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POLITICO Europe

21 Feb, 16:31

Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has warned that Europe should be ready for Donald Trump to no longer uphold NATO’s mutual defense commitment unconditionally.

Asked whether Germany should seek protection under France’s nuclear umbrella, he had this to say 👆

https://ow.ly/HeOJ50V4ooe
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POLITICO Europe

21 Feb, 10:25

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to carry out an “intensive operation” in the West Bank after explosions on buses near Tel Aviv yesterday.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

21 Feb, 08:20

Within his first month back in power, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken Russia's side on a host of issues.

But Trump’s world moves fast, and it’s hard to remember everything. So here’s our recap.
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POLITICO Europe

21 Feb, 08:12

"There's a conflict in Ukraine, in which Russians, as a matter of fact, have made things global," French President Emmanuel Macron said during a live social media appearance yesterday.

"Will [the war] be limited to this theater? Let's hope so."

Read the full story.
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POLITICO Europe

20 Feb, 08:30

European leaders have tried to avoid getting into arguments with US President Donald Trump since his reelection.

But how long will that last following his verbal attack on Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy?

Read the story.
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20 Feb, 08:20

Champagne corks were popping in Moscow after US President Donald Trump verbally flogged Ukraine and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday.

Here's the story.
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19 Feb, 18:00

COMMENTARY: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has tested a variety of tactics to try and manage US President Donald Trump, from flattering him to offering a favorable deal on Ukraine’s critical minerals.

But nothing seems to be working.

Read the commentary.
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POLITICO Europe

19 Feb, 15:35

Donald Trump's statement that Kyiv "started" the war Russia launched on Ukraine has left Europeans dumbstruck, with one British government aide simply responding, "Jesus."

Here's the story.
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19 Feb, 15:24

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing fresh scrutiny over an explosive temper after allegedly branding critics of his Ukraine policy “anti-patriotic provincial assholes” during a private dinner with coalition budget lawmakers.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

19 Feb, 08:58

"Europe is finally faced with the opportunity to build a real European Defence Union amid US President Donald Trump’s disruptive return," write Guy Verhofstadt and Domènec Ruiz Devesa.

Read the full opinion.
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POLITICO Europe

19 Feb, 08:52

European and other world leaders are planning to hold a second emergency summit in Paris today as pressure grows to forge a cohesive response to Donald Trump's divisive plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Read the full story.
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POLITICO Europe

18 Feb, 17:30

EU countries are preparing a military aid package worth at least €6 billion for Ukraine.

Full story.
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18 Feb, 08:47

OPINION: The Kremlin sees Donald Trump’s move as a correct response to Moscow’s demand to respect Vladimir Putin as an equal partner, as well as public recognition that Ukraine and Europe are to have a subordinate role in negotiations.

Read the op-ed.
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POLITICO Europe

18 Feb, 08:43

The EU must explore issuing common debt to finance increasing defense spending, Spanish Finance Minister Carlos Cuerpo told us.

Here's the story.
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18 Feb, 08:39

Yesterday, the UK's Keir Starmer pledged British peacekeeping troops to support any future Ukraine-Russia peace deal.

But the prime minister’s projection of confidence belies what is recognized in Whitehall and among military chiefs: The British Army is a bit of a mess.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

18 Feb, 08:34

A French-led effort by European leaders to present a united front on Ukraine in the face of rising fear over US President Donald Trump's intentions fizzled yesterday as they failed to agree on sending troops to police a possible peace deal.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

18 Feb, 08:34

French President Emmanuel Macron’s mini-summit yesterday on the future of Ukraine shunned Brussels’ normal obsession with consensus as several EU member countries were not invited.

This is not the way EU politics is meant to be conducted, but it's a sign that patience is running thin with the bloc’s exasperating Council meetings, where countries often fail to agree on proposals.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

17 Feb, 18:00

Keir Starmer wants to send troops to Ukraine as a post-war peace-keeping force. But MPs from across the main parties told POLITICO they think parliament should be involved in any decision to deploy peacekeeping troops on the ground.

