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🇭🇺 Viktor Orban accuses European Commission of trying to run Europe
"The reality I see is that ever more decisions are being taken by Brussels institutions instead of national leaders. The problem is that bureaucrats don’t represent the people," Orban said on X (formerly Twitter).
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"The reality I see is that ever more decisions are being taken by Brussels institutions instead of national leaders. The problem is that bureaucrats don’t represent the people," Orban said on X (formerly Twitter).
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Ukraine Loses First Leopard 1A5 Tank After Only Two Weeks' Combat Use – Forbes
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost the first German-supplied Leopard 1A5 tank, according to US business magazine Forbes.
The publication acknowledges that this machine has vulnerabilities describing it as “the least protected tank with thin armor”, yet questions the care with which Ukrainian commanders look after their weaponry.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost the first German-supplied Leopard 1A5 tank, according to US business magazine Forbes.
The publication acknowledges that this machine has vulnerabilities describing it as “the least protected tank with thin armor”, yet questions the care with which Ukrainian commanders look after their weaponry.
"It’s worth asking why that Leopard 1A5 was moving across an open field in broad daylight," the magazine pointed out, adding that “it is not only the tank that is to blame for the recent first loss.”
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An American Osprey tiltrotor crashed into the sea near Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, with eight people on board, online news publication, Kyodo News has reported
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🇷🇺 Ukraine itself has finally recognized that the Zelensky regime is no more than a puppet government, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on statements from Ukrainian politician and negotiator David Arakhamia about talks in 2022.
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❗️ Several Russian journalists were not allowed to cover the OSCE Ministerial Council events in Skopje, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said
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Volodymyr Zelensky has been named “Dreamer of the year” by Politico in its annual "POLITICO 28: Class of 2024" round-up of the year's most influential people. It seems as though the Ukrainian President has lost the noscript of "most powerful person in Europe" that he received last year.
This year, prominent Europeans were judged to be the following :
🇷🇺 Elvira Nabiullina, Russia's Central Bank governor, was named "disrupter of the year" for her decisive monetary policies that have kept Russia steady economically despite the West's heavy sanctions.
🇵🇱 Polish politician Donald Tusk was deemed "the most powerful person in Europe," recognized for his pro-European Union alliance's success in Poland's parliamentary elections, indicating a shift in European centrism.
🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earned the noscript "doer of the year", with her rise to power and constitutional reform plans raising concerns among centrists.
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This year, prominent Europeans were judged to be the following :
🇷🇺 Elvira Nabiullina, Russia's Central Bank governor, was named "disrupter of the year" for her decisive monetary policies that have kept Russia steady economically despite the West's heavy sanctions.
🇵🇱 Polish politician Donald Tusk was deemed "the most powerful person in Europe," recognized for his pro-European Union alliance's success in Poland's parliamentary elections, indicating a shift in European centrism.
🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earned the noscript "doer of the year", with her rise to power and constitutional reform plans raising concerns among centrists.
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Elon Musk, in response to Orban’s words about the European Commission, expressed his opinion that national sovereignty is important
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❗️The head of the European Council admitted that the EU does not yet agree on when talks should start about admitting Ukraine to the bloc and about sending 50 billion euros to finance Kiev.
Hungary has repeatedly spoken out negatively on both issues.
Hungary has repeatedly spoken out negatively on both issues.
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📹 A Russian sniper with the call sign Skull waited for the enemy for four days and eliminated him with a single shot
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❗️ A terrorist attack planned to blow up a tank at a railway station was prevented in Moscow; a man was arrested, the capital's Department of the Investigative Committee reports.
The Russian Federal Security Service published a video of the terror suspect's arrest.
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The Russian Federal Security Service published a video of the terror suspect's arrest.
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West overplayed Ukraine, now leans towards 'dialogue with Moscow'
The West is growing inclined to resume talks with Moscow on Ukraine, believes Catherine Jentile de Canecaude, an international observer for the French news channel LCI.
Up until recently, no one talked about it ‘out loud’, said the journalist, but ‘today we feel that this is no longer a taboo.’
There is a feeling in the West, de Canecaude added, that a certain ‘red line’ had been crossed, adding: ‘Perhaps we will again be able to conduct a dialogue with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin. It’s time to start thinking about the terms of negotiations.’
