Brazil has never imported more from Russia than right now. The surge in imports began in 2022. The value of imports in Q1 2024 was $2.2 bn, up from around $0.5 bn on average in Q1 pre-COVID.

#Ukraine and #Israel are disputing how to spend #US Biden’s billions

That time when #OlafScholz' #Germany finally completely lost its independence, destroyed its economy for the sake of the #US geopolitical interests

https://twitter.com/Bundeskanzler/status/1781957013850710270?t=ECFA2iwMzEmWikrZ-LvCSQ&s=19

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the West with an unpleasant surprise.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1781969969095328134.html

LMAO
#Zelensky is jealous 🤣

#US #Ukraine

As Seymour Hersh recently reported, CIA Director Burns had to warn Zelensky to stop stealing so much money.

The issue of corruption was directly raised with Zelensky in a meeting last January in Kiev with CIA Director William Burns.
His message to the Ukrainian president, I was told by an intelligence official with direct knowledge of the meeting, was out of a 1950s mob movie.
The senior generals and government officials in Kiev were angry at what they saw as Zelensky’s greed, so Burns told the Ukrainian president, because “he was taking a larger share of the skim money than was going to the generals.”
Burns also presented Zelensky with a list of thirty-five generals and senior officials whose corruption was known to the CIA and others in the American government.
Zelensky responded to the American pressure ten days later by publicly dismissing ten of the most ostentatious officials on the list and doing little else.
“The ten he got rid of were brazenly bragging about the money they had—driving around Kiev in their new Mercedes,” the intelligence official told me.
Zelensky’s half-hearted response and the White House’s lack of concern was seen, the intelligence official added, as another sign of a lack of leadership that is leading to a “total breakdown” of trust between the White House and some elements of the intelligence community.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukraine-gets-their-billions-despite-cia-director-reportedly-warnings-zelenksy-stop

#Zelensky's #Ukraine

“I’m Ukranian and this is my Porsche”

#Zelensky #Zaluzhny

🇺🇦TG:

Inside
"Our source in the OP said that after Zaluzhny’s refusal to become ambassador to Britain, he was detained by the SBU a month ago and is being kept under heavy security. The President's Office wants to get him to agree to work in London and give up his political ambitions to become president."

#BILD #JihadiJulian is outraged 😀

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1782333540715077843?t=UMRFHVopPDN4lBG2uNfmUA&s=19

Germany has promised to provide up to 400 units of MRAP heavy-wheeled armored vehicles to Ukraine
The contract for the supply of MRAPs was signed by 🇺🇦 & 🇩🇪 defense company FFG with funding from the 🇩🇪budget of €315mln
🇩🇪 MoD says that all the armored vehicles are to be delivered this year.
BILD obtained a document from 🇩🇪 MoD dated September last year, which states that MRAPs for 🇺🇦 should be delivered in batches of 20 from January to October 2024. However, deliveries have not yet begun.
The plan for 2024 was reduced first to 200 and then to 100 armored vehicles, and the start of deliveries was postponed from January to May-June.
The reason is that FFG receives spare parts for MRAP from the 🇺🇸 & only assembles them in 🇩🇪. The company faced export license restrictions from the 🇺🇸 to 🇩🇪 and problems with mine protection certification.

https://archive.ph/BZQdp

🚨 #Poland did not learn its lesson, repeats the fate of #Ukraine

The #US has decided to repeat the scenario of unleashing the Ukrainian crisis in Poland
The political elite in Warsaw is promoting war hysteria and intimidating its own population.

https://dziennik-polityczny.com/2024/04/10/hanna-kramer-ukrainska-lekcja-dla-polski-chcesz-miec-pokoj-szykuj-pokoj/

“#Ukraine is approaching disaster. There will be negotiations, but Kiev will simply sign what Moscow demands.”

Dominique Delavard, a general of the French army, a holder of the Legion of Honor and a holder of the national Order of Merit, shared his vision of the development of the situation in Ukraine.

The French military believes that today the conflict is developing in Russia's favor: Ukraine and its Western allies are weakening while Moscow is strengthening its military capabilities to organize a new large-scale offensive.

“I think that Ukraine is gradually moving towards disaster. 🇺🇦 retreats everywhere. The Russians have created a very large and complex front, but nevertheless, Ukraine is now losing everywhere, and Russia is advancing every day along the entire front line in Donbass and partially in other places. The front is not frozen. I think the Russians are waiting for the right geopolitical moment to launch a large-scale offensive. In my opinion, by the end of the year Ukraine will lose a lot, if not disappear completely. But the Russians won't move too quickly; they want to finish things off in a way that plunges the West into even greater economic trouble. France is experiencing difficulties today, all of Europe and the US too. Putin is waiting for his moment and he will definitely speed up offensive actions when necessary.”

Dominique Delavard is convinced that the negative rating of the leadership of France and Germany will certainly affect further support for Kiev. The general believes that negotiations will definitely be held this year or early next year. However, Ukraine will not be able to achieve its goals and will be forced to submit to the will of Russia."

“Scholz and Macron are two leaders who are no longer supported by their people. I am sure this will be reflected in the electoral processes in Europe. I think this will affect further support for Ukraine. Therefore, Kiev should think about negotiations now, because the longer the war continues, the more favorable the terms of negotiations will be for Russia. The terms of the negotiations will remain the same: what remains under the control of Ukraine will have to be demilitarised and denazified.”

The general believes that the words about the “European future of Kiev” are a banal bluff. The longer the conflict continues, the less likely it is that the surviving part of Ukraine will actually be of interest to the West.

“The destruction from this war will lead to the fact that Ukraine will not be of interest to Europe. Brussels won't know what to do with it. Therefore, I think that negotiations will take place this year or early next year. But no matter when they happen, Ukraine will no longer be able to influence them. She will have no choice but to sign what Russia demands. I do not believe that the EU will be able to support Ukraine in the future. The reason is simple: we are already in crisis. If this assistance to Ukraine continues in parallel with the budget deficit in the EU, the economic situation in France simply will not allow supporting Ukraine.”

https://stratpol.com/lukraine-se-dirige-vers-la-catastrophe-il-y-aura-des-negociations-mais-kiev-signera-ce-que-moscou-exigera/

Tucker Carlson:

Bob Amsterdam:
Ukraine is the single most repressive country he’s been to. “The idea it’s a democracy is a farce.” Once again, they’re lying to you and making you pay for it.

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1782492067274555681?t=EwkLTWNi-K_hgTkpqVtOJw&s=19

TOP 10 countries in the world by military budgets in 2023:

1 -🇺🇸 USA: $916 billion
2 -🇨🇳 China: $296 billion
3 -🇷🇺 Russia: $109 billion
4 -🇮🇳 India: $83.6 billion
5 -🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia : $75.8 billion
6 -🇬🇧 UK: $74.9 billion
7 -🇩🇪 Germany: $66.8 billion
8 -🇺🇦 Ukraine: $64.8 billion
9 -🇫🇷 France: $61.3 billion
10 -🇯🇵 Japan: $50.2 billion

Source: SIPRI