'We have just had a report from our intelligence and the Security Service of Ukraine. Intelligence has received information that Russia is considering a scenario of a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. A terrorist attack with radiation leakage. They have prepared everything for this. Unfortunately, I have repeatedly had to remind that radiation has no state bordersby archive - Archive
'Ultimately, however, Washington and its allies can do little to directly shape Russia’s political trajectory. A better Russia can be produced only by a clear and stark Ukrainian victory .. Such a resounding defeat is also required to enable Russians to shed their imperialist ambitions and to teach the country’s future elites a valuable lesson about the limits of military power. Support forby archive - Archive
'..Some research also suggests that moral injury may be present in up to 90 percent of post-traumatic stress cases, and acts as an obstacle to successful treatment. .. American society and its government, including senior military officers, should take concrete steps to mitigate the resulting moral injury. This means providing veterans with the resources, the honesty, and the opportuniby archive - Archive
'..Ukraine's integration into NATO and the EU will strengthen regional and global security.' 'The European Parliament adopted a resolution (425 votes for, 38 against and 42 abstentions) calling on NATO allies to invite Ukraine to join the alliance. "The accession process will begin after the end of the war and finalized as soon as possible." In addition,by archive - Archive
'Thankfully, Ukrainian bravery and Russian missteps mean that the war remains winnable for Kyiv. The United States just needs the will and strategy to embrace that victory.' '..As any war college student can rattle off, good strategy comes down to the alignment of ends, ways, and means. Put another way, good strategy involves clearly defining your objectives (ends), developing pby archive - Archive
'Russian military sources claim Ukrainian Armed Forces are approaching Tokmak, last major settlement 63km north of Melitopol, and Volnovakha, last major settlement 65km north of Mariupol. Squeeze of Berdyansk on the coast expected and Russian units will be encircled on both sides.' - Igor Sushko (Source, June 13, 2023) Context 'Fall of Melitopol would trap Russians..&by archive - Archive
'At a historic NASA briefing on UFOs — “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP) in government parlance — a key Defense Department official made a striking disclosure. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of a new UAP analysis office, stated that U.S. military personnel are observing “metallic orbs” “all over the world.” According to Kirkpatrick, spherical objects account for the largest proportby archive - Archive
' “Harassment only leads to further stigmatization of the UAP field, significantly hindering the scientific progress and discouraging others to study this important subject matter,” Nasa’s science chief, Nicola Fox, said in a public meeting on 31 May.' 'The publication of Grusch and Grey’s claims comes after a panel that the US space agency Nasa charged with investigating unexplby archive - Archive
'..Ukraine urgently needed more U.S.-made Patriot missile-defense systems to protect citizens from aerial bombardments and to shield front-line troops. Zelensky acknowledged Russian air superiority on the front lines and said a lack of protection from Russian air power means “a large number of soldiers will die” in the counteroffensive. .. Ukraine now has at least two Patriot batteby archive - Archive
'“The United States is, today, an underlying 4.5-5% inflation country,” Summers said, speaking via video link at the start of the two-day Caixin Asia New Vision Forum in Singapore.' - US Economy Remains ‘Very, Very Hot,’ Larry Summers Says, June 12, 2023 '..Canada .. the economy is running too hot.' - Bank of Canada Upends Markets by Boosting Policy Rate to 4.75%, Jby archive - Archive
'Trump took at face value rumors that Putin was the richest man in the world and told close associates that he admired Putin for his presumed wealth and for the way he ran Russia as if it were his own private company. As Trump freely admitted, he wanted to do the same thing. He saw the United States as an extension of his other private enterprises: the Trump Organization, but with the world’by archive - Archive
'The new European security order should be based on Ukraine’s security, not Russia’s. This will require Ukraine to join NATO and the EU.' - Why Ukraine has won the right to join NATO, April 4, 2022 '..in Vilnius, NATO should at least move beyond vague promises about Ukraine’s future and get down to the specifics of helping Kyiv join the organization. It is time for Westernby archive - Archive
'..support Ukraine for as long as it takes in the face of Russia’s illegal war of aggression..' - G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué, May 20, 2023 '..the F-16 decision is so important. It militarily gives Ukraine a tool that it desperately needs to fight the war to a victory that it wants, and it is an important sign that Ukraine is heading to NATO membership when the war isby archive - Archive
'The Fed’s preferred price metrics on Friday are projected to show inflation remained elevated in April, running more than double the central bank’s goal..' - US Inflation Set to Stay Firm.., May 20, 2023 'Inflation later roared back, forcing the hand of Paul Volcker, who took over at the Fed in 1979, Richardson said. Volcker brought double-digit inflation to heel — but onlby archive - Archive
'The fact that there is so much soda ash available in the US is probably the primary reason to pursue sodium-ion technology..' 'The United States accounts for over 90% of the world’s readily mined reserves for soda ash. According to the New York Times, beneath the southwestern Wyoming desert there is a vast deposit of soda ash that was formed 50 million years ago. For centuries,by archive - Archive
