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The Ukrainian delegation at the Geneva negotiations is reportedly divided into two camps due to disagreements over the timing of a potential peace agreement, reports The Economist, citing sources close to the discussions. According to the publication, one part of the negotiators, whose informal leader is the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence services, Kirilo Budanov, supports the rapid conclusion of an agreement with the mediation of the United States, fearing that the “window of opportunity may soon close”. The other camp, “influenced” by the former head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Iermak, would be less inclined to rush a peace…
The CEO of the largest German defense industry concern, Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, believes that the war in Ukraine will not end in 2026, because, in his opinion, Russia is not interested in stopping the fighting. In this context, Papperger emphasized the need to continue supporting Kiev and announced that his company is ready to deliver additional weaponry. “We can help in many areas. Currently, we produce more ammunition than is provided for in the contracts concluded with Ukraine,” he said in an interview given to the Berlin media platform Table Media. Papperger added that the group could provide more anti-aircraft…
The business environment in Russia does not believe that the increase in the tax burden is temporary and expects a further tightening of tax conditions in the next five years. The information was reported by Reuters, quoting Aleksandr Shokhin, the president of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Russia — the country’s largest business organization, led by billionaires included in the Forbes rankings. “The business environment is quite pessimistic,” Shokhin said at a tax forum. He recalled that in December, at the Council for Strategic Development, Vladimir Putin said he hoped the VAT increase would be temporary and that,…
After the New Year, the cost of cremation services in Russia has sharply increased, the average price rising by about 20,000 rubles (approximately 220 euros), writes the publication Baza. Representatives of major crematoriums explained that the main cause is the increase in utility rates. Thus, electricity for legal entities has become more expensive by 8–12%, and gas for communal needs — by 7–10%. Additional pressure on prices was exerted by the shortage of parts for imported furnaces and the increase in costs for mandatory gas purification systems, against the backdrop of increased demand. The largest increases were recorded in Moscow…
Perhaps never before have supporters of Vladimir Putin expressed such dissatisfaction with his actions. From one of the main propagandists, Vladimir Soloviov, to members of the State Duma and pro-war bloggers on the Ukrainian front, several voices loyal to the Kremlin have criticized the authorities for blocking or slowing down the Telegram app. A pro-war blogger accused the authorities of undermining the Russian army’s command system by limiting Telegram, shortly after Ukraine allegedly restricted the use of Starlink by Russian forces. In turn, Vladimir Soloviov, host of the show “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin”, complained about the decrease in the number of…
Four Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles were not intercepted during the combined attack launched by Russia on the night of February 16 to 17, confirmed the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Air Forces, Iuri Ignat. According to him, the anti-aircraft defense systems were not “in the right place, at the right time” to engage the ballistic targets. The missiles hit regions in eastern Ukraine. The Role of Patriot Systems Typically, the interception of ballistic missiles – which follow a high trajectory and descend at a very high speed on the target – falls to high-performance systems like the MIM-104 Patriot. These are…
On Tuesday, France released the tanker Grinch, suspected of being part of Russia’s “ghost fleet” aimed at evading sanctions, after its owner paid a fine of several million euros, confirmed French officials, reports AFP. The vessel has been held since the end of January in the Gulf of Fos, in the south of France, after it was intercepted between Spain and Morocco, having started its journey from Russia. The tanker was escorted to a port near the city of Marseille. Ship monitoring sites, MarineTraffic and VesselFinder, reported that Grinch was sailing under the flag of the Comoros archipelago. The vessel…
A new episode of the war in Ukraine shows how quickly the battlefield transforms into a laboratory of military technology. Images surfaced on platform X capture an unmanned ground vehicle of the Ukrainian army engaged in a direct exchange of fire with a Russian soldier, in a night confrontation entirely filmed by combat cameras. In the past two years, Ukraine has become a testing ground for autonomous weapons, explosive-laden drones, and infrared surveillance systems. This time, in the foreground appears a remote-controlled ground vehicle, equipped with a heavy Browning M2 machine gun, advancing among destroyed buildings, in a devastated rural…
The main Hungarian opposition party, Tisza, led by Viktor Orban’s great political enemy, Peter Magyar, has a ten percent lead over the ruling party, Fidesz, according to the most recent poll for the parliamentary elections in the neighboring country, which are set to take place on April 12 Viktor Orban is in the most vulnerable political position since he took over the leadership of Hungary, with real chances of being “dethroned” after he led Hungary continuously for 16 years. The Tisza party, which identifies itself as center-right, is led by Orban’s greatest political enemy, Peter Magyar. The two were once…
The Kremlin is intensifying its efforts to influence the political future of Ukraine, promoting the thesis of the “illegitimacy” of the current leadership in Kiev and using the election theme as a pressure tool. According to an analysis published by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Moscow is already signaling that it will not recognize the results of an election that does not lead to the formation of a government favorable to Russia. In an interview granted to the state agency TASS on February 15, the deputy Russian Foreign Minister, Mikhail Galuzin, reiterated the accusations regarding the alleged…