🇯🇵⚡🇺🇸 Defense spending is determined by Japan, not based on the opinions of other countries - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in response to Elbridge Colby's call to increase Tokyo's defense spending to 3% of GDP
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As the US suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, France is prepared to fill the gap. French Defense Minister Lecornu announced that Paris will supply Kyiv with its own intelligence resources.
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BREAKING – Deployment of peacekeeping contingents from NATO countries in Ukraine will mean their official involvement in the conflict – Lavrov
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⚔️🇨🇵 France could significantly increase its military spending.
According to the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, the French army "could reach an optimal budget of around 90 billion euros per year".
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According to the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, the French army "could reach an optimal budget of around 90 billion euros per year".
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🇸🇪⚔️🇵🇱 – Sweden to provide Gripen fighter jets to the airspace of Poland, - Swedish Foreign Minister Stenergaard said
Stockholm plans to provide up to 8 aircraft, she said. The government is also proposing that Sweden provide air and sea surveillance assets, as well as airborne transport assets.
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Stockholm plans to provide up to 8 aircraft, she said. The government is also proposing that Sweden provide air and sea surveillance assets, as well as airborne transport assets.
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🇨🇭 The Swiss Parliament is questioning the purchase of the F-35s in the face of political uncertainties linked to Donald Trump and a possible increase in costs of one billion.
Some elected officials are calling for a re-evaluation of the project or a European alternative.
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Some elected officials are calling for a re-evaluation of the project or a European alternative.
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🇺🇸⚔️ 🇹🇼 Taiwan said it fired new US-made TOW 2B anti-tank missiles at the Jiupeng military base yesterday
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🇺🇲⚡🇷🇺 – The US will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on the Russian energy sector if this will speed up the ceasefire in Ukraine. As Bloomberg writes, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this while speaking at the Economic Club of New York.
❕Sanctions against Russia "will be used explicitly and aggressively for immediate maximum impact" at the direction of president Trump, Bessent said.
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❕Sanctions against Russia "will be used explicitly and aggressively for immediate maximum impact" at the direction of president Trump, Bessent said.
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French Mirage 2000 fighters, transferred to Ukraine a month ago, repelled a Russian attack for the first time tonight, - Air Force
❗In addition to the French, American F-16s were also involved.
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❗In addition to the French, American F-16s were also involved.
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#BREAKING – Poland considering withdrawal from conventions banning anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, PM Tusk says
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NEW – The Netherlands will allocate 700 million euros for the purchase of drones for Ukraine. This was announced by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov following his visit to Amsterdam.
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GERMANY ⚔️🇩🇪 Is Preparing For War Times: The most efficient manufacturing nation on earth has now officially joined the party BIG TIME.
They are creating a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy. And this is just for Germany.
This decision to develop its economy around defence manufacturing will not only boost defence capabilities, it will turbocharge the economy in the mid term.
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They are creating a €500 billion ($536 billion) infrastructure fund in a tectonic spending shift to revamp the military and revive growth in Europe’s largest economy. And this is just for Germany.
This decision to develop its economy around defence manufacturing will not only boost defence capabilities, it will turbocharge the economy in the mid term.
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⚔️🇩🇪 The German defense giant Rheinmetall just revealed new footage of its Skyranger 35, a highly capable 35mm AAA turret mounted on a Leopard 1 chassis.
Ukraine is expected to receive a number of these units, with significant interoperability with the country's Leopard 1A5 fleet.
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Ukraine is expected to receive a number of these units, with significant interoperability with the country's Leopard 1A5 fleet.
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NEW 🇪🇺🇦🇺⚔️🇺🇦 – Australian authorities will explore the possibility of taking part in the planned peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Albanese said
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🇺🇲⚔️🇺🇦 – The US has provided Ukraine with the most military equipment — CNN
America is Ukraine's largest donor. During the full-scale war, Washington has provided Kyiv with at least $123 billion, $69 billion of which is military aid.
The EU came in second place, providing $122 billion, of which military aid accounted for $54 billion.
The United States sent the most howitzers, surface-to-air missiles and multiple launch rocket systems, while Europe provided Ukraine with the most tanks.
Well, it's not the $350 billion from the US that Trump was talking about, but only $69 billion, if we're talking about military aid alone. Which is 5 times less.
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America is Ukraine's largest donor. During the full-scale war, Washington has provided Kyiv with at least $123 billion, $69 billion of which is military aid.
The EU came in second place, providing $122 billion, of which military aid accounted for $54 billion.
The United States sent the most howitzers, surface-to-air missiles and multiple launch rocket systems, while Europe provided Ukraine with the most tanks.
Well, it's not the $350 billion from the US that Trump was talking about, but only $69 billion, if we're talking about military aid alone. Which is 5 times less.
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⚓⚔️🇰🇵 North Korea has shown off a nuclear submarine under construction for the first time, — Associated Press.
The naval vessel appears to be in the 6,000- or 7,000-ton class and can carry about 10 missiles, Moon Geun-sik, a South Korean submarine expert who teaches at Hanyang University in Seoul, told CNN.
He also noted that the use of the term “strategic guided missiles” means equipping with nuclear weapons.
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The naval vessel appears to be in the 6,000- or 7,000-ton class and can carry about 10 missiles, Moon Geun-sik, a South Korean submarine expert who teaches at Hanyang University in Seoul, told CNN.
He also noted that the use of the term “strategic guided missiles” means equipping with nuclear weapons.
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⚡⚔️🇪🇺 The European Commission must switch to military preparation mode, - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
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⚔️🇵🇱 Poland mulls military training of every adult male in the country amid security concerns
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Poland mulls military training of every adult male in the country amid security concerns
The proposal from Tusk came a year after the Polish government said that the country’s military encompassed about 200,000 soldiers and was to grow to 220,000 this year to increase it to about 300,000