Could this be a strategic step towards the eventual end of the Ukraine/Russian conflict?  Despite the pronouncements and any related propaganda, might this be one of the first steps(along with the brief Easter ceasefire) towards a negotiated halt to hostilities?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Let us hope so. If it does indeed play out soon, the reaction of the gold price will be interesting.   One last flush allowing the bankers to move their speculative gold futures contract money from gold into a lower silver futures price? If they were smart they would buy physical silver (if they can find any available) and not fool around with silver futures as the Comex and LBMA could soon stop trading and they would miss out on the future gains that come down the road.                 https://www.zerohedge.com/military/germany-deploys-troops-lithuania-first-permanent-foreign-deployment-world-war-ii