Israel’s genocide in Gaza gives Russia and China an opportunity to present themselves to much of the world as countries that stand for peace and human rights—while the U.S. finds itself—once again—marred in a conflict thousands of miles away.
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TOP UKRAINIAN GENERAL OFFERS BLEAK ASSESSMENT, RANKLING KYIV
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny said in an interview last week that his forces seem to be stuck in a stalemate, and that he does not expect to see any significant breakthroughs in the near future.
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RUSSIA AIMS TO TARGET UKRAINIAN POWER GRID AS WINTER LOOMS, ZELENSKY SAYS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones to target the Khmelnytsky nuclear facility which would dramatically impact the country’s electrical grid before the long winter months.
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CHINA, RUSSIA RISING WHILE U.S. IS DECLINING: XI, PUTIN DESCRIBE ‘FAIRER, MULTIPOLAR’ WORLD
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart, in China last week and the two expressed interest in building their no-limits partnership and their visions for a “multipolar world” not led by any one country.
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WORLD ECONOMY IS “LIMPING”
Sustained high interest rates, the war in Ukraine, the unraveling of global trade networks, and now the new Mideast war have left the global economy “limping along, not sprinting,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in an overview at its annual meeting last week.
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WASHINGTON ON THE KNIFE EDGE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has gone from hero to zero in the space of a few months. The mélange of Western military equipment, from tanks to missiles, in the hands of courageous but unprepared and poorly led Ukrainian conscripts has failed to improve Ukrainian battlefield performance.
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RUSSIAN STUDENTS WEAR GAS MASKS THE SAME DAY U.S. SENDS NATIONAL ALERT TEST
Russia carried out an emergency drill last week in preparation for a would-be nuclear attack on the same day that the U.S. tested its own alert system—amid the growing risk of a nuclear exchange between the two countries.
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RUSSIA HALTS EXPORTS OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL
With world oil prices closing in on $100 a barrel, Russia has banned exports of diesel fuel and gasoline, with exceptions for some low-grade diesel and for supplies to four adjacent ex-Soviet states.
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FAT-MOUTH FAT MAN CHRISTIE MEETS WITH ZELENSKY IN UKRAINE, SAYS KYIV CAN WIN
Chris Christie, a Republican hopeful for president, made an unannounced visit to Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to showcase his support for the country in its war with Russia.
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BULLSHIT BLINKEN: UKRAINE HAS SEIZED 50 PERCENT OF OCCUPIED TERRITORY FROM RUSSIA
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, said in an interview that aired Sunday that Ukraine has managed to retake about 50 percent of the territory that has been seized by Russia—and reiterated the White House propaganda that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already failed.