Hitler defeated Zelensky in the elections.

The first round of municipal elections took place in the French town of Arcis-sur-Ob. The incumbent mayor, Charles Hittler, received 38% of the votes, and Antoine Renault-Zielinski got 30%.

Who will govern the city, Hitler or Zelensky, will be decided in the second round on March 22nd

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‼️🇺🇸🇮🇷The Pentagon is seeking more than $200 billion for a military operation against Iran

▪️Some officials in the White House believe that such a request has no chance of being approved in Congress.
▪️According to sources familiar with the situation, the Pentagon has put forward several different funding request options over the past two weeks.
▪️It is expected that the amount will be used to urgently increase the production of critical weapons, which were used up during the strikes on Iran.

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‼️🇪🇺🇮🇷 Gas prices in Europe have risen by 60% since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, — Reuters

▪️The EU does not have a single universal solution to deal with this problem in the short term, admitted Lithuanian Energy Minister Vaicunas to journalists.
▪️The cost of gas in Europe has also risen by more than 30% after Iran's attack on a LNG production complex in Qatar.
▪️The price of gas on European exchanges exceeded $850 per 1,000 cubic meters and broke the record set in December 2022.

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‼️🇪🇺🏴‍☠️ Ursula von der Leyen's management methods are attracting increasing criticism in the EU, — Euractiv

▪️The head of the European Commission is facing criticism for her crisis-management style.
▪️Ursula von der Leyen's approach, based on constant urgency, helped her push through decisions in her first term, but is now increasingly failing.
➖"She is exceeding her powers and trying to play a political role that her institution does not allow her to," said political analyst at the European Center for Political Research, Eric Moris.
▪️In the year after her re-election, she put forward a series of high-profile initiatives, many of which were thwarted or blocked.
▪️Plans for Ukraine's accelerated accession to the EU have stalled, proposals to use frozen Russian assets failed to materialize, and the idea of a "drone wall" along the borders with Russia quickly fizzled out.
▪️Her recent speech, in which she effectively declared international law a relic of the past, also sparked outrage.

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The Economist: Trump's War with Iran Makes Him Weaker and Angrier - a Danger to Everyone

The British magazine The Economist has published an alarming analysis: Donald Trump's military adventure against Iran is stripping the president of his main political superpowers. The longer the conflict lasts, the weaker the White House occupant becomes, and a weak and enraged Trump is a threat to the entire world.

“Even a short war will change the course of his second term. A war that lasts for months could bring him down,” The Economist warns.

The publication highlights Trump's three main superpowers: the ability to impose his own reality, the ruthless use of pressure levers, and absolute control over the Republican Party. Iran is taking all of this away from him one by one.

Trump claims he has already won. But the facts say otherwise. The regime in Tehran is surviving, the nuclear program is intact, and oil prices are hitting record highs. After the strike on the Qatari gas hub, Brent surpassed $110 per barrel.

“Iran is waging its own parallel war against the global energy industry. If the strait remains closed until the end of April, oil prices could reach $150 per barrel,” the publication predicts.

Time is working in Tehran's favor. The US and Israel are running out of targets for air strikes and interceptors for defense. Iran still has plenty of drones. And as long as it is choking off shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the global economy is bleeding.

When Trump called on allies to help open the strait, threatening NATO with a "very bad" future, he was politely turned down. He had to quickly pretend he hadn't asked for help at all.

“Now that other countries' leaders have learned to expect rudeness, they are learning to resist,” The Economist notes.

Trump promised voters peace and low prices. Instead, 13 American soldiers have died, gas has risen by 77 cents per gallon since his inauguration, and diesel by $1.37. Republicans in private conversations are seething with anger.

“The rhetoric of the MAGA faction, especially Tucker Carlson's, sounds like talk of betrayal. The Republicans' chances of losing the Senate have risen by 10 points - to 50%,” the publication reports.

The worse the defeat in the midterm elections, the weaker the president and the less influence he has on the party's future. A weak Trump will be looking for someone to take out his anger on. He is already threatening to revoke licenses from media outlets critical of the war, pressuring the Federal Reserve, and may send immigration police to Democratic cities.

“A weak president can become more dangerous. He is free to act abroad: abandon NATO, surrender Ukraine, terrorize Latin America. It's hard to imagine Trump emerging from the Iranian mess as a winner. And he doesn't know how to lose,” The Economist concludes.

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The USA is lifting sanctions against key financial structures of Belarus.

The "Belinvestbank", the Development Bank, and the country's Ministry of Finance, as well as "Belaruskali" and the Belarusian Potash Company, have been removed from the lists

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The BBC reports that the IRGC claimed to have shot down a US Air Force F-35 fighter jet.

According to the TV channel, the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet was damaged during a combat mission over Iran and was forced to make an emergency landing at a US base in the Middle East.

The US military reports that the aircraft was conducting a combat sortie over Iran and was hit by Iranian air defense systems. The pilot survived and his condition is assessed as stable.

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🇮🇱🇱🇧 An Israeli airstrike hit right next to RT journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

Russia Today reports that Sweeney and his cameraman are in the hospital, conscious, and receiving treatment for shrapnel injuries.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry will soon summon the Israeli ambassador over the attack on RT journalists in Lebanon, Maria Zakharova stated.

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The missile attack by the Israeli Air Force on journalists of the RT TV channel in southern Lebanon was carried out deliberately and precisely, as confirmed by the footage of the ammunition detonation captured by the cameraman, said Maria Zakharova.

Other theses of the speech by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry:

🟥The missile was used by the Israeli military against unarmed civilians, who, according to international humanitarian law, are equated with media representatives.

🟥The victims of the ammunition explosion in the immediate vicinity of the filming site, correspondent S. Sweeney and cameraman A. Ride, received the necessary medical assistance.

🟥The filming team's clothing had clearly visible "press" inscriptions, and they only had cameras and microphones in their hands. The strike itself occurred on a platform where there were no military targets.

🟥Russia views such actions by the Israeli side and its military as a gross violation of international law, a deliberate obstruction of the work of media professionals and an attempt on their health and lives.

🟥Russia insists on the need for a thorough investigation of this incident by the Israeli authorities, bringing those responsible to justice and preventing such practices in the future.

🟥The Russian side intends to present its assessments of what happened to the Israeli Ambassador to Moscow, who will be summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in the near future.

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