ISIS claims responsibility for deadly bombing near Russian embassy

"ISIS has claimed responsibility for Monday’s suicide bombing in Kabul. The blast occurred
not far from the entrance to the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital and killed 25 people, including two embassy staff members." RT

Suicide attack at Russia embassy in Kabul kills 2 diplomats

 "A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul has killed two members of the embassy staff....The blast went off at the entrance to the embassy’s consular section, where Afghans were waiting for news about their visas, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry and the state news agency RIA Novosti. A Russian diplomat had emerged from the building to call out the names of candidates for visas when the explosion occurred......" ABC

As Europe Implodes......

"A few days after the EU threatened commodity traders it would stage an "emergency
intervention" to crush energy prices which were rising at a pace of about 20% per day (perhaps Europe can now print nat gas and electricity in addition to monetizing all deficits while injecting trillions in the process)......... a move which actually worked for a few days until Putin reminded Europe who's boss late on Friday when Gazprom suddenly decided it would "completely halt" all Nord Stream 1 transit altogether due to an "oil leak", with the news sending global stock markets plunging and threatening to push European gas and power prices back to all time highs.....In response to soaring energy prices and rationing of firewood, over the weekend, Germany - the country most affected by the Nord Stream cutoff - unveiled a $65 billion package meant to boost demand......." ZeroHedge

Top EU diplomat warns European arms stocks are running low

"Weapons stocks in the European Union are running low as member countries continue to
sends arms and ammunition to Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat warned Monday as he urged EU nations to better coordinate their spending on military materiel.

“The military stocks of most member states has been, I wouldn’t say exhausted, but depleted in a high proportion, because we have been providing a lot of capacity to the Ukrainians,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a debate with European lawmakers." AP