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The invasion in Ukraine has now surpassed 50 days, with yesterday's big headline being

the dramatic sinking of Russia's flagship ship in the Black Sea.

And by flagship ship, I mean just their flagship.

Ukraine took credit for sinking it, which Russia denied, even though it was plainly on fire.

So you can really see why they supported the guy who thinks a hurricane path can be altered

by a sharpie.

To date, the World Health Organization has confirmed that there have been 119 verified

attacks by the Russians on healthcare facilities in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, European officials are finally drafting an embargo on Russian oil, which

needs to be approved by the European Union's 27 member countries to go into effect.

So we'll see if that happens.

Also on the diplomatic front, two days ago, Finnish officials floated the idea that Finland

might request to join NATO, along with Sweden making the same considerations.

Russia took it very poorly, you could say.

And yesterday, Russia Security Council Chairman said that Moscow will deploy nuclear weapons

in Finland and Sweden if they join the alliance.

So I guess once the Europeans cut off their oil sales, the Russians can easily start exporting

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