Wilmington, Del. (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, CIA Director William Burns said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being "too confident" in his military’s ability to grind Ukraine into submission.
Burns, in a television interview, said the head of Russia’s intelligence services had displayed in their November meeting "a sense of cockiness and hubris" that reflected Putin’s own beliefs "that he can make time work for him, that he believes he can grind down the Ukrainians that he can wear down our European allies, that political fatigue will eventually set in."
That conversation, in which Burns warned of the consequences if Russia were to deploy a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, was "pretty dispiriting," Burns said.
Burns said he judged Putin as "quite determined" to continue prosecuting the war, despite the casualties, tactical shortcomings and economic and reputational damage to Russia.
"I think Putin is, right now, entirely too confident of his ability ... to wear down Ukraine," Burns told CBS’ "Face the Nation" in an interview that aired Sunday. Burns said that "at some point, he’s going to have to face up to increasing costs as well, in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of Russia," where he said many of the conscripts "being thrown as cannon fodder" are from.
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Originally, I went to the link and watched the video. I now see the comments, and it appears as if the double is not a double. It does make little sense to have look a likes in close proximity unless you are filming a gum commercial or a Full House reboot. That video clip should be plenty enough Zelensky for me until April or so. For me, he is on the same list as Megan Markle, Greta, The View cast and every member of the Biden regime. No video none of the time.
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[Korrespndent] 23:06 The United States has banned the export of smartphones worth more than $300 to Russia and Belarus, the Ministry of Commerce said. The updated list of luxury goods subject to export restrictions that require licensing also includes printers, sewing machines, air conditioners, televisions, microwave ovens, audio and video recording equipment that cost more than the specified amount. In total, 276 commodity nomenclature codes fell under the restrictions.
22:57 Borrell said that the EU Council imposed additional sanctions on 11 people and seven companies involved in the PMC Wagner. He recalled that now Prigozhin’s mercenaries are operating, in addition to Ukraine, in Libya, the Central African Republic, Mali and Sudan: “The activities of PMC Wagner pose a threat to people in the countries where they operate, and to the European Union. They threaten international peace and security, since act outside of any legal framework.
22:51 Zelensky said in an address to the participants of the event of the President of Germany dedicated to solidarity with Ukraine that the Russians now control 1877 Ukrainian cities and villages: "We are fighting on Ukrainian soil for something without which all of you, friends, cannot imagine your own life. This elementary security, this is freedom and life according to the law, this is human dignity and the right of every person and every community to self-respect, this is the happiness of living in a family and the opportunity to dream of a safe and free future for their children. towns and villages."
21:06 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine is working to expand global and, in particular, European sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry, on Rosatom and everyone involved in the missile program and nuclear blackmail of the Russian Federation: "There are already appropriate steps partners: the United States, Britain. We expect reciprocal steps from the European Union as well." The President added that work will continue on Ukraine's sanctions against Russian subjects and everyone who helps them.
18:40 The EU revealed the details of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia .
17:14 Certain reserves have already accumulated in the energy system of Ukraine, therefore, if there are no new missile strikes on energy facilities, it will no longer be necessary to limit electricity consumption, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said.
16:25 Pope Francis was given a bracelet made of Azovstal steel, as well as a list of captured defenders of Mariupol and captured women of Mariupol, including civilians. The Pope was asked to add the voice of the Vatican to their immediate release, the Mariupol City Council said.
15:39 In the Kherson region, near the village of Dobryanka of the Vysokopolsky community, two people were blown up by a Russian mine when they were working on a field - both died on the spot, the OVA reported. In addition, in Kherson, near the river port, a man ran into a stretcher and was hospitalized.
15:18 Macron said he was going to visit China and call on Beijing to help Europe put pressure on Russia: "I myself will go to China in early April. China should now help us put pressure on Russia so that it never uses chemical or nuclear weapons and stopped this aggression as a precondition for negotiations." The same French leader urged China not to transfer any weapons to Russia.
Macron stressed that peace is possible only if the Russian aggression ceases, the withdrawal of troops and respect for the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. At the same time, he added that China "is joining the peace efforts - this is very good."
14:47 Commander of the Eastern Group of Forces Alexander Syrsky visited the military units of the Defense Forces that protect Bakhmut and the approaches to it. According to the command of the Ground Forces, the Russian army concentrated its main efforts on the capture of Bakhmut and its encirclement. Fights go around the city itself and in its environs.
14:20 Zelensky announced the need for sanctions against the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation: "The tenth package of EU sanctions is directed against the Russian military industry, propaganda and the financial system. Pressure on the Russian aggressor should increase: we expect decisive steps against Rosatom and the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation, increasing pressure on the military and banks."
13:55 Guatemala supported the creation of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said. According to him, Guatemala will be the first Latin American country to be included in the main group for the creation of a special tribunal.
13:36 Lithuania has collected 14 million euros for radars for the Ukrainian army. The gathering lasted four weeks, said Andrius Tapinas, coordinator of the gathering.
13:32 In Kherson, due to Russian shelling, two employees of the Kherson Regional Emergency Rescue Service were injured, the OVA reported. They were covering windows in the house with OSB sheets when the impact was made.
