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Sources: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines
"MOSCOW/LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
Three of the sources, familiar with discussions in Putin's entourage, said the veteran Russian leader had expressed frustration to a small group of advisers about what he views as Western-backed attempts to stymie negotiations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's decision to rule out talks.
"Putin can fight for as long as it takes, but Putin is also ready for a ceasefire – to freeze the war," said another of the four, a senior Russian source who has worked with Putin and has knowledge of top level conversations in the Kremlin."
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Exclusive: Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is prepared to fight on if Kyiv and the West do not respond.
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"Since 2010, the majority of China’s cross-border payments, like those of many countries, had been settled in U.S. dollars (USD). As of the first quarter of 2023, that’s no longer the case.
As Visual Capitalist's Julian Wendling shows in the grahic
[above], from the Hinrich Foundation, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) is growing in popularity in payments both domestically and globally. (...)
As of March 2024, over half (52.9%) of Chinese payments were settled in RMB while 42.8% were settled in USD. This is double the share from five years previous. According to Goldman Sachs, foreigners’ increased willingness to trade assets denominated in RMB significantly contributed to de-dollarization in favor of China’s currency. Also, early last year, Brazil and Argentina announced that they would begin allowing trade settlements in RMB."
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Europe is hoping its own blockchain will help it break free from dependence on US technology.
On Tuesday, the European Union set up a new organisation designed to introduce blockchain infrastructure and revamp record keeping and the transfer of data transfer between the bloc’s 27 member states.
The launch took place during a meeting of telecommunications ministers at the European Council in Brussels. Lawmakers also rubber stamped the EU’s landmark law on artificial intelligence.
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/say-hello-to-europeum-the-european-union-blockchain-project/
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Say hello to Europeum. The EU’s blockchain project will affect ‘the daily lives’ of citizens, officials vow
Ten EU countries have signed up to help operate and roll out a bloc-wide blockchain to revamp public administration.
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Baltics, Poland, Finland, Norway agree on ‘drone wall’ to protect borders
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Baltics, Poland, Finland, Norway agree on ‘drone wall’ to protect borders
Regional countries have agreed to create a “drone wall” to protect their external borders using unmanned aerial vehicles...
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Young people are the most right-wing generation in Germany, and a eurodance rave classic with reworked lyrics calling for foreigners to be deported is emerging as an unlikely youth anthem, sending the country’s political police scrabbling to intervene.
German youth are increasingly right wing and the anti-mass migration AfD party is now the most popular among 14 to 29-year-olds, recent polling shows. While this may have an impact at the ballot box — Germany and its neighbours vote in the EU elections in two weeks — it is also emerging in culture.
German politicians and media have reacted with outrage several times in the past year as video clips of young people dancing and singing along to a song proclaiming “Deutschland den Deutschen, Ausländer Raus”, ‘Germany for the Germans, foreigners out’, keep emerging. The latest such instance which has again set fingers wagging comes from an apparently exclusive nightclub on the German holiday island of Sylt.
Germany’s federal security police, which normally concerns itself with terrorism and international crime gangs is investigating the young people singing, reports Die Welt. German journalist and “diversity consultant” Ferda Ataman who was appointed the government’s Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination in 2022 said the song being sung showed “people are being discriminated against and degraded”.
The song, Ataman said, is “pure racism, which is increasingly ingraining itself in all social groups and age groups and is being openly expressed.”
Welt also cited Green Party state government Integration Minister Aminata Touré who expressed her opinion that singing the song could not be dismissed as a “boyish prank”, but that it had to be seen as “Nazi yelling… They should be ashamed of themselves! Criminal investigations must now follow.”
🔗 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/24/german-police-investigate-as-foreigners-out-edm-song-spreads-among-young-people/
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The supposed "EDM Song" is in fact, the very well known Italodance song composed by "Gigi D'Agostino - L'amour Toujours" in 1999.
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Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours ( Official Video )
#gigidagostino #lamourtoujours
Stream/Download/Vinyl: https://zyxdance.lnk.to/Lamour
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I still believe in your eyes
I just don't care what you've done in your life
Baby, I'll always be here by your side…
Stream/Download/Vinyl: https://zyxdance.lnk.to/Lamour
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I still believe in your eyes
I just don't care what you've done in your life
Baby, I'll always be here by your side…
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🇵🇪🇨🇱 Peru and Chile urged to speed up copper projects
As copper deposits in Peru and Chile are reaching the end of their useful life, both countries are being urged to unblock new projects to meet global demand and make the most of their potential.
Over 60% of copper projects worldwide facing uncertainty are located in Latin America, most of them in Peru and Chile. These projects are not operating, lack investment decisions or construction has not started.
$123bn in investments must be executed in the next five years to start covering a copper deficit of 9.5Mt projected for 2030.
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As copper deposits in Peru and Chile are reaching the end of their useful life, both countries are being urged to unblock new projects to meet global demand and make the most of their potential.
Over 60% of copper projects worldwide facing uncertainty are located in Latin America, most of them in Peru and Chile. These projects are not operating, lack investment decisions or construction has not started.
$123bn in investments must be executed in the next five years to start covering a copper deficit of 9.5Mt projected for 2030.
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▪️Elon Musk called Russian jamming of Starlink at the front a serious problem
According to him, SpaceX is spending significant resources to counteract this.
The entrepreneur also admitted that Russia has managed to suppress other frontline communications systems, including US military equipment. Starlink is the only system that is still working.
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According to him, SpaceX is spending significant resources to counteract this.
The entrepreneur also admitted that Russia has managed to suppress other frontline communications systems, including US military equipment. Starlink is the only system that is still working.
