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The radio factory building in Kiev that had been struck by Russian missiles has left the chat.
One of the industrial buildings continued to burn all day after the bombing on Borispolska Street in Kiev. The collapse was filmed during the day.
Since radios (usually) aren't flammable, one can't help but wonder what was really inside that building. Then again, there's a lot of usually non-flammable things that, once stored into a building in Ukraine, somehow catch on fire after getting hit by Russian attacks.
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The most interesting thing about the Burevestnik test: where it landed. The biggest mystery. The route is also unclear, by the way: 14 hours in the air.
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There is no big secret about where the Burevestnik was landed.
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Amid Trump going full retard on China, the RAND think-tank is now suddenly and surprisingly calling for a very different approach in their latest paper.
An approach that is more based around placating the PRC and to provoke and antagonize it a lot less. The title of the paper says it all, just imagine how things must be for RAND to be getting cold feet, calling for not rocking the boat and to swallow their pride instead. Maybe they've finally realized what they're dealing with and that they are absolutely not the "top dog" in this situation, but that they are in fact poking a much bigger animal that has more than enough teeth to bite their head off should it become angry, and that it is already getting annoyed at the poking with the economic stick.
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The value of all explored hydrocarbon reserves in the Arctic amounts to $3.6 trillion.
Russia accounts for 73% of all Arctic gas and 45% of oil, according to data from Vostokgospplan.
The Arctic waters are crossed by a key transport artery — the Northern Sea Route. Cargo turnover on this route increased from 31.5 million tons in 2019 to 37.9 million tons in 2024, and by 2035 it could reach 150 million tons.
The economy of the Russian Arctic is estimated at 9.7 trillion rubles and is based on the extraction of hydrocarbons and solid minerals. From 2019 to 2023, investments in the region grew by 92%, and the average salary reached 130.9 thousand rubles.
Currently, seven major projects are being implemented with a total investment volume of over 20 trillion rubles, including "Vostok Oil," "Arctic LNG," and initiatives by "Norilsk Nickel." Their implementation will create more than 155 thousand jobs and strengthen Russia's position as a leader in Arctic resource extraction.
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New strikes on Kiev during the night
Local TG channels report that "Gerani" hit CHP-6 and Darnytska CHP (CHP-4).
Fire from the previous night still hasn't been extinguished.
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More than 70% of Volchansk has been liberated, Gerasimov reported.
The "Centre" group has completed the encirclement of the enemy in the area of Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov.
A total of 31 battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are encircled in the area of Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov.
The Russian Armed Forces are successfully advancing in the Krasnolimansk direction, and the liberation of the Yampol settlement is being completed.
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The nuclear forces of the Russian Federation are at the highest level in the world, Putin noted.
The nuclear shield of the Russian Federation has confirmed its reliability
The Russian Armed Forces carried out training combat launches of all three components of the nuclear triad during the nuclear forces exercise held last week, Vladimir Putin reported.
The president also discussed the tests of the "Burevestnik" cruise missile with unlimited range and a nuclear power plant. There are no analogues of this cruise missile in the world, he noted.
The "Burevestnik" test took place on October 21. The missile was in the air for about 15 hours, covered 14 thousand kilometres, and this is not the limit, Gerasimov stated in a report to Putin.
According to him, the "Burevestnik" demonstrated the ability to bypass missile defence systems.
Putin noted that much work remains to be done to put this missile on combat duty.
The president instructed to begin preparing the infrastructure for deploying the "Burevestnik" in the Russian Armed Forces.
Putin called for treating prisoners in accordance with Russian and international law, taking all measures to ensure the surrender of Ukrainian servicemen.
The Russian army has historically treated defeated enemies with mercy and will continue to do so, the president noted.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to unblock the encircled forces, Putin warned.
Ukrainian servicemen wishing to surrender are shot in the back, "processed by drones".
The Russian Federation must do everything to ensure the safety of local residents when clearing territories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia will not tie the resolution of combat tasks during the special military operation to any dates; it proceeds from military expediency.
The preservation of the lives of the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces is a priority task, it must be paramount.
Putin also congratulated the Russian Armed Forces on the successes in encircling Kupyansk, and the results of combat missions in other directions.
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"Gerani" struck the railway depot in the city of Lozova, Kharkov region, the distance to the front line is about 90 km.
