🏦 Foreign companies that have left the Russian market have lost more than $103bn since the start of the special military operation -The New York Times.
Analysts predicted that the departure of Western companies "would help strangle the Russian economy," the article said. But the Russian leadership "had other plans" and turned the boycott of Western companies into "good fortune for the state".
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Analysts predicted that the departure of Western companies "would help strangle the Russian economy," the article said. But the Russian leadership "had other plans" and turned the boycott of Western companies into "good fortune for the state".
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
❤11😁8🔥1👏1
Financial Times: EU may deprive Hungary of voting rights to help Ukraine
European Union countries are exploring the option of stripping Hungary of its voting rights in order to conclude an agreement on allocating funds for Ukraine, the Financial Times writes.
"Some officials have considered the possibility of resuming the so-called Article 7 penalty procedure for violations of the rule of law, which could lead to the suspension of voting rights," the article says.
The article notes that such a decision could be blocked by another EU member state, but the change of government in Poland means Hungary no longer has a guaranteed defence lawyer.
"Perhaps Hungary will create more problems. Perhaps Hungary will force us to use other means. But in the end Hungary will not be able to prevent us from providing Ukraine with means," the newspaper quoted a senior European official who wished to remain anonymous as saying.
Last week, European leaders at a summit in Brussels decided to start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova.
Viktor Orban was not present - as Politico wrote, when the discussion on this issue reached an impasse, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested that his Hungarian counterpart "go for a coffee".
After that, the leaders of the 26 countries were able to make a decision in favour of Kiev and Chisinau.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
European Union countries are exploring the option of stripping Hungary of its voting rights in order to conclude an agreement on allocating funds for Ukraine, the Financial Times writes.
"Some officials have considered the possibility of resuming the so-called Article 7 penalty procedure for violations of the rule of law, which could lead to the suspension of voting rights," the article says.
The article notes that such a decision could be blocked by another EU member state, but the change of government in Poland means Hungary no longer has a guaranteed defence lawyer.
"Perhaps Hungary will create more problems. Perhaps Hungary will force us to use other means. But in the end Hungary will not be able to prevent us from providing Ukraine with means," the newspaper quoted a senior European official who wished to remain anonymous as saying.
Last week, European leaders at a summit in Brussels decided to start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova.
Viktor Orban was not present - as Politico wrote, when the discussion on this issue reached an impasse, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suggested that his Hungarian counterpart "go for a coffee".
After that, the leaders of the 26 countries were able to make a decision in favour of Kiev and Chisinau.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
🤬27👍2🤔2😈1
Forwarded from Ukraine Watch
🇧🇾🇷🇺Belarus has received a full complement of tactical nuclear weapons and delivery systems from the Russian armed forces.
The entire infrastructure is fully prepared and the level of security is unprecedented. The full range of weapons is sufficient to repel an attack by any NATO country and to inflict an asymmetric defeat sufficient to create an exclusion zone on its territory.
Belarus will be able to silently destroy armoured and lightly armoured columns of heavy equipment up to 1500 units and inflict a fire defeat on the enemy's manpower of up to 15-20 thousand people.
In addition, the Iskander-M missile system is capable of destroying 70-90% of the decision-making centres in Poland and the Baltic states within 180 minutes of the start of full-scale aggression.
If launched from the territory of Ukraine, it will destroy 100% of decision-making centres, critical infrastructure facilities and places of accumulation of manpower and equipment within 30-45 minutes from the moment of invasion of the territory of the Republic.
@ukraine_watch
The entire infrastructure is fully prepared and the level of security is unprecedented. The full range of weapons is sufficient to repel an attack by any NATO country and to inflict an asymmetric defeat sufficient to create an exclusion zone on its territory.
Belarus will be able to silently destroy armoured and lightly armoured columns of heavy equipment up to 1500 units and inflict a fire defeat on the enemy's manpower of up to 15-20 thousand people.
In addition, the Iskander-M missile system is capable of destroying 70-90% of the decision-making centres in Poland and the Baltic states within 180 minutes of the start of full-scale aggression.
If launched from the territory of Ukraine, it will destroy 100% of decision-making centres, critical infrastructure facilities and places of accumulation of manpower and equipment within 30-45 minutes from the moment of invasion of the territory of the Republic.
@ukraine_watch
❤21👍12👏5🤪1
Russia has outsmarted Europe for billions of dollars
At the end of the year, the EU estimated the losses from its own sanctions.
