*Oil and gas lobbyists are using Ukraine to push for a drilling free-for-all in the US.*

(satire) *U.S. Seizes New York City Borough Belonging To Russian Oligarch.*

Bad news, working Americans — the "pressure for higher wages" is decreasing.

Except that, given the inflation caused when profitable companies with little competition raise prices because nothing holds them back, the so-called "higher wages" really mean "the same wages in real terms."

Influential Tories have connections to easy money from Russian billionaires.

I'm not sure we should call them "oligarchs", since they do not collectively rule Russia.

Some small towns in Ukraine are being shelled into ruins by the Putin forces.

They are located near the edge of the rebel areas. The Putin forces have not been able to capture them, as the inhabitants are resisting furiously.

In Kharkiv they are constantly attacking civilian targets.