German Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly To Send 'Heavy & Complex Weapons' To Ukraine

"On Thursday lawmakers in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, voted
overwhelmingly to approve sending "heavy weapons and complex machinery" to Ukraine. According to national media it passed with 586 votes in favor, 100 against, and seven abstentions." ZH

Oil Spikes After EU Says Russian Embargo 'Imminent' As Germany Drops Opposition

"After throughout the whole month consistently rejecting a proposed European Union ban on
Russian oil, but while also walking a delicate tightrope of opposing Putin's demand of payments in rubles for Russian energy, Germany is now ready to pull the trigger on an embargo." ZH

Sanctions Force Closure of Russian Tank and Truck Factories

"Russia has lost at least 700 tanks and 1200 armored vehicles destroyed or captured over the
last two months. Some equipment can be drawn from storage depots, but many of the depots are rumored to have no regular maintenance, components like optics have been stripped and sold on the black market, and most of the available vehicles are obsolete. It is reported that the two largest tank factories in Russia have run out of foreign made components." RedState

Russian-Occupied Kherson Names New Leadership Amid Pro-Ukraine Protests, Rocket Attacks

"Occupying Russian forces have appointed a new “military-civilian administration” in
Ukraine’s southern Kherson region amid pro-Kyiv protests and rocket attacks.

Russian soldiers occupied the city of Kherson on the banks of the Dnieper River in early March. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it gained control of the entire Kherson region this week. Russian troops have dismissed Kherson’s Ukrainian leadership, instead appointing former KGB agent Alexander Kobets as mayor and ex-mayor Volodymyr Saldo as regional head." MoscowTimes

 

Russia Bombed Train Stations in Ukraine Just After Top US Officials Visited Kyiv

"Russian airstrikes rained down on Ukrainian rail targets just after top U.S. officials left the
country by train, following a secret meeting with President Volodomyr Zelensky....shortly after the two top Biden administration officials appeared back in neighboring Poland, the head of Ukraine’s state railway system, Oleksandr Kamyshin, reported that a number of airstrikes occurred across the country’s center and west." Vice