“We Are Still Buying Crude Oil from Putin. We Are Wiring Him Money Every Day” – American Billionaire John Catsimatidis: John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner and CEO of New York City supermarket chain Gristedes, who is also in the oil industry, reacted to U.S. President Biden continuing to buy oil from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Catsimatidis, who is also the CEO of United Refining, told “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Friday that America is “being conned,” and “lied to.” “We are still buying crude oil from Putin. We are wiring him money every day from the United States and payment for crude oil going into Boston Harbor. You know, we are being lied to. We are being conned.” President Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is working with other countries on a coordinated oil release from the global petroleum reserve in the coming days in a bid to reduce rising gasoline prices. As we reported and President Trump warned, Germany is dependent on Russian oil. In 2018 during his speech to the UN General Assembly President Donald Trump lodged a warning to Germany about their country’s reliance on Russian energy. The German delegation laughed on camera at the remarks. The Biden gang is making the US dependent upon Russian oil. It’s not necessary. Russian airlines and private jets are banned from European airspace: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said that the European Union would close its airspace to Russian aircraft in response to the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, ABC News reported. In a press conference, Von der Leyen said, “We are shutting down the EU airspace for Russians. We are proposing a prohibition on all Russian-owned, Russian-registered, or Russian-controlled aircraft. These aircraft will no more be able to land in, take off, or overfly the territory of the EU.” “So let me be very clear,” she continued, “Our airspace will be closed to every Russian plane, and that includes the private jets of oligarchs too.” Von der Leyen also announced that the European Union would be prohibiting media backed by the Russian government. She said, “The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war. We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.” https://www.theblaze.com/news/russian-airlines-and-private-jets-are-banned-from-european-airspace The Russian central bank takes steps to stabilize the ruble as it plummets in value: The Bank of Russia is proceeding with emergency measures to stabilize its economy and to prevent the Russian ruble from losing further value. For the first time, the Russian central bank said that it will intervene in the foreign exchange market and expand its Lombard list of securities that it will accept as collateral, Bloomberg reported. The central bank did not mention whether or not it would raise interest rates but it did proceed with agreeing to provide Russian banks with additional liquidity. It is preparing to offer banks 1 trillion rubles — roughly $11.5 billion —in an overnight repo auction. On Saturday, the allied leaders of several Western countries — including the United States — expressed their support for preventing Russia from being able to access and utilize the SWIFT network. The Western leaders agreed to target specific Russian banks for removal from the SWIFT system, to prevent the Russian central bank from manipulating its monetary policy, and to take aggressive steps to sanction and financially punish Russian individuals involved in the invasion of Ukraine. By preventing Russia from using the SWIFT network, the West will effectively isolate them and inhibit them from conducting trade with some of its largest trade partners. :prayer-hands: Just praying 'round the clock. That is all I can do. "They're" definitely up to something lol "They" just showed us that Putin was serious about invading Ukraine. And "they" showed us he did it legally in steps and was backed into a corner and forced to do something with his governments permission. And now "they're" showing us that Putin is unpredictable, could have mental health issues, and that he now has the power and could push the button at any moment now and will do it. So in other words "they" just created a crisis far worse than covid. Ukraine President Calls for ‘Immediate’ EU Membership Under ‘Special Procedure’: President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for both a ceasefire and for Ukraine’s “immediate” accession to the European Union as his government holds peace talks with a Kremlin delegation in the Russian client state of Belarus. While the former Soviet Socialist Republic would not qualify for EU membership under normal circumstances, President Zelensky has said that he is “confident” that his country could be admitted to the bloc “under a new special procedure." "We appeal to the European Union for Ukraine’s immediate accession under a new special procedure,” the comic actor turned wartime leader said at a press conference on Monday. Zelensky said he was grateful to Ukraine’s “partners” in the European Union for their support so far — initially rather dubious but recently strengthened with an unprecedented plan to finance €500 million (£418,300,000/$561,160,000) in arms shipments — but said that his countrymen’s goal is to “stand alongside all Europeans and, most importantly to stand on their level” as EU citizens. “I am confident that this is fair. I am confident that we deserve this. I am confident that all this is possible,” he added. Amir Tsarfati: Major Escalation as Nuclear Missiles in Russia are made ready to be launched in short notice. ............................................ A report in Syria: "Russia has begun recruiting young people in areas under Bashar al-Assad's control to fight in Ukraine." In Syria, it is reported that the Russians have begun recruiting volunteers from among the residents of the areas under Assad's control and it intends to send them to the battlefields in Ukraine. According to reports in Syria, the Russians are offering a salary of $ 2,000 per mercenary and a promise of paying $ 5,000 to the families of fighters killed on the battlefield in Ukraine. Clarification: in Syria there are pro-Russian and anti-Russian Syrians. Belarus wanted to host the talks between Moscow and Kyiv, yet they themselves launched short-range 9K720 Iskanderballistic missiles today at Ukraine. ...................................................... The Iranian lesson from the war in Ukraine: ...................................................... ..................................................... UPDATE: Russian ruble continues to drop, now down 41% against the U.S. dollar in early trade. Breaking: Russia's Central Bank more than doubles key interest rate to 20% in effort to slow inflation and protect the ruble. Russia orders people and companies to sell 80% of their revenue in foreign currencies, forcing them to buy the ruble. ...................................................... Reports that the talks in Belarus failed. ....................................................... Amir Tsarfati: The presidents of Poland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia this evening issued an open letter calling on EU member states to "allow EU institutions to take steps to ensure Ukraine's candidate status immediately and open negotiations." This is after President Vladimir Zelenskyy signed an official request to join the union. Thank you, Almost Home, I've heard about those thermobaric 'vacuum' bombs. In your Daily Mail article it says: Thermobaric weapons - also known as vacuum bombs - are high-powered explosives that use the atmosphere itself as part of the explosion. They are among the most powerful non-nuclear weapons ever developed. The U.S. version of the weapon reportedly costs over $16 million each. The bomb works by using oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion, making it far deadlier than a conventional weapon. The vacuum bombs, which are also known as thermobaric weapons, can vaporize bodies and crush internal organs. Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. claimed earlier on Monday that Russia used a devastating vacuum bomb on Ukraine. Oksana Markarova, speaking after briefing members of the U.S. Congress, said: 'They used the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by the Geneva convention. The devastation that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large.' On the T.V. nightly news, they were saying Putin now has committed war crimes. Maybe this is one reason why. 
Russia is recruiting among the pro. The rebels are recruiting among the anti.
Basically, the civil war in Syria is moving to Ukrainian soil.
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The newspaper "Watan Amroz" affiliated with the conservative camp in Iran today calls on its main page to maintain an Iranian nuclear deterrent (uranium enrichment) so that the fate of Iran will not be the same as the fate of Zalansky and Ukraine. Ukraine has previously given up its nuclear program in exchange for the West's promise to protect it.
Breaking: Kosovo asks the US for a permanent military base and requests NATO membership.
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