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Ukraine Update….120 days into the Russian move on the Ukraine…A small Ukraine Victory…..

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Over four months…..

Smoke rose from vehicles and structures on Snake Island, off the Ukrainian coast in the Black Sea, after Russian forces withdrew on Thursday.

The Russian’s pull out of Snake Island , in the Black Sea, after Ukraine beatdowns in a what could be an opening for Ukraine wheat exports…

President Biden keeps sending the Ukraine more money for weapons….

This time Biden seems to pledge a system to counter Russian missle strikes….

Biden admits High Gas prices are  a cost for the West in the Ukraine conflict…..

NATO and G-7 Leaders now go home to sell what they agreed to  in their get togethers….

Putin syas he’s in no hurry to end the war….

The West is beginning to worry about support at home for a extended one….

The United States plans to announce another $800 million in weapons aid for Ukraine in the coming days, President Biden said Thursday at the close of a NATO summit in Madrid. He also warned U.S. consumers that gas prices would remain high as a result of the war.

Americans should prepare to pay a premium for gas for “as long as it takes to support Ukraine,” Biden said at a news conference. Western sanctions on Russia have hurt the country’s energy sector and curbed the global supply of oil. “As long as it takes so Russia cannot, in fact, defeat Ukraine and move beyond Ukraine. This is a critical, critical position for the world,” Biden said.

In a small but strategic win for Kyiv, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces had withdrawn from Snake Island, a highly contested isle in the Black Sea, after a four-month-long occupation. Moscow framed the move as an effort to establish a humanitarian corridor for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine. But officials in the southern port city of Odessa said Russian troops had evacuated following missile and artillery strikes.

Here’s what else to know

  • Finland and Sweden are expected to formally sign the NATO accession protocol on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin still intends to capture most of Ukraine and the war is likely to grind on, top U.S. intelligence official Avril Haines said.
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden and Finland on Thursday to meet their obligations to Turkey under an agreement signed at the NATO summit in Madrid, in order for the deal to be submitted to Turkey’s parliament for approval….

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NY Times Coverage….

Snake island image….Credit…Satellite Image ©2022 Maxar Technologies

NATO leader ‘s image….Kenny Holston for The New York Times

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