More demolition of Russia. 15 days to flatten the curve. Where did I hear that hilarity before? Anyone?
Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine’s Kharkiv area https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-world-news-kharkiv-e06b2aa723e826ed4105b5f32827f577 ........ Igor Girkin, a Russian who was an early leader of a Moscow-backed separatist uprising in Donetsk in 2014, sneered at the portrayal of the pullback being strategic. On the messaging app Telegram, he acidly called it “the brilliant (clearly within the framework of the plan and even ahead of schedule) operation to transfer the cities of Izyum, Balakliya and Kupiansk to respected Ukrainian partners.” ........
So Vlad, how is withholding the gas going? Putin’s plot to blackmail Europe backfires as Russia’s cash reserves plummet after gas cut Russia's budget surplus plummeted to 137billion roubles (£1.9billion) in the first eight months of 2022. https://www.express.co.uk/news/scie...ail-cash-reserves-gas-cut-gazprom-nord-stream
Putin is fooling no one -- certainly not Xi https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/13/opinions/putin-xi-meeting-uzbekistan-summit-ghitis/index.html