The Czech President Petr Pavel, speaking after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Prague on Sunday, said the so-called Czech ammunition initiative financed by 11 countries was on track to deliver 1.8 million shells to Kyiv this year.
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"The time has come to start considering a broad coalition of willing for just peace in Ukraine. “Peace” on terms of the aggressor is called a capitulation and would only encourage all current and future aggressors. Free world must stand up to the evil."
A Czech-led initiative to supply Ukraine with large-calibre ammunition has delivered 1.6 million shells and will continue, Czech President Petr #Pavel said on Saturday, a year after he announced the drive to help Ukraine in its war against Russia.
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#Czech president Petr #Pavel clarifies remarks about "exchanging Ukrainian territories for peace" in response to Kyiv's outrage.
"I have never questioned that we should support #Ukraine in restoring its territorial integrity, that this is the ultimate goal. We just have to be realistic about the time horizon and the cost of achieving that goal. Defeating #Russia in Ukraine at the cost of killing half the Ukrainian population is probably not a victory."
Ukrainska Pravda · Czech president clarifies remarks about "exchanging Ukrainian territories for peace" in response to Kyiv's outrage
With #Russia-friendly populist leaders such as Prime Minister Viktor #Orban of #Hungary disrupting European unity over the war and with the fatigue of 31 months of conflict “growing everywhere,” #Ukraine “will have to be realistic” about its prospects of recovering territory occupied by Russia, Mr. #Pavel said in an interview.
“The most probable outcome of the war,” he said, “will be that a part of Ukrainian territory will be under Russian occupation, temporarily.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/world/europe/ukraine-war-goals-russia-czech-president.html
The New York Times · Ukraine Needs to Be Realistic About Goals in War With Russia, Czech President Says
US says white supremacist group tried to incite followers on Telegram to spark race war
A white supremacist group that branded itself the #Terrorgram #Collective drew up a list of high-profile #assassination #targets including at least one senator and a district court judge, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Monday.
Prosecutors allege that the two leading agitators of the group incited followers on the messaging app Telegram to commit #hate #crimes against Black and Jewish people, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
#Dallas #Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and #Matthew #Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho,
face 15 counts each of soliciting hate crimes and providing material support to terrorism.
US justice department lawyers filed the 37-page indictment in district court in the eastern district of California on Thursday.
It alleges the pair encouraged attacks on government infrastructure, energy facilities and other buildings
“to ignite a race war and help accelerate the collapse of government and society”.
They produced a digital dossier for followers called the #Hard #Reset setting out the group’s ideology and containing instructions for making #bombs and carrying out other terror attacks, as well as tactics for #evading #law #enforcement, prosecutors said.
They also produced a list of “high-value” targets for assassination, they said. 
️The sitting US senator and judge allegedly targeted were not named in the indictment, but were perceived by the accused “as enemies of the white supremacist cause” and therefore legitimate prey.
A former US attorney, state and municipal officials and leaders of a number of private companies and non-government organizations also featured on the list.
Each target had a digital card with their name, address, photograph and an image of their residence if available, the filing states.
Each was targeted because of “race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation and/or gender identity”.
The accused pair’s actions, prosecutors said, were more than just prospective and had global reach.
They said several attacks were traced to the group, including the shooting #deaths of two people at an LGBTQ+ bar in Slovakia in October 2022; and the #stabbings of five people outside a mosque in Turkey last month.
The Telegram app has come under fire recently as its CEO #Pavel #Durov was arrested in France on 24 August as part of a cybercrime inquiry linked to Telegram’s failure to properly fight crime on the app, including the spread of child sexual abuse material.
Telegram has denied allegations that its platform facilitates illegal activities such as terrorism, fraud and child exploitation.
Federal agents in New Jersey also foiled a planned attack on an energy facility by an unnamed 18-year-old in July this year.
The two accused are in custody and awaiting a court date, officials said at a media conference on Monday.
“The federal government is adapting and evolving its strategy to confront hate,” said Kristen Clarke, the head of the justice department’s civil rights division.
“Whether carried out on our streets or perpetrated by way of online platforms, we will follow the facts where they lead and use every tool available to hold perpetrators of hate accountable.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/white-supremacists-charged-assassination-hitlist?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Guardian · US says white supremacist group tried to incite followers on Telegram to spark race war
In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a flurry of ominous online posts.
Alexander Lightner, tapping away on his Samsung Galaxy, announced his intention to commit 
mass murder, according to federal court records.
He used the coded language of a new breed of neo-Nazis who call themselves #Accelerationists.
Lightner wrote that he planned to become a “#saint”
— the term followers use for someone who advances their racist cause through lethal acts of terror
— and to set a new “#Highscore,” or death toll.
Lightner launched what federal prosecutors allege were threats on #Telegram, the sprawling, no-holds-barred platform that has become a hive for the movement.
Accelerationists aim to speed the collapse of modern civilization and create a white ethno-state from the ashes of today’s democracies.
Deep in the chatter of the platform’s roughly 900 million users, these extremists have created a constellation of Telegram channels where they encourage followers like Lightner to
assassinate political leaders,
sabotage power stations and railways,
and commit mass murder.
