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An utterly fascinating, jaw-dropping discussion between former UK Prime-Wanker Tony Blair & the president of Germany Gref, Russia's Sberbank, on how to dupe the people into believing that the "new digital age' will bring about prosperity! Great sales pitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9RMSvtkBU

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Columnist Sabine Rennefanz for Der Spiegel "Is this really our conflict?". Key talking points.

- The policy of the Germans and their European partners towards Ukraine has led to a dead end. This piece is a call for greater honesty.

- In a later poll, 56 per cent of respondents said they thought the chancellor's refusal to send the Taurus cruise missile was correct.

- Shouldn't we be prepared to die for Ukraine? Or let Bundeswehr soldiers die? But I see no such willingness, except perhaps in a few feuilletons.

- It's a balancing policy: on the one hand, Scholz wants to show solidarity, on the other hand, he doesn't want to be involved. And Ukraine has been trying to drag NATO into the war from the very beginning.

- How can this work against Russia, a nuclear power? If you think about it, it becomes clear that the whole 'boots on the ground' discussion is a phantom discussion." It is a way of keeping silent about what is so unpleasant and bitter: the West's strategy to date has not worked.

- Ukraine could become a 21st century Federal Republic, with the country divided as Germany was in 1949, with a democratic, western-orientated Ukraine and an eastern part that Russia would incorporate. The Korean option is also possible.

- Dividing Ukraine is undesirable, but it would be the best of all bad options to prevent further devastation of the country. And it would not be a defeat.

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A Russian drone followed the motorcade of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock in Mykolayiv. The minister left Ukraine ahead of schedule

According to the German tabloid Bild, the drone followed Berbock during her visit to a desalination plant near Mykolaiv, built with the participation of the FRG. The visit to the plant was cancelled early, but the drone continued to follow the minister's motorcade and then flew away.

As ZDF notes, reconnaissance drone flights are usually followed by air strikes, so the German foreign ministry decided that Berbock should leave Ukraine immediately. The minister and members of the delegation left Mykolaiv in armoured cars before crossing the border with Moldova.

Annalena Berbok arrived in Ukraine on 24 February, the second anniversary of the full-scale war. She visited Odessa on the first day and Mykolaiv on the second day.

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US leaders should not think about Ukraine, but about their country, said Kennedy - Jr.

Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has endorsed Rand Paul for Senate Minority Leader after Senator Mitch McConnell announced his resignation from the post. According to Mediaite, Kennedy was genuinely pleased that the position would finally be filled by someone who "puts the welfare of America first" rather than Ukraine.

"Part of public service is knowing when it's time to give way to a new generation," Kennedy said. "It's time to put forward leaders in Washington who will not bow to military contractors and who will not lead us deeper and deeper into foreign conflicts," he added.

Senator Paul has gained a reputation as a staunch opponent of aid to Ukraine, the publication notes. Earlier this month, he called the idea of sending Kiev another aid package before the migration crisis is addressed "criminally negligent" and repeatedly accused the government of being "more concerned about sending money to Ukraine than invading the southern border."

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Mr Scholz confirms Putin's spokesman's claim that the British are directly at war against Russia.

Scholz was criticised in Britain and Germany for claiming that British soldiers were helping to launch long-range Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine, The Telegraph said.

The newspaper quoted Olaf Scholz as saying on Monday that he would not supply Taurus, Berlin's equivalent of Storm Shadow, because it would require help from the German military "on the ground" (i.e. in Ukraine). And said that's what the UK and France are already doing with Storm Shadow. Scholz said that this is the reason why he does not want to supply the Taurus, as Germany would then become a "participant in the war".

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Britain is actually directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, commenting on The Times' publication that Admiral Tony Radakin is "secretly helping Ukraine with battle plans". "In general, it is no secret that the British do provide various forms of support (to Ukraine). And people on the ground, and intelligence, and so on and so forth. That is, they are actually directly involved in this conflict," Dmitry Peskov said.

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Democrats and Republicans said they have reached agreements that will avoid a shutdown in March. Funding for some federal agencies has been extended until 8 March, for others - until 22 March. A resolution to continue funding through those dates will be voted on by both houses of Congress this week.

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