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olugabbie:
Of course they are. The US sanctioned some German and Russian companies working on the Nord Stream II under Trump. They wanted to kill the project. This happened when there was no war.

The US has being pressuring the West to abandon Russian oil & gas ⛽ for years.

Marine Le Pen is a nationalist. She believes France is a super power on it's own. She is one of the people that are wary of the dependent of the EU/NATO on the US. She also believe that there can be no peace in Europe without winning Russia over to the Western side. She thinks China os a major threat to the West and to counter China. The West needs Russia and India.

She said she will pull France out of NATO & urge other Western countries to develop strong ties with Russia for peace to reign in Europe.

You can read up on her manifesto.

Rinat Akhmetov has seen his business empire shattered by eight years of fighting in Ukraine's east but remains defiant, sure that what he calls "our brave soldiers" will defend the Sea of Azov city reduced to a wasteland by seven weeks of bombardment.

For now, though, his Metinvest company, Ukraine's biggest steelmaker, has announced it cannot deliver its supply contracts, and while his financial and industrial SCM Group is servicing its debt obligations, his private power producer DTEK "has optimized payment of its debts" in an agreement with creditors.

"Mariupol is a global tragedy and a global example of heroism. For me, Mariupol has been and will always be a Ukrainian city," Akhmetov said in written answers to questions from Reuters.
"I believe that our brave soldiers will defend the city, though I understand how difficult and hard it is for them," he said, adding he was in daily contact with the Metinvest managers who run the Azovstal and Illich Iron and Steel Works plants in Mariupol.
On Friday, Metinvest said it would never operate under Russian occupation and that the Mariupol siege had disabled more than a third of Ukraine's metallurgy production capacity.

Akhmetov praised President Volodymyr Zelensky's "passion and professionalism" during the war, seemingly smoothing relations after the Ukrainian leader last year said plotters hoping to overthrow his government had tried to involve the businessman.

Akhmetov called the allegation "an absolute lie" at the time.
"And the war is certainly not the time to be at odds... We will rebuild the entire Ukraine," he said, adding that he returned to the country on February 23 and had been there ever since.

'A Marshall Plan for Ukraine'

Akhmetov did not say where exactly he was, but that he had been in Mariupol on February 16, the day some western intelligence services had expected the invasion to begin. "I talked to people in the streets, I met with workers...," he said.

"My ambition is to return to a Ukrainian Mariupol and implement our (new production) plans so that Mariupol-produced steel can compete in global markets as before."

Russia invaded on February 24 when President Vladimir Putin announced a "special operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" the country. Kyiv and its Western allies reject that as a false pretext for an unprovoked attack.

Akhmetov, long Ukraine's richest man, has seen his business empire shrink since 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and two eastern Ukrainian regions -- Donetsk and Luhansk -- proclaimed independence from Kyiv.

According to Forbes magazine, Akhmetov's net worth in 2013 reached $15.4 billion. It currently stands at $3.9 billion.

"For us, the war broke out in 2014. We lost all of our assets both in Crimea and in the temporarily occupied territory of Donbas. We lost our businesses, but it made us tougher and stronger," he said.
"I am confident that, as the country's biggest private business, SCM will play a key role in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine," he said, citing officials as saying the damage from the war has reached $1 trillion.
"We will definitely need an unprecedented international reconstruction program, a Marshall Plan for Ukraine," he said, in reference to the US aid project that helped rebuild Western Europe after World War II.
"I trust that we all will rebuild a free, European, democratic, and successful Ukraine after our victory in this war."

Elvictor:
You said Ukraine is winning, this is war, and not war start you play in Nigeria.

Bomb every aids, since weapons are now bearing aids tags.

Svlla:
I just told you how long it will take

Onyiiobi7735:
The war is steadily getting tougher by the day,but it will teach Ukraine a bitter lesson. Next time,they will think utwice before foolishly followed the manipulative ways of the West.

A2daiye:
Las las na ukraine go still lose pass. Make una dey watch.