13:28 The EU Council, within the framework of the tenth package of sanctions, banned citizens of the Russian Federation from holding senior positions in strategic enterprises in the union. The EU also expanded the lists of goods prohibited for export to Russia, adding special equipment, spare parts and electronics, and also banned the transit of European dual-use goods and technologies through the Russian Federation in order to avoid circumventing sanctions.
12:56 Borrell said that the EU has adopted the tenth package of sanctions against Russia. There are 121 individuals and legal entities on the black list. The restrictions apply to those responsible for the deportation and forced adoption of at least 6,000 Ukrainian children. There will also be import/export restrictions and a ban on Russian propaganda media.
12:14 Lukashenka said that he does not believe in the intention of the Ukrainians to arrange a "provocation" in the unrecognized Pridnestrovie: "It is not profitable for them. The West would like to solve the problem with Russia and Pridnestrovie in one blow to close this" gray hole ", as they say, and unite "Moldova, push it into Romania or make it pro-Western. That's their goal. The Ukrainians don't need it. I don't believe that the Ukrainians will go crazy and unleash some kind of second front." Lukashenka believes that the situation in Transnistria is allegedly used by the West to destabilize the situation in the region.
11:19 Delegations from China and Russia blocked a joint G20 communique at the summit in India, in which Western countries wanted to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports citing sources. Because of this, the summit of G20 finance ministers and central bankers will end without a joint communiqué. Also, the organizer of the summit - India - insists that the word "war" should not be used in the communiqué.
10:46 There is no shortage of power in the energy system of Ukraine for two weeks in a row and is not predicted yet. All types of power plants operate, imports are negligible. Due to enemy shelling, there are blackouts in the front-line cities of Nikopol and Marganets in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Shutdowns are also possible due to damage to networks due to worsening weather conditions. Network restrictions still apply in Odessa, hourly outage schedules apply.
10:10 British intelligence believes that Russia has probably run out of Iranian drones. So, since about February 15, there have been no reports of the use of Iranian UAVs on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, analysts predict that Russia will try to replenish stocks. And while the weapon doesn't have a good track record of destroying its intended targets, Russia likely sees it as a useful decoy that could draw Ukrainian air defenses away from more effective Russian cruise missiles, the intelligence adds.
10:07 The Russians lost a company of their military, storming the Kremensk direction, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Sergey Gaidai: "There was a powerful offensive attempt in the Kremensk direction - three Russian companies went on the offensive, but the defense forces held out there. Of the three companies, only two returned to their positions. Somewhere around 70 "two hundred" left the Russians, the same number of wounded. " According to Gaidai, the situation in the region is "difficult, but controllable."
10:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Kremlin did not comment on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, as Russia has failed to achieve any of its stated goals and has not made significant territorial gains since July 2022.
10:00 As a result of the strikes on Mariupol, in addition to the previously neutralized ammunition depots, two destroyed infantry fighting vehicles, one tank and one self-propelled guns were added, as well as about 50 invaders were liquidated or seriously injured, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
09:39 In the Donetsk region over the past day, five civilians were injured, in Kherson - one, according to the OVA.
09:20 Ukraine will expand the strip along the border with Belarus and Russia up to 2 km, it will be mined all over, the State Border Service reported.
09:03 Lukashenka will visit China from February 28 to March 2 in order to "build relations".
08:56 China is considering the possibility of supplying not only drones to Russia, but also artillery and ammunition, writes The Wall Street Journal. And according to Politico, Beijing may also send small arms to Moscow. But so far no such deliveries have been made.
08:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 25.
personnel - about 147,470 (+650) people liquidated,
tanks - 3375 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 6609 (+9),
artillery systems - 2373 (+10),
MLRS - 475 (+1),
air defense systems - 247 (+0),
aircraft - 299 (+0),
helicopters - 288 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2035 (+2),
cruise missiles - 873 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5235 (+11),
special equipment - 230 (+1).
08:25 The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the recruitment of cadets for training on the IRIS-T, NASAMS, Patriot, SAMP / T and other anti-aircraft missile systems. Training is conducted by Kharkiv National Air Force University named after Ivan Kozhedub. So far, it is dispersed throughout Ukraine, but the learning process continues both in Ukraine and abroad. During wartime, young people have the opportunity to enter the university through a simplified procedure.
08:13 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed about 70 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the Russians are searching houses and taking away boats and other watercraft. Previously, they did this before leaving the right-bank part of the Kherson region, as well as for sabotage.
Forced mobilization continues in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. To prevent possible desertion of those mobilized from the front or sabotage, on February 23, up to 200 police officers from the Akhmat special forces regiment were sent to the Bakhmut direction.
06:27 China's "peace plan" is not beneficial to anyone except Russia, Biden said in an interview with ABC News. He also called the possibility of China's participation in peace negotiations irrational: "The idea that China will negotiate the results of a war that is absolutely unfair for Ukraine is simply irrational."
