⚡️🇺🇸🇲🇽 NIKKI HALEY: "When it comes to the cartels...You tell the Mexican president, either you do it or we do it...We can do that by putting special ops in [Mexico]...just like we dealt with ISIS..."

📎 Town Hall

🇺🇸🇲🇽 Dan Crenshaw: ‘You Can Be Pretty Sure’ Mexican President ‘Bought Off’ By Drug Cartels

📎 MSN

🇺🇸🇲🇽 Drug war cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico is at its lowest point in decades.

“There’s really been minimal to nonexistent law enforcement cooperation,” said Vanda Felbab-Brown, a drug-trafficking expert and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “The Mexican government has not been allowing joint raids or even observation by U.S. law enforcement. Now this blatantly false statement by Mexico’s president.”

Matthew Donahue, who retired last year after three decades with the Drug Enforcement Administration, agreed that cooperation was “nonexistent” and added that the biggest problem is corruption in Mexico “and how it has infiltrated many levels of their government.”

“This is the worst it has ever been in Mexico,” he said. “What is frustrating is that we know where the traffickers are,” but the U.S. government has been unable to persuade Mexico to act, “so all that operational intelligence gathering is wasted.”

📎 NBC News

🇩🇪🏦 “Good Morning from #Germany, where Deutsche Bank is falling further behind in the global banking crisis. In terms of market capitalization, JPMorgan is now 18 times larger than Deutsche Bank. In January, the factor was only 14.”

- Holger Zschaepitz

🇷🇺🇺🇦 TOS-1A destroying Ukrainian positions and equipment

🇷🇺⚡Vladimir Putin made a working trip to Mariupol. The President of the Russian Federation examined a number of objects of the city, and also talked with local residents.

Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter. Driving a car, he traveled around several districts of the city, making stops, TASS reports.

During the trip, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin reported in detail to the President on the progress of construction and restoration work in the city and its environs. "In particular, it was about the construction of new residential neighborhoods, social and educational facilities, housing and communal services infrastructure, medical institutions," the press service said.

🇷🇺 The President also held a meeting at the command post of the special operation

Vladimir Putin heard reports from Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, and other military leaders.

🇷🇺⚡Vladimir Putin personally drove through Mariupol by car

Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told the President of Russia during his visit that the residents of Mariupol are returning to the city more actively.

The President, in turn, noted the quality of local roads. According to him, they are not just “more or less”, but “excellent”.

🇷🇺⚡Vladimir Putin visited the building of the Historical University and the Philharmonic during his trip to Mariupol

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullinov told the President about the progress in the construction of the red brick university and the dormitories around it.

The vice-premier also showed the building of the Philharmonic, where restoration work had been going on for three months. The Philharmonic is designed for 200 people. The President noted the high quality of the landscaping work carried out.

🇵🇱🇸🇰🇺🇦The media reports that Poland and Slovakia will jointly transfer 33 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

🇷🇺⚡Vladimir Putin and Marat Khusnullin also visited the airport in Mariupol

In two years, the air harbor is planned to be reconstructed. It will be completely international. Now the airport accepts so far only military vessels.

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin spoke with residents of Mariupol. This is the coolest act of our President, by which he demonstrated his involvement in the processes, support for front-line soldiers and civilians in the front-line zones. Bravo! We are working!