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on the need to "make Russia hurt":
We talked about mutual risk sharing, and yesterday many countries and leaders stated that they need guarantees — and this is important because we need to share the risks. They cannot be placed solely on Belgium.
First of all, I hope, as Mette said, that we can agree on a detailed development of the reparations loan mechanism. This will be important not only from a financial point of view but also politically — it is important for us to make Russia hurt. I fully support this.
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Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the French Army General Bertrand de La Chesnaye stated that the Russian army has undergone a serious transformation over the years of war. Today it operates methodically, encircling the enemy's weak points and gradually taking control of new territories. He noted that such operations will already go down in history as examples of special forces actions. He believes that the successes on the front were one of the reasons for the postponement of the meeting between Putin and Trump, as Moscow seeks to strengthen its positions before possible negotiations and openly talks about the intention to reclaim the entire Donbass. De La Chesnaye emphasised that there is a huge difference between the Russian army of three years ago and the current one. He noted the increase in the level of training, combat capability, and the use of new technologies.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi is hiding real losses and failures on the front, — Ukrainian MP Maryana Bezuhla
Bezuhla denied the information from Ukrainian propagandists that Ukrainian assault troops "liberated" Torske in the DPR.
"Syrskyi's (reports) have descended into regular lies about the 'liberation' of certain villages. And once again, the handpicked assault regiments of the commander-in-chief appear in the lies. Meanwhile, in Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, Kupiansk, Russians are already inside the cities!" — the MP wrote on social media, adding that a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine positions is currently happening in the Zaporozhye direction.
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"Nightmarish situation": Röpke acknowledged the hopelessness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pokrovsk
The regular propagandist of the German tabloid Bild, Julian Röpke stated that the Ukrainian troops found themselves in a "shrinking cauldron" near Pokrovsk not due to military necessity, but because of political decisions made by Kiev.
According to the Kiev-sympathising military analyst, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction is extremely difficult.
"From the point of view of logistics and the situation on the ground, the situation for the Ukrainian army is nightmarish,"
— Röpke concluded.
Earlier, the Russophobe Röpke justified the terrorist attack on the Nord Streams — stating that the sabotage of the Russian gas pipelines was allegedly a "legal act of self-defence" by Ukraine and "should not be punished."
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Former Rada deputy and well-known former activist Tatyana Chernovol (the author of the fake about Yanukovych's golden toilet, by the way) suddenly decided to expose problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and claimed that only butcher commanders who do not care about losses and see personnel simply as a resource make careers in the army. And all because they follow orders from higher commanders without arguing or refusing, although there are even bigger butchers at the top.
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💶The fully blue painting by Yves Klein was sold for a record €18.4 million at Christie's auction, reports BFMTV.
"California" was painted by artist Yves Klein in Paris in 1961. It depicts a monochrome square nearly 2 meters high and more than 4 meters wide. The buyer's name is unknown.
CIA taking their money laundering to the next level 🤣
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What Would Happen if the Ruble Returned to the Gold Standard?
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, under the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II, the Russian Empire operated on the gold standard. Every ruble was backed by a fixed amount of gold. It gave the currency credibility, stability, and respect abroad and for a time, made the imperial ruble one of the strongest currencies in Europe.
But after the revolutions and wars of the 20th century, that link to gold was broken, and paper money took over. Today, with global instability and sanctions reshaping the world economy, some have begun to wonder,What if Russia brought back the gold standard?
The Possible Benefits
1. Confidence and Stability.
A gold-backed ruble would tell the world that its value rests not on politics, but on something real and enduring. It could restore trust, both domestically and internationally, especially among countries seeking alternatives to the dollar system.
2. Inflation Control.
Under a gold standard, the Central Bank couldn’t print rubles endlessly. Money supply would be tied to real gold reserves forcing discipline and protecting the savings of ordinary people.
3. Symbolic Power.
Imagine Russia reintroducing the very monetary principle that once defined the height of imperial stability. It would be a statement that Russia offers something solid in an age of paper promises.
The Difficult Realities
1. Less Flexibility.
With every ruble tied to gold, the state would lose much of its ability to respond to crises, stimulate the economy, or devalue its currency to absorb shocks.
2. Risk of Deflation.
Limited money supply can slow growth and cause prices (and wages) to fall. The result might be financial discipline but also stagnation.
3. Not Enough Gold.
Russia’s reserves around 2,300 tons are large, yet likely insufficient to fully back all rubles in circulation. To make it work, the ruble–gold ratio would have to be set at a very high price, or the ruble supply drastically reduced.
