WSJ publishes the terms of a preliminary peace agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, discussed in the spring of 2022.
According to the document, Ukraine is not allowed to join military alliances such as NATO, and no foreign weapons will be allowed into the country.
Ukrainian Army had to be reduced to a certain size.
The Russian side also insisted that the Russian language be used on an equal basis with Ukrainian in the government and courts, but Kyiv did not sign this clause of the agreement.
In addition, Crimea will remain Russian and will not be considered neutral.
The issue of the status of the LPR and DPR was supposed to be discussed separately by the heads of state Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky during the negotiations, but they did not take place.
Negotiations on the draft agreement continued until June 2022 and were terminated at the initiative of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, here’s Don Jr. worshipping at the feet of another demon god in India.
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The village of Piddington has voted for independence from the United Kingdom and to become a self governing village in a landslide vote.
91% Voting Leave
This comes after news that over 3,000 illegal migrants are to be dumped in their village.
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🇺🇸🛢 The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to 283.8M barrels, its lowest level since October 1982.
A year ago, September 2025, the SPR held 406 million barrels.
The current drawdown traces back to a 172 million-barrel release President Trump authorized in March, part of a coordinated 400 million-barrel release by 32 IEA member countries. Discharge began about a week later and was expected to take roughly 120 days, with the administration pledging to refill about 200 million barrels within a year at no cost to taxpayers.
Two different floors govern how far the reserve can fall. Federal law sets an operational minimum of 252.4 million barrels, while the generally accepted operational minimum is 250 to 300 million barrels on hand to pump and process oil efficiently, a level it is now testing.
Ben Cahill, an energy analyst at the Atlantic Council, has warned the releases carry diminishing returns: "at a certain point it becomes a self-defeating move, because releasing more...