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The European Union has asked its satellite centre in Madrid to provide intelligence to Ukraine about Russian troop movements and EU countries are determined to further increase their bilateral military support to Kiyv, the EU's head diplomat said. "Relations with Russia will no longer be determined by trade," he said.

The European Union has asked its satellite centre in Madrid to provide intelligence to Ukraine about Russian troop movements and EU countries are determined to further increase their bilateral military support to Kiyv, the EU's head diplomat said. Josep Borrell told a news conference the EU sanctions imposed on Russia will have a cost for Europe.

"But we have to be ready to pay the price, or we will have to pay a much higher price in the future," Borrell said. "Relations with Russia will no longer be determined by trade," he said.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/technology/1941820-eu-to-help-ukraine-with-intelligence-from-own-satellite-centre-eus-borrell

NwaNimo1:
Switching to gold....

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edmaraja:
Cowards, you abandoned Ukraine after deceiving them into a war against Russia

Help2020:
Look like you don't know people are bad. Anybody that's capable of killing innocent people in Ukraine is capable of killing everybody.

AfonjaEmir:
Are you not an ally? Why cant you donate you "gallant" Nigerian army and the tucano's to help ukraine?

Its a pity, alot of you that post on this platform are myopic.

NATO cant do SHIT!!...This is Not IPOB matter that you open your mouth anyhow to discuss your generational nonsense.

Take this to the bank and bank it!...Ukraine+ NATO cant even do shit!!

Na even UK fear pass...spits!!

skywolf28:
Each to his own... You no justification to tell a someone how he/she should be govern,
If they want democracy let em have it. If they want sharia let em have it. If they prefer communism let em be!!!

DoggoneDogg:
Taliban are more morally upright than the United States. #fact

complexBoss12:
If you think Putin is going to loose in this affair you have to think again. Putin is no fool and has taken into consideration all possibilities. Why do you think even American is staying away? Putin will rather see an end to this world that loose like Hitler, even America know this.

I will never justify the death of Ukrainians, but people should leave CCN propaganda alone and see the facts, which clearly shows that American and the West, is the aggressor here.

The number of persons CIA has made to disappeared in this world, is more than the people killed in WW2. CIA plans wars, coups, insurrections, assassinations, etc. But you don't get to read that in the news. America is the biggest Terrorist the world currently has, with Brittain as her lapdog.

princeeze1:
Is the UK defense minister not selling propaganda to massage their bruised ego? Did it make sense to you that Russia bombs Ukraine from all angles, seize territories, then somehow, Ukraine loses only 137 soldiers according to zelensky and Russia loses 450. Ah ah, don’t swallow everything the west sells to you na.

athaboi:
Yes
They are humans...all they wanted is to rule their country the way they want and not democracy

Tambaringabas:
Russia is prepared for this. They have developed their own system that has been in use domestically.

What's really stopping the west is the fear that other states like China, Iran and others may take up Russia's system, thereby bringing about progress of the eastern block.

The west is terrified asf.

ManirBK:
we need to invade one country here in Africa just to make the world knows our capabilities as the giant of Africa.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain would like to cut off Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system and will continue to lobby reluctant allies to take that step, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday.

"We would like to go further, we'd like to do the SWIFT system - that is the financial system that allows the Russians to move money around the world to receive payments for its gas - but ... these are international organisations and if not every country wants them to be thrown out of the SWIFT system, it becomes difficult," Wallace told BBC TV.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that United States and the European Union have opted not to cut Russia off from SWIFT, but he said they could revisit that issue.

On Thursday, major western countries including the United States and Britain announced sanctions on Russia, stretching from its banks to elites, in response to Russia invading Ukraine after months of diplomatic dialogue failed to bear fruit.

Wallace said Britain would continue to lobby its allies to win support for a move on SWIFT.

"We will work all the magic, do everything we can in diplomacy," he said.

The UK could soon be at war with Russia with British soldiers forced to 'man the ramparts' and fight Putin's forces on a new front in eastern Europe, a former British general warned today.

General Sir Richard Shirreff, ex-deputy supreme commander of Nato, has said Britain's first line of defence is now the border of former Soviet states who fear they could be next after the invasion of Ukraine.

He said: 'There is a possibility that we as a nation will soon be at war with Russia. We in this country must recognise that our security starts not on the white cliffs of Dover - it starts in the forests of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.'

