Saudi Arabia ready to ditch dollar in trade – Finance Minister

Shift from US to Chinese currency has previously been discussed between Beijing and Riyadh Saudi Arabia is ready to discuss trading in currencies other than the US dollar, according to the Kingdom’s finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan, as cited by Bloomberg.

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Kiev is set to receive American Patriot missile batteries. How will this change the battlefield in Ukraine?

The complex systems will become a high-priority target for Russia, as the West ups the ante on supplies This month, the Ukrainian military is set to start training to use the US-built Patriot missile system. Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, has said the process will take “several months.” This means…

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US quietly shipping arms from Israel to Ukraine – NYT

The move has stoked concerns among officials in Israel, which has so far refused to send weapons to Kiev The US military is supplying Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds pulled from stockpiles based in Israel, according to the New York Times. The Pentagon is reportedly “scrambling” to find munitions as Ukrainian forces…

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