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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-03-15/silver-bird

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🇺🇸💣🙏🇵🇱 — 📰 ZeroHedge | President Duda Urges Trump To Place Nuclear Weapons In Poland | March 13, 2025:

"Thursday saw more nuclear escalation nuttiness coming from heads of NATO states. This time it is NATO 'eastern flank' member Poland calling for more nuclear deterrence with an eye on Russia.

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to his country, following on the heels of French President Emmanuel Macron last week saying he's ready to extend France's nuclear umbrella over all of Europe.

Duda's fresh request of Washington came in an interview with the Financial Times, and some key lines were in the following:

Andrzej Duda said it was "obvious" that President Donald Trump could redeploy US nuclear warheads stored in western Europe or the US to Poland, a proposal the Polish president said he recently discussed with Keith Kellogg, US special envoy for Ukraine.

"The borders of Nato moved east in 1999, so 26 years later there should also be a shift of the Nato infrastructure east. For me this is obvious," Duda said in an interview with the Financial Times. "I think it’s not only that the time has come, but that it would be safer if those weapons were already here."

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🇬🇧👃🇺🇦🪨 — 🇬🇧 Declassified UK | Britain Wants Ukraine's Minerals Too | It’s not just Trump. The UK views critical minerals as a government priority and wants to open up Ukraine’s vast resources to British corporations | March 11, 2025:

"When UK officials signed a 100 year partnership with Ukraine in mid-January, they claimed to be Ukraine’s “preferred partner” in developing the country’s “critical minerals strategy”.

Yet within a month, Donald Trump had presented a proposal to Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelensky to access the country’s vast mineral resources as “compensation” for US support to Ukraine in the war against Russia.

Whitehall was none too pleased about Washington muscling in. 

When foreign secretary David Lammy met Zelensky in Kyiv last month he reportedly raised the issue of minerals, “a sign that Starmer’s government is still keen to get access to Ukraine’s riches”, the iPaper reported. 

Lammy earlier said, in a speech last year: “Look around the world. Countries are scrambling to secure critical minerals, just as great powers once raced to control oil”.

The UK foreign secretary was correct, but Britain itself is one of those powers, and Ukraine is one of the major countries UK officials – as well as the Trump administration – have their eyes on.

It’s no surprise why. Ukraine has around 20,000 mineral deposits covering 116 types of minerals such as beryllium, manganese, gallium, uranium, zirconium, rare earth metals, and nickel.

The country, whose economy has been devastated by Russia’s brutal war, also possesses one of the world’s largest reserves of graphite, the largest titanium reserves in Europe, and a third of the continent’s lithium deposits.

These resources are key for industries such as military production, high tech, aerospace, and green energy."

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🇺🇸🗣🚫🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Rutte Confirms NATO Membership For Ukraine Off The Table, Hints At Future Normalization With Russia | March 14, 2025:

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Rutte in an interview Friday was asked by Bloomberg TV’s Annemarie Gordern if Trump has definitely removed the issue of Ukraine’s accession to NATO from the negotiating table. Rutte answered "yes" and nodded in the affirmative when pressed."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦❗️ — Russian troops are massing across the border from Ukraine’s Sumy region and preparing for a new ground offensive into Ukraine’s northeast, President Zelensky warns

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪❗️ — New York Times reports that the strikes in Yemen were ordered by President Trump himself, targeting radars, air defenses, missile systems, and drones belonging to the Houthi terrorists

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪❗️ — The New York Times, citing US officials: Pentagon Security officials want a stronger campaign that will strip the Houthis of control over parts of the country.

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪 — The U.S. carried out large-scale military strikes on Saturday against dozens of Houthi targets in Yemen in an effort to open international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, NYT reports.

U.S. officials say that airstrikes against the Houthis’ arsenal could last for several days, intensifying in scope and scale depending on the militants’ reaction.

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪🇮🇷 — U.S. officials say the strikes this evening against Houthi targets in Yemen were also meant to send a warning signal to Iran, says NYT

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪 — According to Senior U.S. Officials, tonight’s strikes were launched by F/A-18 “Super Hornets” from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Northern Red Sea, as well as Air Force strike aircraft and drones launched from bases across the Middle East

According to them, this is only being the start of the operation, as air and naval strikes are expected to continue for several days, intensifying in scope and scale depending on the reaction and response by the Houthis.

🇺🇸❌🇾🇪🇮🇷 — Via Truth Social, United States President Donald J. Trump says he ordered US Air Force and US Navy to start a military operation against Houthi/Ansarallah positions to open the Gulf of Aden by force and crush the Houthi blockade against International Commerce in the region after 1 year and a half of strikes against Israeli, American, Chinese, EU, ASEAN and Russian commercial passing via the region under the excuse of attacking Israeli economy

The American President also threatened to use force against the Iranian Regime if the Ayatollahs in Tehran don't stop supporting the Houthi terror & piracy campaign

In Statement, Trump said:

Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones.
Joe Biden’s response was pathetically weak, so the unrestrained Houthis just kept going. It has been over a year since a U.S. flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden. The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times. Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at U.S. aircraft, and targeted our Troops and Allies. These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.
The Houthi attack on American vessels will not be tolerated. We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective. The Houthis have choked off shipping in one of the most important Waterways of the World, grinding vast swaths of Global Commerce to a halt, and attacking the core principle of Freedom of Navigation upon which International Trade and Commerce depends.
Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom. No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World.

To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON’T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!
To Iran: Support for the Houthi terrorists must end IMMEDIATELY! Do NOT threaten the American People, their President, who has received one of the largest mandates in Presidential History, or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷❗️ — US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz says Iranian Ships providing Intelligence to Houthis target commercial ships will be attacked by US Navy

🇮🇱🇹🇷🇸🇾 Israel is concerned about the possibility of Turkey expanding its military presence inside Syria.

Israel prefers a fragmented Syria and believes this enhances its security, unlike Turkey, which supports a strong and centralized Syria.

Israel could benefit from cooperation with Turkey to reduce the risk of military conflict with Syria.

Syria has become a theater for a proxy war between Turkey and Israel.

Turkey and Israel are facing growing tensions over the future of Syria after Assad.

Israel wants to see Syria fragmented after the country became a launching pad for Iran and its proxies under Assad.

https://apnews.com/article/turkey-israel-rising-tensions-syria-1e9f9e9d27517162a6559b1313bcb4e6

🇹🇷🇸🇾 According to the agreement between Turkey and Syria, Turkey will establish an air base at the Minnaq military airport in Azaz.

🔺A military delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Defense will travel to Syria next week.

🔺The meeting will discuss updates to the Syrian army.

🔺The Turkish Armed Forces will provide military training to increase the Syrian army's capacity in defense and security.

🔺Support will be provided for the redevelopment of the defense industry sector in Syria.

🔺Military advisors will be sent to modernize the Syrian army.

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