Saturday, April 4, 2026
While Ukraine aid runs dry, Trump asks for record-breaking $1.5 trillion in military spending as US military aid to Ukraine has dropped by 99% under Trump -- They're testing us: as Russian mass attack tactics evolve, Ukraine scrambles to protect civilians -- "Far from innocent": US senators seek answers after sanctioned Russian lawmakers visit Washington ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/saturday-april-4-2026/
The Kremlin is promoting the idea of inevitable Russian victory in Ukraine as part of efforts to deter further support for Kyiv, but this narrative is being undermined by mounting Ukrainian military successes, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.
#russia will not tolerate #Armenia’s closer ties with the #EU, #putin warned Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan during a rare and tense meeting at the #Kremlin
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/03/putin-issues-ultimatum-to-armenia-over-closer-ties-with-eu
Adnkronos - ultimoratop: Iran rifiuta tregua di 48 ore proposta da Usa. Teheran abbatte due aerei d'attacco americani
(Adnkronos) - In Libano feriti altri tre caschi blu. Cremlino: "Per Putin ed Erdogan necessario cessate fuoco immediato"
Iran rejects 48-hour ceasefire proposed by the US. Tehran shoots down two American attack aircraft.
(Adnkronos) - Three more UN peacekeepers were injured in Lebanon. Kremlin: “An immediate ceasefire is necessary for Putin and Erdogan.”
#Vance visits #Hungary for #Orban talks days before #election
Orban, is one of #EuropeanUnion’s most #Kremlin-friendly leaders
Hungary repeatedly leveraged its veto power within #EU to stall sanctions on Russia & aid for Ukraine, a move aimed at extracting political and financial concessions from Brussels
Orban continues to oppose the loan despite all 27 EU countries unanimously agreeing in December to provide the loan
https://kyivindependent.com/vance-to-visit-hungary-for-talks-with-orban-days-before-election/
Il Fatto Quotidiano: La Russia invia un’altra petroliera a Cuba: “Per noi lo Stretto di Hormuz è aperto”
Le petroliere russe vanno dove vogliono, arrivano fino a Cuba e attraversano lo Stretto in guerra, quello di Hormuz. Arriverà luce e benzina nel black out dell’isola di Castro: un’altra petroliera russa arriverà a Cuba, nonostante il blocco petrolifero imposto dall’amministrazione Trump. A sfidare l’ordine del repubblicano che ha messo embargo sulle forniture e ha ridotto l’Havana al buio è Mosca; ad annunciarlo è stato il ministro dell’Energia russo Sergei Tsivilev: “Una nave della Federazione Russa ha forzato il blocco. Una seconda è ora in fase di carico. Non lasceremo i cubani in difficoltà”.
Solo all’inizio di questa settimana la petroliera Anatoly Kolodkin – posta sotto sanzione da Stati Uniti, Unione Europea e Regno Unito – ha scaricato tonnellate e tonnellate di petrolio nel porto di Matanzas. Il secondo attracco russo che avverrà in settimana mette in luce le contraddizioni del turbolento tycoon al comando della Casa Bianca, che ha dichiarato di non essere contrario alle forniture di Mosca nonostante l’inasprimento delle sanzioni economiche Usa contro l’isola, nell’ambito di una strategia di massima pressione, una strategia “crudele” – così l’hanno definita le autorità cubane – imposta subito dopo il rapimento del presidente venezuelano Nicolás Maduro.
Solo per Mosca – e altri amici di Teheran, come Pechino e New Delhi – rimane aperto lo Stretto di Hormuz, bloccato dall’inizio della campagna di attacchi congiunti di Tel e Washington. A dichiararlo Yuri Ushakov, consigliere per la politica estera del Cremlino: “Per noi, Hormuz è aperto”. Proprio oggi al Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite verrà votata la bozza di risoluzione proposta dal Bahrein per creare una forza “difensiva” per proteggere il traffico marittimo dai razzi di Teheran. Per i pasdaran è un'”azione provocatoria” che non farà altro che “complicare la situazione” nella zona.
L'articolo La Russia invia un’altra petroliera a Cuba: “Per noi lo Stretto di Hormuz è aperto” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Russia sends another oil tanker to Cuba: “The Strait of Hormuz is open for us.”
Russian oil tankers go where they want, reaching Cuba and crossing the Strait of Hormuz while at war. Light and gasoline will arrive in the blackout of the Castro island: another Russian oil tanker will arrive in Cuba, despite the oil blockade imposed by the Trump administration. Moscow is challenging the Republican order that has imposed an embargo on supplies and plunged Havana into darkness – Sergei Tsivilev, the Russian Minister of Energy, announced this: “A ship of the Russian Federation has forced the blockade. A second is now in the process of loading. We will not leave the Cubans in difficulty.”
Only at the beginning of this week did the oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin – sanctioned by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom – unload tons and tons of oil into the port of Matanzas. The second Russian docking, which will take place this week, highlights the contradictions of the turbulent tycoon in charge of the White House, who stated he was not opposed to supplies from Moscow despite the toughening of US economic sanctions against the island, as part of a strategy of maximum pressure – a “cruel” strategy, as the Cuban authorities defined it – imposed immediately after the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Only for Moscow – and other Tehran friends, such as Beijing and New Delhi – remains open the Strait of Hormuz, blocked since the beginning of the joint attack campaign by Tel Aviv and Washington. This was declared by Yuri Ushakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Kremlin: “For us, Hormuz is open.” Today, a draft resolution proposed by Bahrain will be voted on at the United Nations Security Council to create a “defensive” force to protect maritime traffic from rockets from Tehran. For the Pasdaran, it is a “provocative” action that will only “complicate the situation” in the area.
The article Russia sends another oil tanker to Cuba: “For us, the Strait of Hormuz is open” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
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Nonostante l'embargo imposto dal presidente americano Trump e il conflitto in Medio Oriente, Mosca rifornisce l'isola caraibica alleata per alleviare le sue carenze energetiche che hanno causato black out
Democracy For Sale: The Oxford energy institute with a #Kremlin problem
The Oxford Institute for #Energy Studies is cited across UK media as an independent expert on #oil and #gas. Now its #RussianTies are under scrutiny.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-oxford-energy-institute-kremlin-putin-oil-gas-ukraine #climate #corruption #Russia #Putin
RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/116339519539155176
#Ukraine gains in #Zaporizhzhia in south overtake #Russia advance in #Donetsk in east
Russians affected by loss of #Starlink and #Kremlin restriction of #Telegram
Russia occupied between 19% and 20% of #Ukraine territory, but holds less area than it did in June 2022
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