⚡🇩🇪❗️ The Bundestag backed a historic decision to strengthen defense. This will unlock aid to Ukraine – Financial Times
♦️At an emergency session of the Bundestag, the future chancellor received the support of 513 deputies, which exceeds the two-thirds of votes needed to amend the Constitution. The document still needs to be approved by the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat.
♦️The bill would loosen debt restrictions in Germany's main law. Economists have calculated that the country's armed forces need more than 400 billion euros in the coming years.
🩸All defense spending exceeding 1% of gross domestic product will be exempt from debt restrictions.
✅ Also, the adoption of this decision will allow Ukraine to receive additional military aid in the amount of 3 billion euros.
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♦️At an emergency session of the Bundestag, the future chancellor received the support of 513 deputies, which exceeds the two-thirds of votes needed to amend the Constitution. The document still needs to be approved by the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat.
♦️The bill would loosen debt restrictions in Germany's main law. Economists have calculated that the country's armed forces need more than 400 billion euros in the coming years.
🩸All defense spending exceeding 1% of gross domestic product will be exempt from debt restrictions.
✅ Also, the adoption of this decision will allow Ukraine to receive additional military aid in the amount of 3 billion euros.
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⚔️🇨🇵 Macron announced a large-scale rearmament of the French army.
♦️The French president, speaking at a military base in front of hundreds of troops, confirmed plans to increase the purchase of Rafale fighters. He also announced investments in nuclear missile technology worth $1.6 billion.
♦️ According to Reuters , these investments in the French defense industry could exceed the total investment over the past seven years.
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♦️The French president, speaking at a military base in front of hundreds of troops, confirmed plans to increase the purchase of Rafale fighters. He also announced investments in nuclear missile technology worth $1.6 billion.
♦️ According to Reuters , these investments in the French defense industry could exceed the total investment over the past seven years.
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NEW – Kosovo🇽🇰, Albania 🇦🇱 and Croatia 🇭🇷 signed a trilateral defense agreement in Tirana, Albania, essentially forming a defense military alliance.
Albanian Defense Minister Pirro Vengu said other countries were also interested in joining the alliance.
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Albanian Defense Minister Pirro Vengu said other countries were also interested in joining the alliance.
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NEW 🇪🇺⚔️🇺🇦 – EU plans to supply Ukraine with at least 2 million ammunition per year – Foreign Minister Kallas announced
A separate section on this is contained in the "White Paper" on the future of EU defense, which was presented today by the European Commission
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A separate section on this is contained in the "White Paper" on the future of EU defense, which was presented today by the European Commission
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NEW ⚔️🇪🇺 EU Commission unveils the White Paper for European Defence and the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030
Among the goals are:
🔹Enhancing European readiness for worst-case scenarios, by improving military mobility, stockpiling and strengthening external borders, notably the land border with Russia and Belarus.
🔹Strengthening partnership with like-minded countries around the world
As announced by EU President von der Leyen, the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 enables spending of over €800 billion structured around the following pillars:
🔹Unleash the use of public funding in defence at national level
🔹 Up to a maximum of 1.5% of GDP for each year of activation of the national escape clause; For a period of four years.
🗞️ White Paper Article of the EU Commission
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Among the goals are:
🔹Enhancing European readiness for worst-case scenarios, by improving military mobility, stockpiling and strengthening external borders, notably the land border with Russia and Belarus.
🔹Strengthening partnership with like-minded countries around the world
As announced by EU President von der Leyen, the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 enables spending of over €800 billion structured around the following pillars:
🔹Unleash the use of public funding in defence at national level
🔹 Up to a maximum of 1.5% of GDP for each year of activation of the national escape clause; For a period of four years.
🗞️ White Paper Article of the EU Commission
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🇫🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸 – Macron's efforts on Ukraine could lead to conflict with Trump, - Bloomberg
The publication notes that while the US president insists on a ceasefire, the French leader has met with the heads of military departments of more than 30 countries. Together with British Prime Minister Starmer, he also plans to gather representatives of 37 countries ready to provide military support to Ukraine after the ceasefire.
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The publication notes that while the US president insists on a ceasefire, the French leader has met with the heads of military departments of more than 30 countries. Together with British Prime Minister Starmer, he also plans to gather representatives of 37 countries ready to provide military support to Ukraine after the ceasefire.
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A new Defence Alliance is forming in the Balkans with the option of expansion in Eastern Europe
Bulgaria has also expressed interest in joining the 🇽🇰-🇦🇱-🇭🇷 #military alliance
The alliance is also open to North Macedonia 🇲🇰 and Montenegro 🇲🇪, Serbia has opposed the alliance, calling it a provocation.
