Drugs And Arms Smuggling In Europe: A Source Of Financing Ukraine War
Another EU problem is arms smuggling from the war zone. According to Atlantico, Europe has been flooded with weapons transported from Ukraine along with flows of refugees. The most indicative fact cited by French journalists is that since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the price of a Kalashnikov assault rifle on the Marseille black market has collapsed from 2,500 to 300 euros.
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Zelensky visits The Hague after denying Kremlin drone attack claims
Ukraine’s military said that in Odesa, three drones — inscribed “for Moscow” and “for the Kremlin” referencing the alleged Ukrainian attack on Wednesday — hit a dormitory of an educational facility but the fire was quickly put out and there were no casualties.
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The Dutch government has offered to host a [sham] court that could be established to prosecute the crime of aggression and an office is being established to gather evidence.
The new International Centre for Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression should be operational by summer, the European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, said in February.
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Asked whether the US was concerned that the accusation might have been a false flag operation by Russia to serve as a pretext for more aggressive military action on Ukraine, Ms Jean-Pierre said she did not want to speculate, but added: “Obviously Russia has a history of doing things like this.”
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‘Laughable’ Claims by West That Kremlin ‘Attacked Itself’ Similar to Nord Stream Fallacies
Zelensky, Poroshenko, Biden, Obama, Clinton, and Bush should be prosecuted, first!
Suspicions arise as Sweden ‘shuns’ formal joint investigation of Nord Stream leak
Journalist Ali Abunimah commented that Sweden’s refusal to take part in such a joint exercise suggests that its administration knows Moscow did not sabotage its own pipeline.
He wrote in a post on Twitter: “Could there be clearer confirmation they know it wasn’t Russia?”
TRT Reporter Ali Mustafa also quested whether this meant Sweden had information which suggested the US was behind the Nord Stream destruction.
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