'Russian defeat does not require a march on Moscow (rarely a good idea in the past), and it does not require a Russia that is defenseless and devastated (impossible without World War III). Rather, it will be achieved inside the heads of Russia’s leaders and population. Russia must be convinced that the military instrument, and its deployment in large-scale war, will inevitably fail, and it mby archive - Archive
'US troops will also train Kyiv's pilots to use the jets, Mr Sullivan said.' 'The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, in a major boost for Kyiv. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden "informed his G7 counterparts" of the decision at the bloc's summiby archive - Archive
'US lawmakers and congressional staffers have joined in the F-16 lobbying campaign, urging the administration to provide the jets so that Ukraine can establish control over its skies.' '(CNN) - The Biden administration has signaled to European allies in recent weeks that the US would allow them to export F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, sources familiar with the discussions said, aby archive - Archive
'..Western leaders must recognize that peace in Europe will remain elusive until the Russian dictator is forced to abandon his dreams of empire.' 'Putin’s plans for a subjugated Ukraine share many common features with his vision for the takeover of Belarus. Following the anticipated military conquest of Ukraine, Russia intended to install a puppet ruler in Kyiv who would replaceby archive - Archive
'..Germany where key interest rate should be at 10.3% & so 6.8 ppts higher than the current rate, acc to Taylor Rule w/German core inflation at 5.9% & unemployment way below NAIRU. ECB rates should be 7.2 ppts higher for the entire Eurozone & 8.2 ppts higher for Italy.' - Holger Zschaepitz (Source, May 4, 2023) Context 'Inflationary damage..' - (Bankinby archive - Archive
'..Germany .. Supermarket prices have risen 'only' 17.2% in April, down from 22.3% in . Admittedly, that's still too high..' - Holger Zschaepitz (Source, April 29, 2023) 'Higher food prices have taken over from energy as a key driver of inflation, running at a painful 15.5% in March .. With fears that inflation is becoming entrenched in the economy longer terby archive - Archive
'The average price of food in the United States increased 8.5% in the 12 months ended March after posting an annual increase of 9.5% in February, according to the latest inflation data published April 12, 2023, by the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As recently as August, the rate of inflation for food at 11.4% was the highest since May 1979.' - Food Inflatiby archive - Archive
'Keeping U.S. alliances in Asia and Europe intact hardly means that Washington should sign a blank check: its friends can and should do more to properly defend themselves .. In economic policy, Washington should resist the temptation to always drive the hardest bargain with its allies. The best leaders have willing followers, not ones that must be coaxed or coerced.. The United States musby archive - Archive
'A Russian navy vessel specialising in submarine operations was photographed near the sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines just prior to the mysterious September blasts, according to the Danish daily newspaper Information. The prosecutor leading Sweden’s investigation into the sabotage confirmed the existence of the hitherto publicly unknown photographs. “I’m aware of the information frby archive - Archive
'..President Volodymyr Zelensky is asking for F-16s because his advisers believe that, without them, Ukraine’s skies may fill with Russian bombers. So far they have been better judges of the war than most Western experts. It is past time to listen to them.' 'Ukraine is right. The arguments for denying it F-16s are becoming threadbare. At the start of the war, Ukraine had about 1by archive - Archive
'MUNICH — The top U.S. general in Europe is quietly telling American lawmakers that giving Ukraine advanced Western equipment — such as F-16 fighter jets, drones, and long-range missiles — could help Kyiv rule the skies and bolster its own offensives against Russia. In a Friday morning closed-door briefing with more than 10 senators and House members, Gen. Christopher Cavoli was asked ifby archive - Archive
'(Bloomberg) -- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres confronted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Security Council on Monday, denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter as well as international law. Lavrov sat impassively next to Guterres at the council’s iconic horseshoe-shaped table, but then launched into a tirade against the US anby archive - Archive
'If the West acted now, he says, there could be up to 30 F-16s in Ukrainian hands by the end of the year.' 'In theory, fighter jets can substitute for ground-based air defences by shooting down enemy planes, drones and cruise missiles. But Ukraine’s current fleet rarely sees these early enough, says Colonel Ihnat, because of “ancient radar technology”. Poland and Slovakia have dby archive - Archive
'Losing Crimea militarily would strike a heavy blow to Putin’s credibility.. .. ..Right now, Ukraine is winning with only moderate support from the West. The tanks and other materiel recently promised by the United States, Germany, and various other European powers will undoubtedly give Ukraine an even greater advantage. But to convince Putin that he is better off withdrawing from Crimby archive - Archive
'..dominated by calls to keep up the fight against inflation, accelerate debt restructuring for poor countries..' 'WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - Just a month after the biggest banking crisis in more than a decade, the world's top economic and financial policymakers gathered in Washington and said surprisingly little about financial system stability - at least publicly.by archive - Archive