Not for the shareholders, as there is light at the end of the tunnel.
But there is for NATO who are playing Russia roulette and with one last Ukrainian spring offensive, calls for Poland to invade Belarus and NATO peace keeper's in western Ukraine.
The west only knows escalation and the rest of the world knows that it will lead to a nuclear war and have had enough. Watch the Chinese peace plan gain traction very soon.
Recent private conference of top US foreign policy experts saw Ukraine at risk of losing a war of attrition despite West’s best efforts
By SPENGLER
MARCH 20, 2023
China has a plan for peace in Ukraine. Image:
A gloomy assessment of Ukraine’s prospects for victory against Russia emerged from a recent private gathering of former top US soldiers, intelligence officials and scholars with resumes reaching from the Reagan to the Trump administrations.
Short of trained personnel and ammunition, one speaker argued, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky might consider a Chinese peace plan, especially after Beijing’s successful mediation of the Iran-Saudi dispute.
The several dozen attendees, many of whom had held cabinet or sub-cabinet positions, met under Chatham House rules, which forbid identification of individual participants but allow the content itself to be presented.
Full article:
https://asiatimes.com/2023/03/why-ukraine-may-embrace-chinas-peace-plan/
More excerpts from Zelensky's Associated Press interview , which the president gave on the Sumy-Kyiv train:
1. If Ukraine does not win the protracted battle at Bakhmut, Russia may begin to seek international support for "a deal that may require Ukraine to make unacceptable compromises."
If Bakhmut falls, Putin "will sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran," Zelensky said.
The President said that in the event of the defeat of Ukraine in Bakhmut, pressure on Kyiv will begin - both from the international community and within the country.
"Our society will feel tired. Our society will push me to compromise with them," Zelensky added.
2. If the US stops helping Ukraine, it will not win.
Zelensky, according to AP, fears that political changes in Washington could affect the war.
"The United States really understands that if they stop helping us, we will not win," the president said, answering the question of what to expect if the Republicans come to power, demanding a review of aid to Kiev.
OTB.
Watch this to understand the context.
https://www.youtube.com/live/mPxe_x8eqJU?feature=share
Russian platinum poured into China.
In the winter months of 2023, Russia increased the supply of platinum to China by 279 times compared to the same period last year, to 1.67 tons. In monetary terms, exports increased 265 times (from $200,000 to $53 million).
According to Chinese customs, supplies of Russian palladium to China increased by 8.5 times, to 2.72 tons, in monetary terms - by 5.6 times (from $27 million to $152 million).
Deliveries of rhodium, a platinum group metal, increased seven times (from 26.2 to 190 kg), in monetary terms - six times (from $13 million to $76 million).
The lion's share of these exports, if not all of them, came from Norilsk Nickel, Russia's largest producer of platinum group metals. Back in March, the company's management talked about redirecting metals to the Asian market. It seems to be convincing.
The head of the European Central Bank has been pranked by Russian trolls and revealed astonishing information.
Failing sanctions, massive inflation, CBDC e-Euro plans and prevention of foreign crypto currencies in the EU.
Lagarde admits that inflation is >not transitory< as they claim publicly but that it is now on a much higher level.
“We have low growth and prices are too high.”
She says the Russian Central Bank did a magnificent job responding to EU sanctions and kept inflation in Russia low.
Lagarde admits that sanctions against Russia are not biting as much as they hoped. Russia still manages to sell energy to other countries that ignore sanctions.
Will the EU oil price cap work? “You and I know that the Russians are very good at circumventing sanctions.”
https://rumble.com/v2ddlps-prank-with-the-president-of-the-european-central-bank-christine-lagarde.html
Some seem to be drunk on war escalation.
Look at what the Russian's think of the use of depleted uranium. Do we really want escalation which could risk nuclear war?
"The use of shells with depleted uranium is, in fact, a manifestation of genocide against the population against which such weapons are used, the Russian Foreign Ministry said."
Ukrainian soldiers (and mercenaries)will also become victims of the consequences of the use of depleted uranium shells — Zakharova
"Britain will transfer depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine, Deputy Defense Minister Annabelle Goldie said
Yugoslav scenario ,These shells not only kill but also contaminate the environment and cause cancer in people living on these lands
By the way, it is naive to believe that the victims will be only those against whom all this will be used. In Yugoslavia, it was NATO soldiers, Italians in particular, who were the first to suffer. Then they tried for a long time to get compensation from NATO for their lost health. But their claims were denied
When will Ukraine wake up? I'm not talking about the Bankova addicts (Ukrainian presidential administration drug addicts and their followers) But what about those who are still able to think? Their benefactors are poisoning them"
President Trump - #Agenda47 Policy Statement on Ukraine & America First
“We have never been closer to World War III than we are today under Joe Biden. A global conflict between nuclear-armed powers would mean death and destruction on a scale unmatched in human history. It would be nuclear Armageddon. NOTHING is more important than avoiding that nightmare. We will avoid it. But we need new leadership.
