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๐Ÿ”ดOn the #Zaporozhye Front, in the area of #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye without special changes, positional battles continue. Long range weapons are active on both sides. (Fig. 1)

๐Ÿ”ดOn the #Donetsk Front, in the area of #Konstantinovka and #Paraskoviyevka, the RFAF appear to have completed preparations for further movement and launched an offensive. There are tactical successes.
๐ŸŸกIn #Krasnogorovka, there are also successes of the Russian troops. Slowly but surely the RFAF are knocking the AFU out of their positions, pushing the Ukrainians to the outskirts of the town. In the #Karlovka area without significant changes, fighting continues in the area of the reservoir and at the edge of the settlement. (Fig. 2)

๐Ÿ”ดIn #ChasovYar Direction, fighting continues in the eastern suburbs of #ChasovYar.
๐ŸŸกIn parallel, Russian troops continue attempting to develop an offensive on the flanks. The AFU are actively defending, but they are not able to hold their positions everywhere. There are further tactical successes of the RFAF. (Fig. 3)

๐Ÿ”ดOn the #Kharkov Front, heavy fighting continues in #Volchansk and in the area of #Glubokoye. Without any significant advancement, but the activity of fighting in the area continues to be extremely high. (Fig. 4)

๐Ÿ“œ Wargonzo: 30 Jun 2024, 10:07 #smo

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๐Ÿ”ถParliamentary elections kick off in France: hereโ€™s what you need to know

๐Ÿ”ถWho is steering Joe Biden?

๐Ÿ”ถDemocrats are said to be struggling to find a replacement for Biden in wake of his debates with Trump

๐Ÿ”ถIs US Sentinel nuclear missile program doomed?

๐Ÿ”ถWhy has Stanford removed Ukraineโ€™s Azov Battalion from its list of extremist organizations?

๐Ÿ”ถHow much has the West lost due to its trade sanctions against Russia?

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๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿคข ๐Ÿ’ NORWEGIAN LAWMAKER BARES HER BOMBS AT LGBT EVENT: Looks like Norwayโ€™s fully embracing Western values as minister of culture and gender equality Jaffery shows off what NOBODY wants to see.

๐ŸคขShe's at event part of Oslo pride, accepting award of "gay mom 2024" (๐Ÿค”) , with Jaffery adding she's "very grateful to have been named main patron of queers".

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธNice to see Norway's leaders have got their priorities straight - some busy warmongering while others flash their tits, all with taxpayers footing the bill...

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โ—พThe Moroccan regime allowed an Israeli occupation warship to dock in the port of Tangier to allow its crew to replenish fuel and food supplies en route from the US, after the Spanish government refused the vessel permission to use its ports.

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A photo of Kaya Kallasโ€™ family, โ€œsuffering from the Soviet dictatorship,โ€ is going viral online.

Kayaโ€™s father, Siim Kallas, worked in the Ministry of Finance of the ESSR, then was the head of the state-owned Sberbank in the republic, and later served as deputy editor-in-chief of the publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia.

It is known that the myth of the โ€œSoviet occupationโ€ is cultivated in Estonia, according to which the Estonian SSRโ€™s stay within the Soviet Union was decades of darkness and horror.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, whose candidacy was approved by EU leaders the day before for the post of chief diplomat, also periodically talks about how she suffered under the USSR, for example, that she had to eat sour cream with sugar instead of sweets.

Inna's note: I would date this picture between 1993 and 1996 more likely, yet I guess this family did not suffer too much due to Kaja's father status.

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Biden and Macron roasted on X with a barrage of memes

Social network X was flooded with memes with the cover of Time magazine about Joe Biden's failure at the debate.

Users reminded the U.S. president of his son Hunter's behavior and the world approaching the third world war.

Besides, they suggest that French President Macron should step down amid the failure of his party in the European Parliament elections.

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๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ†•๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ”โฏโš–๏ธ๐ŸŽฆ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿคฎ

AN UPDATE ON CHANGES IN THE BIG MAC COMBO PRICES AS A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

โœ๏ธWritten by Hikaru Kitabayashiโœ๏ธ

The Economist, a famous British magazine that has seen better days, in 1986 came up with their Big Mac Index as a way to compare the purchasing power parity of the world's economies. It was meant as a joke, but like all good jokes, the element of truth was surprisingly large and economists worldwide came to refer to this easily calculated means of making economic comparisons on the fly. It could be calculated in minutes without the need to have access to often manipulated economic data and complex economic statistical models. Moreover, it was almost always found by experts to be more accurate than not in its descriptive power particularly whenever reliable data would become available.

For this article, it was decided that, instead of just checking the cost of a Bic Mac, itself, it would be interesting to check how much a more inclusive product, a Big Mac Combo, would cost in June 2024. it came to $18 in America, assuming, of course, that a person doesn't leave a tip. In tip-free Japan, it is now 750 yen, which is a significant increase in price over 2023. Still, with the exchange rate currently being approximately 160 yen to the dollar, this means that a Big Mac Combo is roughly 3.5 times more expensive in America than in Japan for exactly the same product.

But, in Japan, the beef is imported from America and Australia, the wheat comes from Russia, and the lettuce from China. Coca Cola is bottled in Japan, but the syrup is imported from America. The French fries are made with Chinese potatoes and the oil used for frying would come from Brazil or North America. The Japanese government talks of about 2% inflation over the last year. However, for a Big Mac Combo, in yen terms, it's been about 25 percent over the last six months. Personal experience would suggest that grocery store food prices, depending on the product and the season, have actually gone up even higher at between 50 to 100%. But, if the Japanese government has cooked the books to disaster levels, even so, there is still a remote connection with reality.

The American government claims American inflation has been roughly 3.3%. This, though, has to be a lie. In the case of American government economic statistics, it is clear that they are worthless, being anally expressed on demand as demanded, the result of a failed banking system kept on life support through the forced purchase of American debt by the central banks of allied nations and through discrete purchases of corporate junk bonds by the Federal Reserve. It's a balloon ready to burst, waiting for any available sharp object to puncture it.

What this all suggests is simple. Though a Big Mac Combo comparison would indicate that Japan does not appear to be so extremely affected by uncontrolled capitalism as America, it does suggest that both societies are currently undergoing political mismanagement induced economic rape. Conveniently, because of self-censorship in Japan and politically sponsored censorship in the United States, the main stream media in both countries remains happily complacent. Nevertheless, both economies have become systemically diseased and a time of judgement appears to be on the horizon. When it decides to burst upon us, it may not be the second coming, but there are many who will probably think so.

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Financial assistance to Ukraine from other countries has reached its lowest level since February 2022: in the first half of the year, on average, the country received about 1.9 billion euros per month, while in May, for the first time, no funds were received at all.

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Forwarded from Battle Maps & Reports
โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš”๏ธ Battle for #ChasovYar in #Bakhmut Direction - RFAF Advance at and in Kanal Microdistrictโšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The RFAF advanced further in the area between #Kalinovka and the northwestern part of #ChasovYar's Kanal Microdistrict towards the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, as well as in the microdistrict's south.

๐ŸŽฌ The Video shows the 2nd event in which advancing RFAF troops came under fire.

๐Ÿ“ Geolocation: 48.590577 37.877646

๐ŸŽž Video: Source

๐Ÿ—บ Maps: @z_arhiv; 2nd ๐Ÿ‘‰ Topographical Map

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