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Bulgaria has also expressed interest in joining the 🇽🇰-🇦🇱-🇭🇷 #military alliance
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⚠️🇪🇺🇺🇦 Military integration of the EU and Ukraine is directed against the dialogue between the Russia and the US - Russian Foreign Ministry
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🇷🇺⚡🇺🇸 US arms deliveries to Kyiv run counter to declared intentions to achieve peace in Ukraine, MoFA spox Zakharova said in response to a question from Izvestia
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⚡⚔️🌐 NATO plans to increase arms stockpiles of European allies by 30%, - Bloomberg
The reason for NATO's increased armament is the threat from Russia, as well as the desire of US president Trump to shift more of the defense burden from the US to the rest of the Alliance.
According to senior NATO officials, it will take from five to 15 years to implement the new goals.
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The reason for NATO's increased armament is the threat from Russia, as well as the desire of US president Trump to shift more of the defense burden from the US to the rest of the Alliance.
According to senior NATO officials, it will take from five to 15 years to implement the new goals.
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🇪🇺⚔️⚡🇺🇲 – EU countries discuss NATO leadership
Great Britain, France, Germany and the Nordic countries are set to take over the bulk of NATO's funding, with the plan to be presented to the US ahead of the alliance's annual summit in June.
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Great Britain, France, Germany and the Nordic countries are set to take over the bulk of NATO's funding, with the plan to be presented to the US ahead of the alliance's annual summit in June.
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#BREAKING ⚔️🇳🇱 The Netherlands: the government intend to increase the size of the army from 75 thousand to 200 thousand, the NOS television and radio company reported
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🚨🇪🇺⚡💥 Europe's explosive stockpiles are running low, and the EU is ramping up production, Bloomberg reports.
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🇱🇹⚔️🇺🇦 – Lithuania ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, in an interview with Bloomberg
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"We are talking about a very specific number of our troops, but there must be a commitment from all coalition countries to provide this support,"
- he said.
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🇦🇱⚔️🇭🇷⚡🇷🇸 – Albanians and Croats united against Serbia
Albania, Kosovo 🇽🇰 and Croatia signed a trilateral military cooperation agreement in Tirana.
The agreement provides for joint exercises, deepening contacts in the military-industrial complex and military education. These states are the most pro-Western in the Balkans.
The alliance is aimed primarily against Serbia, with which the Albanians and Croats fought in the 1990s. The result was the bombing of Serbia by NATO aircraft and the breakaway of the Serbian state of Kosovo.
The West is watching with alarm the growth of Russia's influence in the world and is creating anti-Serbian blocs in the Balkans in advance in order to prevent future rapprochement between Belgrade and Moscow.
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Albania, Kosovo 🇽🇰 and Croatia signed a trilateral military cooperation agreement in Tirana.
The agreement provides for joint exercises, deepening contacts in the military-industrial complex and military education. These states are the most pro-Western in the Balkans.
The alliance is aimed primarily against Serbia, with which the Albanians and Croats fought in the 1990s. The result was the bombing of Serbia by NATO aircraft and the breakaway of the Serbian state of Kosovo.
The West is watching with alarm the growth of Russia's influence in the world and is creating anti-Serbian blocs in the Balkans in advance in order to prevent future rapprochement between Belgrade and Moscow.
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NEW ⚔️🇺🇸 US president Trump Announced Development of American Sixth Generation Fighter – F-47
Trump said the prototype fighter had been secretly tested for nearly five years. Details about the F-47's specifications and deployment timeline have not yet been disclosed.
The contract for the production of the new aircraft was signed with Boeing.
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Trump said the prototype fighter had been secretly tested for nearly five years. Details about the F-47's specifications and deployment timeline have not yet been disclosed.
The contract for the production of the new aircraft was signed with Boeing.
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#BREAKING NEWS 🇺🇸⚡ The US is "closing" a section of airspace and a section of water near Hawaii for missile tests.
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📰 — BILD: Ukrainian military has learned to knock out the aim of Russian bombs.
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♦️ These satellite-guided bombs could previously hit targets up to 40 km away, but their accuracy has now been significantly reduced. They increasingly miss, and sometimes even fall on Russian territory.✅ The Ukrainians were able to stop the Russian advance because Russia no longer has the protection of precision bombs. Now Ukraine can counterattack. - the publication writes (via WAR FACTS)
♦️ The Ukrainian military has introduced a modern jammer called "Night Watch Lima." This device is capable of blocking satellite signals used to guide Russian bombs, causing them to lose orientation.
♦️ In addition, Ukrainian experts discovered critical vulnerabilities in the software of the Kometa-M system installed on these aerial bombs.
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🇳🇱⚔️🇷🇸 BREAKING – Hungarian PM Orban and Serbian PM Vucic are about to sign a military alliance agreement. Both countries are bolstering their military.
Serbia's military has grown bigger than any other countries combined in the region.
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Serbia's military has grown bigger than any other countries combined in the region.
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BREAKING ⚡⚔️🇺🇸 The US is preparing to establish the "Golden Dome" air-defense system against long-range missiles — CNN
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