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Thank you. It's Monday, 24 February.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First, we'll look at a report out of Europe that reveals that the EU is spending more money on Russian fossil fuels than on financial aid to Ukraine, in spite of

extensive sanctions imposed since the war began. Later in the show, Dan Bongino, a former

Secret Service agent turned conservative political

commentator, has been tapped by President Trump to serve as the next deputy director of the FBI.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

As we cross the three-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we're learning how despite extensive sanctions,

European nations are indirectly funding both sides of the war. A damning report out of Europe has

revealed that the EU is spending more money annually on purchasing Russian fossil fuels than on

financial aid to Ukraine.

Now, that's just financial aid.

Obviously, there are other categories, humanitarian and military.

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