Read the story.
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POLITICO Europe

17 Feb, 17:09

🚨 BREAKING: Polish PM Donald Tusk piled pressure on other European leaders to massively ramp up defense spending and not clash with the US today as he flew to Paris for an emergency summit devoted to Ukraine's future and European rearmament.

Read the story.
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POLITICO Europe

17 Feb, 16:32

Just minutes before he met with European dignitaries today, as they scramble to come up with a unified response to the upheaval posed by the new US administration, French President Emmanuel Macron had a "frank conversation" with Donald Trump.

Read the story.
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POLITICO Europe

07 Feb, 08:49

Six months ago, Ukrainian forces stunned the Kremlin and their own allies with a surprise counteroffensive that smashed into Russia’s Kursk region.

But the incursion has set off a fierce debate as to whether it was worth the cost.
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06 Feb, 09:46

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has sacked the boss of space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, the Kremlin announced today, as the once world-beating program falls behind its competitors in the space race.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

06 Feb, 08:51

Europe’s Baltics are bracing for cyberattacks as they plan to decouple from a Soviet-era joint power grid with Russia and Belarus in 10 days’ time.

Read the story.
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05 Feb, 11:29

Discussions between Moscow and Washington are ongoing and have started to ramp up, Russian leader Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

05 Feb, 09:56

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede called for an early election on March 11, amid geopolitical tensions caused by US President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the Arctic island.

Full story.
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05 Feb, 08:56

Poland is NATO’s top military spender for two reasons: to keep America close and Russia at bay, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told us.

Read more.
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POLITICO Europe

05 Feb, 08:23

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to turn the war-torn Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East” was met with condemnation in the Arab world.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

05 Feb, 08:00

Ukraine has been stressing for months that its rich deposits of everything from titanium to graphite could help US President Donald Trump beat China in the global race for resources.

This week, Trump took the bait.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

04 Feb, 17:21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that Ukraine should be given nuclear weapons once the hot phase of the war with Russia is over.

Read the full story.
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POLITICO Europe

04 Feb, 16:12

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen privately suggested triggering an emergency clause to allow countries to increase defense spending, four European Union officials told us.

Read more.
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POLITICO Europe

04 Feb, 09:59

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree yesterday establishing a Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, after the country was excluded from the continental competition nearly three years ago.

Here's the story.
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04 Feb, 09:25

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized US President Donald Trump’s proposal to tie future military aid for Ukraine to access to its rare earth resources, calling the move "very egotistic, very self-centered."

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

04 Feb, 08:46

Sahra Wagenknecht, a longtime icon of Germany’s far left who is leading her own party into this month’s election, says Donald Trump may be the key to ending the war in Ukraine.

Here's the story.
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04 Feb, 08:01

Ukraine’s military is strained, with soaring numbers of ill-trained and exhausted soldiers going AWOL and a difficulty in recruiting new troops.

That’s a problem for Kyiv as it tries to demonstrate to US President Donald Trump that it makes sense to continue backing Ukraine.

Here's the story.
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03 Feb, 18:34

Russian armed forces have reportedly killed an "alarming" number of captured Ukrainian troops, the United Nations’ Human Rights Monitoring Mission said today.

Here's the story.
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03 Feb, 17:26

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the European Union to “step up” when it comes to supporting Ukraine ahead of a meeting with EU leaders to talk security.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

03 Feb, 15:28

Moscow has joined Washington in calling for Ukraine to hold elections, sparking concern in Kyiv as it attempts to fend off Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

31 Jan, 07:59

👋 Hey! We’re joining forces with the Munich Security Conference in an inaugural partnership — and we’re opening the doors to the POLITICO Pub.

Join us there for in-depth coverage and analysis of the world’s leading international security forum Feb. 13-16. Cheers!

Full details here.
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POLITICO Europe

30 Jan, 11:03

Hamas has handed over the first of eight hostages expected to be released from Gaza today to Israel.