In addition, the president promised that if China supplies Russia with lethal weapons for the war against Ukraine, the United States will respond with tough sanctions. At the same time, he added that he does not expect "a big initiative from China to provide weapons to Russia."
Asked about handing over F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Biden said he ruled it out "for now."
05:53 The United States does not record changes in the positions of the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation after statements about the suspension of participation in the START Treaty, Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder said.
04:21 The World Bank announced additional grant funding for Ukraine for $2.5 billion.
00:33 Journalist Dmitry Komarov published a documentary on the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion, in which, in particular, he interviewed the highest officials, showed the room in which Zelensky has been living for a year, the "decision center" and much more.
00:21 The United States allocates more than $10 billion in aid to Ukraine to meet the urgent needs of Ukrainians, the State Department said. Most of the funds - 9.9 billion - are allocated in the form of grants through the mechanism of the World Bank, another 250 million are provided to help the energy system of Ukraine. Last year, Washington allocated $270 million to strengthen Ukraine's energy security.
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[KavkazUzel] Events in memory of those killed in battles with the Red Army were held today in Georgia on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of those events. In connection with the mourning date, the flags at the diplomatic missions of Georgia abroad were lowered to half mast.
There’s an awful lot of ill will in the region for the Soviet conquest and seventy years of totalitarian rule. To some extent, the current active support of Ukraine’s side in this war is an expression of their refusal to accept Russian conquest again if they can prevent it.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that since 2010 February 25 has been celebrated in Georgia as the Day of Soviet Occupation. On this day, state flags are flown at half mast, and residents pay tribute to the memory of the cadets who died in 1921 in battles with the Red Army on the outskirts of Tbilisi.
The 11th Red Army invaded Georgia in February 1921. The resistance of the Georgian army, volunteer detachments and cadets was suppressed. On April 21, 1921, Soviet power was formed in Georgia, the Decree on the establishment of the People's Commissariats of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was signed. For almost three years before that, the Georgian Democratic Republic, proclaimed on May 26, 1918, operated on the territory of the country. Political scientists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted that in the context of Russian-Georgian relations one can say that Georgia's independence remains under threat .
State flags are flown at half mast on buildings in Georgia today in connection with the Day of Soviet Occupation, Novosti Georgia reports.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, Minister of Defense Juansher Burchuladze laid wreaths at the memorial of the cadets who died 102 years ago, Georgian TV Channel One informs on its website.
State flags are also flown at half mast at all state institutions and diplomatic missions of Georgia abroad, writes "Georgia Online".
The author of the "BERG...man Tbilisi" blog on the "Caucasian Knot" in his post "Day of the Soviet occupation of Georgia and the slogan: back home, to Europe" today offered to participate in a discussion about whether it was then possible for Georgia and the entire South Caucasus to go not on the path of Soviet Russia. "And who did it depend on, Europe, Russia, or maybe the young republics of the South Caucasus?" he wrote.
Recall that in 2021, the mourning event for the centenary of the occupation of Georgia was held in Tbilisi by the Sirtskhvili NGO (Shameful). The events of 1921 are covered "very poorly" in the school curriculum , residents of Tbilisi said.
"They just talk about the fact that in 1921 there was a war during which Georgia was captured. But they don’t say anything about the losses that the people suffered, they don’t say anything about the fact that the inhabitants of Mtianeti stood up against the invaders in the north, and in the south - Kakhetians, and both uprisings were drowned in blood. I learned all this after school," said, in particular, a resident of Tbilisi, Solomon.
The capture of Tbilisi by the Red Army in 1921 is an important element of historical memory for the Georgian people, but the perception of the scale of resistance to the Soviet offensive in the mass consciousness is distorted, noted Georgian historians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in 2019.
The term "Soviet occupation" is not historical, noted, in particular, Mikhail Volkhonsky, a senior researcher at the Center for the Study of the Caucasus at MGIMO. "The Soviet leadership of Georgia was mostly Georgians themselves. In fact, it was a conflict between a not very representative part of the Georgian establishment, which was the Menshevik government, and the Bolshevik part of the Georgian public," he told the "Caucasian Knot".
Sure, and it was the local fascists running things in many of the countries of the Nazi empire, not Nazi Germans themselves, right?
In Georgian historiography, the prevailing view is that the Georgian Democratic Republic is the forerunner of modern Georgia, while the Soviet period is ignored, the historian pointed out. "But if we discard the era of Soviet Georgia from memory, then we will have to discard a huge layer of Georgian culture - literature, cinematography, theater. And the society, the intelligentsia that was formed in Georgia by the 1990s, comes from the Soviet past. From this you can't get anywhere," Volkhonsky said.
The events that preceded the Sovietization of Georgia, the historian Vadim Mukhanov regarded as a political conflict between the two parts of Georgian society. The leaders of the first republic - Noy Zhordania, Noy Namishvili, Yevgeny Gegechkori, Irakli Tsereteli, many of whom managed to escape from Petrograd at the end of 1917 - were in a tough conflict with both Georgian and non-Georgian Bolsheviks, while the process of Sovietization of the South Caucasus as a whole controlled by the Bolsheviks of Georgian origin.
