Ukrainian Policy Matters

2022-05-21 16:00:35 Germany and Italy approved Russian gas payments after nod from Brussels

MILAN/BERLIN, May 20 (Reuters) - Germany and Italy told companies they could open rouble accounts to keep buying Russian gas without breaching sanctions against Moscow following discussions with the European Union, sources said. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 15:01:31 The new flag of Azov battalion Open / Comment

2022-05-21 14:00:09 The fuel crisis in Ukraine is developing.

If many have already become accustomed to the shortage of gasoline, queues and unrealistic prices, then Ukrainians have begun to please with innovations - low-quality fuel.

Cars just refuse to run after this. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 13:01:23 The Soviet monument at the cemetery of the Red Army soldiers was destroyed in the south of Lithuania.

It was assumed that it would be "carefully" removed from the pedestal by a crane. But they couldn't be careful — the sculpture fell and split.

The local authorities justified its demolition by the fact that the existence of the monument made them think that the Soviet army was still in Lithuania.

"Though a local, though a plaster, but a Soviet soldier," concluded the mayor of the Varensky district, Algisa Kashety.

The monument was located in the cemetery of the Soviet soldier-liberators. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 12:01:42 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is convinced that it is necessary to restore peace in Europe as soon as possible and criticized the decision of the Italian government to send weapons to Kyiv.

“Sending weapons means being an ally,” Berlusconi’s statement was quoted by Italian media. The ex-premier also noted that the European countries should unite and contribute to the establishment of peace.

“Europe should unite and make a peace offer to Putin and the Ukrainians, trying to force Kyiv to accept Russia’s demands,” Silvio Berlusconi said. Separately, he noted that the sanctions imposed by the West on Russia, of course, had a negative impact on the Russian economy, but they also harmed the European Union. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 11:27:01 Kalibr missiles in the Zhytomyr region destroyed a large batch of weapons and equipment from the United States and Europe, delivered to a group of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 10:12:43 The petition to lift the ban on the exit of men from Ukraine is rapidly gaining votes.

The petition received more than 22,000 votes out of the 25,000 required for it to be considered by the president.

Naturally, Zelensky will not satisfy the wishes of his people. In case of permission to leave Ukraine, the male population will scatter all over the world, and then there will be absolutely no one to be drafted into the army. American and British "friends and partners" will clearly not appreciate such actions.

Therefore, all that remains for Ukrainian men is to sit in the basements and hope that the Russian "calibers" will not get them... Open / Comment

2022-05-21 10:01:02 Such a character came out today from the Azovstal plant.

He has on his body images of a swastika and the emblem of the SS division "Totenkopf".

Of course he is "not a Nazi" ... Open / Comment

2022-05-21 09:30:34 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preventing a peaceful resolution of the situation in Ukraine.

Bloomberg columnist Pankaj Mishra writes about this. According to him, for Johnson, the special operation began at the right time, as a scandal broke out in London because of pandemic parties with the participation of the prime minister.

"The problem is that Johnson is essentially fomenting a conflict in which the UK is not involved," the observer notes.

At the same time, he believes that even Johnson's departure from office will not weaken adventurism. The two most likely successors: Liz Truss (Foreign Minister) and Ben Wallace (Defense Minister) think that their careers will only benefit if they surpass Johnson himself with their bellicose rhetoric. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 09:08:37 The territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where a group of Ukrainian militants of the Azov Nazi group has been blocked since April 21, has been completely liberated. Open / Comment