In exchange, Israel is set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

29 Jan, 08:12

The EU will not attempt to fully ban Russian liquefied natural gas purchases in its latest sanctions package, two EU diplomats told us, defying pressure to outlaw imports of the supercooled fuel.

Here's the story.
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24 Jan, 17:30

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he is open to meet with US President Donald Trump to “talk calmly” about issues such as energy prices and the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.

Here's the story.
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23 Jan, 14:54

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case against Russia for war crimes after a video emerged showing Russian soldiers executing six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Read more.
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POLITICO Europe

23 Jan, 14:52

Chinese state-sponsored groups have been targeting Russian aerospace and defense firms looking for intelligence on Moscow's military capabilities, researchers told us.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

23 Jan, 10:23

Europe's security challenges are best met by building up the militaries of the 27 member countries and not by creating an EU army, Kaja Kallas, the bloc's foreign affairs chief, said today.

Here's the story.
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23 Jan, 08:56

🚨 BREAKING: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte admitted that US President Donald Trump is being absolutely fair to demand that European allies spend more on defense.

Here’s the story.
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23 Jan, 08:42

COMMENTARY: We can’t count on the stars aligning every time a cable or pipeline suffers mysterious damage, and must find ways of incentivizing ship crews to obey maritime rules.

Here's the commentary.
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23 Jan, 08:00

The Russian air assault in Ukraine is getting fiercer. In 2024, Moscow forces launched more than 7,000 drones, at least twice as many as in 2023.

We spoke to a Kyiv mobile air defense squad tasked with knocking those drones down.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

23 Jan, 07:47

With US President Donald Trump promising to end the war in Ukraine fast, Europe is scrambling to figure out what postwar role it will play.

One of the models being discussed is deploying a Europe-led peacekeeping outfit to enforce any potential cease-fire. But no one has figured out how to move the conversation forward.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

22 Jan, 16:21

🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin on Ukraine: We can do this the easy way … or the hard way.

Read the story.
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POLITICO Europe

22 Jan, 16:13

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez fired back at Donald Trump today after the US president criticized Madrid for falling well short on its defense spending.

Here’s what happened.
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POLITICO Europe

22 Jan, 08:43

The British government has warned the country’s burgeoning private intelligence and security industry to stop doing work for hostile states like Russia, China and Iran.

Full story.
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POLITICO Europe

22 Jan, 08:24

On the three big issues facing Europe — ongoing support for Ukraine, sweeping new tariffs, and the future of NATO — US President Donald Trump has so far been mostly silent.

Here’s the full article.
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22 Jan, 08:07

US President Donald Trump’s unpredictability and penchant for forceful rhetoric could give Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy the off-ramp he needs to get exhausted Ukrainians on board with a peace deal.

Read the full article.
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POLITICO Europe

21 Jan, 17:14

Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte B. Egede said that his government is working to arrange a meeting with Donald Trump in light of the United States president’s threats to take over the Arctic island.

Read the full story.
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POLITICO Europe

21 Jan, 15:56

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to boost cooperation between Moscow and Beijing one day after Donald Trump returned as US president.

Here’s the full story.
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21 Jan, 15:39

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech delivered at the World Economic Forum today, saying the continent “needs to step up” and “learn how to take care of itself so the world can’t ignore it.”

Read more.
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POLITICO Europe

21 Jan, 14:55

North Koreans showed up on the battlefield on behalf of Russia in its war against Ukraine in late October.

Since then, they've earned a grim reputation among Ukrainians for apparently preferring to kill themselves rather than surrender.

Read the full story.
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21 Jan, 09:12

Moscow had a message today for new US President Donald Trump: Don’t even think about grabbing control of the Panama Canal.

Here's the story.
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21 Jan, 08:40

Ukraine is pushing to get those of its citizens who have sought refuge in Germany to return home as Kyiv’s war with Russia nears its third anniversary.