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[newsFrontInfo] 23:07 The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian units in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, during the day the Ukrainian military lost 90 people, 11 pieces of equipment, as well as 2 ammunition depots. 22:17 The Russian Armed Forces hit the points of temporary deployment of units of the Ukrainian special operations forces and marines in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the RF Ministry of Defense reported.
20:57 In the occupation of Kupyansk arerepressionand reprisals against dissenters. Wanted posters in houses and on the street, angry comments and threats on social networks.
19:53 Artillerymen of the 132nd brigade covered, spotted and covered the enemy detachment -video
The UAV operator of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) detected the advancing of an enemy detachment to their forward positions to carry out an attack. An artillery strike was immediately launched against the identified targets, which disrupted the planned attack and inflicted heavy losses.
19:49 PMC Wagner took Yagodnoye.
The creator of PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the occupation of the settlement. Yagodnoye near Bakhmut.
Thus, the Bakhmut garrison of the neo-Nazis of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is gradually immersed in a tactical environment that is not far off.
17:21 Artillerymen mix the positions of Ukrainian terrorists in the Seversky direction with the ground -video
17:19 Police officers of Kherson region prevented bee attack
When examining the beekeeper's yard, the police found 505 rounds of 5.45 mm caliber in one of the hives. Apparently, a resident of Tavriysk wanted to prepare a real bee DRG, but did not have time and left for the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Armed bees were never able to stage a terrorist attack - law enforcement officers confiscated all the cartridges from them and are conducting further checks, as well as continue to work to counter the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition in our region.
16:59 Large-scale aerial alarmin Ukraine
16:36 Highlights the briefing Russian Ministry of Defense, February 25:
– Russian troops destroyed about 180 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasno-Limansky direction during the day
- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky direction per day amounted to 60 military
– Two depots of ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and Zaporozhye region were destroyed
— Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the Kherson region
— More than 120 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as two howitzers, were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in a day
- The RF Armed Forces hit the points of temporary deployment of marines and special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk region
— Russian troops inflicted fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, destroying more than 90 military and three enemy tanks
— Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Su-24 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR
- The Russian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction destroyed the M777 gun of the American-made APU.
15:46 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
14:49 The American armored car "Hummer", handed over to the Ukrofascists, is not able to overcome the Ukrainian black soil -video
14:35 Meanwhile, agents of the West,seized authorities in the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, decided to decommunize and decolonize the memorial plaque in honor of the stay and work in the academy of the "occupier and communizer" Mikhail Lomonosov.
13:59 American journalist from Kyiv —video
“Hi, I'm Patrick Rivell from ABC News. We are in Kyiv, at one of the waste paper processing plants, where hundreds of Russian books will now be pressed. As you can see, these people are throwing them into a bucket and then they will be turned into paper pulp. There is a variety of literature here. Here I see several volumes of Tolstoy, books about the victory of the USSR in World War II, books about Soviet tanks. This is all the initiative of a bookstore in the center of Kyiv, where residents bring Russian books for recycling, because they no longer want to see them at home. Here they will not just be destroyed, but turned, according to them, into something more useful. This is a very vivid symbol of Ukraine’s rejection of Russian culture.”
13:48 Temporary deployment points hit divisions Ukrainian marines and special operations forces in the area of the village of Glukhoe, Dnipropetrovsk region, the RF Ministry of Defense reports.
13:47 Georgian mercenaries lost an American Humvee near Chasov Yar —video
12:20 Democracy in Ukrainian -video
11:36 Andrew Peters - US Army veteran with Afghan experience part-time mercenary in Ukraine February 16 was eliminated by Russian Army in the Kupyansk direction.
11:35 According to information from our source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of the settlement. Ponyatovka (Kherson region), as a result of which 120mm was destroyed. mortar crew and ammunition for it, four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, three were seriously injured.
11:34 According to information from our source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tonight in the area of the settlement. Lvovo (Kherson region) 122 mm was destroyed by artillery strike. 122mm SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition.
11:27 Here they are also dragging a driver for Leopards who have come to Ukraine -video
10:29 Air Raid announced throughout Ukraine, as well as in Kyiv-controlled parts of Zaporozhye, Kherson regions and the DPR.
10:15 Russian reconnaissance agents of the Southern grouping discovered a Ukrainian self-propelled gun (ACS) in the area of the settlement. Krasnogorovka and brought artillery fire -video
The result did not wait!
10:14Ukrainians continue to suffer colossal irretrievable losses along the entire front line -video
10:10 At the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, Russian units continue to successfully carry out the tasks of destroying all Ukrainians who refuse to raise their hands -video
Pay attention, when they are asked how much ammunition is left, they answer: “The Nazis took two boxes, they left one for us”
09:34 In Artemovsk, I took the express train (eliminated) Pavel "Viking" Panfilov.
Pasha wanted to reach Moscow, but ended up on the way to Bandera.
09:12 Looting, for granted -video Ukrainian, leaving his position, shows the opened garages and offers everyone everything that is there!
08:34 In Nikopol and Marganets, temporarily occupied by the Zelensky regime,soundeda series of explosions.
