🇪🇺🇵🇱🇭🇺🇸🇰🇺🇦🌾 The European Commission called on Poland, Hungary and Slovakia on Sunday to be constructive after they unilaterally declared they would continue to ban grain imports from Ukraine despite the Commission's decision to end the ban.

"We are aware of some Member States' announcements in respect to unilateral measures. What is important right now is that all countries work in the spirit of compromise and engage constructively," a Commission spokeswoman said.

Ukraine was one of the world's top grain exporters before Russia's 2022 invasion reduced its ability to ship agricultural produce to global markets through Black Sea ports. Since then, Ukrainian farmers have relied on grain exports through neighbouring countries.

However, the flood of grains and oilseeds into neighbouring countries has impacted the income of local farmers and resulted in governments banning agricultural imports from Ukraine.

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BREAKING

🇨🇬Boeing 767-2DX(ER) - Congo Brazzaville Presidential Plane.

President 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼 was in New-York for the UN meeting when the alleged coup took place.

He is apparently going to spend the night in Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳

MilitaryEye

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💥 Ukrainian media reports an explosion in Chernomorsk, Odessa region.

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🇺🇸🤡 Mike Pence is convinced that US troops will have to go and fight if Ukraine loses...

🐻 That's what the opposite of smart looks like...

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🇬🇧❌🇨🇳 RAF veterans training the Chinese military will face prosecution for sharing tactics with a foreign power, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

Former service personnel who train the militaries of UK competitors will be “pursued and brought to justice”, Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, said.

Last October, the MoD issued a rare security alert after it emerged that a number of former RAF, Royal Navy and Army pilots had been training the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

The pilots were contracted through a South African company after being offered salaries of around £250,000. It was reported that about 30 had moved to China to provide the training.

The revelation prompted fears that former British pilots were helping the Chinese to understand Western tactics, potentially equipping the People’s Liberation Army with knowledge about shooting down the planes of Britain and its allies.

Telegraph

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🇺🇸 Imagine Julian Assange reading this tweet...

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🇺🇸 The US have "forgot" how to build Icebreakers - Wall Street Journal

U.S. authorities are in a race to acquire new polar icebreakers due to the aging status of the Coast Guard's current fleet. Currently, the Coast Guard operates only two icebreakers, and one of them is nearing the end of its operational life. Additionally, the icebreaker assigned to the Arctic undergoes maintenance every winter, rendering it temporarily out of service.

The delivery timeline for the first of these new icebreakers has been delayed, shifting from the originally planned 2024 to 2028. This delay is primarily attributed to the complex challenge faced by designers, engineers, and welders, who are tasked with a task the United States hasn't tackled in decades: shaping hardened steel, over an inch thick, into the curved and reinforced hull of a ship.

🐻 You know who knows how to build those ships? Even nuclear powered ones? Russia does...

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🇺🇸 Search Underway for Missing F-35 Aircraft After Marine Pilot's Ejection Over Charleston

A South Carolina military airbase is seeking public assistance in locating a missing Marine Corps fighter aircraft, following an incident on Sunday afternoon when the pilot ejected from the aircraft.

Marine Corps investigators have initiated an inquiry into this incident, described as a 'mishap,' in which one of their pilots was ejected from an F-35 fighter aircraft over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon.

The pilot, who is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, was discovered alive and safely transported to a nearby medical center.

🐻 Mishap. A funny word to use...

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🇺🇸 The US trying to find their F-35 be like...

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✈️ Ukrainian monitoring channels report that several Tu-95MS strategic bombers have entered their launch positions over the Caspian Sea.

Could be up to eight planes.

❗️ We will see if there are missile launches in about an hour or so...

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💥 Explosions were reported Odessa and Kherson regions within the last hour.

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