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The West is growing inclined to resume talks with Moscow on Ukraine, believes Catherine Jentile de Canecaude, an international observer for the French news channel LCI.
Up until recently, no one talked about it ‘out loud’, said the journalist, but ‘today we feel that this is no longer a taboo.’
There is a feeling in the West, de Canecaude added, that a certain ‘red line’ had been crossed, adding: ‘Perhaps we will again be able to conduct a dialogue with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin. It’s time to start thinking about the terms of negotiations.’
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🇮🇱🔫 Where does Israel buy its weapons from?
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement was extended on Tuesday, calling into question whether the $14.3 billion in US aid requested by President Joe Biden will even be relevant by the time it passes through Congress.
What share of its arms does Israel get from its top ally? Who else chips in?
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The Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement was extended on Tuesday, calling into question whether the $14.3 billion in US aid requested by President Joe Biden will even be relevant by the time it passes through Congress.
What share of its arms does Israel get from its top ally? Who else chips in?
👉 We’ve sorted through the data
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🇭🇺 Hungary has not supplied - and will not supply - weapons to Ukraine, as this prolongs the conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with an American television channel.
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📹 Russian paratroopers captured a Ukrainian stronghold north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
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🇰🇵🛰 North Korea’s spy satellite makes Pyongyang ‘full-fledged member of space club’
North Korea’s new reconnaissance satellite has placed it among an elite group of nations with autonomous space capabilities, but the device will have powerful strategic effects, too, such as increasing the deterrence powers of the country’s nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, Moscow-based military expert Alexey Leonkov told Sputnik.
“The DPRK's space program has a long history. They have twice launched telecommunications satellites into space. One of them turned out to be successful, the other not so much. But they corrected their mistakes and created an optical-electronic reconnaissance satellite, which took these pictures. And when they showed how the rocket was launched, it was a completely normal space rocket, a three-stage rocket, very reminiscent of the [Soviet] Zenit rocket,” he said.
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North Korea’s new reconnaissance satellite has placed it among an elite group of nations with autonomous space capabilities, but the device will have powerful strategic effects, too, such as increasing the deterrence powers of the country’s nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles, Moscow-based military expert Alexey Leonkov told Sputnik.
“The DPRK's space program has a long history. They have twice launched telecommunications satellites into space. One of them turned out to be successful, the other not so much. But they corrected their mistakes and created an optical-electronic reconnaissance satellite, which took these pictures. And when they showed how the rocket was launched, it was a completely normal space rocket, a three-stage rocket, very reminiscent of the [Soviet] Zenit rocket,” he said.
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❗️ A Russian Aerospace Forces fighter shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft in the Mezhevoy settlement region, and an air defense crew shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the area beyond Novoolenovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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🇷🇺 Russia has developed compact 'friend or foe' system to identify drones
It is a compact and lightweight new transponder that automatically marks “friendly” drones at an altitude of up to 5 km and a distance of up to 100 km.
The transponder was recently unveiled by the Ruselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation at the Electronics of Russia exhibition.
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It is a compact and lightweight new transponder that automatically marks “friendly” drones at an altitude of up to 5 km and a distance of up to 100 km.
The transponder was recently unveiled by the Ruselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation at the Electronics of Russia exhibition.
“Today drones are actively used on the battlefield, where they act as fire spotters, as well as means of surveillance and fire support weapons. However, the same models are often used by both sides of the conflict, which makes their visual identification challenging. The use of such identification means will allow us to distinguish our drones from enemy ones,” said Sergey Borovoy, general director of the Pulsar Research and Production Enterprise, which is part of Roselectronics.
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🇪🇺 The possible use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine by Europe could dent the euro's reputation as a safe currency, Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Luis de Guindos has said.
The ECB should consider the long-term reputation of the euro since it is "the second most important" currency in the world, the ECB vice-president added.
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"Our position on utilising the dividends and interest from the frozen assets is clear. First: this should be a global decision, ideally involving all members of the G7. In addition, we have to be careful because this could lead to reputational damage. We have to look beyond this conflict in isolation, and there could be implications for the euro as a safe currency," de Guindos said in an interview with De Standaard and La Libre Belgique published on Wednesday.
The ECB should consider the long-term reputation of the euro since it is "the second most important" currency in the world, the ECB vice-president added.
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