Zelenskyy, who was told of the plan, warned this week: "In my view, we cannot accept these diesel deals, these agreements, because gas deals will follow. I am absolutely certain of this. After gas, sanctions will be lifted on other things as well," he said, naming banking, chemicals and assets.

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The New York Times confirms that US officials have floated the idea of Europe resuming purchases of Russian gas as part of a peace settlement, including restarting Nord Stream flows. European and Ukrainian officials forcefully pushed back.

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I love the phrase “may rest on a baseline that does not exist.” This is much more cordial than “people are just making stuff up.”

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Circa 1996 I knew an inventor who, among other projects, was trying to make a boingy pogo stick-like thing modeled on a Kangaroo's hind legs. He theorized that it could boing its rider across deep water. Since no one's ever seen anyone boinging around on something like it I have to assume he failed

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