In Practice
A partial gold peg or even a “commodity basket” ruble backed by gold, oil, and gas might be more realistic. It would still offer stability, but with some room for maneuver.
The truth is simple: a return to the gold standard would strengthen the ruble’s image and anchor it in real value, but it would also chain the economy to its own reserves. Stability would come at the cost of freedom.
The old imperial ruble shone because gold gave it weight in the world.
Whether the modern ruble could bear that same burden in a digital, volatile, multipolar era is another question entirely.
The Mailman
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Testing various anti-drone defences on "Bukhanka" vehicles at one of the training grounds in the Rostov region.
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Mentioning that Russia now has not only the "Oreshnik" but also the "Burevestnik" is primarily a signal to Donald. "Oreshnik" reaches London and Berlin, while "Burevestnik" reaches Washington and basically any point on the map.
A missile capable of manoeuvring in the air for as long as needed, "hovering" over any defence and entering US airspace from an unprotected side, changes the geopolitical landscape.
It is no coincidence that Putin announced the successful tests of the "Burevestnik" when the United States began talking about transferring "Tomahawks" and other long-range weapons to Kiev. This should swing Trump's pendulum in the other direction.
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Russia is preparing to test the "Burevestnik" cruise missile with a nuclear power plant. Initially, this was reported by the publication the Barents Observer. Its journalists refer to a NOTAM warning issued by the Russian Federation. The document states that from August 7 to 12, the airspace over a section of Novaya Zemlya territory covering 500 sq. km will be closed.
Also, according to the Barents Observer, two Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Rosatom corporation flew to the Rogachevo airfield. It is believed that these planes are used for testing the "Burevestnik."
The fire was further fueled by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. Commenting on Russia's exit from the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles, he stated that our country has not only the "Oreshnik" complex but also other latest weapons.
"Burevestnik" is the most mysterious item among Putin's "seven." This is the name given to the latest weapons systems that Vladimir Putin spoke about during his presidential address to the Federal Assembly in 2018-2019. This list includes the Sarmat ballistic missile, the Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle, the Avangard hypersonic warhead, the Peresvet combat laser, etc.
But even before the official presentation of these systems, most of them were known to some extent. However, "Burevestnik" came as a complete surprise. Moreover, no official information about the progress of work on this product has appeared. Everything known now is based on references to Western intelligence and analysts or sources of questionable reliability.
Therefore, the Russian cruise missile with a nuclear power unit immediately became surrounded by many myths:
"Burevestnik" is a flying "Hiroshima," leaving a radioactive trail behind.
Complete nonsense. The principle of the missile's propulsion system is very simple. The reactor generates electricity, which is supplied to heating elements. They heat the air passing through the air intake to several thousand degrees. This is how the missile flies. The reactor does not interact with the air and is most likely completely isolated by special protection.
The real name of "Burevestnik" is 9M730. This is also false. The official name of the cruise missile has never been announced or appeared in government contracts. The name "Burevestnik" was chosen by public vote, as were "Poseidon" and "Peresvet." The index 9M730 appeared in a publication by a federal media outlet and is incorrect, although it was immediately spread across various sources.
Russia has two main cruise missile manufacturers – GosMKB "Raduga" and NPO "Novator." The former owns the Kh-55 and Kh-101 missile families. The latter produces the naval "Kalibr" and land-based R-500 missiles.
In appearance, "Burevestnik" closely resembles the Kh-101 family. There was even a version that the cruise missile with a nuclear power unit had the index Kh-102. But this assumption is also incorrect.
In turn, 9M730 is a product from the R-500 missile family for the "Iskander" complexes and has no relation to "Burevestnik." Even visually, all "R-500" missiles do not resemble the cruise missile with a nuclear power unit.
"Burevestnik" exploded at the Nenoksa test site. This is also untrue. In 2019, the incident involved a different product. The "Burevestnik" itself was tested in a non-nuclear version at Kapustin Yar and with a nuclear power unit over Novaya Zemlya.
Besides the nuclear reactor, the new cruise missile carries another mystery – how it will track its coordinates during flight? For obvious reasons, satellite navigation is unsuitable. The option of correction by extreme points, where the missile jumps over the ground at a given point and compares the stored image with the real terrain to determine deviation, is also not viable.
