Not far from the Crimean bridge arrival at the oil depot

At night, a fuel tank caught fire in Taman. Locals call the UAV attack the cause of the fire. First there was a whistle, then an explosion. The fire area of a tank with oil products in the Krasnodar Territory is 1.2 thousand square meters. meters. The fire was assigned the highest rank of difficulty.

Prepare for the Crimean bridge.

The conflict in Ukraine is unlikely to end this year, Kiev will not be able to realize its political goals during this time - the chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, in an interview with Foreign Affairs magazine.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army : We will do our best to prevent the military alliance between Russia and China.

vvFish wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 12:33 am
122 countries voted "for" the UN resolution, in which Russia is called the aggressor, the choice of China, for the first time since February 24, 2022, voted "for" the resolution condemning Russia's military actions was quite unexpected. A similar decision was made by India and Brazil.

Almost all countries of the post-Soviet space also voted in favor, except for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - they abstained.
In total, only 18 states "abstained" from voting. The draft resolution was prepared by 48 countries



Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on Monday, May 1, sharply responded to a Russian propagandist who tried to manipulate on the topic of support for Ukraine.
The South African authorities are asking the resident of the Russian Federation, Putin, not to come to the BRICS summit, which will be held in South Africa this summer. The reason is the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes in Ukraine.
122 countries voted for the UN resolution, in which Russia is recognized as an aggressor country.
Among them are Armenia, Kazakhstan and China.

Oh, please, don't get carried away. Both, Putin and Xi know it means nothing. To interpret that as China turning against Russia is ridiculous. China knows how to play political games. As business is their number 1 priority they are simply pleasing the West and make it easier for them to buy from China. They know very well that continuing to eliminate the USD from business and transactions ( the number of countries doing so is growing) will show consequences in the near future and then the game will change anyway. Remember that even France got to pay in Yuan.

The counter-offensive is being postponed because of the information that was leaked to the mass media ," Zelenski said.

I suspect that the Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is probably right, it will start on May 9th (Russian Holiday) and will be all over by the 15th.

Zelensky has already lost, he ploughed over 30% of his entire army into Bakhmut, best troops and equipment, and they are all gone. The west will stop funding this debacle if he does nothing but he only has raw recruits left, they will be decimated.

Reminder that the US (NATO) has given no assurances to the Ukraine as to what happens to the Ukraine as a state if they lose. The Russians may well move up to the Dnipro river that is a natural, defensible east west divide and Poland are keen to grab the north west while there is nothing to stop them.


The Guardian: Ukraine is gripped by poverty
To the news about "European integration". The newspaper writes that Ukrainians, out of desperation, hand over things to pawnshops and stand in line for hours for free bread.
“We are seeing a 30% drop in GDP mainly because Ukraine exports 80% of its goods through ports that it no longer has access to,” economist Olena Bilan told the newspaper



(note the line ''Kyiv's bustling bars'' so some have plenty of money)

vvFish wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 7:44 pm
To whom is the war and to whom is the mother dear!



Ivan, look... these very... "liberators" live here. MOTHER OF GOD WHOM THEY CAN RELEASE

I love this trash bags. Another great Russian idea. Every Russian invader should have them on their basic equipment. It would ease the burden on their logistics in disposing of the debris 200.

Ogee wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 5:34 pm The counter-offensive is being postponed because of the information that was leaked to the mass media ," Zelenski said.

I suspect that the Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is probably right, it will start on May 9th (Russian Holiday) and will be all over by the 15th.

Zelensky has already lost, he ploughed over 30% of his entire army into Bakhmut, best troops and equipment, and they are all gone. The west will stop funding this debacle if he does nothing but he only has raw recruits left, they will be decimated.

Reminder that the US (NATO) has given no assurances to the Ukraine as to what happens to the Ukraine as a state if they lose. The Russians may well move up to the Dnipro river that is a natural, defensible east west divide and Poland are keen to grab the north west while there is nothing to stop them.

The Guardian: Ukraine is gripped by poverty
To the news about "European integration". The newspaper writes that Ukrainians, out of desperation, hand over things to pawnshops and stand in line for hours for free bread.
“We are seeing a 30% drop in GDP mainly because Ukraine exports 80% of its goods through ports that it no longer has access to,” economist Olena Bilan told the newspaper

(note the line ''Kyiv's bustling bars'' so some have plenty of money)

They are used to that anyway. They got nothing before (a ridiculous GDP/capita), they got nothing now (despite Millions of tons of grains they can't export, they are unable to bake some bread) and they will have even less in future as they are selling Millions of ha of their most fertile farmland to foreign investors lead by Vanguard&Co. Thus they are a liability to whoever deals with them and will come begging for even more free money in the future.

NewLight wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 4:04 am A disinformation channel posted an image with the "new" Ukrainian Borders circa of 2024..., maybe yes, maybe not???, wait and see....

Finland will allow the US to station its military bases in the country, - Helsingin Sanomat.
The flight time of US missiles to the borders of Russia will be reduced to 20 seconds.
GOYDA rashists!

He should have been following me here on Forex Station

Meanwhile, west has lost confidence

US fears Ukrainian counteroffensive could turn into carnage - WP

The strike against Russian forces needs to come with managed expectations or pride will be followed by a costly fall. The Telegraph

But not to worry,

CIA veteran calls for US war on China and Russia, threatening nuclear strikes, in elite Foreign Policy magazine

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02 ... -magazine/

The Russian army's main disadvantage is that there's just not enough diversity

Ogee wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 7:18 pm The Russian army's main disadvantage is that there's just not enough diversity

Hahahaha