Here's the story.
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21 Jan, 08:27

Poland’s government is up in arms over a US move to limit the export of artificial intelligence chips to the country — something that could impact Warsaw’s AI ambitions just as it seeks to position itself as a dependable transatlantic military ally.

Here's the story.
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20 Jan, 17:00

Much of Europe is anxious about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but there’s little to suggest the continent’s arms manufacturers expect a crisis.

Here's the full story.
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POLITICO Europe

10 Jan, 17:32

The Polish defense minister dismissed a high-ranking general who is allegedly responsible for losing anti-tank mines eventually found in an IKEA warehouse.

Here's the full story.
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10 Jan, 15:53

Tensions over Greenland as Donald Trump maneuvers to take the island are triggering "some shit" in the Arctic, said Faroe Islands Foreign Minister Høgni Hoydal today.

Here's what else he said.
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10 Jan, 15:45

Norway plans to reintroduce an obligation to build bomb shelters in new buildings, a practice halted in 1998, the Norwegian government announced today.

Full story here.
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10 Jan, 15:05

🚨 BREAKING: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was confined to hospital suffering from pneumonia, her spokesperson said today, shedding light on the seriousness of her illness for the first time.

Read the story.
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10 Jan, 14:44

Israeli forces killed more than 64,000 people in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 — meaning the widely reported death toll was underestimated by 41 percent, a major study published yesterday in The Lancet found.

Here's the story.
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POLITICO Europe

10 Jan, 09:46

If we take President-elect Donald Trump refusal to rule out using military force to take Greenland at face value, would Denmark stand a chance at defending the island at all?

Read more.
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POLITICO Europe

10 Jan, 09:07

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is said to have blocked a proposal for an additional €3 billion aid package for weapons to Ukraine, according to a local media report.

Full story.
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10 Jan, 08:40

US President-elect Donald Trump said that a meeting is being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Read the story.
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09 Jan, 15:10

Top European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas said the EU would be ready to take the lead on supporting Ukraine if the United States was no longer willing.

Full story.
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08 Jan, 17:30

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today dismissed President-elect Donald Trump’s comments about wanting to take over Greenland as a bad idea not worth discussing.

Full story here.
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08 Jan, 14:53

Denmark’s top diplomat urged calm today following US President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland.

Read the full story.
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08 Jan, 10:40

COMMENTARY: In a world increasingly governed by sheer power, the strictures that long constrained nuclear proliferation are now in danger of loosening — if not untangling altogether.

Read the full commentary.
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08 Jan, 10:09

Incoming US President Donald Trump wants NATO members to spend a whopping 5 percent of GDP on defense — more than double the alliance's current spending target.

Full story.
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08 Jan, 09:39

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that the EU won't allow other countries to attack their sovereign borders, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump's refusal to rule out military force to take Greenland.

Full story.
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07 Jan, 17:53

French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that France "won't budge" on ensuring that a European Union effort to boost local defense companies favors European arms producers.

Full story.
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07 Jan, 17:49

🚨 BREAKING: US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out invading Greenland or Panama when asked if the US could use military force to acquire the Arctic island or the Central American canal.

Read the full story.
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07 Jan, 17:49

NATO will send around 10 ships to guard important underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea by the end of the week, Finnish newspaper Yle reported.

Read the story.
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07 Jan, 15:26

🚨 BREAKING: Greenland has made it clear that it is not for sale, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said today, in response to US President-elect Donald Trump’s fixation with buying the massive Arctic island.

Read the full story.
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06 Jan, 16:20

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev today once again blamed Russian officials for the plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day and called for them to be punished.

Here's the full story.
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06 Jan, 16:07

French President Emmanuel Macron said today that Ukraine needs to adopt a "realistic" stance on territorial issues as political momentum appears to gather in favor of opening peace talks with Russia.

Here's the full story.
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02 Jan, 08:43

OPINION: The main guarantee of peace for Ukraine cannot be Donald Trump’s “good will.”

Instead, we must create conditions so that the enemy simply wouldn’t dare attack again.

