Pretty sure she’s gonna backpedal but whatever, this is great

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European officials say Washington has threatened the NATO-managed PURL mechanism and intelligence sharing to push Kyiv to stop attacking Russian refineries.

Washington has threatened to block the mechanism used by Ukraine’s allies to buy American weapons unless Kyiv stops striking Russian energy facilities, European officials told the Financial Times.

The warning also covered intelligence sharing.

Officials said American counterparts called on Saturday and Sunday, pressing both Kyiv and European capitals to end the refinery attacks.

Arms Procurement Under Pressure

The threatened mechanism is the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, or PURL, a NATO-managed initiative that allows allies to purchase U.S.-made weapons for delivery to Ukraine.

Washington supplies the weapons through the arrangement but does not contribute financially to the fund.

European officials either participated in the calls or received briefings.

Pavlo Palisa, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s military adviser and a former general of Ukraine’s 93rd mechanized brigade, also said American officials had contacted him.

The White House would neither confirm the calls nor discuss their contents.

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Five Ukrainian minehunters have completed seven days of intensive training off the south coast of England, closing with a run in close formation around the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless in the eastern Solent, according to the Royal Navy.

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Mikita Zabuga, a Belarusian company commander, stated that Lukashenko is in a precarious position and gripped by fear due to the hatred of his own people, having secured power solely with Moscow's help. Yet, he will not be able to halt the momentum that has been set in motion! Even the recent provocations involving the so-called "Chorny Rusy"("Black Rusy" ) units—which crossed from Belarusian territory into Latvia—further demonstrate Moscow's plan to drag Belarus into the war against Ukraine. But this will not save him.

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