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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Food Shortages Hit Ukraine as Russian Strikes Devastate Retail Logistics Western media are now covering the impact of Russian strikes on food supply logistics in Ukraine. According to the Washington Post, Russia has shifted its strikes toward warehouses and distribution centers across the country, triggering shortages of fresh goods in grocery stores. The outlet reports that distribution centers belonging to Silpo and Novus were among those hit. "Shelves have emptied out, with fresh produce and dairy products including sour cream, yogurt, and cheese disappearing. Some stores have filled empty space with surplus goods to minimize the visible sense of shortage. The government, seeking to avoid public panic, has issued no official warnings, though supermarkets have warned customers of temporary disruptions," the outlet writes. The paper cites Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi, who says this won't lead to hunger or a systemic food shortage in Ukraine. "Roughly 90% of the food logistics serviced by retail chains has been destroyed, but that doesn't mean Ukrainians will be left without food. There's no threat of hunger or a systemic physical shortage of food," Vysotskyi said, according to the outlet. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦🇷🇺 FAFO: Washington post edition 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺🇰🇵🇮🇷 Asked why Russia's main allies are now North Korea and Iran, Lavrov replied: "What's wrong with that company?" He added that these countries were only ever branded "pariahs" by those who believed they'd won the Cold War and declared a permanent "end of history." 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 The CEO of "Nova Poshta" announces that they will now use postal branches as warehouses. According to him, these measures are a response to the attacks on large depots and distribution centers, aimed at reducing potential losses. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦💬 Maryana Bezuglaya sums up the past several days 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Offices of Danone, Novartis, Nivea, Watsons, and other international companies are on fire in Kiev, according to Ukrainian media. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦💥 Our regular feature - explosions reported in Kiev 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Almost... Russian FPV drone narrowly misses a Ukrainian Mi-17. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

• Fwd from @ 📝Oil Trap📝 Who will now decide the fate of national wealth? What we wrote about recently has come to pass: the authorities in Washington and Caracas have officially formalized an agreement on dividing Venezuela's energy sector. Donald Trump has already called the deal the largest in world history, claiming control over 65 billion barrels of crude and an imminent drop in gas prices for Americans. 💬 Interim president Delcy Rodríguez thanked the White House for the partnership and announced the beginning of a "national revival." In turn, Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that the agreement will attract enormous funds and create thousands of jobs.

🔻Key deal parameters ▪️Development of 17 strategic blocks, including untouched areas in the Orinoco River belt and mature fields in the Lake Maracaibo basin. ▪️Attraction of over $100 billion in private American capital for restoration and modernization of the production base. ▪️Over $209 billion in tax and licensing revenues to the local budget in the long term. ▪️Transfer of concessions to U.S. corporations through a system of direct contracts with PDVSA.

📌 The main intrigue lies in the details of the asset redistribution. In the Maracaibo area, mature fields handed over to American contractors were previously occupied by small Chinese companies under service contracts. Now they are being demonstratively cleared out, depriving Asian partners of any influence in traditional extraction areas. However, as we noted earlier, legal control and actual extraction are fundamentally different things. American guarantees removed political risks for investors, but the physical wear of wells and shortage of capacity have not disappeared. Increasing supplies will require colossal work over many years. 🖍At the same time, any illusions about saving the Venezuelan economy do not withstand any criticism (it is enough to recall the experience of Iraq or Libya). Such agreements represent classic debt bondage, where all key decisions and financial flows are controlled by external operators. Even the small crumbs that formally reach the country will dissolve in the pockets of local officials and security forces, never reaching ordinary citizens. ❗️In fact, Trump scored a victory right before the elections, securing a U.S. monopoly presence in the country. But the leadership in Caracas, at the price of surrendering sovereignty and transferring natural resources to external management, simply bought themselves personal security and the role of overseers of someone else's oil pipeline. 📍

🇺🇦 Kiev vibes 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 New eyewitness video has emerged showing the detonation of weapons stored at warehouses in the village of Mila, Kiev region, filmed from very close range. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺🛸💥🇺🇦 A strike has hit the center of Kiev, sparking a fire in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkovsky district. Authorities are urging Kiev residents to cancel Sunday outings and avoid shopping malls and hypermarkets, as Russia launches a massive wave of Shahed drone strikes across the city since early morning. Drones are coming in waves, with explosions heard continuously. The threat reportedly extends to all districts of the city, with new drone formations launched from the north. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Empty supermarket shelves are being reported in local Lvov community channels, with images circulating widely online. Similar scenes were documented earlier in Kiev. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺🔹A plant producing asbestos-cement products was hit in Kiev; its warehouses were reportedly used for storing explosives, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇺🇦 Ukrainian channels report a big fire on the right bank of Kiev 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 Soldiers from the "Center" group delivered school supplies and gifts to children in Povolzhye, DPR for the upcoming Knowledge Day - the beginning of the school year 🔴@DDGeopolitics

🇷🇺 Governor of the Leningrad Region Drozdenko:

42 drones have been shot down over the territory of the Leningrad Region. As a result of the drone attack, a fire broke out in an industrial zone in the city of Kirishi. Emergency services are working at the scene. Fighting continues.

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🇮🇱 Yair Netanyahu urgently evacuated from US over “significant threat” Israel’s Shin Bet has now confirmed that Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair was urgently extracted from Florida and returned to Israel together with his security team after intelligence indicated a “significant threat” to his life. The Jerusalem Post reports that Israeli intelligence had identified an alleged Iranian assassination plot, with suspected Iranian operatives believed to have been conducting surveillance in the Miami area. Yair was reportedly ordered to leave immediately and departed without collecting his belongings. However, the Shin Bet’s public statement confirms the serious threat and evacuation but does not itself publicly identify Iran as responsible. Israeli security officials have also cautioned that they are not aware of a cell being caught immediately before an attack.

🇺🇦 The Novus supermarket in the Teremki district of Kiev has been emptied. Ukrainian channels write that residents have stocked up fearing shortages after attacks on warehouses belonging to retail chains. 🔴@DDGeopolitics