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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

By their actions in the Black Sea they're preventing Ukranian exports so are wounding the economy that way; they don't need intervene in the farms. This is a good thread about the situation: https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/sta...33244872413184

Longer range anti ship missiles are on the way to Ukraine which could end the blockade. I believe exports are being routed via Poland currently but at a reduced rate.

Also

Rumours are swirling in Moscow that former generals / KGB officials are preparing to oust Russia’s president Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, which is increasingly seen across Russia as a strategic mistake / an economic disaster.

https://www.cityam.com/kremlin-on-hi...d-ukraine-war/

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Breaking: State Border Service: Ukraine ready if Belarus joins Russia's war.

Belarus said it has begun large-scale drills on May 4 to test its combat readiness, while local residents reported spotting columns of military vehicles moving in the direction of Ukraine and Lithuania.

Kyiv Independent

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Breaking: Russian troops storming Azovstal in Mariupol for the second day breached the factory. Heavy fighting is taking place.

More details to follow. Contact with our men has been lost.