🇯🇵🤝🌐 — Japan announces it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine

➡️ Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance.

➡️ Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani announced his country’s interest during talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Tokyo.

➡️ After providing the war-torn country with defense equipment and support, Japan now wants to join NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, or NSATU, headquartered at a U.S. base in the German town of Wiesbaden.

➡️ Last April 13, 2025, AP reported Japan is working towards joining NATO's Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) command in Germany.

➡️ The move would reportedly have Japan take a more involved role in training Ukrainian forces, potentially sending troops to Europe to do so.

➡️ Details of the mission, including the possibility of sending any Japan Self Defense Force members to Wiesbaden, were still to be discussed.

➡️ As AP hints, any Japanese cooperation was not expected to involve combat, in line with what has been Tokyo’s post-World War II tradition of limiting its military’s role.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-defense-nato-rutte-china-15de39e226c57a893fbf9755f600dcdb

🇵🇰❌🇮🇳 — In interview to Russian State Media Russia Today, Pakistani Ambassador to Russian Federation said Islamabad could use nuclear weapons in case of war with New Delhi

‘Pakistan will use full spectrum of power, BOTH conventional and nuclear’

🤔 Interestingly, it comes in surprise for some Indian observers - given that Russia is historically friend to India - as Russian Media and affiliated outlets lately are more and more covering the tensions from a Pro-Pakistan perspective

🇵🇰❌🇮🇳 — In interview to Russian State media RT, Pakistani Ambassador to Russian Federation issued a direct war warning to India over the flow of Indus River

‘Attempt to usurp the water of lower riparian would be an act of war against Pakistan

240 million people…

This is the lifeline of Pakistan’



🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — Israeli security cabinet approves expansion of military action in Gaza, Ynet reports;

In recent session, IDF chief warned that large-scale operations could jeopardize the lives of hostages.

🇮🇳❌🇵🇰 — Indian Media ANI reported India cut off Pakistani water supply via Baglihar Dam, threatening Pakistan's water & food security directly

New Delhi had resumed flow from border dam Thursday

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — Israeli source says military plans approved by cabinet include full takeover of Gaza, N12 News reports.

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🇪🇺📝🔤 — 📰 Financial Times | EU readies ‘plan B’ should Trump walk away from Ukraine talks | Top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Europe can maintain sanctions on Russia if Washington starts lifting its own | May 1, 2025:

"The EU is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the Trump administration abandon Ukraine peace talks and seek rapprochement with Moscow, according to the bloc’s top diplomat.

US President Donald Trump had vowed to bring a swift end to Russia’s more than three-year-long war against Ukraine, but has failed to force a peace agreement during his first 100 days in office as Moscow and Kyiv both reject elements of his administration’s proposals.

“It’s a question whether the Americans will want to leave,” Kaja Kallas, the EU’s high representative for foreign and security policy, told the Financial Times. “We see signs that they are contemplating whether they should leave Ukraine and not try to get a deal with the Russians because it’s hard.

(...) Kallas said that no EU country would accept recognition of Crimea as Russia, an element of the US proposal that is a major red line for Kyiv.

“I can’t see that we are accepting these kind of things. But we can’t speak for America, of course, and what they will do,” she said. “On the European side, we have said this over and over again . . . Crimea is Ukraine.”

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🇺🇸🆗🚫🇺🇦🗳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Zelensky Relieved As Trump Quietly Drops A Key Demand | May 2, 2025%

"A key Trump demand of the Zelensky government was quietly dropped as a condition of peace talks as well as the Ukraine minerals deal, which was finally signed this week.

Washington is no longer seeking to pressure or force President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections that could result in his being ousted office for the sake of peace, according to information in The Telegraph. 

"The demand has been quietly dropped from the latest set of American proposals for a ceasefire," The Telegraph writes. "The American decision to stop demanding elections is designed to placate the Ukrainian officials who have argued against swathes of a seven-point peace plan tabled by Mr Trump."

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🇵🇹🛂📞🏴🇧🇷 — Portugal will notify thousands of immigrants, including Brazilians, to tell them it's time to leave the country

➡️ The Portuguese Conservative government will notify 18,000 illegal immigrants to leave the country.

➡️ The Brazilian Embassy in Portugal is closely monitoring the issue and is in contact with the Portuguese authorities to obtain information on the exact number of Brazilians affected.

➡️ The Minister of the Presidency of the Portuguese government, António Leitão Amaro (PSD, Christian Democrats), stated last Saturday (3/5) that the immigrants who must leave the country had their residency applications denied by the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Aima), after a period of analysis, for not complying with local rules.

➡️ They will have 20 days to leave Portugal.

"Anyone who fails to comply with the order will be forcibly removed," said Amaro.

➡️ They will have 20 days to leave Portugal.

