RUSSIAN AND UCRANIAN CONFLICT

 Putin's other war is to create an Association of Countries Producing Raw Materials, a kind of OPEC extended to the main producers of raw materials

 The Russian Foreign Minister stressed on Wednesday that the talks with Ukraine "are not easy", although he has expressed his hope that an agreement can be reached to end the war

 The city's mayor, Ivan Fedorov, was kidnapped by the Russians because "he refused to cooperate with the enemy," according to the Ukrainian president. This Sunday another mayor, Evguen Matveier, of the city of Dniprorudné was kidnapped

 Putin backtracks on his order and Russia will continue to send gas and oil to Europe

 The decision implies disassociation from the European Convention on Human Rights - Sweden and Finland ask the EU to activate the mutual defense clause in the event of an attack by Putin

 The descendants of the Cossack units that fought for and against Russia face the advance of Moscow on one of the most symbolic cities for the Ukrainian national identity:Zaporizhia