Russian bombardments of eastern Ukraine killed two people overnight, local authorities said Thursday, as Moscow launched a large-scale drone attack that wounded 10 and sparked fires hundreds of…
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Ukraine reportedly targets airbase in Russia’s Saratov region in area’s ‘most massive’ drone attack to date — Meduza
The Russian cities of Saratov and Engels came under their “most massive” drone attack so far on Wednesday night, according to Saratov Governor Roman Busargin.
Busargin said that Ukrainian drones shattered windows at a hospital in Engels, as…
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Ukraine’s ‘chaotic’ withdrawal from Russia, in its soldiers’ words
Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent
Reporting fromSumy, Ukraine
Artem KariakinArtem and his unit would regularly cross into Russia – until last week Until just over a week ago, Artem Kariakin and his unit were making regular trips across Ukraine’s…
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Brussels hold’em: European cards against Trumpian coercion
Summary
- Faced with an aggressive new Trump administration, Europeans must understand the assets they can use as deterrents
- Across trade, technology, infrastructure, finance and people-to-people relations,…
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While Trump Courts Him, Putin Is Escalating Russia’s Hybrid War Against the West
In late January, barely a week into Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president, a senior NATO official told members of the European Parliament that Russia’s intensifying use of hybrid warfare poses a major threat to the West. In the…
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Orbán doesn’t need to agree – POLITICO
Ultimately though, tough wording threatening additional sanctions on Russian energy and trade goods might mean little, given actually implementing it at an EU level still does require unanimity — and Hungary has time and time again blocked…
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Europe’s armsmakers have ramped up capacity
For years European officials have talked a big game on defence. The European Union has made numerous proposals to boost the continent’s puny production of arms. Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, what do Europe’s…
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Majority of Europeans see Trump as an enemy, survey shows – POLITICO
Only 13 percent believe Trump “respects democratic principles,” while 43 percent say the U.S. president “has authoritarian tendencies” and 39 percent even think Trump “acts like a dictator.”
It’s not just Trump who is viewed…
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As the Baltics “Putin-proof”, are they really Russia’s next move?
BBC“I joined the air force 35 years ago, aged 18, and went straight to Germany, based on a Tornado aircraft,” says British Air Commodore Andy Turk, who is now deputy commander of the Nato Airborne Early Warning & Control Force (AWACS). “It was…
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How Long Before Europe Can Fight Russia?
There’s an often-heard and slightly predictable argument about European security. The continent is old and a bit doddery, it’s said. Getting a decision on anything takes years and the cake that emerges is disappointing and heavily…
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