While the shipping risks in the Strait of Hormuz are widely reported, the world’s most dangerous shipping route is in the Black Sea, amid the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to a report in The Financial Times.
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NEW LATVIAN PM WANTS EUROPE TO BAN RUSSIANS FROM OBTAINING VISAS
Andris Kulbergs, the new prime minister of Latvia, said he wants Europe to adopt a policy to ban Russians from obtaining travel visas over the Ukraine War, according to the Financial Times.
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FALSE FLAG? ROMANIA BLAMES RUSSIA FOR ATTACK ON COMMERCIAL SHIP IN THE BLACK SEA
Nicuşo Dan, the Romanian president, blamed Russia for carrying out an attack on a commercial vessel in the Black Sea that resulted in the ship capsizing.
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EUROPE LOOKS TO PUSH FOR MORE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
European countries are intent on continuing to push for more war against Russia and are working on ways to share the burden of dragging Kyiv into another costly year of fighting with Moscow.
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AS FORECAST: BRENT CRUDE HIT $110 A BARREL LAST WEEK AS WARS LOOK TO BE ON THE BRINK OF ESCALATION
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, reached $110 a barrel on Friday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to keep striking Russian energy targets, and reports that Ansar Allah (the Houthis) carried out successful strikes on Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure.
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RAMPING UP THE WAR: FRANCE SAYS IT WILL PROVIDE UKRAINE WITH INTERCEPTOR MISSILES AFTER RECENT RUSSIAN ATTACKS
France announced on Saturday that it will provide Ukraine with missile interceptors after an increase in ballistic missile attacks by Russia in response to Kyiv’s decision to escalate and use drones to attack Moscow’s energy infrastructure.
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RUSSIA LAUNCHES NEW ATTACKS ON KYIV AS ZELENSKY SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR ELECTIONS
Russia launched new large-scale strikes on Kyiv last week in response to Ukraine’s recent drone attacks on energy infrastructure deep inside the country in hopes of jeopardizing its wartime economy.
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VON DER LEYEN RAMPING UP UKRAINE WAR
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, warned last week of an “escalating campaign of threats” and hybrid warfare after Romania announced that it destroyed a naval drone as it approached a gas platform in the Black Sea.
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UKRAINE LAUNCHES ONE OF ITS BIGGEST DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA SINCE START OF WAR
The Kremlin announced that it shot down about 1,500 Ukrainian drones in an attack that started in the late-night hours on Saturday and continued into Sunday, as Kyiv continues its attempt to apply pressure on Moscow’s war economy by targeting soft targets across the country.
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AS FORECAST: UKRAINE STRIKES TWO RUSSIAN REFINERIES, ESCALATING WAR
The Ukrainian military last week took credit for striking two Russian oil refineries deep inside the country in what President Volodymyr Zelensky has referred to as “long-range sanctions” to try and cripple Moscow’s war economy.