Russia defults on paying foreign currency bills….
NATO annoauces a ‘overhaul’ of its organization in response to the Russian move against the Ukraine…
Russian military is back to shooting missiles at cities….
More American weapons are on the way to the Ukraine, which will be a very heavy Western armed country after this conflict is over…NATO membership or not…
Eastern Europe has received most of the over 5 million Ukrainan’s that left in the early days of the conflict with Russia,,,It is unknmown how many returned home…A LOT of homes are no more….
President Biden told Zelensky on Monday that the United States intends to provide Kyiv with advanced medium- and long-range air defense capabilities, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. Washington is “in the process of finalizing a package” that will also include other items of “urgent need, including ammunition for artillery and counter-battery radar systems,” Sullivan said, according to a pool report.
Meeting in Germany’s Bavarian Alps, leaders from the Group of Seven, the world’s wealthiest democracies, pledged to “stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes” — after Zelensky, addressing the summit by video link, asked the group for more heavy weapons to force a Russian retreat before winter. The Ukrainian leader requested modern antiaircraft systems and more-powerful arms to launch counterattacks. The G-7 leaders were also “very close” to an agreement on a global price cap for Russian oil shipments — a measure designed to disrupt a key source of funding for Russia’s war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said.
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