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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to expand military cooperation with the country’s allies, noting that Moscow is ready to offer them its most advanced weapons. Speaking at the opening of an annual arms show outside Moscow that caters to foreign customers, Putin said that Russia’s arms exports play an important role in the development of a “multipolar word,” the term used by the Kremlin to describe its efforts to offset what it perceives as U.S. global domination. Putin hailed the Russian military’s action in Ukraine, which has triggered massive Western sanctions, and thanked Moscow’s allies for their support. “We highly appreciate that we have many allies, partners and people who share our thinking on various continents,” he said. Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned as a breach of international law, said … [Read more...] about Putin vows to expand arms trade with Russia’s allies

Nearly six months into a war in Ukraine that Russia can’t seem to decisively win, Russian President Vladimir Putin is bragging this week that Russia’s weapons are decades ahead of competitors. “Many of them are years, maybe decades ahead of their foreign counterparts, and in terms of tactical and technical characteristics they are significantly superior,” Putin said at an annual arms show Monday, according to Interfax . And in an apparent show of camaraderie, Putin vowed Monday that he wants to expand Russia’s arms trade with other countries around the world, claiming that foreign countries value Russian weapons for their efficiency and high quality. “Russia sincerely cherishes historically strong friendly, truly trusting ties with the states of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and is ready to offer its partners and allies the most modern types of weapons—from small arms to armored vehicles and artillery, combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles,” Putin said. Moscow … [Read more...] about Putin’s Latest Bragging Show Totally Reeks of Desperation

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 12 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 20 others wounded in the latest artillery barrages from the Russian military, Ukrainian officials said Monday. The eastern region of Donetsk, one of the two provinces making up the country’s industrial heartland of Donbas that has been the focus of a Russian offensive, has faced the most intense shelling. Regional officials said at least three people died and another 13 were wounded by Russian shelling that hit numerous towns and villages in the Donetsk region during the last 24 hours. The barrage has damaged dozens of residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. In the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, seven civilians were wounded in the latest Russian shelling that hit residential buildings and an area near a bus stop early Monday. … [Read more...] about Russian shells slam into eastern Ukraine; 3 dead, 20 hurt

DC POLICE KEEP BLOCKING OFF ACCESS TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION… ABC 7 , DC: Major delays reported as trucker convoy drives DC highways, police block roads WASHINGTON (7News) – Drivers faced major delays again Wednesday heading into the District due to a demonstration related to a trucker convoy and related police operations. On Wednesday afternoon, at one point traffic was at a standstill on the 14th Street Bridge, so much so some of the truckers were able to get out of the rigs and stand on the side of the roadway. But the truckers say they aren’t creating the traffic delays and instead they say it’s police creating the gridlock. HUNTER BIDEN TRIES TO FEND OFF THE GRAND JURY BY LEAKING NEWS OF IRS BACK PAYMENT TO NY TIMES… NYTIMES : Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues WASHINGTON — In the year after he disclosed a federal investigation into his “tax affairs” in late 2020, President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Mayor Bowser’s DC Blockade Still Keeping Biden-Critical Truckers Out Of Capital

An important base for the skilled but sketchy Wagner Group , the private paramilitary helping Vladimir Putin wage war in Ukraine , has been struck, according to sources from both the Ukrainian and Russian sides. It is unclear how many fighters were injured or killed in the attack, thought to have been carried out over the weekend using a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is made for the U.S. military and has been donated to Ukraine. “There is no more Wagner HQ in Popasna,” Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko wrote on Facebook, referring to the location of the camp in the Luhansk region of Russian-controlled Ukraine. “Thank you, HIMARS and the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” The Kremlin does not confirm the existence of the group, or its role as defined by Western intelligence sources, who say most of the fighters are recruited from Russian prisons. Some reports suggest that convicted murderers are being pardoned in exchange for six months of combat in … [Read more...] about Ukraine Forces Say They Wiped Out Elite Wagner HQ in Donbas