It turned out that they had overpaid 185 billion euros for gas alone. And it was the overseas allies - the USA - who made the most money on this.
Meanwhile, Russia doubled its supplies to Asia and successfully broke through the oil ceiling, restoring revenues. All in all, the Old World lost almost $1.5 trillion. And there are growing calls for a retreat.
The idea of switching to alternative gas suppliers has proved too costly. According to Eurostat, imports have risen to an average of 15.2 billion euros a month: 7.7 for liquefied natural gas and 7.5 for pipeline gas. Before that it was 5.9 billion: 3.6 for pipeline, 2.3 for liquefied.
Over two years, it came to 304 billion, an overpayment of 185 billion. Only the US and the UK benefited: €53bn and €27bn respectively.
Previously, about 40 per cent of gas to the EU came from Russia.
Supplies have fallen fourfold. But Moscow has earned an additional 14 billion euros on the European market on the back of rising prices. Up to 70% of oil exports have been redirected to Asia.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
At the end of the year, the EU estimated the losses from its own sanctions.
It turned out that they had overpaid 185 billion euros for gas alone. And it was the overseas allies - the USA - who made the most money on this.
Meanwhile, Russia doubled its supplies to Asia and successfully broke through the oil ceiling, restoring revenues. All in all, the Old World lost almost $1.5 trillion. And there are growing calls for a retreat.
The idea of switching to alternative gas suppliers has proved too costly. According to Eurostat, imports have risen to an average of 15.2 billion euros a month: 7.7 for liquefied natural gas and 7.5 for pipeline gas. Before that it was 5.9 billion: 3.6 for pipeline, 2.3 for liquefied.
Over two years, it came to 304 billion, an overpayment of 185 billion. Only the US and the UK benefited: €53bn and €27bn respectively.
Previously, about 40 per cent of gas to the EU came from Russia.
Supplies have fallen fourfold. But Moscow has earned an additional 14 billion euros on the European market on the back of rising prices. Up to 70% of oil exports have been redirected to Asia.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍30🔥3❤1🤯1😈1
Britain has sounded the alarm over Russia's military move
Russia is actively deploying its latest Avangard combat system, writes journalist Will Stewart for the Daily Express.
"The missile, which Putin described as a 'meteorite', can be launched from outside the Earth's atmosphere and hit multiple targets anywhere in the world in less than 30 minutes," the publication says.
The publication quotes Douglas Barry, a senior fellow in military-space activities at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, who previously noted that such weapons would reduce the time it takes to reach a target and the time it takes to make a decision on any attempt to engage or otherwise respond to its launch.
The Avangard system is based on a hypersonic guided missile, launched to the target using an intercontinental ballistic missile and claimed to have a speed of M=28 (about 9.5 kilometres per second), which even without a warhead gives it kinetic energy equivalent to 18 tonnes of TNT. Designed to overcome enemy missile defences. Put on combat duty on 27 December 2019.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Russia is actively deploying its latest Avangard combat system, writes journalist Will Stewart for the Daily Express.
"The missile, which Putin described as a 'meteorite', can be launched from outside the Earth's atmosphere and hit multiple targets anywhere in the world in less than 30 minutes," the publication says.
The publication quotes Douglas Barry, a senior fellow in military-space activities at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, who previously noted that such weapons would reduce the time it takes to reach a target and the time it takes to make a decision on any attempt to engage or otherwise respond to its launch.
The Avangard system is based on a hypersonic guided missile, launched to the target using an intercontinental ballistic missile and claimed to have a speed of M=28 (about 9.5 kilometres per second), which even without a warhead gives it kinetic energy equivalent to 18 tonnes of TNT. Designed to overcome enemy missile defences. Put on combat duty on 27 December 2019.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍29👏9❤4🥱2🤯1🤓1
🚗🔋🇩🇪 Germany stops subsidising electric car purchases.
This is done in connection with the decision of the German government to reduce the hole of 17 billion euros in the country's budget for 2024, including by reducing federal subsidies.
Previously, buyers of an electric car could expect a bonus of 4,500 euros for a model price of 40 thousand euros and 3,000 euros for a price between 40 thousand and 65 thousand euros.
The subsidy programme was launched in 2016 and was considered very successful. According to the Ministry of Economy, a total of around €10bn has been paid out since then for the purchase of around 2.1 million electric cars.
