🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Ukrainian soldiers sent to the Middle East were reportedly shocked by how the US military intercepts Iranian drones — Times.

NATO can launch up to 8 Patriot missiles at once on a single target — each costing $3M+.

Sometimes an SM-6 missile (~$6M) is used to take down a $70k “shahid” drone.

Radars often operate without camouflage, making them easy to spot.

Ukrainian troops described how three inexpensive drones destroyed an AN/FPS-132 radar (/$1B) and another air defense radar (/$300M) that were stationary and easily tracked by satellites.

🥇 - Gold had the worst week since 2011.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 - British outlet New Statesman reports that, according to their sources in the UK government, Ukraine's population reached 20 million.

In 2014, according to the official data, over 40 million people used to live in Ukraine.

🌎 - FT reports that the total value of the world's airlines decreased by 53 billion dollars.

🇷🇸 - Serbia's president and part-time fortune teller Aleksandar Vucic said that it will be hard to prevent the WW3.

🇺🇸 - United Airlines cancelled 5% of their flights, because aircraft fuel is too expensive now.

🇰🇵 North Korea’s state TV media posted an image of Kim Jong Un’s 12 year old daughter driving a tank

🇺🇸 - This year's Oscars lost half of the audience compared to 2016.

🇺🇸 - West Virginia Republicans, holding a 32‑2 State Senate majority, gutted and delayed the E-Verify bill, which would allow employers to confirm citizenship status, even after the State House passed it as the public demanded.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel announced that takeover of Southern Lebanon will be long-term, and a permanent security zone will be formed there.

Major Russian newspaper Kommersant alleges that their sources in the Israeli and Lebanese governments confirm that the Lebanese authorities are secretly asking Israel proceed with the move in hopes that it will cut Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon and undermine the movement's ability to drag the country into military conflicts with Israel.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇺 - USA banned Cuba from being able to host at least 2 Russian oil tankers that are on their way to help Cuba with its fuel shortages.

🇨🇺🇺🇸 - Cuba banned the US embassy in Havana from receiving fuel from the mainland US.

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🇺🇸 - Vivek Ramaswamy used 12 thousand dollars of campaign donations to finance luxury trip to Puerto Rico, despite being alleged billionaire.

🇺🇸 - US released 42.5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve.

🇩🇪 - German medical staff begin to receive body cams in order to protect them against potential violence mostly from families and friends of multicultural patients.

🇺🇸🇫🇷 - Epstein's emails show that CEO of the fashion brand Hermes totally hated him and opposed all the intense attempts by Epstein to takeover the company.

He went as far as openly telling Epstein to go f*uck himself. Whenever Epstein tried to make donations to funds linked to Hermes or its owners, the company's CEO returned Epstein's donations and matched those with own funds.

🇺🇸 🇮🇶 American forces have decided to leave the Victoria base today; the base currently has no air defense system.

🇺🇸 Head of United Airlines sent a letter to the company's employees, where he shared the vision and business plans. Its text suggests that oil prices will reach $175/barrel and only go back to $100/barrel by the end of 2027.

Passenger flights became one of the most affected domains of business after Iran blocked exports through the Strait of Hormuz and caused one of the worst oil crises in decades.

Gradually, more and more major mainstream businesses project that oil prices will increase even more and remain high for extended period of time.

🇶🇦 Qatar Gas CEO says the company has incurred a $20 billion loss on a facility that cost $26 billion to build just two years ago.