War in Ukraine

Russia is starting to panic at the threat of cheap Chinese cars flooding their markets, and has jacked up tariffs on China keep their dying automotive industry alive. Import taxes are up to about $7500 per car. China sold a million cars to Russia last year, which is seven times higher than the total in 2022.

China is selling loads of cars in Russia — and Moscow is not too happy

 

US shunned by European allies for top security summit

Military officials from nearly all of the 32 NATO member nations will convene in France to discuss creating an international security force for Ukraine on March 11, with the exception of the U.S.
The international security force for Ukraine would be instituted to dissuade Russia from launching another offensive after a ceasefire has been achieved. The idea for the creation of the force came from France and the U.K., which have been spearheading the provision of military and financial aid for Ukraine since tensions have worsened with the U.S.

 

NATO fractured. Putin wins

 

Moscow residents get a taste of their own (Putin's) medicine when Ukraine gives them a massive drone attack, striking apartments in a suburb southeast of Moscow.

'War has come': Russians shaken by Ukrainian drone barrage

 

Here is a surprise: a Russian-owned steel plant in Oregon made steel plates for armored vehicles for the U.S. Army, and managed to sell plates where the inspection results were falsified. Why would the U.S. Army buy anything from a Russian-owned firm?

Armor plates for U.S. military vehicles produced in Russian-owned plant never passed inspection: Report

 

It’s a Russian owned US subsidiary. Looks like they were trying to sell in 2022 due to sanctions.