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Following the war, "the entire territory of modern Ukraine should enter the zone of Russia's exclusive influence," it said.

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One million artillery shells for Ukraine. Kyiv's army will receive ammunition by April. The Corriere della Sera is in a position to report that the initiative taken by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has been successful. No official press releases have been released, but we know that the government in Prague, together with about fifteen countries, has concluded the supply contracts, paying an estimated amount of around 1.8 billion euros.

At first, it was assumed that 800,000 rounds would be purchased: 500,000 for the most used caliber (155 mm) and another 300,000 for 122 mm. In the end, Czech government officials found 200,000 more. It is not known which industries have been contacted, although rumours point to South Korea, Turkey and, possibly, South Africa, among others.

A few weeks ago, Pavel's national security adviser, Tomas Pojar, announced that the first shipments would begin in June. Now it's speeding up: the loads will start by April. Among others, Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, Poland and Canada participated in the collection. Italy is not in the group.

Only a few of these states have declared the amount of the contribution. Sweden, for example, put 32.6 million on the table; Portugal 108, Norway 140. Germany may have paid €156 million. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been insisting for weeks on the urgency of having more rounds available for the guns placed on the Donbass defensive line. The imbalance of forces in the field is evident: on average, the Russians fire 10 thousand rounds a day, five times more than the Ukrainians.

1.8bn euros for 1m shells sounds like a decent deal?

Giving a bit of a side-eye to Turkey being one of the suppliers...Could have just gave them to Ukraine, especially as a NATO member, but nah, Erdogan has got to get paid, always playing both sides. Can't even use the excuse they need them for Greece when Turkey is the one who keeps threatening Greece! Bit surprised to see South Africa, I'm not sure we should be leaking their involvement...

Anyway...Ukraine needs these shells ASAP.

Also, Petr Pavel is the baddest looking MF in Europe.

Almost exactly two years ago the same thing had been written, that Russia's only chance to win this war is to make the West believe that Russia can win it.

And yes, Putin certainly knows how to play the game of manipulating democracies. With lots of modern politicians employing the strategy of following the popular opinion of polls and surveys to increase their chances of re-election, it's the logical conclusion to feed the common population of democratic countries with misinformation 24/7.

Russian network that 'paid European politicians' busted, authorities claim - BBC News

Name and shame these fucks.

Funny that you posted this immediately before the article that I posted, Lol.

Man not just standing against Russia, he's taking down European politicians too.