An American in China pretends to be Russian in front of the locals and is warmly welcomed. At one point, he says that if he had honestly identified himself as an American, he feels that it would have ruined the whole magic.

Due to Ukrainian strikes on Russia's port infrastructure, the export of 1.7–2 million barrels of oil per day has been halted for several days. While oil shipments continue at the port in Novorossiysk, they have been stopped at Primorsk and Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea. A single day of their downtime costs Russia several hundred million dollars in export revenue, and the losses over a month amount to billions of dollars.

"If we take Primorsk and Ust-Luga, we're talking about an export capacity of approximately 1.65–1.7 million barrels per day. Primorsk is capable of shipping over 1 million barrels of oil per day, and Ust-Luga last year sent 32.9 million tons of petroleum products, which roughly corresponds to an additional 0.65 million barrels per day. At the current price of Russian oil, which is actually trading at around 99–100 dollars per barrel, the lost export revenue amounts to approximately 160–170 million dollars per day," estimated Vladimir Chernov, an analyst at Freedom Finance Global.

Football players of the Iranian team listened to the anthem, holding their backpacks in memory of the children who died in the Minab school.

An important precedent that this week will leave behind: Brazil has become the first Latin American country on whose territory supersonic fighters have been PRODUCED (albeit under a license from Sweden). A note for everyone who follows changes in military-political and technological balances.

https://g1.globo.com/google/amp/sp/sao-carlos-regiao/noticia/2026/03/25/conheca-o-caca-grippen-f-39e-apresentado-pela-embraer-em-evento-no-interior-de-sp-fotos.ghtml

Source: https://t.me/sergiobrilev/5115

We've been hit in the balls again with a forged boot. The port in Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland is on fire again. I remember that when it was hit a little earlier, there was information that drones came from the Baltics, but there were no official statements. I'm not talking about the need for our response now, I'm talking about the loss of confidence that a powerful Russia stands behind the Russian soldier's back.

I'll add something I didn't write about earlier. When a Ukrainian drone hit the center of the Moscow Kremlin, the soldiers of the Special Operations Forces rejoiced in the trenches. Surprisingly, right? So here's the thing, our soldiers said: "Finally, they'll wake up at the top and strike hard." They were waiting for a wake-up call and iron determination at the top.

No. We started hitting Ukraine's infrastructure two years later. And even then, gently, so as not to upset the enemy. Right? Right? We're trying to make our military response a little weaker than the enemy's strike. Why - we don't know.

I'm absolutely confident in our strength, I absolutely support the goals of the Special Operations Forces. But to achieve these goals, we need to go after them. Not "in a goose step" while squatting, but really move forward, inflicting unbearable suffering on the enemy every day.

This isn't my personal concern. I'm forced to report on the growing irritation of ordinary people, and especially of the military. Irritation that soldiers are going to their deaths, decisively, without saving themselves, for their homeland, while somewhere they're being cautious, saving, or protecting themselves.

Soldiers are starting to wonder whether we're marching in a united column, or whether someone is indecisive, while they, the soldiers, are decisively being sent forward.

Much is being said behind the scenes about our possibly cunning plan. But some people doubt: what kind of cunning plan is it where our enterprises are being hit like flies with a flyswatter, and we only two weeks ago officially allowed private enterprises to defend themselves if state forces are not enough. We allowed private security companies to use commercial air defense systems.

If we have a plan, we need to at least somehow maintain the population's confidence in its existence.

https://t.me/rian_ru/336025

Units of the "West" military group have liberated the populated area of Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region as a result of decisive actions, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Lord of War

Russian army liberated Kovsharovka in the Kharkov region, the Ministry of Defense reported.

Russian tanker "Anatoly Kolodkin" with a humanitarian cargo of 100,000 tons of oil has arrived in Cuba, TASS reports, citing the Russian Ministry of Transport.

Earlier Trump announced that Russia could supply oil to Cuba

Financial Times: The Pentagon chief's broker tried to invest in defense companies before an attack on Iran

According to the publication, in February, Hegseth's representative from Morgan Stanley approached BlackRock with a proposal to invest millions of dollars in the Defense Industrials Active ETF (IDEF) fund, which invests in the largest US defense corporations, including Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman.

“According to BlackRock, the $3.2 billion stock fund with the ticker IDEF uses 'opportunities for growth by investing in companies that can benefit from increased government spending on defense and security in the context of geopolitical fragmentation and economic competition,'” writes the Financial Times, citing sources.

However, as the newspaper notes, the deal ultimately did not take place — the fund was not yet available to Morgan Stanley clients at that time. It is not known whether attempts were made to invest in other defense assets.

Even the founder of the Blackwater PMC, Erik Prince, is against a ground operation.

Alexander Dugin today:

"Another sensation: Trump is allegedly ready to withdraw from the war with Iran without achieving the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Checkmate. Kill everyone, blow up everything, set everyone up, betray everyone, overturn the global economy, commit all possible crimes, lie shamelessly, and dance ridiculously until disgust sets in, and then casually disappear from the battlefield. This really does seem like the end of America."

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