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A ribbon on a gun???? HAHAHAH some source of major importance. Meanwhile, about those Bio-labs that still supposedly don't exist.

 

Black Sea War: One Year Anniversary | Russian Military Defeat vs Russian Economic Victory?​

Feb 25, 2023


In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - recaps the major naval events that took place between Russia and Ukraine over the past year; examines the impact of Russian oil/diesel caps and sanctions; the emergence of the Russian Shadow Tanker Fleet; and the Black Sea Grain Initiative. 38:39


00:00 Introduction
01:06 Black Sea Year 1 Naval War Recap
11:52 Russia Oil/Diesel Exports
23:33 Russia Shadow Fleet
28:25 Ukraine & Black Sea Grain Initiative

Russia, Ukraine in Black Sea Stalemate a Year Into Russo-Ukraine Conflict https://news.usni.org/2023/02/23/russ...

How shipping navigated its way through 12 months of war in Ukraine https://splash247.com/how-shipping-na...

One year later: How Ukraine-Russia war reshaped ocean shipping https://www.freightwaves.com/news/one...

Splash investigation pinpoints the true scale of the shadow tanker fleet https://splash247.com/splash-investig...

Bay Off Southern Greece Becomes Cog in Russia’s Oil Supply Chain https://gcaptain.com/bay-off-southern...

Shipping Hedge Fund Says Industry Set for Another Boom Year https://gcaptain.com/shipping-hedge-f...

Review of Maritime Transport 2022 https://unctad.org/system/files/offic...

Grains Export Push to Boost Dry Bulk Shipping Market https://gcaptain.com/grains-export-pu...

Black Sea Grain Initiative Joint Coordination Centre https://www.un.org/en/black-sea-grain...

Twitter - exit266 https://twitter.com/exit266

Ukraine to Set Up $500 Million Insurance Fund for Ships Entering Ports https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-to-set-u...

Insurers Count the Cost of Ships Caught in Ukraine Crisis https://gcaptain.com/insurers-count-t...

Shipping Industry Steps up Calls to Free Seafarers Still Trapped by Russia’s War https://gcaptain.com/shipping-industr...
 

A year into the war, Ukraine and the West prepare for the biggest reconstruction since World War II​


  • The World Bank estimates that Ukrainian GDP shrank by 35% in 2022.
  • And projected in October that the population share with income below the national poverty line would rise to almost 60% by the end of last year.
  • In a statement Tuesday after a visit to Kyiv, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she saw "an economy that is functioning, despite the tremendous challenges."
  • A recent estimate from the Kyiv School of Economics put the total damage to Ukrainian infrastructure at $138 billion, while President Zelenskyy has estimated that rebuilding the country could end up costing more than $1 trillion.



 
He's not wrong

Make the Ukraine war humanity’s last​

It's high time to stop and think - and focus not on the war and the weapons but on how to solve the underlying conflicts. A doctor doesn't focus on the pain but on what causes it. And the underlying conflicts is the key to a peaceful resolution that all sides can live with and, thereby, to sustainable peace and coexistence.
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From the link:

DHAKA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Insurers are about to pay state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) $22.48 million for its vessel that was hit by a missile during fighting in Ukraine, two officials involved said on Tuesday.

 

Russian forces eliminating Ukrainian saboteurs that violated border – FSB​

The Bryansk region governor earlier said at least one man had been killed by a group of attackers

Russian forces eliminating Ukrainian saboteurs that violated border – FSB

FILE PHOTO: Assault rifles of members of a group of saboteurs from Ukraine, who were killed by FSB officers during an attempt to cross the Russia's border, lie on the ground in Bryansk region, Russia. © Federal Security Service of the Russian / Sputnik

Russian forces are conducting an operation against a group of Ukrainian saboteurs that intruded across the border into Bryansk region, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.

In a statement, the service said that “the FSB and the attached forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense are taking measures to destroy armed Ukrainian nationalists who violated the state border” in the Klimovsky district of Bryansk region.

Earlier in the day, Aleksandr Bogomaz, the region's governor, said that a group of Ukrainian operatives had launched a raid into the area and that the group attacked a moving car, killing one person and injuring a ten-year-old child.

Some media reports suggested that the saboteurs also had taken several local residents hostage, a claim that has not been confirmed by local authorities.

Russia’s regions bordering Ukraine have been repeatedly attacked by Kiev's forces in recent months. On Thursday, Kursk governor Roman Starovoit wrote in a Telegram post that Ukrainian troops had shelled a local village. Kursk officials confirmed that one person was killed in the attack.

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The Point Special: One-on-one with former CIA analyst​

 
Turkey abruptly stopped the transit of sanctioned goods to Russia this month as the European Union and the US pressure allies to support measures imposed over President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

The government ordered a halt to transit of such goods via Turkey from March 1 in compliance with sanctions, said a senior Turkish official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

 

China, Iran, KSA diplomatic win. Elensky upset with media. Minerva tanker did it. Muscovy. U/1​

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