Svlla:
Not that old lady of the 70s, old anti-carrier missile cruiser whose remaining class mates are only 2 left in the Russian Navy.
It should have been replaced with the steregushchly class or better still the class missile frigate.

Even the Admiral Essen operating from the Azov sea instill more fear and presence in this ongoing Russian operation

Russian Shipyards in the baltic will build that old lady's replacement in 9months

Ship yards in China will do it in half a year

Russia seriously need to revamp its navy

Jazzlite:
I am trying not to call you names..... just watch out as this war unfolds

Svlla:
It's not up to 1/4 of what Russia gets from energy exports alone in a day and pale in comparison to the trillions of dollars US spent in either Afghanistan or Syria theater and still fled those regions in shame

baralatie:
Can The US defend 100 nukes coming into its own soil?
Abi UK can defend 200 nukes

The letter, which was viewed by he Post, added that the U.S. has flouted the rules governing the transfer of weapons to conflict zones.

According to the letter dated Tuesday, Russia accused NATO of impeding early peace negotiation with Ukraine “in order to continue the bloodshed.”

The State Department declined to confirm any private diplomatic correspondence.

However, a spokesperson added that it can confirm that along with allies and partners, “we are providing Ukraine with billions of dollars worth of security assistance, which our Ukrainian partners are using to extraordinary effect to defend their country against Russia’s unprovoked aggression and horrific acts of violence.”

The news of the diplomatic letter comes as President Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine this week, which for the first time included advanced munitions that the war-torn country has requested.

“The Ukrainian military has used the weapons we are providing to devastating effect. As Russia prepares to intensify its attack in the Donbas region, the United States will continue to provide Ukraine with the capabilities to defend itself,” Biden said.

The most recent round of U.S. security assistance includes a mixture of arms and other supplies that Washington has already provided Kyiv, as well as new capabilities that had not previously been sent over.

According to the Pentagon, the aid package includes 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 300 Switchblade drones, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, 18 howitzers and 40,000 artillery rounds, 10 counter-artillery radars, 500 Javelin missiles, unmanned coastal defense vessels and protective equipment in the event of a chemical or biological weapons attack.

The president has also imposed a raft of sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion.

The Russians have withdrawn forces from around the Ukrainian capital after weeks of trying to capture Kyiv unsuccessfully and are expected to focus attacks on the south and east, including the Donbas region.

KillIgbohoN0W:
Naso
More Hollywood insipred tales for their foolish zombies to masturbate on


Where were these 80 Spartan half-caste Leonidan Ukrainians when an entire army surrendered at Mariupol this week??

jonili:
Many here still do not understand the situation in Russia itself, where there is a media blackout on the situation in Ukraine.

I was able to talk to 2 civilian friends living in Russia. One is Russian i got to know through defense industry, and the other is a Filipino OFW who is a cousin's close friend.

I was only able to reach them both by phone call as social media like Facebook Messenger are not available.

It turns out that the Russian public still doesn't know until now that Russia destroyed several Ukrainian cities and that there are already more than 4 million Ukrainians that fled the country.

According to them, only Russian media is operstional, all social media has been blocked and the internet only has reports of Russian "special military operations" said to be happening only in the Donbas region, to liberate it from Ukraine.

They also have no idea on the heavy losses suffered by the Russian military in the hands of Ukrainian defenders.

All other things aside from that are considered "fake news" and can land you a 15-year prison sentence if you publicly mention that the Russian operations goes way beyond Donbas.

You still believe in Russian propaganda? Good luck with that.
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mach7:
No, it is not Russia's largest warship.

Russia has 5 fleets, operating in key areas namely; Northern, Pacific, Baltic, Caspian and Black sea.

The Moskva at 11,300 tonnes was the largest ship in the black sea fleet.

The largest warship in Russian inventory is the Admiral Kuznetsov at 65,000 tonnes, followed by the Peter the Great at 28,000 tonnes, Admiralw Nakhimov at 28,000 tonnes, the Varyag at 12,000 tonnes etc.

Note: the above doesn't include submarines.