way out so far.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the other side of the ocean, the European political elite finally realized two things. First, Putin is truly a psychopath who threatens WHOLE Europe with invasion and a nuclear strike. Second, the United States can at any time leave Europe and Ukraine at the mercy of Putin.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The EU's belated political insight resulted in an attempt to fill the political vacuum of democratic leadership in the world. Macron, as the new Napoleon (friendly reminder, the real Napoleon burned Moscow) put forward the thesis about the possible sending of the French military to Ukraine. The French initiative was supported by the Netherlands, Estonia and Lithuania. Intimidated by Putin, Scholz is staying away, despite Germany sending troops into Ukraine in 1918 and 1941.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Macron's strong political movement has caused hysteria in the Moscow swamps. Putin's address to the Federal Assembly was a demonstration of Putin's readiness to sacrifice the Russian people on the way to serving the cult of war. As long as there is a war, there is Putin.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">With all this, there is an invisible active negotiation process on the war in Ukraine. As always, the vanity of politicians forces them to follow narrow party interests. The objective interests of countries and peoples remain secondary.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">a</span></div>Volodymyr Machuskyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755680095250327007noreply@blogger.com0