And another refinery was hit today in the region of Tatarstan.
Talks first, actions to follow. Until very recently Macron has been quite quiet about the war. He has backed down from requesting a direct intervention to promising aid which is much more likely. Counting on Le Pen winning is nor really a strategy for Putin, it is more of a hope - I mean if Le Pen really stops support to Ukraine, which I doubt.
Of course, the baltic countries are providing the most help, they are closer to Putin's Ruzzia and they know what it means. There are now talks of providing Gripens to Ukraine (much much better option than f-16, as they can be based in pretty much any road in the middle of a forest.
For now, nothing is very clear IMO.
Its interesting that you ignored the first part of my message, that it is not Congress, but Biden, who has been slowing down the allocation of aid to Ukraine since the end of last year, essentially pushing this problem to Europe.
In the case of France, I can say that sometimes words are just words. Germany helps Ukraine the most, and it is the country that gets the most crap for insufficient support. France is basically pushing all sorts of illiquid assets onto Ukraine, which otherwise would have to be disposed of at a high cost. Although the French Scalp missiles and Caesar self-propelled guns are quite good, let me remind you that it was France that for a long time torpedoed the purchase of shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces outside the EU.
I have already answered you: you are wrong, Biden has a cap on the aid he can send before having to pass a bill to raise that figure. You should know that even by minimally following the news coming from US - I am very surprised you are trying to pass the message that Biden is blocking??? If you do not know, please learn and if you are trying to fake you need to do better.
And it seems that Ukraine is still fine with attacking deep into Ruzzia. Today another two facilities more than 1000 miles away.
Russia only needs to maintain its rather peaceful stance for a little while, yet. Only until Trump gets back into office. Then the war will end; further help for Ukraine aggression will be blocked. More important, Ukraine will be rebuilt in a good way, and
trade relations between all the Slavic blocks will open back up, and with the US and Nato, and even with China and the ME.[...]
Ukraine did not invade Ruzzia.
The "Slavic" trade was working perfectly, as most of the other world trade before the army of the Ruzzian Federation decided to invade (again) Ukraine.
It is quite unclear how Trump intends to "end the war", what is sure is that simple solutions tend to attract simple minds (yes dumBAss that is you, a simple mind).
By all means, keep hoping for Trump as Putin does.
BTW, I know is difficult to defend a guy that says one thing in the morning and another in the evening but it was Trump the first one who spoke about limiting trade with China, destroyed several free trade deal (Mexico, Pacific) and is proposing tariffs and protectionism.
Just make sure next time you bother to understand what Trump is proposing - you do not even seem to understand it dumBAss.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_tariffs#:~:text=international%20trading%20environment.-,Effects%20on%20China-US%20trade,of%20all%20American%20agricultural%20goods.The Trump tariffs are a series of United States tariffs imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump as part of his "America First" economic policy to reduce the United States trade deficit by shifting American trade policy from multilateral free trade agreements to bilateral trade deals. In January 2018, Trump imposed tariffs on solar panels and washing machines of 30 to 50 percent.[1] In March 2018, he imposed tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) from most countries,[2][3][4] which, according to Morgan Stanley, covered an estimated 4.1 percent of U.S. imports.[5] In June 2018, this was extended to the European Union, Canada, and Mexico.[3] The Trump administration separately set and escalated tariffs on goods imported from China, leading to a trade war.[6]
The tariffs angered trading partners, who implemented retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.[7] In June 2018, India planned to recoup trade penalties of $241 million on $1.2 billion worth of Indian steel and aluminum,[8] but attempted talks delayed these until June 2019 when India imposed retaliatory tariffs on $240 million worth of U.S. goods.[9] Canada imposed matching retaliatory tariffs on July 1, 2018.[10][11] China implemented retaliatory tariffs equivalent to the $34 billion tariff imposed on it by the U.S.[12] In July 2018, the Trump administration announced it would use a Great Depression-era program, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), to pay farmers up to $12 billion, increasing the aid to $28 billion in May 2019.[13] The USDA estimated that aid payments constituted more one than one-third of total farm income in 2019 and 2020.[14][15]
Tariff negotiations in North America were relatively more successful, with the U.S. lifting the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico on May 20, 2019, joining Australia and Argentina in being the only nations exempted from the regulations.[16][17] However, on May 30, Trump unilaterally announced his intention to impose a five percent tariff on all imports from Mexico beginning on June 10, with tariffs increasing to ten percent on July 1, and by another five percent each month for three months, "until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our Country, STOP," adding illegal immigration as a condition for U.S.-Mexico tariff negotiations. The move was seen as threatening the ratification of the United StatesMexicoCanada Agreement (USMCA), the North American trade deal set to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[18] The tariffs were averted on June 7 after negotiations.[19]
A May 2019 analysis conducted by CNBC found Trump's tariffs are equivalent to one of the largest tax increases in the U.S. in decades.[20][21][22] Studies have found that Trump's tariffs reduced real income in the United States, as well as adversely affecting U.S. GDP.[23][24][25] Some studies also concluded that the tariffs adversely affected Republican candidates in elections.[26][27][28]
