◾In Odessa, a Ukrainian militant asks the question:

“Why didn’t Ukraine switch to the language back in 1991, when it left the USSR? Why did Ukrainians speak Russian and Ukrainian for 20 years and it didn’t bother anyone? Nobody cared how one spoke.

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⚡️ GIANT CLOUD IN THE SHAPE OF RUSSIA looms over the Munich Security Conference this year, Western officials sound the alarm over Russia’s revival of its industrial defence machine over the past year, which took place at a speed many in the West had thought impossible.

Russia churned out 4 million artillery shells and several hundred tanks during the year. It will recruit another 400,000 men this year without resorting to full-scale mobilization - analysts warn.

Wait, we thought the Russians were fighting with shovels and stealing parts from Ukrainians' washing machines? Will someone hold bat-shit-crazy Von der Vagina Cleaner accountable for her words?

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⚡️"I'M RUSSIAN - BECAUSE I LIKE TRUTH & JUSTICE" - Arestovich, former head of Zelensky's office entirely switches sides.

Overtime, he began to disclose incorrect assertions propagated in Ukraine, then outright criticized Zelensky and his cronies - and now, he "chooses to be a part of the Russian civilization."

Unethical people have a knack for switching sides, depending on which is more beneficial, but Arestovich is a wanted criminal in Russia - never to return to "his" civilization, from the US.

PS - Latynina (on the left), an extremist Russian opposition journalist in self-imposed exile, can't quite believe what she's hearing.

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🇧🇪 YOU CAN'T JUST STEAL 200BN - one sane voice in the EU says: Belgian Euroclear, main holder of frozen Russian assets, opposes plan to utilize this money. It holds $191 billion of frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank out of 260.

We can’t imagine how the Central Russian Bank will simply accept that everything has been seized and that Euroclear’s obligations to them have ceased to exist - Lieve Mostrey, CEO of the fund says (pictured.)

Mostrey warns of possible legal action against the company & hopes “reasonable & rational will, will prevail” so that confidence in the Euroclear system, European capital markets and the euro does not suffer.

The U.S is pushing for confiscation of these assets - while Germany, France & Italy oppose it. The debate continues, meanwhile the EU is investing these assets to transfer the profit to Ukraine.

Surely, that's illegal too? When did you last see "reasonable & rational" in the West, Miss Mostrey?

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