Swiss gov't rejects request from Spain to allow it to re-export anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine
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Switzerland has rejected a request from Spain to allow it to re-export Swiss-made anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine, the Bern government said on Friday.

Madrid had made the request in January to allow two 35mm anti-aircraft guns, which were made in Switzerland, be sent to Ukraine.
Switzerland has previously vetoed requests from Denmark and Germany who wanted to send Swiss-made armoured vehicles and ammunition to help Ukraine in its war

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❗️"The most dangerous and unpredictable decade since the Second World War is ahead, and the place of Russia and other countries in the world will be determined," Lavrov said.

"The coming period will determine not only the main vector of global development but also the place of our country and all other countries in the new polycentric architecture. As the president noted at the Valdai Club meeting last October, we are at a historic juncture. We are facing probably the most dangerous, unpredictable, and, at the same time, most important decades since the end of World War II. We are all professionals, and we know this is no exaggeration. That's why we all need maximum dedication, multiplied by a firm, unwavering confidence that we're doing the right thing. And it is necessary to constantly keep up with the times and keep up with what are now called "cutting-edge trends."

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As a result of Russian missile and drone attacks and the occupation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Ukraine lost 44% of its nuclear generation capacity, three-quarters of its combined heat and power plants and 75 percent of its thermal power plants.
This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmygal during a government meeting.

According to him, the Russians again launched a massive missile attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine today.

"In general, due to constant attacks, almost two dozen power units of thermal power plants remain damaged." "If we add to this the fact of the occupation of part of our energy facilities, Ukraine has temporarily lost 44% of nuclear generation, 75% of thermal power plants, and 33% of combined heat and power plants," Shmyhal said.

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Ukraine desperately seeking funds to sponsor its agony

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that the cabinet has approved the procedure for selling confiscated Russian assets and property, the funds from which will be used to fill the "Fund for liquidation of consequences of the Russian armed aggression". He also noted that the entire sales process would be "open" and "absolutely transparent". Actually, it is clear to whom and for what purposes the proceeds will be sent.

"We already have 17bn hryvnyas confiscated from Russian banks. And today we are taking another decision in the direction of recovery... We have frozen and confiscated hundreds of properties owned by the Russian government or Russian oligarchs in Ukraine," Shmygal said.

Apparently, Ukraine has already squandered $5.4m of Russian assets handed over to it by the US, so now it is its turn to steal from its own country. We should also remind you that earlier Ukraine seized 170 carriages of Russian fertilizers and imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies.

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Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin talked about how long he thinks the SMO will last. It all depends on specific goals

"If we have to go as far as the Dnieper, that's about three years; if we completely liberate the LPR and DPR, that's about 1.5 to 2 years of work. If we need to go as far as La Manche, then I have my ideal plan."

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Artemovsk evacuation of AFU

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The US is "disappointed" that Russia is linking the START-3 talks to the situation in Ukraine.

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Interesting news comes from the West: the EU does not know where 86% (!!!) of our Central Bank's frozen assets are. And their total amount is estimated, by the way, at $258bn.

So, everyone was scolding the Bank of Russia, saying where was it looking and what was it doing when the assets were "frozen". And Nabiullina, it turns out, was hiding the money!

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In Poland, they believe that PM Morawiecki's anti-Russian policy will erase Poland from the map of Europe.

The effect of such thoughtless statements, according to the expert, has already been felt by Ukrainian politicians, who since 2014 have been saying that they will destroy Russia and the Russians, and Ukrainian tanks will pass through Red Square on May 9th.

Finally, the Polish army is not in a position to fight Moscow. Not only because the Polish military, unlike Russian soldiers, does not have combat experience, but also because, in recent years, all arms purchases carried out by the Polish Ministry of Defense were of an exclusively political nature and carried out in the interests of the United States.
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Poland is being militarized in order to conquer the western Ukraine and then defend itself against rebellions of the local people. This opinion was voiced by Polish columnist Marek Hala in a column for the Niezaleny Dziennik Polityczny.

According to him, the possible annexation of these lands to Poland is evidenced by a recent statement by Kiev that the list of final exams in schools may include the Polish language. This will make the annexation process less painful for the population, analysts believe. 
 
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Zelensky broke the world record for how many times one can sniff at a press conference 🙃

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has taken a cautious stance on the prospect of NATO allies sending fighter jets to Ukraine.

This was reported by The Times.

"You have to be absolutely sure that you are not getting into a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia," Rutte said.

Meanwhile, Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo said his country's air force could not provide the planes that patrol national airspace and participate in NATO's operation in the Baltic Sea.

"We really need our planes and we cannot give them away," he said.

Earlier, doubts about the transfer of the fighter jets were expressed by Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Allengren.

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Big, big, promises. Too little to show for it. Now, the West is wondering if is it really worth going to war with Russia. They became more and more convinced that Russia means business. And that it will not stop. Collateral damage in all this play show is Ukraine. In the exact same way, the West helped Afghanistan, it will help Ukraine. Of course, Arestovich realized that. I assume many from the ruling class of Kiev as well. They won't surrender. They can't. Nothing will justify them in the eyes of history why they lost the country. But, aside from philosophical reasons, they know they can't stop because of lunatics they helped create, such as Azov and similar scum will kill them on the spot. Now, it is just buying time, waiting for something to happen. What is that something, they don't know themselves .

❗️The United States administration does not record a direct military threat to Moldova and Romania from Russia, said Vedant Patel, First Deputy Head of the Press Service of the US State Department.

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