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Amalia accused Russia of deliberately launching attacks against civilians in Ukraine, citing strikes on apartment buildings, schools, shopping centers, public transport, playgrounds, and bridges. She argued that most of the victims were Russian-speaking individuals in Eastern Ukraine and criticized those who, as she wrote, showed sensitivity towards Palestine and Iran in Greece, but not towards Ukrainians. Regarding the recent strikes, she mentioned that in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, 22 civilians were killed, including 5 children—three of them one year old—and 54 were injured. For Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast, she wrote that two city buses were attacked and 33 people were killed, while the number of injured remained unknown. She added that 9 people were also killed in Kyiv, 2 in Kremenchuk, 2 in Konotop, 2 in Oleksandriia, and 1 in Zaporizhzhia, raising the death toll of civilian casualties over the two days to 71, according to her. Regarding the negotiations with U.S. intervention, Amalia claimed that Zelensky was accepting a ceasefire with the troops in their current positions and was asking for guarantees from the West. She stated that pro-Russian separatist forces controlled 60% of Donetsk Oblast before the Russian invasion of 2022, that since then the Russian army had captured an additional 20%, and that it had not managed to capture the remaining 20%. She asserted that Putin did not want a ceasefire, but a peace agreement that would require Zelensky to go to Moscow, the demilitarization of Ukraine, a constitutional commitment not to seek EU or NATO membership, and the recognition of the territories occupied by Russia since 2014, including Crimea. She added that Russia was also demanding the surrender of the remaining 20% of Donetsk Oblast that it had not captured. Amalia compared the situation to Cyprus, where, as she wrote, since August 1974 a ceasefire had been in effect under UN supervision, without a permanent peace agreement, because Turkey demanded recognition of the loss of territories and the pseudostate. She concluded that Russia sought, in her view, the humiliation of Ukraine and not peace. #Ουκρανία #Ειρήνη #Πόλεμος (translated)

Amalia claimed that documents uncovered from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History (RGANI) showed that Moscow was funding AKEL with the aim of preventing the union of Cyprus with Greece. According to her, the funding served Soviet interests, as Greece was a NATO member. She stated that the money was channeled through the International Trade Union Assistance Fund for Left-Wing Labor Organizations, which she described as a cover for the KGB, and that the allocations were approved by the Political Bureau of the CPSU. She mentioned Yuri Andropov as responsible for transferring the funds. According to Amalia, six annual reports for the period 1961-1973 recorded remittances to AKEL amounting to $56,000 in 1961, $56,222 in 1962, $56,000 in 1963, $69,722 in 1965, $70,000 in 1966, and $140,000 in 1973, totaling $447,944. She added that these amounts did not necessarily constitute the total aid received by the party, as, she wrote, documents for all the years had not been declassified. She also mentioned that AKEL had received weapons from Moscow. She wrote that the Central Committee of the CPSU approved, at the request of AKEL's General Secretary Ezekias Papayiannou, the shipment of 100 Walther pistols and 25,000 cartridges. According to the posting, the weapons were sent on June 13, 1974, and delivered on July 4. Amalia questioned the stated purpose in the documents — the protection of AKEL leadership and other persons — and claimed that the weapons were intended for terrorist actions against EOKA B. Finally, she stated that Makarios had received weapons from Czechoslovakia, with Moscow's approval, in late January 1972. According to her, these were unloaded in the area of Kseros and transported with about 50 trucks to the Archdiocese in Nicosia. #Κύπρος #ΑΚΕΛ #ιστορία (translated)

Just before his departure from the "Eleftherios Venizelos" airport on the morning of Thursday, October 8, Marco Rubio described our country as a true "model ally," which constantly enhances its defense capabilities and takes on its share of responsibility in practice. #ΝΑΤΟ #Διπλωματία #ΗΠΑ (translated)

In contrast to the approach of American President Trump, who systematically seeks to diminish the value and effectiveness of NATO for global security, Marco Rubio, expressing the think tanks of more traditional American foreign policy, described Greece as an essential partner of the Western Alliance, as well as a pillar of the presence of the United States in the broader region. #Ελλάδα #ΗΠΑ #Διπλωματία (translated)

