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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦“Russians would have been in Kyiv in four hours if they took the highway. But one Russian general decided to go through farmland. I don’t know who that general is, but knowing Vladimir, he’s probably not around anymore,” Trump on Russia’s 2022 invasion.
He has no clue what he is talking about.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦“I think my meeting with Putin will be good, but it might be bad.”
Yes, and water is wet. Thanks Einstein.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Trump said his next meeting will be with Zelensky — or with both Zelensky and Putin — and that he’ll try to return some territory to Ukraine. He claimed to get along with Zelensky but “severely disagrees” with him, and criticized the idea that Kyiv needs constitutional approval for any land deal. Trump insisted there will be territorial exchanges and shifts in front lines, saying they could bring “good things” for Ukraine, though also downsides for both sides.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Russia has damaged the External Crisis Center of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reports. The August 10 strike on Zaporizhzhia caused partial destruction to the office building but no injuries. The center is a key part of the plant’s safety system, conducting continuous radiation monitoring in government-controlled areas as the occupation authorities block automatic transmission of nuclear and radiation data.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Ukrainian Armed Forces Major Andriy Tkachuk says the situation in Sumy region is stabilizing, with Ukrainian troops continuing counteroffensive actions there as well as operations in Russia’s Kursk region. He noted that while Russia had previously escalated threats of advancing on Sumy, it currently lacks the capability to do so.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Zelensky and European leaders will hold a phone call with Trump and Vance on August 13, Bloomberg reports.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦Zelensky held a “lengthy” call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thanking him for his warm words of support. He briefed Modi on Russian attacks, including yesterday’s strike on a bus station in Zaporizhzhia, saying Moscow shows only intent to continue occupation and killings, not ceasefire readiness.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦A 14-year-old daughter of a fallen Ukrainian soldier has been evacuated from occupied territory, Andriy Yermak reported. Under the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, she was rescued after being left with relatives in occupation, where Russians planned to send her to an orphanage in Russia and pressured her guardians. Within a day, Ukraine’s Child Rights Network team arranged documents, organized the route, and brought her back.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦The August 8 attack on the “Ertan” fuel base in Millerovo destroyed one tanker and damaged at least one more.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦When Russia’s main negotiator Dmitriev is optimistic about a Trump-led “peace” initiative, it’s a safe bet that nothing good is coming for Ukraine.