Here's the op-ed.
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30 Dec, 12:20

US President Joe Biden announced nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance for Ukraine today, his administration's last such aid package of 2024.

Full story here.
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27 Dec, 14:33

Several airline companies suspended flights to Russia following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane Wednesday, as suspicions grow that the aircraft was brought down by Russian air defenses.

Full story here.
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27 Dec, 12:34

Estonia launched a naval operation to protect its undersea power cables today, following the suspected sabotage of another cable in the Baltic Sea by a ship belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet.

Here's the full story.
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27 Dec, 10:06

The head of the WHO and other UN staff were at Yemen's main airport when it was hit by Israeli air strikes, killing three people and injuring many others.

Here's the full story.
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27 Dec, 07:56

Nearly three years since Russian missiles began raining down across Ukraine, Europe is still buying vast quantities of Moscow’s oil and gas, helping fill the Kremlin’s war chest.

Now, Poland wants to put the squeeze on those revenues.

Here's the full story.
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26 Dec, 13:40

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims France reached out to Moscow to discuss Ukraine, but without including Kyiv in talks.

Full story here.
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23 Dec, 14:22

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is weakening Europe by helping Russia's leader Vladimir Putin finance its war against Ukraine.

Full story here.
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23 Dec, 09:59

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must stop his "unfair" criticism of the German chancellor, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.

Here's the full story.
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23 Dec, 08:21

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are looming over Poland’s upcoming Council of the European Union presidency.

Here's the full story.
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20 Dec, 11:05

The Russian armed forces attacked Kyiv with five ballistic missiles in the early hours of this morning, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement as images showed significant damage to the capital.

Here's the story.
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20 Dec, 10:02

Ukraine blamed Russia today for a major cyberattack on crucial government databases.

Full story here.
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20 Dec, 08:23

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is facing questions over procurement problems that risk undermining the country's efforts to supply troops with arms and ammunition.

Here's the story.
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19 Dec, 17:52

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has some choice words for Russian President Vladimir Putin: You’re a dumbass.

Here's the full story.
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19 Dec, 16:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he was ready to meet US President-elect Donald Trump in search of compromise in potential talks to end the war in Ukraine almost three years after ordering the full-scale invasion of Moscow’s neighbor.

Here's the story.
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19 Dec, 16:04

A controversial deal that allows Central European nations to buy Russian gas via Ukraine will soon end, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared today, even as Kremlin-friendly EU leaders scrambled to ensure their continued access to cheap fuel.

Here's the full story.
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19 Dec, 11:10

Seoul has revealed how many of Putin’s North Koreans have died fighting against Ukraine.

According to South Korea's spy agency, one of the reasons for the death and injury rate is because of their unfamiliarity with drone warfare.

Read the story.
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19 Dec, 11:08

“Syria shows that Russia is not invincible," the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.

Read the story.
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18 Dec, 18:05

Ukraine currently doesn’t have the military strength to retake all the territory Russia has occupied since 2014, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today.

Read the story.
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18 Dec, 08:36

COMMENTARY: The EU is concerned that negotiations over Ukraine’s future might turn into a “mini Munich.”

Not only might they involve immediate territorial losses for Ukraine, but also risk further Russian advances in the country’s east.

Read the commentary.
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18 Dec, 08:24

Russia has detained a suspect in the assassination of General Igor Kirillov, a spokesperson for its main prosecutor’s office said today.

Full story here.
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18 Dec, 07:46

In the sky above the battlefields of Ukraine, an Iranian drone might be intercepted by an American air defense system, while on the ground, German-made artillery whizzes past North Korean shells.

Even the most dogged isolationists would have a hard time selling the war between Russia and Ukraine as a “regional conflict.”

Full story here.
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17 Dec, 14:39

A summit of a British-led grouping of Nordic and Baltic countries failed to offer much clarity on a defense spending target today, with the UK's Keir Starmer getting the blame.

Full story here.
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17 Dec, 12:26

Britain is sanctioning 20 ships alleged to be involved in the transportation of Russian oil, the UK government announced.