At the same time, subsidies for the purchase of plug-in hybrids (grid-charged vehicles with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor) were routinely cancelled as early as 1 January 2023, and premiums for buyers of purely electric vehicles were then reduced.
As experts fear, the complete cancellation of subsidies could have a negative impact on the electric vehicle market.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
This is done in connection with the decision of the German government to reduce the hole of 17 billion euros in the country's budget for 2024, including by reducing federal subsidies.
Previously, buyers of an electric car could expect a bonus of 4,500 euros for a model price of 40 thousand euros and 3,000 euros for a price between 40 thousand and 65 thousand euros.
The subsidy programme was launched in 2016 and was considered very successful. According to the Ministry of Economy, a total of around €10bn has been paid out since then for the purchase of around 2.1 million electric cars.
At the same time, subsidies for the purchase of plug-in hybrids (grid-charged vehicles with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor) were routinely cancelled as early as 1 January 2023, and premiums for buyers of purely electric vehicles were then reduced.
As experts fear, the complete cancellation of subsidies could have a negative impact on the electric vehicle market.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
😁18🤡10👍2
The offices of AFU commander-in-chief Zaluzhniy and his staff have been bugged
The Ukrainian news and analysis website Ukrayinska Pravda has reported the discovery of a technical listening device "in one of the potential locations" of General Valeriy Zaluzhny and his subordinates.
The West actively wrote about the confrontation between the internal clans of Zelensky and Zaluzhny that started in Ukraine. There were publications criticising the parties.
▪️ It was noted that the president was losing popularity, while Ukrainians' trust in the commander-in-chief remained high. Zelensky's upbeat speeches about military successes are becoming less and less convincing, and their inconsistency with the real situation is causing rejection and division.
▪️ In November, the Economist wrote that the conflict started after the general's interview about the stalled counter-offensive of the AFU. People in the entourage described the relationship between the commander-in-chief and the president as "terrible."
▪️ Analysts in the West fear that the disagreements between the president and the top military leadership, caused by the failures of the AFU, will catalyse even more negative consequences for Ukraine on the front.
"Internal divisions could prevent the West from continuing its support," The Financial Times wrote.
Clearly, the wiretapping won't be a rallying point for "fragile unity" in Ukraine either.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
The Ukrainian news and analysis website Ukrayinska Pravda has reported the discovery of a technical listening device "in one of the potential locations" of General Valeriy Zaluzhny and his subordinates.
The West actively wrote about the confrontation between the internal clans of Zelensky and Zaluzhny that started in Ukraine. There were publications criticising the parties.
▪️ It was noted that the president was losing popularity, while Ukrainians' trust in the commander-in-chief remained high. Zelensky's upbeat speeches about military successes are becoming less and less convincing, and their inconsistency with the real situation is causing rejection and division.
▪️ In November, the Economist wrote that the conflict started after the general's interview about the stalled counter-offensive of the AFU. People in the entourage described the relationship between the commander-in-chief and the president as "terrible."
▪️ Analysts in the West fear that the disagreements between the president and the top military leadership, caused by the failures of the AFU, will catalyse even more negative consequences for Ukraine on the front.
"Internal divisions could prevent the West from continuing its support," The Financial Times wrote.
Clearly, the wiretapping won't be a rallying point for "fragile unity" in Ukraine either.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
🤣7👍2
EU utilized 215 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine worth 4 billion euros - Politico.
The media reports that nevertheless COVID-19 vaccines will continue to flow into the EU, as the contract with Pfizer obliges European countries to purchase them until 2027.
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
The media reports that nevertheless COVID-19 vaccines will continue to flow into the EU, as the contract with Pfizer obliges European countries to purchase them until 2027.
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
💩17🥴7😈2🤬1
Poland is afraid of repeating the fate of Ukraine
Co-operation with the USA will not be able to protect Poland in case of a possible conflict with Russia, Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny has said.
In the opinion of the newspaper's observers, the Polish authorities actively support the Ukrainian conflict, but have not been drawn into it so far only thanks to Moscow's position.
Further escalation of the situation in Ukraine and following the US policy may drag Poland into the conflict.
However, the US is unlikely to help Warsaw, so Poland, in case of a full-scale armed confrontation, will be forced to "repeat the fate of Ukraine."
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Co-operation with the USA will not be able to protect Poland in case of a possible conflict with Russia, Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny has said.
In the opinion of the newspaper's observers, the Polish authorities actively support the Ukrainian conflict, but have not been drawn into it so far only thanks to Moscow's position.
