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What good are U.S. security guarantees anyway? It hasn't stopped Iran sending drones and missiles into the Arabia peninsular or keeping the straights of Hormuz open. There's no way in the world Trump would get involved in a war against Russia on behalf of Ukraine anyway. Not worth the paper its written on and Zelensky wouldn't be stupid enough to agree to it. Trumps going to be a lame duck in about 7 months time and all his ranting and raving won't mean a thing.

Things are looking pretty grim:

The company also reported on the situation with its Swiss subsidiary Ferrexpo AG. One of the group’s partner banks, MBaer Merchant Bank AG, lost its license by decision of the Swiss financial regulator FINMA and is in the process of liquidation.

Ferrexpo AG holds approximately $3 million in accounts at this bank, which is part of the group’s cash reserves of nearly $30 million as of the end of February 2026. According to the liquidators, the bank’s assets are sufficient to fully meet the clients’ demands, so the company expects to fully recover the deposit, although the timeline for this is currently unknown.

https://agronews.ua/en/news/ferrexpo-resumes-pellet-production-at-poltava-gok/

Https://unn.ua/en/amp/former-mp-zhevago-served-with-suspicion-notice-and-interrogated-in-paris-prosecutor-general-kravchenko

Insanity

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-trump-putin-casualties-peace-talks-b2942328.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQqi1BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe5H4xkhpxA1MWT-Cgs3wq5CpC3-Ph56KqUzDdDfC949yZp9BjUYcKbSQJTlo_aem_y5SZTx2dHL3aGvIzcpU--w

Putins multipolarity isn’t going to well for him:

https://unherd.com/2026/03/what-iran-means-for-putin/

Well the milder weather is now in Ukraine with double digits next week. Hopefully production will be back up and running soon.

Will be interesting to see what happens with Iran. If the US does actually manage to implement some kind of regime change in a short period of time that’s another of Putins buddies gone. That’s 3 in a year with Cuba potentially on the way. Will that result in more pressure on him? You’d like to think so but it could result on Trump putting more pressure on Zelensky to make concessions. It will be in Russia’s and Chinas best interests to see the U.S. dragged into a prolonged mess in Iran. Trump won’t want that with the mid terms coming up. Either way if Trumps successful the focus will then surely turn to Ukraine. I hate to see it but an unfavourable outcome in the Donbas could be favourable for FXPO shareholders. There’s no foreseeable outcome that see Putin withdraw from the territory he’s taken. Slava Ukraine.

Investing in FXPO is no different to investing in companies in Poland, Latvia, Czech etc in the early 90s. No one knew for sure how things would turn out then and there was big risk. But all those countries are far better off now than they was then. All Ukraine wants is the same thing. Will FXPO survive it all? I don’t know! But it’s a 10 bagger from here if it does. Putin and his cronies are a dying breed. Still stuck in the last centuries mind set. Sooner rather than later they’ll all be dead and everything will be exposed. Will we make any money out of it all? Who’s knows! Risk Vs reward.

I hope these young Ukrainians stop losing their life’s though. If it wasn’t for that Europe would already be in full scale war. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

Although the Group's management is of the opinion that this claim is without merit, the Group recorded a full provision in the amount of UAH4,727 million (approximately US$113.5 million as at 30 June 2025) in its FY23 financial accounts, and this provision was retained in the FY24 financial accounts and the interim results for six months ended 30 June 2025, considering the magnitude of this specific claim and the risks associated with the judicial system in Ukraine.

Free lunch and a bit of recognition for the Russian war criminals. Zero prospect of an end to the war. Maybe they’ll meet Zhevago while there over there and go skiing in France.

I agree WATF an election by May is unreasonable and not doable. How can any opposition get prepared in such a short period of time? How can you have an election campaign under current circumstances?

Both Putin and Trump are hoping Zelensky will go but the chances are he’ll win again. As for a change of leadership being good for FXPO I’m not convinced. A change in leadership could be good or bad. Another leader could be more hard line against corruption and decide to make an example of Zhevago. FXPO is getting messed around but it’s survived this long.

Personally I don’t think they’ll be any election while the war goes on but I could be wrong.

Https://youtu.be/w3-Abg4hH7s?si=xhTbqNkVLn9kBgHA

Interesting part at the beginning where Rubio is talking about critical minerals. Saying the war in Ukraine will end at some point and Ukraine has the potential to double GDP within 10 years. Double in GDP with FXPO in the middle of the country supplying industry with iron ore. Where will the share price be then? Before the war FXPO had plans to double production when the share price was four pound something. One day these prices will look ridiculously cheap. If we survive at all this is.

Interesting to see what happens after the mid terms in November, polls aren't looking good for Trump at the minute.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/pressure-on-putin-isn-t-enough-senate-calls-on-trump-to-supply-ukraine-with-tomahawks/ar-AA1VAVUj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=69834a45082240339f9167ec830b71d8&ei=47

Which is what I guess is happening. They are normally good at holding inventories to keep customers supplied. I did have a quick look at previous financial reports and think they should hold a couple of months worth. I'll have to check again. I'm not to concerned about production shut down unless it goes on for more than a couple of months. Hopefully that won't be the case.

As soon as the cold spell is over in Ukraine the Russian scum will start to target something else instead of energy supplies. Probably innocent women and children. Then the Ukrainians can start to patch the electricity network up and operations will resume. It’s the coldest winter in decades in Ukraine.

Well there's a few 'RUMORS' knocking around on the internet about Russia softening its stance a bit. Not just in terms of this cease fire but also buffer zones in the Donbas and peace keepers from neutral countries there. Like I said before its the unknown unknowns within Russia that we are in the dark about. A dictators ultimate aim is to stay in power. If Putin thinks the tide is turning against him in terms of the war or the economy he may look for a compromise. The war can't go on for ever.

Https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-ukraine-territory-peace-deal-donbas-trump-b2909246.html?test_group=lighteradlayout

Interesting watch. Talks about how sh?te the Russians are about doing business in Ukraine. Get in early while you can.

https://youtu.be/1ZZEHBEBgnA?si=hX8giARHT2DgZzUJ

Next round of talks set for next Sunday in Abu Dhabi: US official

“We saw a lot of respect in the room between the parties because ​they were really ‌looking to find solutions,” the official told reporters after the talks, the Reuters news agency is reporting.

“We got to ‌real granular ⁠detail, and that next Sunday will be, God willing, another meeting where ‌we push this deal towards its final culmination.”

https://aje.news/1jov6j

Putin needs to walk away with something he can sell as a win instead of the disaster his invasion has actually been. Otherwise he’s a dead man. Personally I think he is anyway. Sooner or later the Russians will realise what a f&£k up he is.

Some kind of international peace keeping force in the Donbas or a demilitarised zone is no win for him. So I agree, this war is going to drag on and these peace talks are a waste of time. Hope I’m wrong.