The work of the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also heard, which poses the greatest danger to the civilian population.
Details later.
It is worth noting that it is from these cities, located on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Dnipropetrovsk region, that for more than six months the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and Energodar - classic nuclear terrorism from UGIL.
08:18 Foreign mercenaries, confirmation of liquidation which were this week:
-- Andrea Gallosi (France)
-- Michelle Lennart Johansson (Sweden)
-- Goldthorpe Lincoln Digby (Australia)
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian forces lost more than 120 military personnel in a day, in the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions - about 240 military personnel. 22:14 Kyiv blew up a dam in Artemovsk, trying to prevent the advance of the Wagner fighters.
21:35 Fixed shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Kurakhovo - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
21:10 Petrovsky district of Donetsk - again a series of arrivals.
20:49 Petrovsky district of Donetsk again under shelling APU.
20:19 Heavy fighting in Vugledar is going on around the clock. The military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the Air Force about this in a report from this front-line city— video
20:09 Circumstancein the Kharkiv direction as of 20.00 February 25, 2023.
In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strengthen the border areas with the Belgorod region. At the same time, the intelligence services of the West gave the Ukrainian authorities information that Russian troops were not planning to attack Kharkov.
Now, at the training grounds in the region, training is being carried out for those mobilized to form new formations, as well as understaffing the brigades that suffered losses in the Starobelsk direction.
Residents of cities in the Kharkiv region are talking about the impending offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in late February - early March, the exact direction of which is unknown.
As at the end of last year, this may well be another stuffing by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, however, at the same time, units of mercenaries arrive in the administrative center every day.
Several ATGM crews and 82mm and 102mm mortars were deployed to the border Volchansk. Strongholds are being set up in Bezruki, Odnorobovka, Timofeevka and Olkhovatka.
Ukrainian border guards from the units of the border service of the State Border Service are actively using small-sized copters along the border with the Belgorod region. In addition, reconnaissance groups of the 1st arr special forces "Bars" of the National Guard of Ukraine are testing the Poseidon Mk.2 UAVs equipped with thermal imagers.
At the same time, members of the Ukrainian formations talk about the activity of Russian electronic warfare systems, which make it impossible to use copters. To conduct continuous reconnaissance from the Chuguev airfield north of Kharkov, the Bayraktar UAV operates.
In Kharkov, Goptovka, Volchansk, Kupyansk and Kamenka, mobile RER teams are deployed to intercept the communications of Russian military personnel on the LBS.
In Staroverovka, a repair and restoration point for heavy armored vehicles damaged in the Kupyansky and Svatovsky sections was equipped.
19:46 Assault groups of PMC Wagner completely freed Yagodnoye.
18:44 Petrovsky district of Donetsk -massive artillery attacks continues.
18:39 Fighting near Donetsk: 132 Brigade spotted and covered the enemy detachment -video
18:00 North of Donetsk, suburb - series of powerful arrivals.
17:55Ukrainians fired from the populated village of Kurakhovo - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): issued 20 rockets from MLRS.
17:52 artillery attacks from sides of VFU in the direction: - n.p. Kurakhovo - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
17:31 Ukrainian militants fired upon bus station in the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, presumably from the US-made M-777 artillery system, investigators from the RF Investigative Committee arrived at the scene
17:29 Assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Ukrainian fortified area on the outskirts of Avdiivka in the DPR— video
17:24 Information was received that the Petrovsky district of Donetsk turned out under fire from the Nazis.
17:17 Fighting on Artyomovskiy direction: our fighters in the northern sector of the Artemovsky Front are gradually creating a threat to encircle the city. The enemy puts up fierce resistance, despite their heavy losses.
16:42 Chronicle of the main events of this day during the NWO— video
16:02 Fighting on Avdeevsky direction: our troops broke through the enemy defense line in the Krasnogorovka area. Our units advanced to Krasnogorovka, so after success with the capture of Novobakhmutovka, we can talk about breaking through the enemy defense line in the Avdeevka direction, - reports military commander S. Pegov.
The capture of Krasnogorovka will allow developing the further encirclement of the Avdeevsky fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:53 Russian paratroopers on ATVs approached the positions of militants and hit enemy positions with ATGMs and AGSs— video
15:50 RF Armed Forces destruction of APU equipment in the Novodanilovka area in the Zaporozhye direction— video
15:25 APU reopened fire from the settlement of Karlovka in Donetsk (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired. JCCC.
14:59 Kyiv district of Donetsk again under shelling Ukrainian Nazis.
14:44 Ministry summary defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (02/25/2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, army aviation strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov Region, and Novoselovskoye, Lugansk People's Republic.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 60 servicemen, three pickup trucks, the US-made M777 artillery system and the Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the active actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Stelmahovka, Chervonaya Dibrova and Kuzmino Luhansk People's Republic.
In the Donetsk directDuring the day, about 180 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and a counterbattery radar were destroyed in this direction.
ion, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed in a day.
In addition, an artillery ammunition depot was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporizhia directions, operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of troops inflicted a complex fire defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Dobrovolye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyaipole of the Zaporozhye region.