Further escalation of the situation in Ukraine and following the US policy may drag Poland into the conflict.
However, the US is unlikely to help Warsaw, so Poland, in case of a full-scale armed confrontation, will be forced to "repeat the fate of Ukraine."
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
😁15👍7💯2🤣2
Lavrov inclines to the version about the Western trace in the terrorist attack on "Nord Streams"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that he considers the version that the Nord Stream bombing was carried out by Western special services plausible.
The foreign minister recalled that Western media had reported that the gas pipelines had been undermined by a special forces group of one of the Western services using an apparatus that allows diving to 250 metres.
"I don't know to what extent this will be the final conclusion, if the trial does end sometime, but it sounds much more plausible than six people with five bottles of wine on some Andromeda pleasure yacht drove out, jumped off and committed this terrorist act," Lavrov said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a direct line that the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines were most likely blown up by the Americans or someone at their instigation.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that he considers the version that the Nord Stream bombing was carried out by Western special services plausible.
The foreign minister recalled that Western media had reported that the gas pipelines had been undermined by a special forces group of one of the Western services using an apparatus that allows diving to 250 metres.
"I don't know to what extent this will be the final conclusion, if the trial does end sometime, but it sounds much more plausible than six people with five bottles of wine on some Andromeda pleasure yacht drove out, jumped off and committed this terrorist act," Lavrov said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a direct line that the Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines were most likely blown up by the Americans or someone at their instigation.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍20🥰2
🇩🇪 The rating of Germany's ruling coalition has fallen to a new low
These are the results of a poll conducted by the INSA sociological institute especially for BILD am SONNTAG.
Only 15% of voters are ready to vote for the SPD, 12% for the Greens and 5% for the FDP.
Thus, the current ruling "traffic light" coalition has a total of only 32% of the vote. This is the lowest figure in history.
In the last Bundestag elections, they won 52%. Since then, their popularity has been steadily declining.
The main opposition force in the form of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc alone would get as much as the entire ruling coalition of three parties - 32%.
In second place is the far-right opposition Alternative for Germany (23%). According to INSA, 59% of citizens would like early elections to the Bundestag in the near future, without waiting until autumn 2025.
With such a policy in the "interests" of Germany, Scholz will have to resign and hold snap elections to the Bundestag.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
These are the results of a poll conducted by the INSA sociological institute especially for BILD am SONNTAG.
Only 15% of voters are ready to vote for the SPD, 12% for the Greens and 5% for the FDP.
Thus, the current ruling "traffic light" coalition has a total of only 32% of the vote. This is the lowest figure in history.
In the last Bundestag elections, they won 52%. Since then, their popularity has been steadily declining.
The main opposition force in the form of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc alone would get as much as the entire ruling coalition of three parties - 32%.
In second place is the far-right opposition Alternative for Germany (23%). According to INSA, 59% of citizens would like early elections to the Bundestag in the near future, without waiting until autumn 2025.
With such a policy in the "interests" of Germany, Scholz will have to resign and hold snap elections to the Bundestag.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍13❤1
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Negotiations on Ukraine in the US Senate fail again - The Wall Street Journal
The negotiating group on tougher migration policy (the Republicans' demand in exchange for aid to Ukraine) has failed to reach a compromise. In fact, it is unlikely that this issue will be agreed before Christmas, the newspaper says.
✖️ Although the Biden administration is ready to make significant concessions, many Republicans "have expressed scepticism about any deal in recent days," WSJ notes.
Thus, Kiev has lost its last hope for New Year's aid, as the EU has not agreed on 50 billion euros, and the US Congress has gone on holiday and does not plan to return early because of so called independent country.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
The negotiating group on tougher migration policy (the Republicans' demand in exchange for aid to Ukraine) has failed to reach a compromise. In fact, it is unlikely that this issue will be agreed before Christmas, the newspaper says.
✖️ Although the Biden administration is ready to make significant concessions, many Republicans "have expressed scepticism about any deal in recent days," WSJ notes.
Thus, Kiev has lost its last hope for New Year's aid, as the EU has not agreed on 50 billion euros, and the US Congress has gone on holiday and does not plan to return early because of so called independent country.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍11👏4
China has more than 100 dead after an earthquake struck the northwest of the country
Local media reported that 111 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in an earthquake in Gansu province.
Additional rescue forces and officials from the local emergency management department have been dispatched to the region.
Xi Jinping also called for all efforts to search, rescue and relief efforts to deal with the quake.
