Doesn’t seem to be the case. Seems to be a bad interpretation going around.
“When it comes to the Treasury Department’s latest General License, “This is not a lifting of any sanctions - it simply extends a general license that was previously in place,” explained Brad Brooks-Rubin, a former senior adviser in the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the State Department from 2022 to 2024.”
It’s a bloody stalemate now, Russia is making incremental gains but they’re not meaningful. Both sides are just trying to attrit each other
“May the earth be heavy upon him.”
That’s a harsh one.
Aligned agricultural standards is one of the main issues Polish have with Ukraine.
Very NSFW drone attack on a quad
This is really bad. It’s the concern that Trump won’t just end new support, but withhold deliveries approved by the previous Congress. It sends a clear signal to Kremlin to ignore any performative peace appeals by Trump. The war will continue and more Ukrainians will die. The increase in stockpile will have the opposite effect - it’ll make China view American will as weakened.
Weren’t Azerbaijan and Armenia at war recently?
Yeah, very much so. Azerbaijan steam rolled Armenia, with indirect support from Turkey, and Russia did fuck all to prevent it.
This is a separate issue, based on the weird geographical solution to the break up of USSR.
That Russia wasn’t involved in this diplomatic work is a clear indication how disillusioned Armenia is with Russia and how much influence Russia is losing in its near region.
Wars ending empires is very typical
