The price of gas in the EEC has overcome $1500. It has risen 66% in 52 hours. We covered the reasons here.

GAS prices - what else are they affecting? Transportation restrictions will start because of DEF shortages. (AdBlue). In 2010, the EPA required diesel engines to reduce the production of nitrogen oxides (NOx). This reduction is achieved with the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) additive. This fluid reduces NOx and air pollution.Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) is stored in a separate tank. Small amounts of DEF are injected into the exhaust gases before the catalytic converter, where they evaporate and decompose to form ammonia and carbon dioxide. Ammonia (NH3) is the desired product that combines with the SCR catalyst to convert NOx to harmless nitrogen and water (H2O) + (N2).The product is 32.5% urea. The average DEF consumption is 7% of a vehicle's fuel consumption. Urea is a derivative of natural gas. The main suppliers of urea are the Russian Federation and the PRC. An embargo on Russian energy products was imposed by the U.S., and China has restricted exports itself.

DEF is mandatory in such countries as:
- U.S.
- Canada
- Spain
- France
- China
- Australia
- Brazil
- India, etc.

DEF consumption is growing at 8.8% per year, with annual sales of $20.5 billion in 2022. Using vehicles without adding such a fluid is both legally and physically unavailable. Not using Adblue requires a major conversion of the vehicle and reconfiguration of the engine control programs. Such technology exists only in artisanal production and cannot be applied massively. Also, the waiver of DEF is not possible now because of the election, and the "green agenda".

😱 Senseless Brainless Russophobic Hysteria. This time is on a passenger airplane. Let's just stop and think for 10 sec. If there is a Russian on a board, does this mean the rest of the 200+ passengers should crash as well? Imagine you're flying to Hawai 🌴, and there's a 🇷🇺 on your plane. Then what?

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has launched the procedure to officially recognize the Donetsk People's Republic, Interfax reported, citing the DNR Foreign Ministry.

"Bashar al-Assad during a meeting with the delegation from the DNR announced the official start of the procedure for recognizing the DPR and the LPR," the ministry noted.

As Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted, Russia will welcome Syria's recognition of the Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics. He called the SAR a particularly friendly Arab republic to Russia.

The Syrian Ambassador to Russia, Riyad Haddad, earlier noted that the SAR is ready to provide support to the DNR and LNR, including humanitarian support, and urged the international community to do so.

He noted that the citizenry of the republics have been subjected to bombing, systematic destruction, and an unjust blockade by Western-backed neo-Nazis for more than eight years.

At 6:30 p.m., there was an attack from the direction of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) on Krasny Luch. The Ukrainian armed forces used a Tochka-U tactical missile (1 missile). The photo shows the implications.

In addition to the news about the AFU strike

Donetsk is recovering from the shock of yesterday's AFU shelling: nearly 300 shells were fired at the city.

The main statements made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum:

▪️The Russian Federation will defend the independence of the DNR and LNR within the territory in which they held a referendum in 2014;

▪️The Russian Federation's special operations in Ukraine is developing at a pace that is designed to save people as much as possible;

▪️The Russian Federation will be ready to conclude agreements with Ukraine if Kiev demonstrates an understanding of their necessity;

▪️The representatives of the DPR and LPR are preparing a tribunal for members of Ukrainian military formations; this is their initiative;

▪️Russia and the republics of Donbas are open to a transparent dialogue on the preparation of a tribunal for Ukrainian war criminals;

▪️Russian Federation remains strongly of the view that nuclear war must not be unleashed;

▪️Moscow observes fierce Nazi resistance in Ukraine;

▪️Nazis in Ukraine use drugs that take away their ability to feel fear;

▪️The Russian Federation will arrange life in the territories liberated during the special military operation;

▪️There are many evidence proving the staging in Bucha, but the West categorically does not want to consider them;

▪️Ukraine put on paper at the end of March a negotiating position that suited Russia as a basis for work;

▪️Since mid-April, there has been complete silence in negotiations with Ukraine; Kiev has not responded to the proposals;

▪️The territories liberated during the special military operation will decide for themselves how to live their lives;

▪️The DPR and the LPR invited the United States and the European Union to cooperate in holding a tribunal for Ukrainian combatants;

▪️ Foreign experts will certainly be present at the tribunal for Ukrainian militants;

▪️It was not only the Americans but also the Germans who were involved in military and biological activities in Ukraine;

▪️The fate of Kiev-controlled territories in Ukraine is difficult to be predicted

❗️Russian Defense Ministry Publishes Mercenary Arrival Statistics to Ukraine

The list is presented from the highest number of foreign fighter arrivals:

▪Poland: 1,831 arrived, 378 died, 272 left Ukraine

▪Canada: 601 arrived, 162 died, 169 left Ukraine

▪United States: 530 arrived, 214 died, 227 left Ukraine

▪Romania: 504 arrived, 101 died, 95 left Ukraine

▪UK: 422 arrived, 101 died, 95 left Ukraine

Also, over 500 mercenaries traveled to Ukraine from the Middle East and Caucasus regions of Asia - of whom 200 died.

