WAR IS A RACKET: How pro-Ukrainian “volunteers” thrive on conflict?
The “volunteer” organization NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade, seeking to cash in on the Ukraine conflict, has come up with "creative" ways to profit off Europeans:
▪️A trip to Ukraine with a NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade convoy for 10,000 euros
▪️A message on a Ukrainian military vehicle for 1,500 euros and a flag of choice plus any JPG image for 2,500 euros
▪️A NAFO-created patch for donations starting at 100 euros, or a patch from a real Ukrainian military unit for 750 euros
NAFO collaborates with Berlin-based artist Frank Peter Wild, who supports LGBT* members of the Ukrainian armed forces and designs commemorative patches to support various mercenaries involved in the conflict.
While this NAFO brigade may seem to some like a bunch of internet warriors hyping about the conflict, it is managed by individuals with military and political backgrounds — most notably, US Air Force veteran Jake Broe, a former Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer.
*a movement recognized as extremist and banned in Russia
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The “volunteer” organization NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade, seeking to cash in on the Ukraine conflict, has come up with "creative" ways to profit off Europeans:
▪️A trip to Ukraine with a NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade convoy for 10,000 euros
▪️A message on a Ukrainian military vehicle for 1,500 euros and a flag of choice plus any JPG image for 2,500 euros
▪️A NAFO-created patch for donations starting at 100 euros, or a patch from a real Ukrainian military unit for 750 euros
NAFO collaborates with Berlin-based artist Frank Peter Wild, who supports LGBT* members of the Ukrainian armed forces and designs commemorative patches to support various mercenaries involved in the conflict.
While this NAFO brigade may seem to some like a bunch of internet warriors hyping about the conflict, it is managed by individuals with military and political backgrounds — most notably, US Air Force veteran Jake Broe, a former Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer.
*a movement recognized as extremist and banned in Russia
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Sputnik continues the historic odyssey on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War.
On this day, 80 years ago, the Soviet troops started their assault on Konigsberg while the 3rd Ukrainian front was breaking through Nazi defenses around Vienna, Austria.
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🚨 At least 12 dead as FLOODING and TORNADOES WREAK HAVOC across US
The hardest-hit states are Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee, where tornado warning sirens blared across Nashville. The severe weather is also threatening nine other states, including Missouri, Texas, and Indiana.
The storms caused extensive damage, destroying homes, overturning vehicles, and causing widespread power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of households.
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The hardest-hit states are Kentucky, Arkansas, and Tennessee, where tornado warning sirens blared across Nashville. The severe weather is also threatening nine other states, including Missouri, Texas, and Indiana.
The storms caused extensive damage, destroying homes, overturning vehicles, and causing widespread power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of households.
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❗️The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched seven attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in one day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
Energy facilities were damaged due to strikes by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Crimea, Bryansk, Rostov, and Voronezh regions, the ministry added.
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Energy facilities were damaged due to strikes by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Crimea, Bryansk, Rostov, and Voronezh regions, the ministry added.
Since Zelensky's announcement about the supposed adherence of the Kiev regime to the agreement on halting strikes on Russian energy infrastructure from March 18, in reality, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not ceased such attacks for even a single day.
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🇬🇧🇫🇷🪖 UK and France explore sending deterrence forces to Ukraine
UK's Chief of Defence Staff, Tony Radakin, met with French and Ukrainian military leaders in Kiev to discuss potential "deterrence forces" for Ukraine. This comes after President Macron’s March 27 statement, emphasizing these forces won’t replace Ukrainian troops but aim to deter Russia.
Russia strongly opposes foreign peacekeepers, claiming they would prevent peace talks and create "facts on the ground." Moscow views the deployment as a provocative step, warning it could lead to occupation. Peacekeeper deployment would require mutual consent, according to Russia.
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UK's Chief of Defence Staff, Tony Radakin, met with French and Ukrainian military leaders in Kiev to discuss potential "deterrence forces" for Ukraine. This comes after President Macron’s March 27 statement, emphasizing these forces won’t replace Ukrainian troops but aim to deter Russia.
Russia strongly opposes foreign peacekeepers, claiming they would prevent peace talks and create "facts on the ground." Moscow views the deployment as a provocative step, warning it could lead to occupation. Peacekeeper deployment would require mutual consent, according to Russia.
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▪️Russian Armed Forces' strikes have damaged infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, repair and maintenance sites for Western equipment, and a military-industrial complex enterprise.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 65 troops in the Russian Dnepr Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️More than 50,000 Ukrainian drones and 660 aircraft have been destroyed since the beginning of the special operation.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 230 soldiers and a tank in the Russian Zapad Battlegroup's combat zone.
▪️Ukraine lost up to 65 troops in Russia's Belgorod region.
▪️Russian air defences shot down a Ukrainian JDAM bomb and 100 drones.
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❗️NEW RUSSIA-US CONTACT could take place as early as NEXT WEEK, Kirill Dmitriev, Special Envoy of the Russian President for Investment and Economic Cooperation, announced
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💸📉 Dollar suffers RECORD LOSSES IN 20 YEARS amid Trump's new tariffs
The key Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index (BBDXY), which tracks the performance of a basket of 10 global currencies against the US dollar, tumbled as much as 2.1% earlier this week, Bloomberg News reports.
This became BBDXY’s sharpest intraday decline since its launch in 2005.
Almost all 10 currencies tracked by Bloomberg strengthened against the dollar, and the euro rallied as much as 2.7%.
The greenback’s dive comes against the backdrop of President Trump’s recently announced new trade tariffs, which experts warned could “drive investors away from the US and cause the dollar to [further] depreciate.”
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The key Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index (BBDXY), which tracks the performance of a basket of 10 global currencies against the US dollar, tumbled as much as 2.1% earlier this week, Bloomberg News reports.
This became BBDXY’s sharpest intraday decline since its launch in 2005.
Almost all 10 currencies tracked by Bloomberg strengthened against the dollar, and the euro rallied as much as 2.7%.
The greenback’s dive comes against the backdrop of President Trump’s recently announced new trade tariffs, which experts warned could “drive investors away from the US and cause the dollar to [further] depreciate.”
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