1. Lot of chatter going on about the October G20 conference (to be held in Bali). The G20 folks said as of last week....Putin is NOT invited. China stood up and said....'no, that's not right and you need to have Putin there'.
I noticed this morning...Australia said 'no'.
Who makes the final decision? The Indonesian government.
My gut feeling? Once you say war crimes....whatever this invitation was about....you can't really bring a war crimes guy into the situation. I'm believing that Indonesia won't have the guys to say 'no', and Putin shows up to a meeting where there's only 3 members.
2. German government officials are calling for other European countries (Denmark, France, Spain, and Greece) to accept Ukrainian refugees.
3. Since they (the Russians) are coming around to pick up their dead soldiers...a Ukrainian IT company is scanning faces of the dead for Russian parents to recognize their sons, and attempt some pick-up.
4. The UK says it's ready to ship 6,000 additional missiles to the Ukraine (anti-tank, surface-to-air, etc).
5. Kremlin blocked Google now....saying they are providing misinformation within their offerings.
6. France apparently grabbed two more Oligarch yachts yesterday.
7. Russia's Defense Minister Shoigu....has not been seen in public since 11 March (roughly two weeks).
Health issues? He had some ailments before the operation started, and it's strongly suggested that stress is bothering him.
I should note....Shoigu is 66 years old, and a fairly chunky guy....so I would imagine he's got various blood pressure issues.
8. Sweden says it's preparing a shipment of 5,000 more anti-tank missiles for the Ukraine.
9. German Vice-Chancellor Habeck told the Russians in blunt talk....the contract they have....does not force the Germans to pay in Rubles for Russian energy. Breach of contract? Well....it's hard to see where this goes.
10. Sixty-percent of Finns have said 'yes' to the join-NATO question in a poll.
11. Russia has hyped up some murder of a ethnic Russian in Euskirchen, Germany. The only problem is that it's a fake story.
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