"Anyone who fails to comply with the order will be forcibly removed, that is, deported" said Amaro.

➡️ According to the minister, 4,574 immigrants will be notified next week.

"The laws must be followed, and non-compliance must be subject to the consequences of the law," he said.

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🇮🇱💥🇾🇪 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Israel Unleashes Massive Strikes On Yemen With 30 Jets, After Ben Gurion Airport Attack | May 5, 2025:

"In the wake of the unprecedented Sunday direct hit on Israel's Ben Gurion international airport by a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis of Yemen, Israeli leadership has vowed to hit back hard. "The attack on Ben Gurion Airport has removed all restrictions from our perspective," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has stated. He emphasized, "Whoever harms us will be harmed sevenfold" - amid an emergency meeting of Israel's security cabinet. Al Jazeera and regional media say that response has come on Monday. There are reports that 30 Israeli jets are bombing Yemen's main port, along with US military assistance:

Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem has reported that Houthi-affiliated media has said a total of nine sites have been hit in Hodeidah.

Israeli media has reported both at least 30 Israeli fighter jets were involved in strikes on Yemen, which come a day after the Houthis attacked the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, with a missile landing near the facility.

A senior US official has said the raids were being carried out in coordination with the US. Al Jazeera could not immediately confirm that information

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Crucially, Israeli media reports citing military officials confirmed that the US-supplied THAAD missile as well as the Arrow defense system failed to intercept the inbound ballistic missile. Israel's defenses tend to be most effective for the type of shorter-range missiles launched by Hamas and Hezbollah."

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🇮🇳❌🇵🇰‼️🇵🇰 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Escalation in Jammu and Kashmir: situation on the border between India and Pakistan

Tensions remain high on the India-Pakistan border, with the Indian Air Force on high alert amid rising incidents along the line of contact.

🔻 More about the activities of the Pakistan Armed Forces:

▪️ In the last 24 hours, local clashes between units of the Pakistani and Indian Armed Forces have been reported in the areas of the populated areas of Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Rajaur, Mendahar, Naushera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor.

▪️ Amid growing tensions, the Pakistanis have redeployed 90 troops from Rawalkot to the Line of Control area. They are also supplying weapons and ammunition there. And an operational meeting was held in Azad Kashmir, attended by about 180 military command personnel.

▪️ Also, since May 4, the centralized supply of communications equipment (radio stations, portable Iridium satellite communication terminals), navigation, night vision devices and power supply devices has begun.

▪️ On May 3, the Pakistani Armed Forces conducted a training launch of the Abdali operational-tactical missile from the Sonmiani test site at a range of up to 450 km. Also, a naval exercise is planned off the coast of Pakistan from May 5 to 6.

📌 But more significant was the visit of the Turkish corvette Buyukada to Karachi. From May 7, together with the Pakistanis, they plan to conduct the exercise Turgutreis-12, which was last held in the Mediterranean.

🔻 More about the activities of the Indian Armed Forces:

▪️ In response to Pakistani naval activity, Indian sailors will conduct live-fire training exercises until May 7, as part of which two sea areas and airspace above them in northeastern
parts of the Arabian Sea.

▪️ The administration of the Indian Gun Carriage Factory, which produces artillery ammunition, also announced that all employees would be recalled from leave.

▪️ In addition, flight tests of a controlled aerostat designed for reconnaissance and optical-electronic surveillance from high altitudes (from 17 to 20 km) were successfully conducted.
❗️ The most important development was that the Indian leadership allegedly stopped the flow of water to Pakistan through the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River. Similar measures are also planned at the Kishangaga Dam on the Jhelum River. However, there was no confirmation of this, except for reports in the local media.

The nuance is that if the water through the Baglihar dam is blocked, the Indian Salal hydroelectric power station, which is located downstream of the Chenab , will suffer. Therefore, in this case, this news looks like a deliberate leak with the aim of increasing the degree of tension between the countries.

In the Pakistani segment of the Internet, this worked like a charm, as some politicians have already threatened to strike Indian facilities in the Indus basin. And the Pakistani Armed Forces units have urgently begun to move command posts deeper into safe areas with developed logistics.

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — Axios reports Israel has set US President Trump's visit to the Middle East next week as a deadline for a new hostage and ceasefire deal, with a massive ground operation to commence if no deal is reached, Israeli officials say.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — Axios says Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan Sunday night to gradually reoccupy all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely if no deal is reached by May 15.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸❗️ — Israeli Plans for the operation call for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to flatten any buildings that remain standing and displace virtually the entire Gazan population of 2 million people to a single 'humanitarian area' within the strip

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🇺🇸📞🇮🇱❗️ — Axios reports US President Donald Trump has effectively given Netanyahu the green light to act as he sees fit in Gaza!