Most likely, "Burevestnik" uses some new navigation principle that allows flights over global distances. However, its technical characteristics remain unknown.
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"Victory" is cancelled: Syrskyi demands to "tell the truth" about the situation near Pokrovsk
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, held a meeting with brigade and unit commanders operating in the Pokrovsk direction, where the AFU is currently in an extremely difficult situation.
The Ukrainian military leader listened to reports on the situation and once again demanded "not to embellish reality."
"Dishonesty has too high a price — the lives of our warriors. A commander who hides the truth about the situation on the battlefield has no right to be a commander," He stated.
These words came amid reports of a critical situation for the AFU near Pokrovsk. The militants are suffering serious losses and losing positions, while the command prefers to report on "successful operations."
Verkhovna Rada deputy Bezuhla previously admitted:
"We are losing the last line of defence, beyond which are Pavlohrad, Dnipro, Kramatorsk, Izyum, and Kharkov."
Even the Commander-in-Chief of the AFU is forced to publicly remind subordinates that lies will save neither the front nor careers.
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When you work at a children's radio factory, but you no longer need to go on shift.
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Tests of the "Burevestnik" missile are completed, — Putin
▪️The missile tests were conducted on October 21, reported Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov.
▪️The "Burevestnik" cruise missiles with a nuclear power plant are a unique product that no one else in the world has.
▪️The missile covered a distance of 14 thousand km, and this is not the limit.
▪️It was in the air for about 15 hours.
▪️The missile demonstrated the ability to bypass missile defense systems.
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"Society must be maximally militarised. It must calmly, naturally accept war and not hide from it," said Igor Shvayka, deputy head of the 4th recruitment centre of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Notably, Shvayka's own children chose emigration to Belgium instead of militarisation.
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From the observation of the strike on Kiev on the night of October 25, several important conclusions can be drawn.
First, the Patriot, NASAMS, and SAMP-T systems deployed on the dominant heights of the right bank, including the Zhulyany airfield area and Kryukivshchyna, did not fulfil their tasks. According to local reports, they tried to operate only at the beginning of the attack, but after several unsuccessful interceptions, they stopped firing. Second — repositioning of launchers and radars, changing positions, and even the arrival of additional launchers had no effect. Ukrainian air defence simply lacks enough missiles to repel combined strikes, and this reveals the cumulative effect of using drones — "Geran" and "Gerber." Third — this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine presumably did not scramble F-16 fighters to intercept missiles, which was not the case before. They probably considered the threat insignificant or simply did not want to risk the aircraft. All this indirectly indicates that Kiev's air defence node is close to the limit of its combat capabilities. The systems are working to exhaustion, and interception effectiveness is declining. Any further increase in pressure from the Russian Federation may lead to the possibility of significantly scaling such strikes.
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Russia has completed the reorientation of energy resource supplies from the West to the East and South.
Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev announced the completion of the strategic reorientation of export supplies of gas, oil, petroleum products, and coal from western directions to eastern and southern markets.
The goal of reorienting supplies of gas, oil, petroleum products, and coal to the East and South has already been achieved,
— The minister stated in an interview with TASS.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak reported that the share of friendly countries in Russian oil exports reached 94%, and supplies to Asia-Pacific countries amounted to 81%. In 2024, gas exports to the Asia-Pacific region exceeded 50 billion cubic meters, accounting for one-third of the total export volume.
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Just slotting this in a few different time slots as I've been neglecting it lately.
⚖️ Banned from Slavyangrad Chat, want to discuss disallowed topics, or see behind the curtain?
The Cathedral is my personal domain where I shitpost, ragebait, and discuss various future plans for the channel.
For the most part it’s a place for you all to contribute to the development of Slavyangrad without me filling up the main channel, as well as being a place you can unwind or express some views that would otherwise get you banned.
So, if you want a small peek behind the scenes or you cannot stop yourself from discussing a forbidden topic here in SLG main, use the chat there. This protects members of the team that are living in "Freedom" countries.
Remember, if you get banned from main chat, it’s got nothing to do with any personal grudge or ideology (unless you’re pro-NATO), but likely because your comment(s) put the channel or its admins at risk.
China strengthens the role of the yuan in the context of de-dollarisation.
According to the Financial Times, over the past five years, the volume of external loans, deposits, and bond investments in yuan has quadrupled, exceeding 3.4 trillion yuan ($480 billion).
