⚡️🗣 Europe is increasingly involved in the Ukrainian conflict, sending lethal weapons and armored vehicles, with such a trend, European countries will send troops to Kiev next - Hungarian Defense Minister Szalay-Bobrovniczky.

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⚡️🗣 Battles are very tough in the East, very painful - Zelensky.

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⚡️🗣 US counting on China to use its influence on Russia to end Special Operation, Washington is also hoping for contacts between leaders of China and Ukraine - US State Department spokesman Price.

We certainly would like and hope to see President Xi interact with Zelensky. As we understand from the words of our Ukrainian partners, contacts are not planned yet, but we will observe the development of events - Price.

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⚡️🇨🇺 Cuba begins accepting Russian payment cards MIR (world/peace).

🗣 "Cash withdrawals from Russian cards are also available, issued in Cuban pesos. The use of the MIR system is expected to increase Russian tourists to the island" - Guskov, Russian Ambassador to Havana.

Reminder that Visa, Mastercard and Amex do not serve customers from Russia - MIR can be used in Abkhazia, Armenia, Belarus, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, South Korea, South Ossetia, and now Cuba.

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⚡️ Unconfirmed reports - Kiev may be transferring aviation to the Zaporozhye region (ex-Ukraine.)

Meanwhile, Western publications write that a counteroffensive is still a long way off, due to losses and low morale.

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Summary of statements by Kremlin spokesman Peskov:

◾️ For the anniversary of Russia's reunification with Crimea, Putin will hold a special event on March 18;

◾️ Russia does not recognize the legal jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (in relation to the tribunal for "Russian war crimes");

◾️ Russia appreciates the position of Serbia, which despite unprecedented pressure, still has not imposed sanctions;

◾️ The Russian Federation truly appreciates the effort of a number of countries to bring the Ukrainian conflict toward peace, but so far this has not been possible;

◾️ Putin may hold his annual 4-hour-long Q&A this year (there wasn't one in 2022);

◾️ With the current position of Kiev, the goals of the Special Operation can only be achieved by military means.

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⚡️Nationalized Ukrainian property and enterprises in Crimea will go to auction in June.

The appropriated property of Ukrainian oligarchs (including Zelensky's mansion) will be auctioned to the highest bidders - Governor of Crimea, Aksenov.

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Summary of statements by Armenia's PM Pashinyan:

◾️ The problem of Armenia's security still remains unresolved;

◾️ Armenia received a peace agreement from Azerbaijan a few days ago, so there is some progress;

◾️ The Azerbaijani draft peace agreement contains claims to the territorial integrity of Armenia, this is a red line for Yerevan;

◾️ The likelihood of a military escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh is very high;

◾️ Armenia is not going to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), but the organization is drifting away from the position that Armenia pursues;

◾️ Armenia will agree to the appointment of its representative to Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO if we are assured that this will strengthen our security.

CSTO was formed in 1992 as a collective security organization for Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.

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⚡️🇺🇸 Americans hurry to withdraw their money from One Republic Bank.

This could be the next bank to fall in recent days.

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⚡️South Koreans protest US exacerbating regional conflict in Asia.

🇰🇷 Koreans are against war with North Korea as Washington is currently conducting military drills with Seoul.

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WHERE'S THE MONEY?: Leader of Canadian opposition Pierre Poillevre says Ukrainian results are poor, given the amount of money allocated to it.

🗣 “The problem is that they spend too much on back office bureaucracy, and not enough on frontline military equipment."

We can assure naive Poillevre there are also some pretty full pockets of Ukrainian officials, "back office" does not cost that much.

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