The 5.9 magnitude tremors have caused significant economic damage.
Local media reported that water systems, roads, houses and other infrastructure adjacent to the epicentre of the quake suffered varying degrees of damage.
The earthquake struck about 100 kilometres southwest of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Local media reported that 111 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in an earthquake in Gansu province.
Additional rescue forces and officials from the local emergency management department have been dispatched to the region.
Xi Jinping also called for all efforts to search, rescue and relief efforts to deal with the quake.
The 5.9 magnitude tremors have caused significant economic damage.
Local media reported that water systems, roads, houses and other infrastructure adjacent to the epicentre of the quake suffered varying degrees of damage.
The earthquake struck about 100 kilometres southwest of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
😭12😢2
US launches operation to protect shipping in the Red Sea
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the start of a multinational operation in the Red Sea aimed at ensuring the safety of civilian vessels.
Earlier, Yemeni Houthi rebels shelled a number of tankers and dry cargo ships travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The Houthis have been demanding an end to Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the rebels, the US is forming a coalition to protect shipping, which will include the UK, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.
Operation Guardian of Prosperity will include patrolling the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, escorting merchant ship caravans and repelling possible attacks.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the start of a multinational operation in the Red Sea aimed at ensuring the safety of civilian vessels.
Earlier, Yemeni Houthi rebels shelled a number of tankers and dry cargo ships travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The Houthis have been demanding an end to Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the rebels, the US is forming a coalition to protect shipping, which will include the UK, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain.
Operation Guardian of Prosperity will include patrolling the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, escorting merchant ship caravans and repelling possible attacks.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👎13🤬5💩4❤1👍1🥴1😈1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Vladimir Putin spoke at an expanded board of the Ministry of Defence
The most important from President Putin's speech:
▪️ 2023 was a tense year for the Russian Armed Forces, special words of gratitude to those who fought and are fighting on the front line;
▪️ The West continues to wage hybrid warfare against Russia, actively supplies Kiev with intelligence information, actively supplies Ukraine with weapons;
▪️ The activity of NATO has sharply increased, considerable forces from the USA have been transferred to the borders of the Russian Federation, the next stage of the alliance's approach to the territory of Russia is underway;
▪️ The aggressive nature of the NATO bloc is no longer hidden behind any wording;
▪️ Russia is not going to give up its goals in the special military operation;
▪️ Russian troops have the initiative, we do what we think is right to do;
▪️ All attempts to defeat the Russian Federation have been defeated by the courage and steadfastness of the Russian soldier;
▪️ The production of high-precision projectiles and UAVs must be increased, and the work of air defence must be improved;
▪️ Supply of Russian troops is improving;
▪️ The myth of invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
The most important from President Putin's speech:
▪️ 2023 was a tense year for the Russian Armed Forces, special words of gratitude to those who fought and are fighting on the front line;
▪️ The West continues to wage hybrid warfare against Russia, actively supplies Kiev with intelligence information, actively supplies Ukraine with weapons;
▪️ The activity of NATO has sharply increased, considerable forces from the USA have been transferred to the borders of the Russian Federation, the next stage of the alliance's approach to the territory of Russia is underway;
▪️ The aggressive nature of the NATO bloc is no longer hidden behind any wording;
▪️ Russia is not going to give up its goals in the special military operation;
▪️ Russian troops have the initiative, we do what we think is right to do;
▪️ All attempts to defeat the Russian Federation have been defeated by the courage and steadfastness of the Russian soldier;
▪️ The production of high-precision projectiles and UAVs must be increased, and the work of air defence must be improved;
▪️ Supply of Russian troops is improving;
▪️ The myth of invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👏22👍4❤2
Norway did not allow a plane from Russia with a dying man to land
On board a Nordwind plane flying from Moscow to Cuba, one of the passengers suffered internal bleeding due to a stomach ulcer.
▪️ The pilots requested an emergency landing in Oslo, but Norwegian authorities refused.
The plane was forced to return to Moscow. Fortunately, the man was alive at the time of landing in Sheremetyevo and was immediately sent to hospital.
▪️ The Norwegian authorities billed the incident as an act of humanism. They said they had generously allowed the Russian passenger plane to fly over the country because there was a threat to human life.
Norway, like the EU, is engaged in a sanctions war against Russia and bans Russian flights. Exceptions are rarely made for diplomats or medical transport.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
On board a Nordwind plane flying from Moscow to Cuba, one of the passengers suffered internal bleeding due to a stomach ulcer.
