Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Three out of China's Big Four state banks have halted payments from sanctioned Russian financial institutions, Russia's Izvestia news outlet reported on Wednesday.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of China have stopped the transactions since the start of 2024, Alexey Poroshin, the general director of investment and consulting firm First Group, told Izvestia.
While the three Chinese banks informed their Russian clients of the move in January, the issues started in December — after the European Union imposed its 12th sanctions package against Russia, Poroshin said. In December, the US also authorized secondary sanctions targeting financial institutions that help Russia skirt sanctions.
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In particular, Russian firms trading internationally have become more dependent on Chinese institutions and the Chinese yuan since some Russian banks withdrew from the SWIFT global financial-messaging system.

Rybar weighs in on the rumours of a Ukrainian operation in the Kherson region primarily focusing on the possibility of a large-scale landing operation. They take into account problems that the current Russian group in the area has but do suspect this may be another part of the Ukrainian intelligence operation.