Instead of Muscovites, Putin sends residents of the Russian provinces to the war. What the Western Media Says

The world’s leading media continue to cover events in Ukraine. Publications discuss the embargo of Russian oil, the disconnection of Russian banks from SWIFT and the sending of residents of the Russian Far East to war.

The site “Today” offers an overview of Western media.

The EU proposed a phased embargo on Russian oil and the disconnection of Russian banks from the SWIFT system

The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal writes that the European Union has proposed a phased embargo on Russian oil imports, as well as disconnecting more Russian banks from the SWIFT payment exchange system. The centerpiece of the sanctions package is a proposal that EU countries stop importing Russian crude oil within six months and no longer buy Russian oil products until the end of the year. However, Hungary and Slovakia, two countries heavily dependent on Russian oil imports, will be granted a 20-month phase-out of Russian imports. The oil embargo is demanded by Ukrainian companies DTEK, Naftogaz and Ukrenergo through the #StopBloodyEnergy project.

Putin threatens the West with retaliatory sanctions

The Washington Post reports that Putin is threatening to suspend the export of products and raw materials to Europe in response to a series of sanctions. This may be a response to a possible oil embargo. Previously, Russia allowed the theft of patents from organizations associated with countries it considered “unfriendly”.

Residents of Russian provinces fight instead of Muscovites in Ukraine

The British newspaper The Times informs that none of the “volunteers” of Putin’s army comes to fight in Ukraine from Moscow. Putin is demanding that provinces in Russia’s far east provide him with 200 volunteers a week, but he has saved Moscow from recruiting military personnel. At least 15,000 Russian soldiers have died since the invasion of Ukraine began, according to British intelligence. According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the number of dead Russians is more than 24 thousand people.

China does not support Russia in the war with Ukraine

Reuters international news agency reports that two months after warning that Beijing appeared to be “ready to help” Russia in the war against Ukraine, senior US officials say they have not seen clear Chinese military and economic support, which is already positive. a phenomenon in tense US-China relations.

Tractor became a symbol of Ukrainian resistance

The German magazine Der Spiegel writes that the Russians are stealing millions of dollars worth of agricultural equipment in Ukraine and cannot use it because the equipment is deactivated online. The tractor has become an important symbol of the spirit of Ukrainian resistance. When Ukrainian troops managed to sink the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Moskva, the first jokes quickly spread on the Internet that the 190-meter missile cruiser was towed by Ukrainian tractor drivers.

Earlier, the Segodnya website reported that during the hostilities in Ukraine, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense, and even ordinary citizens regularly seize the equipment of the Russian invaders. Ukrainians get enemy equipment in battle, steal it on tractors and carry it away in their arms.

Also, the site “Today” compiled a selection of tanks, transporters and armored vehicles, on which the aggressor units most often appeared in various regions of the country, and informed how to distinguish Russian equipment.