Every day this proxy battle in Ukraine continues, we risk global war. We must be absolutely clear that our objective is to IMMEDIATELY have a total cessation of hostilities. All shooting has to stop. This is the central issue. We need PEACE without delay.
In addition, there must also be a complete commitment to dismantling the entire globalist neo-con establishment that is perpetually dragging us into endless wars, pretending to fight for freedom and democracy abroad, while they turn us into a third-world country and a third-world dictatorship right here at home. The State Department, the defense bureaucracy, the intelligence services, and all the rest need to be completely overhauled and reconstituted to fire the Deep Staters and put America First. We have to put America First.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/16/president-trump-releases-agenda-47-policy-statement-on-ukraine-and-america-first-foreign-policy/
The Ukrainian conflict will once again divide the world into political blocs led by China, Russia and the United States, Japanese experts believe
As a result, the West will lose access to strategic resources and cheap products, which will lead to an internal struggle for them. Europe and the US are already facing unprecedented inflation, rising energy and food prices.
"Economic shocks, energy crises and military conflicts are always closely linked," economic observer Kaiichi Kai was quoted as saying by the Mainichi Shimbun.
There is hope Tim as tide is beginning to turn.
The two biggest 2024 Republicans names would be bad news for Ukraine
Analysis by Stephen Collinson CNN
Statements by Trump and DeSantis about the need to cut aid to Ukraine and stop the war will receive even more support after the US drone incident in the Black Sea, writes CNN.
The apparent downing of a U.S. drone by a Russian fighter over the Black Sea is one step closer to the scenario that everyone has feared since war broke out a year ago - a direct clash between U.S. and Russian forces.
According to the latest polls, 80% of Republicans think it's important that the Republican presidential nominee resist US involvement in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“Therefore, the two potential GOP candidates with the most votes — former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — are making it clear that if they get to the White House, the lifeline of U.S. weapons and ammunition for Ukraine will be in danger, and war could end on Putin's terms," CNN writes.
And, if there is a Republican victory, "Biden's promise to stay with Zelensky for as long as it takes may be valid until January 20, 2025 - the next presidential inauguration.
US intervention in the conflict in Ukraine is possible if the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defeated in the war — Hersh
"The United States can directly intervene in the conflict in Ukraine if there is a prospect of a defeat of the Ukrainian army in the conflict," said American investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh.
"They tell me that the game will be like this: "This is NATO, we support NATO in offensive operations against the Russians," which will not deceive the world ... "We are at war with the Russians," the journalist said at an event of the American non-governmental organization Committee for the Republic.
Hersh also recalled the experience of the battles at Stalingrad, when the Soviet army managed to turn the tide of the battle.
"Come on, do we really want to get into a fight with these guys?" "I don’t think so," he said, noting that Russia has not yet committed its main forces to the special operation.
Anti-Russian sanctions weaken the dollar and lead the US into debt, according to the NYP.
More than a hundred countries around the world have not supported anti-Russian sanctions and continue to do business with Moscow, said New York Post columnist Jay Newman.
Since access to dollar transactions for Russia is now limited, such states are looking for other ways to settle the payment, and this leads to a decrease in confidence in the dollar and weakens its position as the main currency of account and reserves around the world.
In addition, the use of national currencies in trade relations between countries leads to a decrease in demand for the dollar and a fall in its value, which will cause a gradual increase in prices.
"Rejection of the dollar will be the strongest blow to the international position of the United States." "The time to print money endlessly will come to an end, and we will no longer be able to buy foreign goods cheaply," he said.
According to Newman, "it's time for the United States to learn to live within its means" in order to prevent falling into a "debt hole." To do this, America must reduce the number of strategic adversaries and "put its own economy in order once and for all."
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Exactly Tim. What most people don't realise is that our current affluence is based on the cheap easily to extract oil of the 90's.
Now it takes more energy to extract energy. Oil is going to get very expensive and all the green pipe dream in the name of saving the planet is for us in the west to get used to; rationing, cars and travel only for the elite and an end to mass farming.
You'll eat ze bugs, won't travel and be happy.