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Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive Pauses: What Happens Next?
After launching their counter-offensive, progress for Ukraine has been slow and it appears they’ve paused their major operations for the time being. In this video, we break down what’s happened, why things have slowed down and what it means for Ukraine.
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1 – https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1670776947004125185?s=20
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10 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/06/01/ukraine-gets-its-f-16s
11 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/06/11/ukraine-is-counter-attacking-in-multiple-directions-with-mixed-results
12 – https://cepa.org/article/think-ukraines-offensive-has-started-wait-for-the-heavy-brigades/
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In this video, we’ll discuss the EU’s new plan to quietly tax US Big Tech – and whether it could work.
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The EU’s plan to capture US Big Tech revenue
https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brussels-looks-capture-big-tech-through-tax-large-corporations-ft-reports-2026-10-07/
EU rejects France’s calls for an EU-wide digital services tax
https://www.ft.com/content/e5a76494-71df-4ee0-a85f-b28f2c94ded6?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.vatcalc.com/global/eu-holds-back-on-digital-services-tax-as-us-raises-retaliation-threat/
EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2025/08/28/the-commissions-foray-into-corporate-taxation-a-core-problem-for-the-eu-budget/
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/eu-budget-2028-2034_en#driving-prosperity-via-competitiveness-research-and-innovation
US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
https://youtu.be/85voZ2FJhZk?si=6jVOHTB5CBTKvigd
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-exemption-oecd-global-tax-deal-multinational-companies
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/oct/08/oecd-deal-imposes-global-minimum-corporate-tax-of-15
G7 statement on global minimum tax
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/g7-statement-on-global-minimum-taxes.html
https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/canada-g7-releases-statement-on-global-minimum-tax-pillar-two-and-canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax
European Digital Services Taxes (DSTs)
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/digital-services-taxes-europe/
https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/pillar-one-digital-services-taxes/
https://www.reuters.com/en/germany-seeks-levy-10-tax-online-platforms-like-google-2025-05-29/
Accusations of tax avoidance by Silicon Valley tech companies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
https://itep.org/trump-meta-tesla-alphabet-amazon-obbba-taxes/
https://itep.org/amazon-alphabet-meta-tesla-pro-trump-tech-companies-avoided-taxes/
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https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil
https://www.ft.com/content/f117f347-e1e0-457c-83fc-ba4745581bb2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Fuel vs Dem congressional ballot
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/09/17/high-petrol-prices-could-hand-democrats-a-mighty-midterm-victory
Trump Truth Social posts
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117412435306815143
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Zelenskyy comments
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/exclusive-zelensky-putin-trump-diesel-deal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6141601-russia-strikes-ukraine-power-plant/
Laws
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Reports that Russia lacks refining capacity
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https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/SPEECH_26_1868
https://sieps.se/en/publications/2026/forging-european-strategic-unity-the-case-for-a-european-security-council/
https://www.martenscentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/european-security-council-blueprint.pdf
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-greenland-crisis-revives-calls-for-european-security-council/
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/07/future-e3/origins-and-development-e3
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/the-consultation-process-and-article-4
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/european-security-council-between-strategic-need-and-institutional
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2024/757822/EPRS_BRI(2024)757822_EN.pdf
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@gigaflynn_
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Anyone else getting a weird de-sync at around 1:50?
The video and sounds cuts.
@PopeSixtusVI
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
"The Army has paused" … but not really. There is actually quite a lot going on behind the lines.
@briancampbell8449
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Greetings to our friends in Melitopol. Keep up the good work.
Slava Ukraini. ✌️🇺🇦
@Wrangel19
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Pause in counteroffensive 😆😆
Tf
@Sveta7
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Lol what kind of coping video is this, it hasn't been paused, it failed 🤣🤣🤣, they got like 100 bradleys, they lost 15 in a single attack, so no they're not really saving it for later…
@tonymoney1579
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Jes its true the AFU i heared they dont react the first defence like anywhere
@drainmonkeys385
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Why paused? Cause they were destroyed…. Just stop lying to everyone..
@mikeedwards1096
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Loads of Bradleys and leopard tanks have already been destroyed. Strange how he didn't mention that
@mikeedwards1096
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
These are simply schirmishes I on man's land. Hype and diatribe- buy hey, some will believe it.
@zfloyd1627
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
To be fair, Ukraine's counteroffensive probably will be successful, considering that there is a civil war going on in Russia.
@fernandojosegonzalezolguin3481
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
The way he said pyatykhatky.
@Asatru55
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
latest news is they broke through..
ukraine playing a mad media game.
@tealpeople
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Complete and utter failure. Thats what it is
@christophernicolson5086
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Ukraine doesnt need to take Tokmak. It needs to block the logistics.
@chavezchavo
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Honestly, this pause sounds like good news. Weeks ago Ukrainians wasted a good number of their precious Leopard 2's and M2 Bradleys. This counter-offensive is NOT on the Ukrainian's side. They don't have air superiority like the Russians do. Until they can either conquer the skies or at least completely deny Russians of air superiority, this offensive is going nowhere.
@Xerroxi
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Ukraine on fire by oliver stone
@moniershebeika3610
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Well.. offensive seems to be a failure… otherwise Ukraine would have presented its success … Zelenskiy has to sacrifice his troops for NATO otherwise he won't get any support from the West..!!
@StanleyNLozowski
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises three substantially identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
The three memoranda were originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States. The United Kingdom and the United States guaranteed that Ukraine would be a sovereign independent nation for giving up its nuclear weapons for world peace.
Russia had no right to ever have annexed Crimea. The United Kingdom and the United States had the right to protect Ukraine.
@StPiter111
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
Ukraine has run out of tanks😅😅😅😅😅
@litestuffllc7249
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
The thought that the small town captured would be a launch point for a significant advance seems optimistic. Ukraine would need to make significant improvements in it's combined arms efforts. So far Ukraine has not demonstrated an ability to control the air which appears to be allowing Russia a major advantage. If they can't neutralize Russian airpower in battles they wil take too many losses and be inefective in attempts to make significant advances
@FranzFerdinandRip
February 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm
I counted.Ukraine liberated 0.035% of the territory controlled by Russia in Ukraine
Russia control 125.000km
Ukraine liberated since june 2023 44km…(just only 44km,not thousands)
Quick math😑