This is 🔥
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doesn't take sh***t from anyone.

"Ramstein-3" meeting decides the final list of supplying heavy weapons for the AFU.

So, yesterday in Kiev, in addition to what was announced the day before, the President of France gave Kiev a battery of 155 mm Caesar howitzers (6 units), and Britain -in addition to three German MLRS- added three more of its own.

Those were the heavy artillery promised to Ukraine :
▪️18 units of 155mm towed howitzers M777 (divisional set)
▪️6 units of 155 mm Caesar howitzers (battery pack)
▪️6 MLRS multiple launch rocket launchers (battery pack) without long-range missiles
▪️2*4 launchers of "Harpoon" SLCMs.

And it was also emphasized that there will be no deliveries of tanks and aircraft.

As for the aircrafts, in general it is clear that taking into the account the power of Russian anti air batteries, as well as fighter aviation, the score will be 1 to 10 in favor of Russia no matter what.

As for tanks, It is clear that Soviet tanks have showed their effectiveness, and the U.S. and Germany do not want to deliver their tanks to Ukraine to expose the weak veil of their propaganda.

But why does the U.S. need it? Simple, who then will purchase their equipment from their expensive "defense industry".

All in all, it is a problem for Kiev...

Everyone in this picture is either dead, missing, or in the case of the 2 Americans, captured.

First mistake was fighting with the Fr*nch stupid.

Weekly review by well-known war columnist Yuri Podolyaka

As I promised last Monday, now on Sunday evenings instead of the usual daily summary of the past 24 hours, we will talk about the past week. We will observe what happened on the fronts of the Ukrainian war.

❗️Gazprom will suspend gas supply indefinitely though the “Turkish Stream” from June 21 - company statement

They added that this will be done due to “planned maintenance”.

Turks and Bulgarians on suicide watch

Network of Ukrainian fraud call-centers targeting Russians has been discovered in Berdyansk. Telephone fraud is a big issue in Russia, which often makes headlines. Fraudsters use a variety of algorithms and excuses to get control of unsophisticated people's bank accounts.

It has now been discovered that a network of specialized call-centers used to operate in a number of cities in Southern Ukraine. Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy CEO of Sberbank, told journalists about the Berdyansk "branch" of this organization. The fraudsters there possessed personal data of 20 million Russians. According to Kuznetsov, data retrieved from the Berdyansk branch's servers shows that the organization was supported by the Ukrainian authorities and enjoyed technical and methodological support from the Netherlands, Germany, US and Estonia.

It is no coincidence that the number of fraudulent phone calls has reduced dramatically since the Russian army took over Melitopol, Mariupol and Berdyansk.

2 minutes in Donetsk under shelling today -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1frHu3dcC38

As we have already written, gas prices have increased many times over as a result of thoughtless sanctions by the EU and US against Russia.

In the last few days alone, the price increased by more than 50%. The other day Gazprom and the lCNPC signed an agreement on gas supplies.
The document fixes the technical parameters of the gas pipeline, including the crossing of the Ussuri River. The agreement provides for an annual increase in gas supplies to China by 10 billion m³. Now the volume is 38 billion m³.For reference: a total of 48 billion m³ equals one-third of exports to the EU, or 87% of all Nord Stream's.

The thoughtless policy of sanctions resulted in Siemens not returning one of the four turbines of the gas pipeline from overhaul, and later on the fault of the same Siemens another one also stopped working, which led to drop of supplies from 167 mcm to 100 mcm per day, and then to 67 mcm. The drop amounted to 40%.

In anticipation of the winter period, the states are accumulating gas in special gas storages. Now the EU reserves are 51% of the required volume.
However, instead of continuing to stockpile gas the EU began to consume it.

In two days the reserves are down 1%. Falling below 45% after July 1 will mean the point of no return. It will signify that Europe will run out of gas before the end of winter. And European governments will be forced to make a choice between the comfort of their residents and supply of businesses.

Against the background of such statements in the press: "In Germany the minimum allowable temperature in housing should be temporarily lowered, which must be provided by management companies in the cold season, to help save energy in conditions of rising gas prices." The choice, I think, is obvious. The common citizens will suffer again.

Meanwhile, Russia has every opportunity to continue supplying gas to those countries that have a friendly, balanced policy.

Splits between doves pushing for a quick diplomatic exit from war in Ukraine and hawks calling for Putin to be defeated threaten to tear the European Union apart this summer, a study finds today.

Most Europeans are ready to concede territorial losses for Ukraine in return for an end to the war as soon as possible, according to new opinion polling that reflects deep political divisions across Europe.

The coming days and weeks are critical for Ukraine’s future as Russia makes military gains in the Donbas and key EU countries are seeking a diplomatic end to the fighting without humiliating Moscow.