WASHINGTON—President Biden sent Congress a sweeping $33 billion request to fund weapons and provide economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, seeking to provide longer-term assistance as the country’s conflict with Russia enters its third month.

Got gas last night in Fla for 4.25 and Georgia today for 3.45.
I make sure to never need gas in Illinois. Yeeks

the more you toot the better you feel so eat beans with every meal.

Chinese firms are in talks to buy Shell's stake in a Russian natural gas export project, sources told Bloomberg.
CNOOC, CNPC, and Sinopec are in joint discussions, the sources said.
Shell and other Western energy companies are withdrawing from the Russian oil and natural gas sector.
Three Chinese state-run energy companies are in talks to buy Shell's 27.5% stake in a huge Russian natural gas export project, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

"The longer this war rages on, the more Ukrainians will flee their homeland, and the more devastation will be wrought upon their homes, cities, industry and economy. Yet the west’s current approach of supporting Ukraine’s war aim of defeating the aggressor, and providing arms for that purpose while pointedly avoiding direct military intervention, is guaranteed to prolong the war. Russia’s progress may be slowed, but it’s highly unlikely to be stopped, far less pushed out of Ukraine, and in the meantime the grinding destruction and hideous war crimes will continue."

I think the Europeons have figured this out.

Kinda seems like everyone is picking their side and the battle lines are being drawn.

Finland will announce its decision on an application for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish news outlet Iltalehti reported.
The outlet reported that "the position is that Finland is applying for membership."

Germany will support the European embargo of Russian oil, marking another significant turnaround in the nation’s position as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
Ambassadors will reportedly table the proposal at an ambassadors summit in Brussels on Wednesday, with expectations to approve the embargo by the end of next week.
Germany has resisted such an embargo, but government sources told German news agency dpa.

Dave P.- What's the ratio of ham 'n bean soup farts to usable methane for a stove? It might be worth checking out for the future

Did you read about the farm equipment that Russia took? Is it fake news or not?

no Versatile tractors in Winnipeg is owned by a Russian company that has a banking block-aid against it, so they do own NA company
would that what you are referring to RUN

The Russians took some farm equipment back to Russia only to find out that's been remotely disabled. That will give the hackers something to do.

Proxy war between NATO nations backed Ukraine and China backed Russia.

China will own Russia win or lose.

(fox)
Sweden’s foreign minister says her country has received security assurances from the U.S. if it decides to forge ahead with the process of joining NATO – a move that has been met with nuclear threats from Russia.

Ann Linde made the announcement after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Linde, speaking to Swedish media, said the assurances "would mean that Russia can be clear that if they direct any kind of negative activities against Sweden, which they have threatened, it would not be something that the U.S. would just allow to happen... without a response."

"Naturally, I’m not going to go into any details, but I feel very sure that now we have an American assurance," she reportedly added. "However, not concrete security guarantees, those you can only get if you are a full member of NATO."

Sweden and its neighbor Finland have been looking to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Didn't the US and Eu pledge support to Ukraine a few years back. How'd that work out for them, even with accords. Biden and his ilk can't be trusted, but if Sweden is that gullible Rock on.

(Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said U.S. lawmakers are aware of the urgency of approving a proposed $33 billion aid package for Ukraine, though she stopped short of predicting when Congress might pass it.

I wonder how much of the cash given to ukraine will come back to democrats to beused to steal the upcoming election?