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"Further evacuations of civilians trapped in Mariupol is set to resume from 7am on Tuesday with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the city council announced."

We might get to see the 70's again soon as we seem to be out the other side of the pandemic now and despite a tough year actually reduced debt and turned in a profit.

Wiscos You will get capital appreciation here with an increasing share price before you get to dividend as you will get increasingly visible profitability. I'm happy that they have taken some tough decisions and have taken the right steps. I'm also interested to see how this test store has performed relative to others as it is being rolled out further. That maybe a pertinent question for the analysts and investor call at 10a.m. Unfortunately I'll be at the dentists at that time.

"Further evacuations of civilians trapped in Mariupol is set to resume from 7am on Tuesday with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, the city council announced."

Eusebius they have just navigated their way effectively through a 3 year pandemic with costs and restricted revenue and with imho a strong set of results and whereby they are doing all the right things. There was no way in a month of mothering Sundays that there would have been a dividend paid prior to 2024. Far better to get debt down, interest costs down and then reap the rewards of a return to strong and sustainable dividends. All done btw with having to resort to equity raises and dilution.

Despite massive disruption throughout the year concerned where they effectively lost the first quarter due to Covid and also at the end of the year with restrictions this is a stellar set of results. What is good is an to increase in margins to 32% and targeted price increases and cost cutting to navigate the year ahead. The end is nigh also for gettingpersonal (thankfully) and it looks like it is being absorbed into the one platform. The reduction in debt and the appointments of a Customer Marketing Director and Business Development Manager for partnerships are steps in the right direction also.

Might struggle to pick up in the 150's after the 2M trade that appeared after hours on Friday at 165p and also the commencement of a UN and Red Cross initiated safe corridor out of the Mariuopal steelworks.

That plus Turkish officials visiting Kyiv at the weekend for face to face talks with Zelenski and a Russian upcoming in the next few days and what with Erdogan looking to broker restart of peace talks. dyor.

You hold no shares at the minute hence you felt the need to start your previous thread. People can fathom you out from your posting history and style. Have a good BH and save us the waffle.

Should be an interesting week ahead given a commencement of the evacuation at Avostal and also the visits of the Turkish diplomatic envoy.

Previous article mentions a call. This one a probable meeting with Putin this week. Fair play to him, Erdogan seems to be driving for a leaders meeting.

https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/t%C3%BCrkiye-s-president-erdogan-likely-to-meet-russia-s-putin-this-week-56818

Looks like a bit of shuttle**** diplomacy going on here between Kyiv and Moscow with Kalin and Erdogan

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-priority-civilian-evacuations-from-mariupol-erdogan-173463

It's now looking like they maybe got 2 generals here in the same set of strikes. One of the key proponents and right hand man at the start of the invasion.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772727/Putins-military-commander-Valery-Gerasimov-wounded-forced-evacuate-war-zone.html

"and it's "now" a UN Operation and Red Cross operation.

Looks like a well coordinated take out on this one when you see the photos. Command post and multiple vehicles all taken out at the same time with multiple strikes.

I keep saying this, but if we are now starting to see a paved way to peace then the saddest part is all the military and civilian life that gets lost, maimed and injured between now and then.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772367/Is-NINTH-Russian-general-killed-Ukraine-Reports-blow-Putins-failed-war.html

The numbers are now noticeably increasing and it's boy a UN Operation and Red Cross operation.

Symbolic moment in this conflict imho for despite all the hardened rhetoric of late it is the first humanitarian side being displayed by the Russians in the full conflict to date, and had any died Zelenski had stated all peace talks were off (and so were any points previously agreed upon).

"A group of 100 Ukrainian civilians are on their way out of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol as part of the UN evacuation, according to the country’s president.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a tweet that they were heading to a “controlled area”.

Another 40 out of the Avostal steelworks by the looks of it. Looks like a properly coordinated UN oversight safe corridor and into temporary accomodation in the village of Bezimenneon)

"A group of around 40 civilians arrived at a temporary accommodation centre (in the village of Bezimenneon) Sunday after leaving the area around the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s Mariupol, a Reuters photographer said.

Reuters photographs showed the civilians arriving in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk Region on buses with Ukrainian number plates in a convoy with Russian forces and vehicles with United Nations symbols" Guardian.

Looks like we're on our way imho

Been watching how this is selling on my barometer cinema and it seems to be having a very strong BH weekend. In fact so have most films.

Should be a nice little earner

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1603659/Avatar-2-leak-pictures-Avatar-The-Way-of-Water

A Bit more on this one.

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-presidential-spokesman-meets-zelensky-in-kyiv-office-173418

The break of the impasse at the Avostol steel plant now seems to be playing out. Lets see what also happens now Erdogan should have returned from his 2 day mission to Saudi Arabia. Not much being given away here on what was discussed. I think we can all take a guess.

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/turkey-presidential-spokesman-meets-zelensky-kyiv-office

It's a shame that the people within this steel plant have become effectively political pawns but the 4 key things required on this seem to be present and working.

* communications.
* agreed meeting point.
* transportation to + from that agreed meeting point out of the plant
* agreed ceasefire.

Land bridge to Crimea by May 9th?