A week after firing off his alleged threats on Telegram, Lightner woke up from a nap at his home to his father’s shouts:
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. What’s this? Are these people here for us?”
Lightner threw an illegal, homemade silencer into a laundry basket,
according to a summary of his interview with federal agents.
Then he stepped into the sunlight.
In his front yard, agents in camouflage and body armor pointed rifles at him.
An armored vehicle faced his family home, its massive battering ram aimed at the front door.
An FBI agent asked Lightner if he knew why federal agents were at his door.
Lightner answered simply: “Telegram,” according to court records
From attempting to incite racially motivated violence
to encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure,
the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO #Pavel #Durov
https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-domestic-terrorism-extremism
ProPublicaThe Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic TerroristsFrom attempting to incite racially motivated violence to encouraging attacks on critical infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov.
The #Prague-led ammunition initiative is delivering supplies to #Ukraine on schedule, #Czech Foreign Minister Jan #Lipavsky said.
Czech President Petr #Pavel announced on July 12 that the Czech Republic will send Ukraine 50,000 shells in July and August. From September to the end of the year, Ukraine will receive 80,000 to 100,000 rounds per month, Pavel said.
The Kyiv Independent · Ukraine receiving shells from Prague-led initiative on schedule, Czech foreign minister says
#Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app
#Pavel #Durov, who has French citizenship, faces prosecution over 
alleged failure to suppress spread of sexual images of children and calls for violence
The Russian-born multi-billionaire avoided jail with a €5m bail.
He was granted release on condition that he report to a police station twice a week
and remain in France, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.
The charges against Durov include #complicity in the spread of #sexual #images of #children and a litany of other alleged violations on the messaging app.
Durov, 39, was detained at Le Bourget airport, just outside Paris, on Saturday on suspicion of failing to act against #illicit #content on the service,
including 
the exchange of #child #sexual #imagery, #drug #trafficking and #fraud.
His surprise arrest has put a spotlight on the #criminal #liability of #Telegram, the popular app with 
around 1 billion users, and has 
sparked debate over free speech and government censorship.
The Guardian · Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app
Shouldn't have done the interview #Pavel #paveldurable #Telegram #personanongrata
#Pavel #Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of #Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside of Paris while traveling on his private jet.
Reports by French network TF1 suggest that he was wanted in France due to an investigation into Telegram's lack of moderation, which authorities believe has enabled criminal activities to continue on the platform.
Telegram representatives did not immediately comment on the situation, and neither did French authorities.
Durov, who has a net worth estimated at $15.5 billion, left Russia in 2014 after refusing to comply with government demands to shut down opposition communities on his #VK social media platform, which he subsequently sold.
https://kyivindependent.com/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-at-french-airport/
The Kyiv Independent · Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
Last week, after a 19-month investigation to identify who blew up the Nord Stream gas pipeline between #Russia and #Germany in September 2022.
#Czech President Petr #Pavel has said the pipeline may have been a legitimate target. If, that is, #Ukraine was even behind its sabotage.
"When an armed conflict is waged, it is waged not only against military objectives, but also against objectives of a strategic nature. And pipelines are a strategic goal," Pavel said
POLITICO · If Ukraine did destroy Nord Stream, they may have been justified, Czech president argues
Any peace deal reached between #Ukraine and #Russia likely won't be fair, #Czech President Petr #Pavel said Wednesday — but justice should be the objective nonetheless
"A just peace, if we were to imagine it on a scale from 100 percent to nothing, would mean the restoration of Ukraine's full control over its territory, including Crimea. It would require that the aggressor pay compensation for war damages. But that's probably a fantasy, we can all agree," Pavel said
https://www.politico.eu/article/czech-president-petr-pavel-russia-war-in-ukraine-peace-deal/
POLITICO · Any Russia-Ukraine peace deal unlikely to be just, Czech president warns
Petr #Pavel, President of #Czechia, believes that #Ukraine’s #NATO accession should not depend on regaining full control over all its territory.
"If there is a demarcation, even of some administrative border, then we will be able to recognize this administrative border as a temporary state border and allow Ukraine to join NATO with the territory it will control at that moment," he explained.
Ukrainska Pravda · Czech President believes Ukraine can join NATO while partially occupied
#Czech President Petr #Pavel announced on July 12 that the Czech Republic will send #Ukraine 50,000 rounds of ammunition in July and August. From September to the end of the year, Ukraine will receive 80,000 to 100,000 rounds of ammunition per month, he added.
https://kyivindependent.com/czech-president-announces-upcoming-shipment-of-shells-to-ukraine/
The Kyiv Independent · Czech president announces upcoming shipment of shells to Ukraine
The #Czech Republic's President #Pavel says in an German #ARD interview that #Ukraine will be getting 180,000 artillery shells in June.
"I, along with our Prime Minister Petr #Fiala, assume that the first 180,000 pieces of ammunition will be delivered in June, and there are already contracts for a further five to six-digit number of grenades."
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/interview-petr-pavel-100.html
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