https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/eu-still-insists-moscow-will-yield-under-pressure-of-imposed

EU still insists Moscow will yield under pressure of imposed sanctions

On July 16, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote in an article for the EEAS website that sanctions against Russia are "effective" and that Moscow will eventually yield to the pressures exerted on its economic health. He said that the EU needs "strategic patience until Russia stops its aggression and Ukraine can recover its sovereignty in full. "

EU is on the way to finalizing the seventh package

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, six packages of sanctions have been issued on Russia. The seventh package, the “maintenance and alignment” package, has been proposed on July 15 and is in the process of being finalized "to clarify a number of provisions to strengthen legal certainty for operators and align the EU's sanctions with those of our allies and partners of the G7."

The latest sanctions include cutting the amount of oil it buys from Russia by 90% by the end of the year, despite that Italy and Germany - the largest economy in the EU - expressed concerns over a cut in Russian supplies of oil. It has also pulled out major Russian banks from the SWIFT system, namely Sberbank, Credit Bank of Moscow, and Russian Agriculture Bank.

The sanctions proposed in the seventh package are to place a ban on the exportation of Russian gold. They also include proposals to close some loopholes in previous packages and to add a reference to the recently published European Commission clarification of sanctioned goods’ transit to Kaliningrad in Russia.

In his article, Borrell concluded that "Since we do not want to go to war with Russia, economic sanctions and support for Ukraine are the basis of this response. And our sanctions are starting to have an effect, and it will be even greater in the coming months."

In recent months, Russia has adopted several new strategies to counter punitive measures. Not only has it developed its new SWIFT system, but it has also relocated its oil and goods trade to BRICS members as well as some OPEC members, in order to rebalance its markets amid sanctions imposed by the West.

>>16758540

I have a list of 10 countries who will soon join the BRICS. These 3 are not in that list. At least not as they are NOW. Maybe after things change.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-national-guard-soldiers-deploying-to-germany-to-train-ukr

US National Guard soldiers deploying to Germany to train Ukrainians

140 National Guardsmen from the state of New York are deploying to Germany according to an announcement made by the US Army National Guard, on Monday. The goal is to help Ukrainian troops in their training.

The US Army National Guard said in a press release that "One hundred and forty New York Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team said farewell to their families July 15 and left on a mission to Germany to help train Ukrainian military personnel."

The 160 members of the Florida National Guard, who had been instructing Ukrainian forces inside Ukraine but had to evacuate to Germany as a result of Russia's special military operation there, will be replaced by the soldiers being sent to Germany. The type of training that the New York Army National Guard would provide to Ukrainian soldiers was not specifically mentioned in the announcement. The New York National Guard, on the other hand, trained in Fort Bliss in Texas before making a complete deployment to Germany by September.

Previously, on July 13, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated that the West's policies are pushing the world closer to a major, unwinnable war.

At a ceremony honoring the graduates of military institutions and top officers on Tuesday, Lukashenko said, as quoted by the BelTA news agency, that “unfortunately, this Western policy is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a major war where, as you know, there won’t be a winner anymore.”

The Belarussian leader went on to say that the current events in Belarus and Russia require close attention and scrutiny.

>>16758587

Or it's not really being deployed there but somewhere else