Russia’s military has already been testing countermeasures against the fighter jets, the outlet reported There may be little value in Ukraine deploying Western F-16 fighter jets because Russia has already taken measures to counter them, Ukrainian military officials have told Politico.

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Risk of US secondary sanctions has forced banks in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to suspend financial ties and stop honoring Mir transfers The use of the Mir bank card, which operates through a Russian payments system, will no longer be possible in Kyrgyzstan and in most Kazakh banks, as the former Soviet republics face the risk of…