my quick take on the 🇪🇺's latest sanctions on 🇷🇺. I've been critical of many of the EU's recent 🇷🇺sanctions packages - they have simply been weak. But this one, notably the lowering of the oil price cap without G7 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇦 backing shows 🇪🇺 strength. 👏
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Russia is losing control over post-Soviet states.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan sign deals, push out Russian troops, and cut Moscow from talks, while Putin pulls forces to fight in Ukraine, Jeffrey Mankoff for Foreign Affairs. 1/
‼️‼️‼️🇺🇦✈️ BIG NEWS - At this moment, a massive Ukrainian drone attack is underway, targeting Russian military facilities in Crimea — specifically in the cities of Simferopol, Sevastopol, and Armyansk — as well as in Russia’s Rostov region, and the ports of Anapa and
‼️‼️‼️🇺🇦✈️ BREAKING - Simultaneously with the aerial drone strikes, Ukraine is currently launching attacks on Crimea’s eastern coastline using FPV drone-equipped naval drones. Ukrainian forces are targeting Russian air defense positions, radars, and electronic warfare systems
Russian banks have reduced lending by more than 4 times in the first half of the year, from 11 trillion to 2.5 trillion.
But at the same time, they have sharply increased the purchase of federal bonds, from 0 to 1.2 trillion rub.
Banks have started lending for government debt!
The entire Russian column was destroyed. Ukrainian artillery and drone units from the 155th Mechanized Brigade repelled an enemy assault near Pokrovsk.
Two different days in our history. One is where we celebrate more Americans being able to receive healthcare, the other is when Trump and MAGA Republicans took away 17 million people’s healthcare to give tax breaks to the wealthy! #SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
Amazing upscaled footage from April 18th, 1942 of 16 B-25's launching from the deck of the USS Hornet taking part in the Doolittle raid that struck mainland Japan as the first initial retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor,.🫡
Sheehan Brothers Vending issued a voluntary recall for its Cheeseburgers, which were distributed across three states, due to undeclared sesame. newsweek.com/cheese-burger-…