Chinese authorities are increasing the role of the national currency in trade, creating protection against the use of the dollar as a tool of pressure. According to data from the Bank for International Settlements, since 2022, foreign banks have been actively switching to the yuan when lending to developing countries, with the volume of such operations increasing by $373 billion.
The share of the yuan in global trade has quadrupled in three years, reaching 7.6% in September, making the Chinese currency the second most popular after the dollar. According to the Chinese, the monthly trade operations in yuan have exceeded 1 trillion yuan, with more than half of China's cross-border settlements now conducted in the national currency.
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America may impose new sanctions.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has prepared a draft of new sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy and will implement them if Moscow does not agree to end the conflict with Kyiv, Reuters reports citing sources.
Some of the restrictions are aimed at Russia's banking sector and infrastructure used for oil supplies. Last week, Ukrainian authorities asked the US to impose new sanctions, including disconnecting all Russian banks from the dollar system.
Trump will likely wait a few weeks to observe Russia's reaction to the restrictive measures introduced on Wednesday, October 22, according to the agency's source. According to him, the US president is ready to approve the sanctions but is unlikely to do so in October.
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The Soviet Ruble: Power Without Gold
After the fall of the empire, the new Soviet state rejected everything that symbolized the old order including the gold-backed ruble.
In its place came a planned currency, backed not by precious metal, but by the productive capacity of the state itself.
The Soviet ruble was, in theory, supported by labor, factories, and national assets. It was a “ruble of production,” not a “ruble of gold.”
But this idea had both elements of brilliance and tragedy.
Strength Through Control
For decades, the Soviet government strictly controlled prices, wages, and trade. Inflation was hidden by the system stores displayed stable prices for years.
A ruble might not buy much abroad if anything, but within the Union it symbolized a kind of order and predictability.
The state’s total command over the economy gave the ruble its artificial stability. It was stable not because it was strong, but because it was protected from reality.
Foreign exchange was illegal, private trade restricted, and gold was something only the state could hold. The ruble existed in a closed universe.
Weakness Through Isolation
But once the Soviet system began to open, the illusion shattered. The ruble had no market anchor, no trust, and no global credibility.
When the USSR collapsed, the ruble collapsed with it exposing the truth that a currency’s value cannot be decreed, only earned.
Without gold, without convertibility, and without confidence, it became what economists call a “soft currency” strong only within its borders, meaningless outside them.
The Lesson of this system
The imperial ruble was strong but rigid — chained to gold.
The Soviet ruble was flexible but hollow — chained to ideology.
Both extremes failed in the end.
For Russia today, the real challenge is to find the balance between those two worlds:
A currency that is trusted like gold, but alive like a modern economy.
The Mailman
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🇧🇪🇪🇺🇷🇺 Belgium suspects the collapse of the western financial order, if Russian frozen assets are taken. (Rightfully I must add)
🗣 Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken:
“Many European leaders, led by Baltic Kaja Kallas, want to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine — through a legally shaky construction.
The logic is simple: "Russia is destroying Ukraine, so Russian money should go to its restoration."
Well, these funds are certainly not needed for Ukraine's restoration, but to continue the war. Which is logical — wars cost huge amounts of money, and what the Russians are doing there is beyond imagination.
The problem is that this creates a precedent with colossal consequences.
If it becomes clear that state funds can no longer be safely placed even in institutions that are by definition neutral, like Euroclear, who will dare to do it?
This is essentially a golden opportunity for the anti-Western bloc to call into question the entire system of international capital movement.
Even during World War II, no one dared to carry out such a dubious confiscation.
And are we sure that only Belgium will have to pay for this? I think it’s unnecessary to remind that absorbing almost 200 billion with our leaky budget and huge national debt is suicide.
Other countries promise solidarity in words, but when it comes to tough guarantees on paper — everything changes.
And, by the way, what about the other billions of Russian assets frozen in other Western countries? Why does no one talk about this? Why is the discussion only about Euroclear’s money?
Putin will never give back these billions. He will perceive this as an act of war and target Belgium. It will be painful. Very painful.
And perhaps, in response, he will confiscate 200 billion of Western assets — movable and immovable property — in Russia.
And these will no longer be just Belgian money, but primarily funds from the USA, Germany, and France. So the circle will close.
Belgium wholeheartedly supports the Ukrainians, and we will continue to do so. But that does not mean we should lose our minds.”
The Mailman
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