🇩🇰 Denmark to spend billions to 'plug holes' in defense, meet NATO demands

The government has announced that it will invest DKK 38Bln ($5.6Bln) to modernize its defense over the next 10 years and rectify the mismanagement and neglect which has resulted from misguided political decisions.

The Danish Ministry of Defense said in a statement that it will allocate some DKK 27Bln ($4Bln) on gear, equipment, buildings, information technology and personnel, and a further DKK 11Bln on new investments, citing "the current geopolitical situation" which needs "more resources" to ensure present levels of defense.

Denmark's own press described the process as "plugging holes". Earlier, a major audit of the Danish armed forces revealed that equipment and barracks had suffered a huge degree of wear and tear, there were severe personnel shortages and massive IT challenges. The review set in motion further budget negotiations.

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SCO sees significant progress in accession of 🇮🇷 Iran and 🇧🇾 Belarus to grouping: Jaishankar

🇮🇳 India's EAM Subramanyam Jaishankar noted the progress that had been made in adopting Iran and Belarus as full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

💭 "I am pleased to note the progress in the ongoing process of accepting Iran and Belarus as full members of the SCO. I thank the secretariat for their efforts in this direction. Similarly, I am glad that four new dialogue partners will sign a memorandum of association with the SCO today in Goa. We welcome our new dialogue partners and hope to intensify cooperation with them in the SCO format," he said during the meeting of SCO foreign Ministers.

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❗️LIVE NOW: Sergey Lavrov gives press conference in Panaji after SCO FM meeting
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Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky is the West's puppet, Lavrov told reporters after the SCO meeting in Goa, adding that Russia is ready to talk with Western nations as sooner or later, the talks are inevitable

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Check out highlights from 🇷🇺 Russian FM's presser after SCO meet in Goa 🇮🇳:

On Drone attack on Kremlin:

▫️ Zelensky is doing everything so that any self-respecting country doesn't want to communicate with Ukraine;

▫️ Russia will respond not with talk, but with concrete actions to attempted drone attack on Kremlin by Ukraine;

▫️ Without knowledge of its Western overlords, Kiev terrorists could not have conducted attack on Kremlin.

On SCO Agenda:

▫️ Work on expanding use of national currencies for settlements between SCO countries can no longer be stopped;

▫️ Schedules are being finalised for summit of SCO leaders;

On Afghanistan:

▫️US tries once again to interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

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❗️Moscow is not ruling out the possibility of contacts with Washington, if it is necessary to ensure the interests of the country, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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🇩🇪 "This was s***": German merc warns about chilling reality of fighting in Ukraine

Jonas Kratzenberg, a German soldier-turned-mercenary, who fled Ukraine after witnessing and experiencing extensive corruption, lies, and war crimes first hand, has shared his account of serving in Kiev's infamous International Legion.

💬 "The International Legion treated us volunteers much worse. Many of us were poorly paid or not paid at all. It was hard for us to defend ourselves because we could not speak Russian or Ukrainian. However, my unit was not wiped out. After the first losses, we were mostly sent to areas that were less dangerous. But I also saw footage of a commander who saw volunteers only as cannon fodder," Kratzenberg said.

For more of stories from Jonas Kratzenberg's experience, check out our article here

🫣 You won't see this highlight in a Ukrainian military daily briefing

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💰 Push For Dedollarisation: SCO nations back boosting payments in national currencies, 🇷🇺 Russia's FM says

There are practices being developed by the Eurasian Development Bank, the Asian Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the new BRICS Development Bank that can be used for this purpose, Lavrov said.

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🇵🇱 Poland has demolished a war memorial to the Red Army in the town of Glubczyce

The monument was dedicated to the memory of 676 fallen soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front who fought for the city in March 1945.

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🇺🇸🤖 Dems float bill to force disclosure of use of AI in campaign ads after GOP airs creepy 'Beat Biden' spot

A bill has been introduced by a House Democrat requiring that political campaign ads disclose the use of AI-created imagery.

This comes after the GOP released an AI-generated "Beat Biden" campaign video, which starts with the question "What if the weakest President we've ever had, were re-elected?"

It contains images of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge interspersed with computer-generated shots of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. A robotic narrator offers AI-generated scenarios where a war between China and Taiwan has started, regional banks have collapsed, the flow of illegal immigrants has surged at the US-Mexico border, and the crime rate has escalated dramatically.

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📹 Russian T-80 battle tanks in action during special military op

The Airborne Forces' UAV crews observed a group of Ukrainian militants huddled in a dilapidated house in one of the settlements. The coordinates of the enemy positions were immediately transmitted to the command post, after which a decision was made to destroy it using a T-80 tank.

Having moved swiftly to the specified area, the tank crew requested the coordinates of the Ukrainian military fortifications and destroyed them with accurate fire from a 125mm cannon.

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