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While #Biden pours weapons into #Ukraine it gives #Azov little reason to make peace, and may encourage #Russia to dig in.
Nobody loses more than the civilians of Donbas, Donetsky and Lugansk.
Are we trying to make this a bigger #war?
https://moneycircus.substack.com/p/eurasia-note-41-ukraines-battle-for
Dozens killed by missile at railway station, as civilians flee next stage of fighting
moneycircus.substack.comThat's exactly what they are doing and it's brutal. I just posted this on Off-Guardian:
I had chosen, for my newsletter, the image of civilians fleeing via Kramatorsk railway station just an hour before it was hit, this morning, by a missile.
This is one of those times when one feels that we are, indeed, in this together. The civilians knew that Kramatorsk is within the ‘cauldron’ pincered by Russian troops. That’s why they were trying to leave.
Kit Knightly It’s official, as of right now the Russian ruble is worth more US dollars than before the invasion of Ukraine. On the 22nd of February this year, one US dollar would exchange for…
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