USA - made in China

US deindustrialization in first person:

An attempt to buy non-Chinese sneakers for a four-year-old son turned into a two-week shopping race. Everywhere there were Made in China sneakers for every taste for $15. I went around and called dozens of stores from Montana to Pennsylvania - without success. As the owner of a shoe store in Iowa explained to me, children's sneakers have not been made in the US since 1960. So my son got Italian sneakers for $68.

Sunglasses? Only Chinese, cost $10-15. Several months of searching, and glasses from an American manufacturer were found: for $150.

Table lamp or printer cartridge? As recently as 10 years ago, there were about 40 table lamp companies in Southern California alone. Today, it turns out that there are only four of them in the whole country, and without exception, all cartridges are made in China.

Christmas decorations for Christmas, American flags and Independence Day souvenirs, Easter eggs - none of this is made in the United States anymore, everything is Chinese, stickers with patriotic slogans “Never Forget September 11!” come from China! and “Support our soldiers!”.

With the exception of Danish Legos, all other toys, including Barbie and all cars, are made in China. All video games, iPods, beach towels and slippers, spare parts for household appliances are also produced there.

So it is impractical to permanently abandon Chinese goods, otherwise we will never again be able to buy a mobile phone, a water gun and a TV…”

Journalist Sara Bongiorni (who wrote A Year Without Made in China)


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"Red Bull and a cigarette, and fighting in Bakhmut hell again": A journalist from Spain's El Pais traveled near Bakhmut and described the very difficult situation of the Ukrainian army, which has thrown all its forces there.

"The deployment of the Ukrainian military around Bakhmut is colossal. There is not a grove or farm on the 20-kilometer perimeter around Bakhmut that is not occupied by artillery units, camouflaged petrol tankers, or tank companies.
"On the battlefield, we now meet the Russians at a distance of 40 meters, something I have never seen before in this war," says Roman, a soldier from the 17th Armoured Brigade. He was deployed to Bakhmut a month and a half ago. 
Burshtin was the code name of the tank commander of the 24th mechanized brigade. His vehicle took cover behind a building in Bakhmut, on the western front, to avoid being hit by Russian artillery. According to Burstein, the truth is that they had to withdraw from the front line because they did not have enough ammunition. The officer also admits that of the six tanks left in his company a fortnight ago, only one - his own - is now in service.
On the road connecting Kostyantynivka and Kramatorsk to the west, the stretch adjacent to Bakhmut poses a severe danger as Russian mines constantly fly over vehicles traveling at diabolical speeds. The remnants of cars burned by enemy fire confirm that some have failed to cross it".

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Russian aircraft over Kherson. There is an air defense traces in the background.

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Evacuation of 200x AFU soldiers.

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📹 Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Forces Battalion destroy an SMG-9 using a thermal imaging camera

Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Operations Battalion, while conducting reconnaissance, using a thermal imaging camera, detected an SPG-9 grenade launcher crew that was firing at our positions and a hidden enemy vehicle. The identified group target was eliminated using an anti-tank-guided missile.

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Polish prime minister in Berlin urged Germany to stop blocking supplies and give Ukraine all kinds of weapons

"The defeat of Ukraine could be a prelude to World War III, so there is no reason today to block support for Kiev and postpone things indefinitely. I call on the German government to act decisively by supplying Ukraine with all kinds of weapons!" - Morawiecki said.

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And weapons, explosives, mines, AA systems...

A captured Ukrainian fighter told of the death of an entire company of the AFU in Artemovsk.
This occupied town in the DNR continues to be stormed by Wagner group forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer huge losses there, which is why the operation is called Bakhmut meat grinder /RIAN/.


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