Nikos Appelaios II posted statements in which Greece was described as an essential ally of NATO and a pillar of stability and American presence in the region. The text also mentioned that the cooperation between Greece and the USA extended to defense, trade, investments, and energy. The statements tied the Vertical Corridor to Greece's emergence as an energy hub and the increase of US LNG exports to Europe. Chevron and ExxonMobil were presented as signs of American companies’ confidence in Greece, and there was a reference to the economic declaration of the two countries for creating a secure energy supply chain and critical minerals. In response to a question about US support for energy projects, the speaker stated, according to the post, that there was a strong commitment to cooperation with Greece. He linked energy security to national security and said that events in Iran highlighted the need to diversify energy sources. He added that some projects concerned sensitive issues and other countries, which might be better addressed through private initiative or in specific forums. #Ελλάδα #ΗΠΑ #ΕνεργειακήΑσφάλεια (translated)

"Greece remains a reliable ally and anchor of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean." Joint statements were made at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Giorgos Gerapetritis and his American counterpart Marco Rubio, following their meeting, emphasizing the strategic cooperation between Greece and the USA. #Ελλάδα #ΗΠΑ #ΝΑΤΟ (translated)

Georgios Gerapetritis and Marco Rubio confirmed the strategic partnership between Greece and the USA, highlighting Greece as a reliable ally in the Eastern Mediterranean and emphasizing the importance of regional security, defense cooperation, and energy security. #Ελλάδα #ΗΠΑ #ΝΑΤΟ (translated)

Nikos Apelaios II wrote that a secret meeting in Dubai, which included Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives from 10 other countries, resulted in agreements for an oil route from the Gulf to the Mediterranean via Eilat, joint bases in Socotra and Somaliland, economic aid to Egypt for the loss of revenue from the Suez Canal, and a migration plan involving Libya. He added that, according to the information he cited, a secret document was drafted as a basis for a new "Abraham Alliance," with the prospect of creating a Middle Eastern version of NATO. Participants mentioned included Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Morocco, Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Oman, and Egypt. #Μεσανατολή #Διπλωματία #Συμμαχίες (translated)

Avgerinos Thanassis reported that President Putin appointed today a new ambassador of Russia to Greece, the 66-year-old Yuri Gorlats, who was the head of the Crisis and Emergency Situations Center of the Russian Foreign Ministry and had previously served at NATO headquarters and in European affairs. He wrote that the change of ambassador, after 12 years, might indicate that the Kremlin was taking into account the messages from the majority of Greek society and a significant part of the Greek elite. According to him, these groups wanted the fastest possible restoration of relations and rejected military escalation, which he associated with European bureaucracy. He also characterized as a clear and proven mistake the Greek government's choice to take the lead in the rupture of relations with Moscow. #Ρωσία #Ελλάδα #Διπλωματία (translated)

A declassified CIA report from 1965 reveals the Soviet strategy in the Cypriot crisis, indicating that the USSR aimed to weaken NATO and oppose the unification of Cyprus with Greece, while simultaneously maintaining a favorable stance towards Turkey. #Κυπριακό #ΕΣΣΔ #CIA (translated)

Because I hear it often lately, let me clarify the misunderstanding. Since 2016, Turkey has been closely following the Islamic model and has largely dismantled the old Kemalist establishment. And even if Erdoğan were to leave, the embrace with the Muslim Brotherhood will NOT stop. Turkey is now an eastern state, with a NATO guise. I don't think it will find common ground with Israel, even in the long term, let alone in the short term. #Τουρκία #Ισλάμ #Πολιτική (translated)

Ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ και κορυφαίοι συνεργάτες του έχουν επικρίνει επανειλημμένα το ΝΑΤΟ από την επιστροφή τους στην εξουσία, θέτοντας στο στόχαστρο μια σειρά ζητημάτων, από την άρνηση ορισμένων μελών να υποστηρίξουν τον πόλεμο κατά του Ιράν έως την αποτυχία κάποιων χωρών να δαπανήσουν το 5% του ΑΕΠ τους για την άμυνα. #ΝΑΤΟ #Τραμπ #διπλωματία