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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²βš‘πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί – Trump is against the spread of nuclear weapons further into Europe, Vance said, commenting on the Polish president's call to move nuclear weapons from the US or Western Europe to Polish territory

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#BREAKING πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²βš”οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ – US resumes supplies of GLSDB long-range bombs to Ukraine, β€” Reuters

πŸ—£ These bombs will replace ATACMS and can hit targets up to 161 km away, the agency reports.

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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ίβš”οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ – The EU's diplomatic service has proposed that EU countries provide military aid to Ukraine in 2025, with a funding range of at least €20b and potentially up to €40b.

The proposal, an updated version of an earlier plan, suggests that each participating EU country should contribute based on its economic weight.


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πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Christian Democratic Party leader and Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz supports the transfer of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine in close coordination with European partners.

♦️He stated this while answering questions during the panel discussion β€œSecurity Dividend: European Support for Ukraine” at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

β€œWe must be ready to hand over, but only if we have an agreement among our European partners (there are already at least two who do this – the UK and France) and we must develop a common position on how we do this and how we will coordinate our efforts.” - Merz said.


βœ… The CDU leader noted that there is a majority in the current Bundestag for this now and, possibly, in the future.


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#BREAKING – China successfully launched a Long March-2D rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite into space.

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NEW βš“πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ίβš”οΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡° Arrival of Russian Pacific Fleet ships at Karachi Port in Pakistan

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Germany: The Armed Forces are preparing for the worst β€” deploying liaison commands in North Rhine-Westphalia for several weeks to rehearse operations in times of crisis with possible deployment options incl. troop deployments through North Rhine-Westphalia to NATO's eastern flank - πŸ—žοΈ T-Online

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke by phone with Zelensky.

"We will ensure that Ukraine has the military support it needs to defend itself, now and in the future," the Canadian leader said.


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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³βš‘πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ό – China Builds Mega-Bridges to Invade Taiwan - Naval News

πŸ—£ They publish photos of huge ship-bridges that were taken on
a beach in the northeast of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³.

These bridge ships are designed for amphibious assault operations.


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#BREAKING – The US is considering striking Iranian targets in Yemen and Iranian assets that support the Houthis, such as intelligence gathering vessels – Axios

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­βš”οΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί The new Defense Minister of Switzerland, Martin Pfister, said that cooperation and joint exercises with NATO are absolutely necessary. His department will pursue a path of closer integration with the alliance.

Switzerland also aims to increase defence spending to 1% of GDP by 2030, up from 0.7% in 2024.


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βš”οΈπŸ‡¨πŸ‡³βš‘πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡² – China has called itself a "near-Arctic state", which has provoked a strong reaction from genuinely near-Arctic countries, but has now scaled back its ambitions due to a possible Russia-US cooperation agreement in the region - SCMP

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βš οΈβš‘πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ίβš‘πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Moscow again accusing Europe of waging war in Ukraine because of sending peacekeeping troops - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko

πŸ—£οΈ"They boast a lot about being a defensive alliance, but the real story of this alliance consists of military operations, a series of aggressions," the Russian diplomat fantasized

❗It should be noted that a ceasefire without participation of peacekeeping troops has no real chances to be established for a long-term because monitoring is an essential part of establishing freedom.

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⚠️ NEW βš“πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – Russian Surveillance ship Admiral Vladimirsky πŸ›³οΈ has left Kronstadt, St Petersburg. Mar 13 2025 1513 UTC - map πŸ—ΊοΈ of current location.

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πŸ‡°πŸ‡΅βš‘πŸŒ North Korea rejects G7 call for denuclearization

North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman says:
β€œG7 countries are the main criminals who question global peace and security as well as the international non-proliferation system and oppose the ability of an independent country to have a deterrent to a just war”


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πŸ“‘πŸš€πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊπŸ›°οΈ The Russian Aerospace Forces launched military satellites into Earth orbit using the Angara-1.2 launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome

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βš”οΈπŸ‡±πŸ‡Ή Lithuania is preparing to return to universal conscription

The territorial recruitment centers (TRCs), have actually begun operating.


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