Some good and interesting news..
The Kyiv Independent
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⚡️ Melitopol mayor released from Russian captivity.
Ivan Fedorov was released five days after being abducted following a Ukrainian “special operation,” according to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy chief of staff for President...
Russian TV journalist resigns
A prominent journalist working for a Kremlin-controlled TV station has resigned in the wake of the on-screen protest by Channel One journalist Marina Ovsyannikova.
Vadim Glusker, NTV's Brussels correspondent, has been confirmed to have resigned by the state news...
India seems quite happy to buy some discounted Russian oil.
One official tells the news agency they were happy to take the discounted goods and says India is not concerned about getting entangled in sanctions.
They add that work is ongoing to set up a rupee-rouble trade mechanism...
[emoji298]️Ukrainian General Staff: Russia is bringing fighters from Syria, Serbia, Nagorno-Karabakh to replenish troops in Ukraine.
Russia is regrouping its troops for an offensive, Ukraine’s General Staff said on March 13...
Hope this is unconnected :( Iran has allegedly fired misslies at the US Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10606833/Multiple-rockets-smash-Army-base-Kurdish-news-channel-office-Erbil.html
Apologies its the Daily Mail.
Edit - it appears unconnected, but worrying.
Press conference now, Comical Ali Lavrov spouting rubbish as usual,
Some quotes -
Asked about how the war is developing from Russia's perspective, he says, through an interpreter, that it is a "special operation" and it is "proceeding to plan overall".
Asked if Russia has any plans to attack...
Could it be this? UAE to increase (or have been asked to) oil production?
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Prices-Crash-By-11-As-UAE-Calls-On-OPEC-To-Open-The-Taps.html
esp - In the meantime, Brent prices have crashed more than $15 per barrel as Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he's prepared...
Evacuation of Mariupol has been postponed
The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been postponed, according to the Mariupol city council. It says the Russian side has not been observing the temporary ceasefire in place...
Can't see Nikita Mazepin somehow being allowed in half of the countries that have races, let alone protests etc outside the circuits!
Plus his Daddy sponsors Hass (Uralkali) don't how those sanctions will let him pay US registered Hass !
Zelensky is still hanging in there.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has published a video from the streets of Kyiv after rumours in the Russian media that he had fled the capital.
"We are all here," he said, surrounded by key advisers and his prime minister.
"We are protecting our...