In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce the “Safeguard Swiss neutrality” ballot initiative, which goes to a nationwide vote in Switzerland on 27 September. It’s best known for promising “no war” while actually encouraging wars by ending sanctions on belligerent states.
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EU ambassadors AGAIN failed today to extend the Russian sanctions. Another meeting on Monday, one day before the Sep 15 deadline.
Slovakia still wants Usmanov & Fridman delisted but the issue is now further complicated as France also wants Usmanov off the blacklist.
France wants a Putin puppet Oligarch off the sanctions list - fucking idiots?
Follow the money with these cnuts. They have politicians greased like monkeys
Ukrainian attack drones hit multiple targets in the Russian city of Taganrog this morning.
A production facility for Atlant Aero, a major manufacturer of Russian Molniya and Orion drones, and Taganrog Airbase were set ablaze.
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to
- leave the ECHR
- repeal the Equality Act
- Strip back workers rights
- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts
- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”
He is not on your side
I am honoured and humbled that crypto billionaire Ben Delo has given me £36 million without any expectation that if I get into power I will change the rules on crypto to make him even richer.
Iran obtained high quality Chinese satellite imagery of a US base in Jordan which it used on its July 16th missile attack that killed 3 American soldiers according to US officials-WSJ
Wow...
Zelenskyy: We have met every country and every company building components for FREYA, our anti-ballistic air defence system.
We hope to begin testing the first system at the end of December. If that test succeeds, we start production. Canada has now joined the Europeans. 1/
🇺🇦❗️Ukraine seeks to receive 100-120 missiles for Patriot every month and plans to deploy its own FREYJA anti-missile system as early as December, – Zelensky.
▪️Russia currently produces about 140 ballistic missiles per month. To guarantee the destruction of such a number, according to NATO rules, it is necessary to have twice as many interceptors – 280 missiles;
▪️At the same time, even receiving 100 missiles per month remains an extremely difficult task;
▪️Ukraine seeks to receive 100-120 missiles for Patriot during the coldest months from US stocks and production, from European countries and partners in the Middle East;
▪️In parallel, Ukraine, together with companies from ten countries, is developing its own FREYJA anti-missile system;
▪️The main part of this system is the launcher and the missile. We have them. This is Ukrainian production.