During the day, enemy losses in these directions amounted to more than 90 military personnel, three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Also, in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic and Malinovka of the Zaporozhye region, two warehouses with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In the Kherson direction, during the counterbattery fight, the US-made M777 artillery system and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.
Operational tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 24 hours defeated 97 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, as well as manpower and equipment in 135 districts.
In the area of the village of Glukhoye, Dnipropetrovsk region, the points of temporary deployment of marines and special operations forces were hit.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rozovka and Dimitrov of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down Su-24 and MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
A Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the village of Tyaginka in the Kherson region.
Eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zhovtneve of the Kharkiv region, Rubizhne, Pshenichnoye, Zhytlovka, Kremennaya of the Luhansk People's Republic, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novozlatopol of the Zaporozhye region.
In addition, two HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and three Tochka-U ballistic missiles were intercepted during the day.
14:04 Soledar direction, setting as of 13.00 February 25, 2023.
In the north of Bakhmut, assault detachments of the Wagner PMC completed the cleansing of the village of Yagodnoye, a settlement under the control of Russian units. The loss of Yagodny forced the personnel of the 25th rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to withdraw from one of the quarters in the Stupka area.
In addition, the “Wagnerites” entered Dubovo-Vasilevka, from which paratroopers of the 46th detachment of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine retreated from Bogdanovka at night under the cover of artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at the village with the help of MLRS and attack aircraft.
Now the Ukrainian units are rapidly preparing the defense line Grigorovka - Bogdanovka - Chasov Yar. ATGM firing positions are being set up in the apartment buildings of Chasy Yar.
After the final mopping up of Yagodny and Dubovo-Vasilevka, Khromovo will be the most logical direction of attack. It is through this suburb, along with Berkhovka, that the remaining supply routes for the AFU grouping on the northern outskirts of Bakhmut previously pass.
Northwest of Soledar, the command of the 10th Guards Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine expects the activation of the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC and units of the regular Army at the Zaliznyanskoye-Vasyukovka line. Ditches and trenches are being built along the defense line.
On the Toretsk sector, a rotation of the personnel of the 5th separate assault regiment of the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was carried out. 82mm mortars and anti-tank systems were transferred to the forward positions.
13:34 Exclusive footage of the work of the UAV-kamikaze "Geran" on the targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the NVO zone -video
13:17 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces levels the positions of the Ukronazis in the Svatovsky direction with the ground -video
12:48 The RF Armed Forces successfully destroyed the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the northern outskirts of Avdiivka -video
12:44 Southwest, west of Gorlovka under shelling from the VFU. Wide Beam - a series of arrivals is reported.
12:39 The RF Armed Forces successfully liquidate the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Svatovo-Kremennaya, Balka Zhuravka district -video
11:53 Attack on Donetsk direction, situation as of 11:00 February 25, 2023.
Russian troops resumed a positional attack on the defense lines of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Pervomaisky.
After establishing control over the heights north of the Vodyanoy subdivision of a separate assault battalion, the Somali entrenched themselves in the occupied territories and advanced towards Avdiivka from Experienced, improving their tactical position.
South of Vodyany, as a result of the assault, the RF Armed Forces encircled one of the strongholds of the 59th brigade and advanced in the fields between Pervomaisky and Vodyany.
Reinforcements arrived in Netailovo to rotate the forces of the 59th Brigade, including a mortar crew. After the regrouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they plan to conduct a counterattack on the western outskirts of settlements.
11:39 Over the past day, the militants of the Kyiv regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, firing a total of 135 artillery shells. During the day, the Ukrainians fired 86 shells, incl. By:
At night, the Kiev regime released in the years. New Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Alyoshki, Tavriysk, villages of Cossack camps, villages of Cairo, a total of 49 shells from cannon artillery.
11:04 Kyiv district of Donetsk and Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, a series of powerful arrivals.
10:54 APU continues to shell Makeevka and Guards.
10:52 Fixed shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction: — n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
10:49 Makeevka and Gvardeyka - series of arrivals by the Ukrainians.
10:44 The tank of the Russian Armed Forces group is dismantling the positions of Ukrainian militants -video
10:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/25/2023
In the Uludar sector, after shelling, Russian troops made another attempt to attack Prechistovka. It was not possible to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Novopol, Zeleniy Pole, Vremevka and Ugledar.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked in the Novomikhailovka area. And a little to the north, they managed to advance to Pobeda. This is the name of the locality. Ukrainian garrison in Maryinka under heavy shelling. On the ground, Russian troops are conducting assault operations on the southern and northern outskirts, as well as in the city. They attack in the direction of Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky and in the area of Vodyany and Opytny. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are artillery attacks Georgievka, Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Orlovka, Berdychi and Ivanopolye. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking Oleksandrivka, Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Mayorsk.
South of Bakhmut, Ukrainian artillery fires on Kurdyumivka. And the Wagner PMC is attacking Dyleevka in this area. Wagner operators with the support of artillery continued assault operations on Chasov Yar, Ivanovskoye and in the eastern part of Bakhmut.
