In a speech to mark Independence Day in the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed his country’s resolve to regain its “territorial integrity”.
Day: August 24, 2024
Georgia goes ‘North Korea’ with bombshell plan to ban main opposition parties
EU ambitions face new blow as analyst warns the government’s move “would be the end of Georgia’s democracy.” By Gabriel Gavin @GabrielCSGavin via @politico https://t.co/KfEzkJnNQ0— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
Regional changes in surface elevation and geodetic mass balance for glaciers in the Greater Caucasus over the last two decades is now published.
Full article available here: https://t.co/lK5TLWr1rN 3/3
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
As a result of the research, it was determined that the mass of the Caucasus glaciers decreased by 13 cubic kilometers between 2000 and 2019, which is equivalent to about 11 billion tons of water.
See the results here: https://t.co/lK5TLWrzhl 2/3
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
The first regional study on the geodetic mass balance of the Caucasus glaciers was published. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/2J0obgNnBx
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
Beauty In Despair: The Harsh Life Of #Georgia‘s First Photographer. By Amos Chapple via @RFERL https://t.co/fTyR0RQ6Vs
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
Preventing Russian victory in #Georgia – a key task for Europe’s new chief diplomat Kaja Kallas @kajakallas via @Voxeurop https://t.co/mAsmjmsLbr
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) August 24, 2024
Democrats Turn to Their National Security Go-To for Trump Assassination Inquiry https://t.co/tHvJkxlWDn
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 24, 2024
Ukraine and Russia swapped 114 prisoners of war from each side on August 24. This is the first such prisoner swap amid the Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk. The latest prisoner deal was brokered by the United Arab Emirates. The Russian soldiers were captured in Kursk while the Ukrainian troops were captured in the beginning of Putin’s invasion in 2022.