Boris Johnson today warned Vladimir Putin has triggered a 'catastrophe for our continent' as he prepares to address the nation and unveil 'unprecedented' sanctions after Russia launched what appears to be a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sending troops, tanks and artillery into its neighbour from the north, south and east while bombarding cities, airports and military targets with missiles.

Sir Richard has said today's invasion must change Mr Johnson's 'mindset' - warning that he believes Putin is bent on restoring the USSR, which was split into 15 republics when it imploded in 1991.

Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he was asked by Nick Robinson if Britons and their 'children and grandchildren' may be 'expected to fight' the Russians, and Sir Richard replied: 'Absolutely. If Russia puts one bootstep into Nato territory, we are all at war with Russia.

'Article 5 (of the Nato alliance) says an attack on one is an attack on all, so we need to change our mindset fundamentally, and that is why I say our defence starts in the UK on the frontiers of Nato.'

He added: 'It is very possible he might move into Nato countries and lead to war with thirty countries'. But he warned that Britain or Nato cannot deploy in Ukraine 'because that will precipitate a third world war'.

He went on: 'We need to look at our own security. We must really man the ramparts in eastern Europe as an alliance.

'We should mobilise the forces, such as we've got, as I'm afraid the cupboard is pretty bare after a decade-plus of cuts. Our government must be examining carefully what needs to be done to reinforce the East and send the most powerful signal that Nato is ready and willing to defend its territory'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10546503/Retired-Generals-chilling-warning-Britain-soon-war-Russia.html

Kazeem47:
yes.Russia have the largest nuclear war-head in the world.

TheNiceGuy:
Hypocrite.

Israel attacked Syria, you didn't condemn that devilish act but if it were to be other way round, you'll nag nag and nag.

Don't pretend, just say they did well by attacking Syria.
All I know is Israel terroristic acts can't last forever,

Sukovick:
Which country can Nigeria attack

chronique:
Those supporting the west would not see this and condemn it. If it was the other way round, all manner of comments would have flooded social media by now.

Kazeem47:
Hope Israel knew there are Russian sojas stationed in Syria? They should not mistakenly touch them o.

The Moscow Exchange said on Thursday morning it had suspended trading on all markets.

The exchange will announce the resumption of trading at a later date, it said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/moscow-exchange-suspends-trading-all-markets-2022-02-24/?taid=621747ea00131e0001dd61d7&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Russian assets nosedived as military attacks across Ukraine prompted emergency central bank action and investors braced for the toughest round of Western sanctions yet, wiping out more than $250 billion in stock market value.

The ruble sank to a record low and stocks collapsed 45% -- their biggest-ever retreat. Russian Eurobonds plummeted, pushing some into distressed territory. The Bank of Russia said it will intervene in the foreign exchange market for the first time in years and take measures to tame volatility in financial markets.

The military attack on Ukraine cast a pall over global markets and sparked another bout of global risk aversion. Russian assets took the main blow after President Vladimir Putin ordered an operation to “demilitarize” the country, prompting international condemnation and a U.S. threat of further “severe sanctions” on Moscow.

“Significant overshooting is possible, and the dollar-ruble at 100 certainly is well in range,” said Commerzbank AG strategist Ulrich Leuchtmann. “I don’t think that interventions will be the main instrument of choice. They can only prevent extreme overshooting. Rate hikes have to follow soon

The Russian central bank made no mention of raising interest rates, but said it will provide additional liquidity to banks by offering 1 trillion rubles ($11.5 billion) in an overnight repo auction. Policy makers have increased the benchmark rate by 525 basis points in the past 12 months to tame inflation.

Russia’s sovereign bonds plummeted, taking some to distressed levels. Ukraine’s 2033 dollar debt dived, lifting the yield to 88%, while the local currency market was suspended and limits were imposed on daily cash withdrawals.

The ruble slumped as much as 9.4% in local trading to 89.60 per dollar. Currency options see a more than 50% probability of the ruble touching 100 per dollar in the second quarter.

Read the rest here - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/ruble-extends-slump-in-offshore-trading-as-ukraine-crisis-grows

Supersymetry:
Not if Russia launch a pre-emptive attack on all nuclear facility and communication in the west.

Supersymetry:
Russia defeating the west is the first step towards the liberation of Africa.