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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian missile interceptors have been launched in Crimea.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Sirens across Crimea, with the Kerch Bridge closed. Russian monitoring forces write they detect 4 Storm Shadow missiles have been launched.
Читать полностью…🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Another Israeli flag was raised on a traffic island, this time in Shahba, As Suwaida region, southern Syria.
The incident occurred last night.
🇪🇺🇵🇱🇷🇺⚡- "Europe will rearm faster than Russia," - Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland.
Читать полностью…⚡️🇸🇾🇸🇾 The Druze flag was raised, and the Syrian flag was lowered from the governorate building in Sweida. Protesters expelled Mustafa Bakour, the newly appointed governor of Sweida.
Читать полностью…🇪🇺🇵🇱⚡- Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, at the EU Summit in Brussels, suggested increasing the number of European NATO troops along the border of Russia and Belarus.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇹🇼🇺🇦⚡- "Taiwan turns to companies in Ukraine for China contingency planning. They hope to learn from Ukraine's first-hand experiences, how private companies helped build the resilience of its government and society during wartime," - Reuters.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇺🇦 - Ukrainian outlet, Kiev Independent, confirms Trump's team held secret talks with Ukrainian opposition figures on holding elections, in a bid to remove Zelensky from power.
The talks were held with former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, a veteran of Ukrainian politics. Tymoshenko belongs to the Batkivshchyna, a far-right conservative party. The party is far more anti-Russia than Zelensky's Servant of the Peoples Party.
Trump's team also spoke with Poroshenko, the former President of Ukraine, and post-Maidan President. Poroshenko's popularity in Ukraine plummeted after the 'Roshen Chocolate Company' scandal. Poroshenko's government was believed to have been influenced by Ukraine's far-right sectors, which was evident by several appointments he had made. Such as Azov-linked Avakov as Interior Minister, and Troyan as Kiev's Chief of Police (a former Azov Commander).
Both figures are unpopular, and unlikely to replace Zelensky in an election. With the only real candidate of succeeding Zelensky being Zaluzhny. Zaluzhny will end up proving more difficult to negotiate with than Zelensky. The US witnessed Zaluzhny's stubbornness during Ukraine's '2023 Counteroffensive', when Zaluzhny blasted NATO's tactics as 'obsolete' after multiple failed attacks. Instead launched his own tactics, and saw mild success.
All three opposition figures have rejected calls for an early election in Ukraine.
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "There is no room for sending European peacekeeping forces to Ukraine and we will consider it a NATO presence," - Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The United States is getting closer to Russia, refuses to acknowledge Moscow's aggression, and does not care about its international reputation," - Valeriy Zaluzhny, Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK, and former Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Читать полностью…🇸🇩🇰🇪⚡- Kenyan authorities arrest Yasir Arman, Head of SPLM (a group currently fighting al-Burhan's government in Sudan), after his arrival at Nairobi's International Airport.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳⚡- China has begun building a massive military base on the Zhongshan coastline, Guangdong province, China. The base is located on the South China Sea.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "The Philippines would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the [disputed] South China Sea," - Gilberto Teodoro, Defense Secretary of the Philippines.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "The greatest external threat actually is Chinese aggression, Chinese expansionism and the attempt by China to change the international law through the use of force or acquiescence…or its attempt to reshape the world order to one that it controls," - Gilberto Teodoro, Defense Secretary of the Philippines.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- Hakan Fidan, Turkey's Foreign Minister, says he hopes the US withdraws its support for the SDF and pulls out of northern Syria. Fidan proposes a new Turkish-led coalitions to "fight terrorism" instead of the current US-led.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Missile hazard also declared throughout Bryansk, Krasnodar and Rostov regions of Russia.
Читать полностью…🇸🇾⚡- Anti Syrian government protestors raise the Druze flag over the As Suwaida police headquarters, As Suwaida, southern Syria.
Читать полностью…🇸🇾⚡- Sound bomb explosion in Latakia, coastal Syria.
Читать полностью…🇪🇺🇵🇱🇫🇷⚡- "France's proposal to expand nuclear deterrence capabilities to the rest of Europe is worth studying," - Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland.
Читать полностью…⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Reuters: The US is considering a plan to disrupt Iran’s oil exports by halting vessels at sea. The proposal would involve using US naval assets to intercept and detain tankers carrying Iranian crude, with the aim of cutting off Tehran’s revenue and increasing economic pressure on the regime.
Officials are weighing the potential risks of such an operation, including the possibility of escalating tensions in the Gulf.
🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky arrives at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, for the EU Summit.
Footage shows Zelensky meeting European Commission President von der Leyen and European Council President Costa.
🇺🇸⚡- BREAKING: "Several US allies, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, are considering cutting back on the amount of intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia," - NBC.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Deploying a European military force in Ukraine means direct war by European countries on Russia," - Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia will not agree to the deployment of European forces in Ukraine," - The Kremlin.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "It is not just the axis of evil trying to revise the world order. The US is also destroying the world order," - Valeriy Zaluzhny, Ukraine's Ambassador to the UK, and former Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Читать полностью…🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡- Clashes have erupted again between Pakistani and Afghan border forces at the Torkham border crossing.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Chinese right-wing media on Douyin have begun claiming that Palawan Island (of the Philippines) is apart of China. The island is 1,500 km away from mainland China. Manila responded to the claims as 'delusional' and as part of China's 'propaganda push'.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "That [China's annexation of the Scarborough Shoal] is a very serious transgression of international law, which will demand our response," - Gilberto Teodoro, Defense Secretary of the Philippines.
Читать полностью…🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "China’s increasing aggression in the [disputed] waters is now considered the greatest threat to the national security of the Philippines," - Gilberto Teodoro, Defense Secretary of the Philippines.
Читать полностью…🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡- "We will give Syria's President al-Sharaa time to deal with the SDF diplomatically," - Hakan Fidan Turkish Foreign Minister.
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