❗️ A new NATO strategic concept will address the "pacing challenge” allegedly posed by China for the United States and for European countries, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs Celeste Wallander said on Monday.
▪️ “The strategic concept we expect will and from the United States point of view must include addressing, what in the United States we refer to as ‘the pacing challenge’ of China, which is a more strategic challenge, including for Europe and we're seeing good signs, strong evidence that European countries do take this seriously and that will be addressed and strategic concept,” Wallander said during a virtual talk organized by the Atlantic Council.
▪️ The United States is looking for a strong and unified statement on the new security environment in Europe, in which the region is no longer viewed as an environment of peace but rather of “acute threat,” Wallander added.
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▪️ “The strategic concept we expect will and from the United States point of view must include addressing, what in the United States we refer to as ‘the pacing challenge’ of China, which is a more strategic challenge, including for Europe and we're seeing good signs, strong evidence that European countries do take this seriously and that will be addressed and strategic concept,” Wallander said during a virtual talk organized by the Atlantic Council.
▪️ The United States is looking for a strong and unified statement on the new security environment in Europe, in which the region is no longer viewed as an environment of peace but rather of “acute threat,” Wallander added.
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⚡️ 📹 One of the civilians released from the Azovstal plant describes how they were forced to dig trenches by Ukrainian nationalists.
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⚡️ 📹 A resident of liberated Mariupol accuses the Ukrainian Army of destroying the city where she lived.
In the video, the woman emphasises that she saw with her own eyes how Ukrainian soldiers, including from the Azov Battalion, destroyed Mariupol.
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In the video, the woman emphasises that she saw with her own eyes how Ukrainian soldiers, including from the Azov Battalion, destroyed Mariupol.
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❗️ Over 170 Ukrainian soldiers trained in handling US howitzers, more than 50 are completing training - Pentagon
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⚡️ The US Federal Communications Commission says that interfering with the Tesla CEO’s acquisition of Twitter is not permitted by its regulations
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❗️ US defense official confirms over 5,000 Javelins have made it to Ukraine since Russia's operation began
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❗️ Russian MoD’s latest statement on the Ukraine crisis:
▪️ A warehouse with rockets, artillery, and ammunition has been destroyed near the settlement of Pokrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
▪️ Up to 170 nationalists, as well as 36 weapons and Ukrainian military equipment, have been destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces.
▪️ Russian operational-tactical and Army aviation hit 13 strongholds and concentrations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️ Four S-300 air defence system launchers as well as a reconnaissance and guidance radar station have been destroyed in the area of the settlement Mezhevaya in Ukraine.
▪️ High-precision air-launched missiles have hit 36 Ukrainian military facilities over the past day.
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▪️ A warehouse with rockets, artillery, and ammunition has been destroyed near the settlement of Pokrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
▪️ Up to 170 nationalists, as well as 36 weapons and Ukrainian military equipment, have been destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces.
▪️ Russian operational-tactical and Army aviation hit 13 strongholds and concentrations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️ Four S-300 air defence system launchers as well as a reconnaissance and guidance radar station have been destroyed in the area of the settlement Mezhevaya in Ukraine.
▪️ High-precision air-launched missiles have hit 36 Ukrainian military facilities over the past day.
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⚡️ Shots and explosions heard in the Azovstal area, Sputnik correspondent reports
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🔥 Former US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper reportedly writes in his book that Trump mentioned the prospects of shooting protesters during the first week of June 2020.
▪️ As protesters were gathering in the streets near the White House in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in 2020, then-US President Donald Trump considered allowing the authorities to use firearms to quell the protests, former US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper alleges in his upcoming memoir, as cited by Axios.
▪️ In the book, noscriptd "A Sacred Oath" and slated to be released on 10 May, Esper claims Trump made such a suggestion during the first week of June 2020.
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▪️ As protesters were gathering in the streets near the White House in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in 2020, then-US President Donald Trump considered allowing the authorities to use firearms to quell the protests, former US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper alleges in his upcoming memoir, as cited by Axios.
▪️ In the book, noscriptd "A Sacred Oath" and slated to be released on 10 May, Esper claims Trump made such a suggestion during the first week of June 2020.
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⚡️ Direct participation of NATO in Ukraine conflict ruled out - Scholz
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⚡️ 📹 A local resident from Mariupol shows the remains of buildings destroyed by Ukrainian nationalists.
Many of the destroyed houses were of historical importance, having survived the Second World War.
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Many of the destroyed houses were of historical importance, having survived the Second World War.
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😬 As American actress Amber Heard is engaged in a legal battle against Hollywood star Johnny Depp, an online petition on Change.org, which calls for removing Heard from the sequel to "Aquaman" due to having been "exposed as a domestic abuser by Johnny Depp", has garnered over three million signatures.
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🐕 Greyhound racing nearing its end in the US
It’s been a long slide for greyhound racing, which reached its peak in the 1980s when there were more than 50 tracks across 19 states. Since then, increased concerns about how the dogs are treated along with an explosion of gambling options have nearly killed a sport that gained widespread appeal about a century ago.
The Iowa Greyhound Park track, will close in May, after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. By the end of the year there will only be two tracks left in the country.
A racing association found that betting on greyhounds plunged from $3.5 billion in 1991 to about $500 million in 2014. Since then, many more tracks have closed.
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It’s been a long slide for greyhound racing, which reached its peak in the 1980s when there were more than 50 tracks across 19 states. Since then, increased concerns about how the dogs are treated along with an explosion of gambling options have nearly killed a sport that gained widespread appeal about a century ago.
The Iowa Greyhound Park track, will close in May, after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. By the end of the year there will only be two tracks left in the country.
A racing association found that betting on greyhounds plunged from $3.5 billion in 1991 to about $500 million in 2014. Since then, many more tracks have closed.
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‼️ US Supports any decisions Finland makes on applying for NATO membership, White House says ➡️ LIVE UPDATES
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⚡️ US Military much more concerned about China than Russia, Air Force Chief notes
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⚡️ EU must concentrate on renewable energy sources because of inability to replace Russian gas, says Commissioner
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‼️ No indication Russia received military assistance from third countries - Pentagon
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🔥 Wind-whipped fire forces more New Mexico residents to flee
The blaze burning in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near the small northeastern New Mexico city of Las Vegas is the biggest wildfire in the US and has charred more than 188 square miles (487 square kilometers). Fire officials said they expect it to keep growing, putting the fire on track to be one of the most destructive in the state’s recorded history.
Residents in some outlying neighborhoods of Las Vegas, population about 13,000, were put on notice to be ready to leave their homes as thick smoke choked the economic hub for the farming and ranching families who have lived for generations in the rural region. Forecasters have issued fire weather watches and red flag warnings for extreme fire danger across wide swaths of New Mexico and western Texas.
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The blaze burning in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near the small northeastern New Mexico city of Las Vegas is the biggest wildfire in the US and has charred more than 188 square miles (487 square kilometers). Fire officials said they expect it to keep growing, putting the fire on track to be one of the most destructive in the state’s recorded history.
Residents in some outlying neighborhoods of Las Vegas, population about 13,000, were put on notice to be ready to leave their homes as thick smoke choked the economic hub for the farming and ranching families who have lived for generations in the rural region. Forecasters have issued fire weather watches and red flag warnings for extreme fire danger across wide swaths of New Mexico and western Texas.
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‼️ UK's Johnson to address Verkhovna Rada, announce new $375 million defense package to Ukraine
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⚡️ Lavrov comment on Zelensky, Nazism in Ukraine 'lowest form of propaganda' - State dept.
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