Argentina: Angry Truckers Block Roads to Protest Fuel Shortages

"Argentine truck drivers’ unions called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, causing miles-
long road closures and other transportation disruptions that threatened to jeopardize the country’s food supply during its peak harvest season, Reuters reported.

“Angry Argentine truck drivers blocked highways protesting shortages and rising prices for diesel fuel, just as the country’s crucial grains harvest requires transport amid surging inflation,” the news agency reported." Breitbart

 

Ukraine replenishes combat losses with convicts and women

"A large-scale hunt for conscripts is underway across Ukraine amid the military conflict with
Russia, a source within Kiev’s military has told RT Russian.

The military recruiters are now allowed to hand out draft notices to people not only at their place of residence, but also in the streets, restaurants, entertainment facilities and anywhere else." RT

 

Satellite Imagery Shows Construction Of US Military Facility In Pacific

"Satellite imagery revealed that the United States is constructing a new military facility
in the Pacific, possibly preparing an alternative landing site for its airforce should the military bases on Guam become inoperable.

Land-clearing activity has been spotted at Tinian International Airport in the Northern Mariana Islands, based on satellite images obtained by The War Zone on June 15." ZeroHedge

Ukraine Forces Retreat From Encircled Severodonetsk As Russia Achieves Hold Over Luhansk Province

"Ukraine's government announced for the first time that its remaining forces defending the key
eastern city of Severodonetsk have been ordered to withdraw, after having lost control of most of the city to Russian forces for weeks, amid relentless shelling and persistent Ukrainian army complaints of being low on ammo and men." ZH

Ukraine Strikes Offshore Gas Drilling Rig

"Offiicals Russia-annexed Crimea has accused Ukraine of firing upon a gas drilling platform
in the Black Sea Monday morning, with three injured and seven missing." MT

Russia Recruits Teachers, Construction Workers and Politicians to ‘Rebuild’ Occupied Ukraine

"Russian authorities have launched a campaign to recruit essential workers for the “reconstruction” of eastern Ukrainian territories occupied by its forces, according to public online job postings and news reports.

Since shifting the focus of its invasion eastward following a failed effort to capture Kyiv, Russia has said its main objective is to “liberate” areas of eastern and southern Ukraine predominantly populated by Russian speakers." MoscowTimes

Russia claims hundreds of casualties during strike in Ukraine

"Russian strikes on a shipbuilding plant in the Ukrainian port of Nikolaev killed as many as
500 troops. The troops belonged to the Ukrainian Army’s 59th Mechanized Brigade, the report said, who it’s believed were taking cover at the Okean Shipyard." RT

Ukraine Bans Main Opposition Party, Seizes All Its Assets

"Ukrainian authorities have banned the country’s main opposition party and seized all its
assets, once again undermining the narrative that President Zelensky is presiding over a beacon of democracy.

The country’s Ministry of Justice announced the move via Facebook, revealing that the Opposition Platform — For Life had been shut down and its assets, money and property transferred to the state." IW

EU told to prepare for total Russian gas cut-off

"International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has warned the EU to be prepared for
the possibility of a complete shutdown of Russian gas exports this winter, calling on the bloc's members to widen the span of measures aimed at preparing for this scenario." RT

Ben Stiller Hobnobs with Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine

"Comedian Ben Stiller met fellow actor and current president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday to return attention to the ongoing, eight-year-old war between that country and Russia on the occasion of World Refugee Day.

“You’re my hero!” Stiller can be heard exclaiming while shaking hands with Zelensky in a video of the meeting published by the president on his Instagram profile." Breitbart

UN Food Chief Halved Refugee Meal Rations As Global Hunger Crisis Worsens

"Food riot risks continue to soar worldwide as the head of the food-aid branch of the United

Nations halved meal rations for refugees. 

On Monday, David Beasley, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), released a statement detailing "the heartbreaking decision to cut food rations for refugees who rely on us for their survival."

"As global hunger soars way beyond the resources available to feed all the families who desperately need WFP's help, we are being forced to make the heartbreaking decision to cut food rations for refugees who rely on us for their survival," Beasley said. 

Beasley pointed out that WFP already "significantly reduced" rations across its operating areas, indicating cuts up to 50% are affecting 75% of all refugees supported by WFP in Eastern Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda." ZH

Bank of Japan Spends A Record $81 Billion To Avert Collapse, But $10 Trillion JGB Market Is Now Completely Broken

"The amount of bonds the central bank has lent "temporarily" to financial institutions to
relieve supply tightness has hit a record, Bloomberg data show. The BOJ lent 3.2 trillion yen ($23.9 billion) of JGBs through its Securities Lending Facility on Thursday, well above the 2.3 trillion yen lent at the peak of coronavirus fears in March 2020. Bloomberg has calculated how much it cost the BOJ to preserve calm after last week's catastrophic slide in futures, and the answer is some 10.9 trillion yen ($81 billion) of government bond purchases last week, the most on record. " ZH

Fossil Fuel Disaster Accelerates As Australia Runs Low On Coal

"Australia’s biggest coal plant can’t get enough coal, as fossil fuel disaster accelerates

In its quarterly update, Origin confirms its view that the price rises were being driven by coal plant outages and high fossil fuel prices, and warns it will continue in at least the near term until more renewables can be brought into the grid.

“The challenges with coal delivery to Eraring Power Station are expected to persist into FY2023,” it says in its quarterly update.

“This is expected to result in a material increase in coal purchasing costs given high coal prices and continued exposure to high spot electricity prices." ZeroHedge

Moscow Claims Kalibr Strike Killed '50 Officers & Generals'

"Russian sources asserted that "Russian warships have destroyed a Ukrainian command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens officers, Moscow's Defense Ministry reported on Sunday."

"More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed," the official MoD statement said, detailing that it took place near the Shirokaya Dacha in Dnepropetrovsk Region, allegedly striking a compound that was being used as a meeting of trop brass from multiple Ukrainian army units." ZH

Did Europe's Latest (& Little Noticed) Anti-Russia Move Just Push The World Closer To WW3?

"Quite possibly the biggest Russia-West provocation of the entire four-month long war in

Ukraine has occurred this weekend, but few in the media establishment seem to be taking notice of the singular event which has the potential to quickly spiral toward a WW3 scenario.

Baltic EU/NATO member Lithuania has implemented a ban on all rail transit goods going to Russia's far-western exclave of Kaliningrad, after transport authorities initially announced the provocative measure on Friday. "The EU sanctions list notably includes coal, metals." This has given way to fears of panic buying breaking out in Kaliningrad Oblast, which is Russian sovereign territory on the Baltic Sea, but which is sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland, and is thus reliant on overland shipping for passage via its EU neighbors." 

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