WAR IN UKRAINE 2022

2022-04-20 20:45:09 Mariupol.

"This city is completely destroyed, bombed, burned and violated by the Russian occupiers. This means hundreds of dead bodies on the streets. This means burials of family members in the yards, at the roads, on the play grounds. This means a constant shelling of residential areas of the city by Russian killers. However, the city does not surrender and continues to be Ukrainian, as long as it is protected by courageous defenders, to the last bullet"- the fighters of the Azov Regiment published a new video from Mariupol. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 20:31:29 The occupiers control almost 80 percent of Luhansk region. Map of combat operations from British intelligence as of April 20. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 20:29:02 Germany Stopping All Russian Oil Imports By End Of 2022, Foreign Minister Says

Germany will stop importing Russian oil and will gradually halt natural gas imports, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Wednesday.

Baerbock told reporters Germany is “completely phasing out Russian energy imports” and plans to stop Russian oil imports by the end of 2022.

Baerbock said an embargo on Russian natural gas “will follow” the oil ban, and German officials have previously suggested a mid-2024 target date for an end to Russian gas imports.

Source: Forbes Open / Comment

2022-04-20 16:42:23 Russia's economy can not survive sanctions, in May the world may recognize the country’s default - NSDC

Russia failed to pay its foreign currency debts on April 4. Were it not for the sanctions, Russia could still find foreign currency to settle with creditors within a month.

For this reason, on May 4, the world may recognize Russia's default. The next step may be to collect debt from the state, which will also have detrimental consequences.

According to analysts, a prolonged war with Ukraine could cost Russia more than $20 billion a day. These are direct and indirect costs, including a reduction in manufacturing volume due to sanctions, which in turn would lead to unemployment.

More than 400 global companies have boycotted Russia and left its market. As a result, the country is experiencing a shortage of goods, increase of prices, and layoffs. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 15:22:13 russians supporting Kremlin’s war in Ukraine launched a ridiculous flashmob

They started getting rid of russian Tinkoff bank cards after the bank’s founder Oleg Tinkov expressed his denunciation of the war on his Instagram just yesterday.

In his post, Tinkov called this war “insane”, and said that only “morons” can support it. Evidently, the morons took his assessment to heart and retaliated in the most fitting way Open / Comment

2022-04-20 15:11:00 The countries that sold weapons to Russia after 2015

A number of EU countries continued to supply weapons to the aggressor country after the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2014.

France and Germany were selling the most, according to the data of Investigative Europe.

Data from all official EU-27 weapons export registries show that between 2015 and 2020, at least 10 EU member states exported weapons worth 346 million euros to russia. France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, Slovakia and Spain were selling "military equipment" to russia in various quantities.

Interestingly, on July 31, 2014, the Council of Europe adopted a Decision prohibiting the sale of weapons, military equipment and dual-use goods to russia, in connection with the destabilization of the situation by russia in Ukraine. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 15:06:28 Japan's largest oil refinery refuses to cooperate with Russia

According to Reuters, Eneos Holdings Inc. has no plans to buy Russian oil until all problems related to the invasion of Ukraine are resolved. The company received alternative supplies from the Middle East. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 14:38:41 Pigs, dogs and a herd of horses are freely wandering in Kyiv Oblast.

Photos and videos of domestic animals that survived active hostilities in Kyiv Oblast were published by a Ukrainian writer, documentary filmmaker, and musician Ruslan Horovyy. Open / Comment

2022-04-20 14:37:55 North Korea considers the events in Bucha "a provocation by the West aimed at denigrating and isolating russia."

russia and North Korea.. what a beautiful alliance Open / Comment

2022-04-20 14:37:20 The occupiers have shelled 12 settlements in Donetsk Oblast in the last few days, destroying at least 30 civilian objects, - the National police. Open / Comment