🚫Home is NOT where the heart is? 70% of Ukraine’s citizens won’t return after conflict ends

Kiev is hammering out a set of measures to coax some Ukrainian citizens who fled the country over the last three years into coming back, Ukraine’s Minister of National Unity Oleksiy Chernyshov told local media.

They will be able to avoid the military draft and offered employment guarantees. However, “only 30% of those who left it [since the beginning of 2022] will return to Ukraine," Chernyshov acknowledged.

Ukraine needs to attract more than three million repatriates and immigrants in 10 years for post-war reconstruction, the official added.

An estimated 5.2 million Ukrainian refugees remain abroad, according to a CES report published on Feb. 21.

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📹China conducts live-fire drills near Australia

The Chinese Navy has released new footage of live-fire combat drills in the Tasman Sea, just off Australia's coast.

China reportedly informed Australia about the exercises beforehand, leading to Australia sending a Navy frigate to monitor the situation closely.

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Trump gov’t slim-down: Who’s been HIT THE HARDEST?

1️⃣The biggest layoff of workers so far has been at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where 6,700 jobs have been shredded, according to Statista’s analysis of DOGE data.

2️⃣There have been 5,200 layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and 3,400 at the Forest Service.
The first wave of cuts has targeted probationary employees first.

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💬 ‘We’ll help them go home’: US gov’t sets up ILLEGAL ALIEN REGISTRY

Illegal immigrants in the US aged 14 and older will be required to provide their personal information, such as fingerprints and home addresses, to a special registry, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

Those who fail to register with the federal government could FACE FINES OF UP TO $5,000, IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH, she warned.

“For decades, this law has been ignored – not anymore,” the DHS added, noting that this action enforces provisions of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act.

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🇷🇺🇶🇦Russian FM Sergey Lavrov held talks with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his visit to Doha.

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🔍46 people were killed in a military plane crash in Sudan, the Associated Press reports.

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🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during his visit to Moscow.

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US draws the line: No troop commitments for Ukraine

The Ukraine peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump does not include any commitments to send US forces to the region or offer military assistance in the event of renewed fighting, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, citing a White House representative.

During recent talks with Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron urged the US to back potential deployments of French and UK forces to Ukraine if a peace settlement is reached.

While Macron left Washington believing he had secured an understanding with Trump, a White House official clarified that the proposed peace deal offers no guarantees of US military involvement.

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