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🇺🇸🇺🇦Also reports from the White House that there’s „no movement on the mineral deal yet“
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🇺🇦 Published footage of a himars strike on a 152mm Malva Spg and a gathering of Russian infantry
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The Đorđe Martinović incident occurred on May 1, 1985, when Đorđe Martinović, a 56-year-old Serb farmer from the Kosovar town of Gnjilane, arrived at a local hospital with a broken glass bottle lodged in his rectum. Initially, Martinović claimed that he had been attacked by two Albanian men while working in his field, but after interrogation by a Yugoslav People's Army colonel, he reportedly confessed that the injury was self-inflicted during a botched attempt at masturbation. According to one forensic analysis led by Slovenian doctor Janez Milčinski, Martinović had positioned a 500 ml bottle upside down on a stick or stake driven into the ground, intending to lower himself onto it for sexual gratification; however, he slipped, causing the bottle to break inside him under the force of his body weight. This explanation contrasted with an earlier medical team’s conclusion at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, which included doctors from multiple Yugoslav republics, who determined that the injuries were too severe and sudden to be self-inflicted, suggesting instead that at least two or more individuals had brutally inserted the bottle.
The incident quickly escalated into a major controversy, known as the "Martinović affair," and significantly worsened ethnic tensions between Kosovo's Serb and Albanian populations. Serbian nationalists seized on Martinović's initial claim of an Albanian attack, portraying it as evidence of deliberate persecution aimed at driving Serbs from Kosovo, a narrative amplified by the newspaper Politika, which alleged the attackers were Albanians seeking to seize Martinović’s land. This storyline resonated deeply with historical grievances, drawing comparisons to Ottoman-era impalement and elevating Martinović to a symbol of Serb victimhood, as reflected in poetry and art that likened his suffering to historical atrocities like the Jasenovac concentration camp. Serbian intellectuals and writers rallied around the incident, with figures like Zoran Gluščević comparing the plight of Kosovo Serbs to fascist persecution, while a petition declared Martinović’s case emblematic of the entire Serb nation’s struggle in Kosovo. Conversely, Albanian communities and some Yugoslav authorities dismissed it as a fabricated or self-inflicted incident, with claims of a coerced confession adding to the dispute. The conflicting narratives fueled mutual distrust and resentment, amplifying local tensions into a broader ethnic conflict that contributed to the rising nationalism and eventual disintegration of Yugoslavia in the years that followed.
Future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:
Our defense policy must be "whatever it takes."
🇺🇦 The LAV apc in service with 36th marine brigade.
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🇱🇧🇮🇱❗️Hezbollah mourns Radwan commander Khodr Hachem who was assassinated today in his village in the Tyre district.
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🇺🇦 We are currently producing about a third of the weapons we need, our goal is at least 50 percent - Shmyhal
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🇵🇱 "The US decision was made without informing and consulting with NATO allies and within the framework of the Ramstein format - a group that is engaged in supporting the fighting Ukraine," Polish Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Eastern Euppe - Ukraine War🇺🇦: Ukraine Faces Increased Threat Amid Suspension of Patriot Missile Deliveries
The halt in Patriot missile shipments leaves Ukraine 🇺🇦vulnerable to intensified attacks, reminiscent of the devastation in Kharkiv. According to the Economist, Ukrainian military officials caution that this suspension of U.S. 🇺🇸military aid could lead to “many more Bakhmuts,” referring to the intense battles faced in that region.
What we see here are modern geopolitics…apparently…
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🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli flag over Anqud traffic island, As Suwaida, southern Syria.
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The big announcement is reportedly about tax cuts.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- Fox News denies the Reuters report that the US-Ukraine mineral deal could be signed today.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦Trump is reported to announce the signing of the Ukraine-US mineral deal at his address to congress tonight.
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🇩🇪 Merz: Germany will set up a €500 billion fund to rearm
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And so the trade war begins.
China has retaliated with tariffs on US goods.
Canada has also put 25% tariffs on US goods in retaliation to trumps 25%
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/china-rejects-additional-us-tariffs-vows-to-take-countermeasures.html
Air support over Khe Sanh during the siege of 1968
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Illustration of trenches in the current Russo-Ukrainian War made by the "South China Morning Post".
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🇺🇦 5 Russian soldiers were captured in the Pokrovsk direction
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🇺🇦 Ursula von der Leyen has presented a plan for the rearmament of Europe.
The plan envisions the mobilization of €800 billion and includes €150 billion in loans for defense needs. The funds will be used for the production of air defense systems and the modernization of defense infrastructure among EU member states.
European Allies Fear Zelensky May Need to Appease Trump 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸
European🇪🇺 leaders worry that a simple apology won’t be enough for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to mend ties with Donald Trump, should he return to office. Bloomberg reports that some believe Zelensky may have to “grovel” to secure continued U.S. 🇺🇸support for Ukraine🇺🇦.
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump has ordered a pause on all military aid for Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
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Trump has reportedly also signed an executive order raising the tariff on China to 20%.
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