Here's the story.
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17 Dec, 11:43

Top Central European energy firms have written to EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to try to extend a transit deal carrying Russian gas across Ukraine, marking the latest push from the region to ensure continued supplies from Moscow.

Full story here.
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17 Dec, 08:41

🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine has assassinated a leading Russian military official in a daring bomb attack in Moscow.

Read the story.
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24 Oct, 09:07

There's a new Boris making waves in British politics.

Just ask Defence Secretary John Healey.

Read more.
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23 Oct, 16:44

Ukraine and Russia need to agree to stop hitting crucial civilian energy and food infrastructure as a first step to winding down the most aggressive phase of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters this week.

Read more.
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23 Oct, 12:06

The United States has "evidence" that North Korean troops have deployed to Russia, the US defense secretary said today.

Here’s the full story.
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23 Oct, 07:43

Defense ministers from the United Kingdom and Germany will sign a sweeping bilateral defense pact between Europe's two biggest military spenders today.

Here's the story.
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23 Oct, 07:08

Washington has "concerns" about EU moves to prioritize buying European weapons, saying that strategy will often fail to offer the cheapest or quickest way to get arms to Ukraine and other states in need, the outgoing US ambassador to NATO argued in an interview.

Here's what she said.
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22 Oct, 15:24

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, lashed out at Ukraine and South Korea today in the wake of reports that Pyongyang is sending troops to Russia, calling the two countries "bad dogs bred by the US" and threatening to unleash nuclear weapons.

Here's the full story.
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22 Oct, 12:39

"We may not be able to clearly predict the acts of hostile states and groups with complete certainty, but making qualified assessments is far superior to sailing into uncharted waters," writes Elisabeth Braw.

Read the full commentary.
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22 Oct, 09:34

Hezbollah launched a wave of rockets at Israel as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived today in Tel Aviv for his latest attempt to broker a cease-fire in Gaza.

Full story.
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22 Oct, 06:32

Reports that thousands of North Korean soldiers may soon join Russia to fight in Ukraine are reviving talk of sending European troops to the country to help Kyiv’s defenders.

Full story.
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21 Oct, 12:08

South Korea's foreign ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Seoul today and urged an "immediate" withdrawal of North Korean soldiers from the war in Ukraine.

Read the story.
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21 Oct, 11:15

NATO requested today that South Korea send a delegation to brief it on reports that North Korea is sending troops to Russia.

Full story.
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18 Oct, 12:22

US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to maintain support for Ukraine during a highly-symbolic meeting in Berlin today as the prospect of a Donald Trump election victory looms.

Read the full story.
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17 Oct, 16:40

The NATO alliance launched plans to develop a military-grade satellite communications network for the Arctic, aimed at bolstering defense against a belligerent Russia in the north.

Full story.
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17 Oct, 16:22

Ukraine’s survival can only be ensured by joining NATO or giving Kyiv nuclear weapons, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Read more.
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17 Oct, 15:56

There is a new threatening acronym challenging the global order: CRINK (China, Russia, Iran and North Korea).

Read more.
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17 Oct, 14:41

🚨 BREAKING: The Israel Defense Forces likely killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a strike in Gaza, two Israeli officials told us.

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17 Oct, 10:44

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned today that a third winter of Russia's full-scale war threatens to be devastating.

“Winter is coming, so we have to prepare,” he said.

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More than a million Moldovans will cast ballots on whether to join the EU on Sunday in a referendum that could pave the way to becoming a member of the bloc — or see the Eastern European nation pulled back into Russia’s orbit.

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17 Oct, 06:53

A joint investigation by us and the not-for-profit journalism group SourceMaterial found at least nine instances of shadow fleet vessels — aging, poorly maintained ships sailing in defiance of Western sanctions against Russia — leaving spills in the world’s waters since 2021.

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A top Israeli minister lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron today, calling him a “disgrace” after Israeli firms were blocked from participating in a French arms fair.

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