▪️ The pilots requested an emergency landing in Oslo, but Norwegian authorities refused.
The plane was forced to return to Moscow. Fortunately, the man was alive at the time of landing in Sheremetyevo and was immediately sent to hospital.
▪️ The Norwegian authorities billed the incident as an act of humanism. They said they had generously allowed the Russian passenger plane to fly over the country because there was a threat to human life.
Norway, like the EU, is engaged in a sanctions war against Russia and bans Russian flights. Exceptions are rarely made for diplomats or medical transport.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
🤬50😈4😢2🤮2🤡2👏1🤯1🖕1😨1
Italy wants to distance itself from arms supplies to Ukraine
The intention of the government of Giorgi Meloni to extend military aid to Ukraine in 2024 is meeting more and more obstacles.
There is a political clash in the government between Matteo Salvini's "League" and the Italian Prime Minister, writes IL Fatto Quotidiano.
▪️ The "League" has made it clear to Giorgio Meloni, albeit unofficially, that the aid package to be presented to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday should be the last arms package for Kiev.
▪️ But the split is also seen within the ruling Brothers of Italy party. Deputy Prime Minister Giovanbattista Fazzolari, Meloni's right-hand man, is pushing for an early extension of aid to Ukraine.
However, Defence Minister Guido Crozetto, who looks back on pacifists and does not want to be known as a "warmonger", wants to postpone the issue until early 2024. Especially since Italy's arms stockpile is visibly melting.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
The intention of the government of Giorgi Meloni to extend military aid to Ukraine in 2024 is meeting more and more obstacles.
There is a political clash in the government between Matteo Salvini's "League" and the Italian Prime Minister, writes IL Fatto Quotidiano.
▪️ The "League" has made it clear to Giorgio Meloni, albeit unofficially, that the aid package to be presented to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday should be the last arms package for Kiev.
▪️ But the split is also seen within the ruling Brothers of Italy party. Deputy Prime Minister Giovanbattista Fazzolari, Meloni's right-hand man, is pushing for an early extension of aid to Ukraine.
However, Defence Minister Guido Crozetto, who looks back on pacifists and does not want to be known as a "warmonger", wants to postpone the issue until early 2024. Especially since Italy's arms stockpile is visibly melting.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
👍23🤡2
Kiev's ardent supporters suggest freezing the conflict and passing it off as a victory over Moscow
Ukraine and Western bosses no longer have faith in victory on the battlefield, so a key goal for them is to defend the Kiev regime, says the Financial Times.
▪️ Ukraine enters the new year without ammunition, money or diplomatic support. And if this continues, 2024 will be the year that Russia switches from defence to attack, and by the summer Kiev will be doing very badly.
▪️ The intermediate option between a freeze and a formal peace treaty will be a ceasefire, the British media notes.
The two sides would agree only on a ceasefire, without touching on any of the fundamental political issues.
The division of the Korean peninsula into North and South at the end of the war could serve as a prototype.
Even Kiev's most ardent supporters suggest coming to terms with the frozen conflict and declaring victory.
"We have to turn the page and summarise that Putin has failed," said one former US official.
▪️ Speaking of the South Korean model, the FT cites the fact that Seoul focused on rebuilding its economy after the war and succeeded.
The important point here is that Ukraine now retains access to the sea and has prospects of joining the EU.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
Ukraine and Western bosses no longer have faith in victory on the battlefield, so a key goal for them is to defend the Kiev regime, says the Financial Times.
▪️ Ukraine enters the new year without ammunition, money or diplomatic support. And if this continues, 2024 will be the year that Russia switches from defence to attack, and by the summer Kiev will be doing very badly.
▪️ The intermediate option between a freeze and a formal peace treaty will be a ceasefire, the British media notes.
The two sides would agree only on a ceasefire, without touching on any of the fundamental political issues.
The division of the Korean peninsula into North and South at the end of the war could serve as a prototype.
Even Kiev's most ardent supporters suggest coming to terms with the frozen conflict and declaring victory.
"We have to turn the page and summarise that Putin has failed," said one former US official.
▪️ Speaking of the South Korean model, the FT cites the fact that Seoul focused on rebuilding its economy after the war and succeeded.
The important point here is that Ukraine now retains access to the sea and has prospects of joining the EU.
#3
💥Our channel: Node of Time EN
😁6🤣5🤮2👀1