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The extensive assistance provided by Washington to Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia may be cut if the Republican Party takes control of Congress in the midterm elections on November 8, Axios has reported.

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The Biden administration says it’ll keep working with Congress to support Kiev regardless of the outcome of November’s vote

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US may end aid to Ukraine after midterms – Axios

One face saving excuse for the US (blame it on the Republican party)

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Mr and Mrs jandor no go fit see draw for Lagos gubernatorial election, make PDP just forget lagos for now.

Eko onibaje

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Erdogan has, however, continued to deepen his country’s ties to Russia. The Turkish leader has met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, four times in the past four months. Most recently, he agreed to Putin’s proposal to create an international gas transit hub in Türkiye following a meeting in Kazakhstan last week. 

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Amid reports that the US and EU were considering “negative actions” against the Turkish economy, Turkish Deputy Finance Minister Yunus Elitas assured the US in August that his country “would not allow the breaching of sanctions by any institution or person.” Then, following a warning by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control last month, all five Turkish banks handling Russia’s Mir payment cards abandoned the system.

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The Treasury Department did not comment on the content of Rosenberg’s talks, nor did Bloomberg’s sources. However, US officials have previously expressed displeasure with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s refusal to sanction Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine, and Washington has mounted a pressure campaign against Ankara, with some results.

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Rosenberg was formerly a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a think-tank largely funded by the weapons industry. Whilst working at the Treasury during the Obama administration, she drafted sanctions on Iran, Libya, and Syria.

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Led by the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, Elizabeth Rosenberg, the US delegation met the Turkish central bank governor and business groups in Ankara and Istanbul earlier this week, the report stated. Rosenberg met with local treasury officials on Wednesday for private talks, Bloomberg’s sources added.

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American officials flew to Ankara this week to press Turkish officials and business leaders into complying with Washington’s anti-Russian sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. With Türkiye taking a neutral position on the conflict in Ukraine, the US has issued the country several warnings.

Laughing in isolation

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Angered by their NATO ally’s ties to Russia, American officials want Ankara to comply with their sanctions regime

Brb to give you more updates, I'm going on a short isolation

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Angered by their NATO ally’s ties to Russia, American officials want Ankara to comply with their sanctions regime

Brb to give you more updates, I'm going on a short isolation

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US pressuring Türkiye on Russia relationship – Bloomberg


Russia is isolated.

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Hill Air Force Base and the 388th Fighter Wing later announced on Twitter that the pilot “ejected, was recovered and has been taken to local medical center for observation.” The current condition of the pilot remains unclear.

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Emergency crews are responding,” it concluded.

Videos and images circulated on Twitter showing plumes of smoke and flames at the scene, as emergency responders’ sirens sounded.

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The 388th Fighter Wing tweeted about the event, detailing that the pilot had been able to eject himself from the aircraft before it crash-landed.

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Emergency crews were called out to Utah's Hill Air Force Base after an F-35 fighter jet crashed on the runway shortly after 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct 19., it has been confirmed.

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Earlier this year, an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a routine flight on the USS Carl Vinson, ultimately falling into the South China Sea. The military plane was later recovered from a depth of 12,400 feet.

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One less Nazi
F-35 Fighter Jet Crashes at Utah's Hill Air Force Base, Pilot Hospitalized

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The four territories with martial law will have the maximum level of response. It implies that the leaders of the regions shall "exercise the powers to carry out mobilization measures in the economic sphere, in the executive authorities of these constituent entities of Russia and local governments, individual measures for territorial defense, civil defense measures, protection of the population and territories from natural and man-made emergencies." Also, regional chiefs will be able to implement measures to meet the needs of Russia’s Armed Forces and other troops and bodies.

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Readiness levels in Russian regions

Apart from the martial law, the Russian president also signed a decree introducing various readiness levels in Russia’s administrative entities.

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The operation of checkpoints and law enforcement will be enhanced in the Zaporozhye Region after martial law comes into force, Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky wrote on his Telegram channel on Wednesday. Balitsky pointed out that the current security precautions will be tightened in the region and the curfew will still be in effect. In addition, entertaining and cultural events will be cancelled during martial law. The acting governor hailed the decision imposing martial law as a timely one, since "the Zaporozhye Region is prone to daily provocations and destabilization attempts from the neighboring Ukrainian territories."

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Kherson and Zaporozhye

Acting Governor of the Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo said the power in the region will be transferred to the military while the martial law is in place. Currently, the region is evacuating civilians who live on the right bank of the Dnieper River to its left bank due to the threat of flooding, which could be triggered by a Ukrainian military strike on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Saldo warned that Ukraine was accumulating substantial forces near Nikolayev and Krivoy Rog. According to the acting governor, the decision to relocate local residents was also due to the construction of massive defensive fortifications.

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The head of the LPR mission to Moscow, Rodion Miroshnik, said the martial law would help to speed up the process of synchronizing measures of support for mobilized citizens and their families. In his words, it was an expected and necessary move, allowing to cut red tape and increase responsibility of officials.

It is also possible that checkpoints will be built at those regions’ administrative borders to prevent smuggling of prohibited goods, LPR lawmaker Alexander Kriyerenko said.

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Situation in Donbass

The move will have little effect on daily lives of the population in the DPR and LPR, the authorities said. According to DPR chief Denis Pushilin, the republic has de-facto been living in conditions of a martial law for eight and a half years, but now it has the opportunity for better coordination with the federal authorities.