To the north of the city, they pushed through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yagodnoe. And just northwest of Berkhovka, which they have taken under control, they are now advancing in the area of Dubovo-Vasilyevka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. Due to the control over the heights, the “musicians” are in a winning position. West of Soledar PMC Wagner is also attacking at Zheleznyansky. And to the north, with the support of artillery, at Fedorovka and Rozdolovka. In these three areas, the APU holds positions.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops fired on Belogorovka, after which they again tried to attack on the ground. Haven't been successful. As with attacks in the direction of Zarechny, Yampolevka, Nevsky, Ternov, Makeevka and Stelmahovka.
10:06 artillery attacks was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Thin - Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts):issued3 shells with a caliber of 155mm. DNR SCCC.
09:41 Artillery levels the positions of the Ukrainians in the Svatov direction with the ground -video
The enemy sat down on a hill, preventing our infantry from moving forward. Artillerymen of the “Brave” group came to her aid, always ready to help their comrades and destroy a couple of dozens of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a fire raid.
09:40 Fighting in the Maryinsky direction: rocket artillery strikes at the enemy -video
Crews of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps hit the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Maryinka, clearing the way for our infantry.
09:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 02/24/2023 to 00:00 02/25/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 11 facts of firing by the AFU.
-- In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made seven attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
-- On Gorlovsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
-- On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
Having fired 69 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman, in Yasinovataya.
A civilian was wounded - a woman, in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka.
Six housing constructions were damaged in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka and Yasynuvata, as well as a civil infrastructure facility.
In the previous day, 22 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:14 A new powerful explosion at the front near Svatovo: MTLB stuffed with explosives exploded again at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Earlier, we reported how a Motolyga without a crew was filled with aerial bombs and explosives for demining from the Serpent Gorynych, and then blown up remotely after Ukrainian militants approached it. Now there are new shots of another similar undermining.
08:09 Intelligence of the 1st Army Corps of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces discovered the location of the Starlink space communications point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of Donetsk. Calculations of the MLRS "Smerch" and "Grad" of the artillery brigade "Kalmius" and fighters of the volunteer detachment "Bars / Tsar's Wolves" advanced to the position -video
08:07 The Russian army continues the offensive in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya -video
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[REGNUM] American journalist Robinson accused the US authorities of using Ukraine for money laundering
U.S. officials and politicians are using Ukraine as a means of enriching themselves through money laundering, Emerald Robinson, a former correspondent for the American Newsmax TV channel, wrote in her microblog.
According to her, all these people are accountable for their activities not to the people of the United States, but to the Pentagon. Robinson also pointed out that the US military-industrial complex has literally taken over the US Congress.
As REGNUM reported, on January 14, The Wall Street Journal, citing estimates by military analysts, wrote that the supply of ammunition to Ukraine could deplete the military stocks of the United States and European countries, while Russia will continue to replenish its arsenals.
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Hey, if it wasn't the Ukraine, the Biden syndicate would just find another country to step in to take the work. About the only way to solve this problem in my remaining life time.
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Soros and Elites use Ukrainian for major funding source. The billions sent but only 15% actually gets to needs of Ukraine. Z has accumulated quite a stash.
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Ukraine has been Biden’s laundry mat for a decade.
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Paid off by Russian controlled oligarchs. It was the Ukr gov (anti-Russian after 2014) investigation into Rus controlled Burisma that Joe Biden squashed.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The action with the tank did not go according to the plan of its Ukrainian organizers.
The Germans responded to the call to bring flowers to the wrecked Russian tank, which the German authorities had put in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin.
Even if the yellow-blue rag was removed from the tank, it would be great in general. Bandera stuck him in after the tank was flooded with flowers.
Once again, the Bandera-fascist regime and those who support it are crap. Great respect for ordinary Germans.
Alexander von Bismarck, the great-grandson of the famous Otto, the first chancellor of Germany, was also at the action. He also came to the square with flowers. He called on the authorities to negotiate and reminded that no one needs a war with Russia.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Technically, that border is in the middle of the sea, not a shared border like the one between the US and Canada or US and Mexico.
Speaking at a press conference, noting the fact that in the current conflict Russia is opposing the entire collective West, the Ukrainian president said that no country in the world could stand the confrontation with Russia alone.
"Probably the United States could, but, fortunately, they have no borders with Russia," Zelensky flashed his knowledge of geography. This "knowledge" can be safely staked.
Or maybe you should not find fault with the lack of education of the current president of Ukraine so much? Some US presidents confuse Iran and Iraq, others confuse Australia with Austria, and representatives of the State Department threaten the land country with aircraft carriers. The average people of this country do not know at all where Russia and Ukraine are located on the map.
It is clear that Zelenky is on the same intellectual level as his drovers. Otherwise, they would have been removed long ago as "very smart."
A smart person would not have brought his country to what is happening in it now, and even more so would not destroy it in the interests of third states.
So Ukraine is flying into the abyss. Where will the plane fly if there is an actor instead of a pilot??? What will happen to the country if there is a clown and a pianist instead of the president???
Commentary in italics by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] About Western money stuck in Russia after the start of the NWO.
