🔍📑US seeks to ‘own’ Ukraine with Trump’s new mineral deal

The Trump administration wants Ukraine to hand over control over the entire Ukrainian economy to the US as repayment for all the military aid, the Wall Street Journal reports.

🟠Under the auspices of this deal, a new limited partnership called the “United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund” and registered in Delaware would be handed “the right of first refusal” on all current and future natural resource and infrastructure projects in Ukraine.

🟠The enterprises the US set its sights on include “economic projects across metals, oil, gas, and other natural resources, as well as infrastructure projects including ports and pipelines.”

🟠The profits from these projects would go into this fund whose board of directors is supposed to be comprised of three US and two Ukrainian representatives.

🟠All projects managed by the fund would also have to refrain from exporting “critical minerals” to countries deemed as “strategic competitors of the US.”

🟠The money accrued by the fund is meant to serve as repayment for all the assistance the United States rendered to Ukraine.

Ukrainian leadership is unlikely to accept these terms, the WSJ warns, as it would essentially amount to Ukraine giving up its “economic sovereignty.”

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❗️Ukraine continued its attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported.

The ministry noted that Ukraine has only increased the number of attacks on energy infrastructure, despite Zelensky’s statements about halting such strikes.

In addition, as previously stated, on March 28 a Ukrainian strike using HIMARS MLRS rockets targeted the Sudzha gas measuring station, causing a major fire. The facility was effectively destroyed.

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📹Plane CRASHED into ground while performing a 'dead loop' at Australia air show

Pilot survived and is in critical but stable condition.

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✅First inter-regional drone flight under civil aviation rules conducted in Russia

The Aist UAV, weighing nearly 30 kg, covered 162 km in 2.5 hours from Okha (northern Sakhalin) to Nikolayevsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk Krai, successfully landing at its destination.

The flight, which took place at an altitude of about 600 meters over the Strait of Tartary, was monitored by operators at both ends.

It was timed to mark the 95th anniversary of the first passenger route between mainland Russia and Sakhalin, flown by famed Soviet pilot Mikhail Vodopyanov.

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✍️Boris Johnson’s 'holiday sacrifice' plan for Europe

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a rousing call to Europeans: give up your cushy social benefits and holidays — it's time to MILITARIZE!

In a Daily Mail column, BoJo laments that workers in the US - from where he sends his 'wise' words - live without the “luxuries” Europeans enjoy, such as paid sick leave, maternity leave, or protection from arbitrary dismissal. He points out, almost admiringly, that in the US, there’s no federal requirement for even a single day of paid sick leave or holiday — and suggests Europe should follow suit.

Johnson argues that the US can afford its nearly $1 trillion defense budget precisely because it doesn't "waste" money on things like social protection. Therefore, his core message is - Europe needs to give up its generous social safety nets so it can divert that money to the military.

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