US defines a Ukraine peace agreement as Russia leaving Ukraine in totality and giving back all territories including Crimea.

They are once again living in a fantasy reality if they imagine that is going to happen.

No doubt that the US is still smarting from fact that Russia entered the war in Syria, changed its course and Assad remains as president.

Russian and US forces frequently meet face to face in NE Syria and ensure they avoid any contact. As ever it's always about red lines.

West fails to grasp that the longer it continues to believe it is winning the perception war the worse the fallout will be when reality prevails, which it will.

The deindustrialisation of Germany continues:

Private investment in machinery and equipment fell by 3.6% in Q4 compared to Q3.

Companies are moving east where the energy is cheap.

US needs to learn to be a great nation amongst equals. Currently it's million miles away from that position. But as its empire declines, that position will change and relatively rapidly

US hegemony has ended, Washington and its allies still believe in a reality that is now over.

West needs to realise that filling govts, advisors, think tanks etc with people who ideologically despise Russia was never going to lead to successful outcome they all so crave. It is recipe for the exact opposite because without objectivity everyone is always doomed to fail.

A very common misconception is that someone has to destroy an empire. Empires always implode due to their arrogance, ignorance, stupidity and treating the very people who made that empire with disdain. US hegemony is now the epitome of this and why it is destroying itself.

The people of Moldova are staging protests demanding that their government rightly stays out of the Ukraine conflict.

Recall US feared rise of Japan in 80s so implemented the Plaza Accords and took a wrecking ball to their semiconductor industry.

Japan remains in a highly abusive relationship with US and have suffered huge damage to their economy for decades.

Eventually they will break free.

Amusing to see people trying to be topical about subject matter which is latest bandwagon, even though they are years too late joining party.

Back in 2013 when asked what we should pay attention to in next decade my response was China and Russia given they are joined at hip.

Feb 18th – Feb 23rd 2014:

Ukraine Maidan

May 21st 2014:

China and Russia signed a $400bn equivalent gas supply deal

Do you imagine this is a coincidence?

Increasing evidence that Ukraine is on a charm offensive with China.

Regrettably it would seem a fair characterisation to suggest that Bakhmut is a latter-day Stalingrad.

Arguably it is seen as carrying the same gravitas as Stalingrad in the context of the Ukraine war.

In another one of their 1D chess moves, US is now once again throwing everything and the kitchen sink at Iran to try and overthrow the Tehran govt.

It has been an ongoing process since 1979. Also why US backed Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war to try and overthrow Tehran govt post 1979

India and Singapore have launched a real-time link to facilitate easier cross-border money transfers between the two countries.

Europe continues to be in receipt of Russian gas, in this example directly:

Gazprom supplies gas for Europe via Ukraine are currently being pumped at 39m cubic meters per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station.

Europe now wants Xi to intercede to help end the Ukraine war. They know the writing is on the wall.

Belarus denying there was a drone attack on its soil.

US Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance military plane flew through the Taiwan Straits to protect the freedoms of Americans 7000 miles away.

German 10y yields are at their highest level since 2011, reaching 2.57%