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The Washington Post published a major article about the declining effectiveness of some expensive high-precision American weapons
"KYIV — Many U.S.-made satellite-guided munitions in Ukraine have failed to withstand Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop using certain types of Western-provided armaments after effectiveness rates plummeted, according to senior Ukrainian military officials and confidential internal Ukrainian assessments obtained by The Washington Post.
Russia’s jamming of the guidance systems of modern Western weapons, including Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which can fire some U.S.-made rockets with a range of up to 50 miles, has eroded Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory and has left officials in Kyiv urgently seeking help from the Pentagon to obtain upgrades from arms manufacturers.
Russia’s ability to combat the high-tech munitions has far-reaching implications for Ukraine and its Western supporters — potentially providing a blueprint for adversaries such as China and Iran — and it is a key reason Moscow’s forces have regained the initiative and are advancing on the battlefield."
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Russian jamming of U.S. weapons in Ukraine forces Pentagon to adjust …
archived 25 May 2024 12:53:52 UTC
In Statement, the US DOD said:
➡️ Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance package to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration’s fifty-eighth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.➡️ It is the fifth security assistance package the President has authorized since signing the national security supplemental last month, including three Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) packages. This PDA package, which is part of our efforts to help Ukraine repel Russia's assault near Kharkiv, has an estimated value of $275 million.➡️ It will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent battlefield needs, such as additional precision strike rockets for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), artillery rounds, air-launched munitions, and anti-tank weapons.
The capabilities in this announcement include:
🔴 Ammunition for HIMARS;🔴 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;🔴 60mm mortar rounds;🔴 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;🔴 Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;🔴 Precision aerial munitions;🔴 Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;🔴 Demolitions munitions;🔴 Anti-armor mines;🔴 Tactical vehicles to recover equipment;🔴 Helmets, body armor, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; and🔴 Spare parts, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.
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⬛️ Turkey set to become largest seller to US of artillery shells
⬛️ Countries face shortage amid global demand for ammunition
🔶️ "Turkey is already on track to becoming the biggest seller of the artillery shells to the US as early as this year...Production lines of Turkish defense firm Repkon are expected to produce some 30% of all US-made 155mm artillery shells by 2025."
🔶️ "...the name of a company that no one knew until now and which will soon become one of Turkey's largest arms exporters is written: Arca Defense. It bought the plot to build a new facility for the production of artillery shells to be sent to Ukraine."
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📢 🌐 🇷🇺 NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg has called on Western countries to lift restrictions on the use of their weapons in Ukraine to strike military targets located in Russia.
🔶️ Stoltenberg's call was made public in an interview with The Economist on May 24, 2024. It was further echoed by other Western leaders, including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressman Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who have criticized the current U.S. policy for its limitations on Ukraine's ability to effectively defend itself.
🔶️ This call to action is a response to the renewed Russian offensive that began earlier in May, with Stoltenberg arguing that Ukraine should be able to use Western weapons to attack Russian forces as they build up before crossing the border into Ukrainian territory. The move is seen as a significant shift in the West's approach to the conflict, with a growing number of high-profile Western leaders now advocating for a more aggressive stance against Russia.
🔶️ The debate over the use of Western weapons in Ukraine has been a contentious one, with some arguing that it could escalate the conflict and draw NATO directly into the war. However, Stoltenberg and other proponents argue that it is a necessary step to support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression.
🔶️ This development comes as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to evolve, with both sides engaging in military operations and diplomatic efforts to gain the upper hand. The call by Stoltenberg and others for a more aggressive stance against Russia signals a potential shift in the West's approach to the conflict, one that could have far-reaching implications for the future of the region.
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🔶️ Stoltenberg's call was made public in an interview with The Economist on May 24, 2024. It was further echoed by other Western leaders, including U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressman Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who have criticized the current U.S. policy for its limitations on Ukraine's ability to effectively defend itself.
🔶️ This call to action is a response to the renewed Russian offensive that began earlier in May, with Stoltenberg arguing that Ukraine should be able to use Western weapons to attack Russian forces as they build up before crossing the border into Ukrainian territory. The move is seen as a significant shift in the West's approach to the conflict, with a growing number of high-profile Western leaders now advocating for a more aggressive stance against Russia.
🔶️ The debate over the use of Western weapons in Ukraine has been a contentious one, with some arguing that it could escalate the conflict and draw NATO directly into the war. However, Stoltenberg and other proponents argue that it is a necessary step to support Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression.
🔶️ This development comes as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to evolve, with both sides engaging in military operations and diplomatic efforts to gain the upper hand. The call by Stoltenberg and others for a more aggressive stance against Russia signals a potential shift in the West's approach to the conflict, one that could have far-reaching implications for the future of the region.
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" Our country must be the leader in the field. There is NO SECOND PLACE."
, said Trump on a post on his social media Truth Social
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🇩🇪 Song calling for the expulsion of foreigners and Germany for Germans has gone viral in Germany.
“Deutschland den Deutschen, Ausländer raus!”
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“Deutschland den Deutschen, Ausländer raus!”
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"I will ensure that the future of crypto and Bitcoin will be made in the USA.
I will support the right to self custody to the nations 50 million crypto holders"
🔗 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine)
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"I will keep Elizabeth Warren and her goons away from your Bitcoin.
I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)."
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"He's already served 11 years. We're going to get him home."
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🔶️ "If the Russians achieve a strategic breakthrough in eastern Ukraine because the West is helping without much enthusiasm, the situation could deteriorate sharply. In such a case, the Baltic states and Poland will not wait for Russian troops to be deployed on their border, Baltic politicians warned - they will introduce troops into Ukraine themselves," the article says.
🔶️ Baltic politicians warned Germany about such a scenario during Lennart Meri's conference in Tallinn, the newspaper said.
📎 Der Spiegel
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