Sanctions prevent the withdrawal of assets of foreign investors from Russia, some companies have decided to put up with "and forget" about the money, some of them are willing to lose part of the funds when withdrawing the principal amount, writes Bloomberg.
Billions of dollars belonging to foreign investors continue to accumulate in Moscow, but their owners are unable to access them.
Dividends on stocks, bond coupons and assets that Western investors didn't sell before the conflict in Ukraine broke out were part of the huge pile of money stuck in Russia because of the sanctions.
These accounts represent the remnants of the threads that previously connected Russia with the world of international finance., as well as another indicator of its increasing isolation. Now that the military conflict in Ukraine has entered its second year, the question of what will happen to the money stuck in Moscow is still open.
Legally, the money is owned by major investment firms, including JPMorgan Asset Management and Schroders, but in private conversations, most of them admit that there is no hope of returning these funds. At least as long as Vladimir Putin remains at the helm of the country.
“This money should be forgotten,” said Tim Love, chief investment officer at GAM Investment Management. “The financial market itself is still there, but as soon as it comes to the return of funds or access to securities, everything immediately rests in sanctions.
When discussing this topic, fund managers show some annoyance, and many of them do not want to say on the record that they own certain Russian assets while the military conflict is going on. If they are not ready to bear the brunt of the sanctions, they should not try to get their money back.
At a press conference in February, Central Bank Chair Elvira Nabiullina declined to say how much money is in special non-resident bank accounts, known as Type C accounts, but said the amount continues to rise.
In November, Interfax reported, citing regulator sources, that these accounts held more than 280 billion rubles ($3.7 billion). Representatives of the Bank of Russia declined to comment on the situation.
According to the Moscow Exchange and the Bank of Russia,before the start of the special military operation, the volume of foreign investment in Russian stocks and bonds was significant and amounted to about 150 billion dollars.
Asset management companies have wound up their Russian funds, but some are still calculating the theoretical value of assets for their clients.
For example, JPMorgan Asset Management Emerging EMEA investment fund told clients that the Russian companies it owns continue to pay dividends, with about $7.6 million frozen in C accounts as of January 4. Fund representatives stressed that access to these funds is impossible.
Meanwhile, BlackRock has given notice of the suspension of the issuance of iShares MSCI Russia ETF shares. The company said it continues to negotiate with regulators and other market participants on how to exit positions.
"Russian securities will be liquidated at some point in the future, if possible, feasible and appropriate ," the company said in a September announcement.
Asset manager East Capital said it had a total of $13.8 million in special accounts as of February.
“We have to be careful about what we say to our clients,” said Alexandra Morris, chief investment officer at Norwegian property management company Skagen.We can show them what the value of assets is at the moment, but the likelihood that we will be able to access them is very small. In fact, they could be confiscated at any time." According to Morris, prior to the Ukraine conflict, they held 9% of their emerging markets fund in Russian stocks.
Some fund managers cherish hopes that one day they will be able to return some of their money, even if it happens "We continue to believe that most of our portfolio assets have value because we know they generate free cash flow and pay dividends," East Capital said in a December report, which also noted that the company had written off all these assets to zero.
Meanwhile, others are trying to find legal help to get at least some of the funds back. Grigory Marinichev, a partner at New York law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, said he is discussing technical loopholes with clients to do this.
One such loophole is the multi-stage transfer of money to similar accounts of investors whom Russia does not classify as "hostile". Another possibility is the conversion of Type C accounts into packages of securities that could be sold to non-sanctioned investors.
"All of these options will require significant write-offs. But it's still better than nothing," Marinichev added.
[Shafaq News] Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... is on track to import this month the highest volumes of diesel from the Middle East and Asia in seven years as the EU turns to alternative supply after the ban on imports of Russian diesel and other fuels took effect on February 5.
Diesel and gasoil arrivals to Europe are expected to be around 1.55 million barrels per day (bpd) in February, slightly above the imports in January, according to initial estimates by Vortexa cited by Bloomberg.
Shipments of diesel-type fuels from the Middle East and Asia are set to reach the highest since 2016 if all observed cargoes from East of the Suez Canal arrive before the end of the month, per Vortexa and Bloomberg calculations.
At the same time, Europe's imports of Russian diesel are set for a slump in February after the ban took effect early this month. Russian diesel shipments to Europe are estimated at around 282,000 bpd in February, the lowest in seven years. This month's diesel imports from Russia compare to more than 680,000 bpd in 2021 and around 600,000 bpd for most of 2022.
Just before the fuel embargo, Europe was buying more diesel from the United States and Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... in preparation for the EU ban on seaborne imports of Russian refined products, yet Europe still remained the biggest buyer of Russian diesel in January. Before the embargo, more than half of Russian fuel exports to the EU were diesel. Europe has also been stocking up on Russian supply in recent months ahead of the ban.
Despite the EU embargo on fuel imports from Russia, diesel prices and diesel refining margins in Europe have trended lower in recent weeks due to high inventories at the major refining hubs and milder winter weather in most of Europe, which has reduced demand for fuels
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
