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The popularity of American President Donald Trump has increased from its previous historic low, yet more and more Americans are expressing their support for the shift of control of the US Congress towards the Democrats. The data comes from a Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted after the first ever congress in the history of the Republican Party, organized ahead of the midterm elections, held last week. The survey, conducted over four days, shows that 63% of Americans, including four out of ten Republicans and nine out of ten Democrats, do not support the proposal made by Trump during his congress speech. The…
An unidentified drone has crashed near an air military base in Germany. Authorities have cordoned off the area and are searching for the debris. In addition, investigators are trying to find out who launched the drone. A drone crashed in an uninhabited area, near the Steinhuder Meer lake in Germany. According to BILD, the impact site is about one kilometer away from the Bundeswehr air base in Wunstorf. The police have launched a wide-scale search operation to find other remains. Authorities say there is no known danger to the public. The origin and owner of the drone remain unknown. The…
Russia is trying to expand its military presence in Belarus and to integrate this country’s defense industry more deeply into its own military-industrial complex, according to analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The aim of Moscow would be to consolidate its ability to reequip the forces involved in the war in Ukraine and to sustain a prolonged conflict. According to information provided by the Belarusian opposition and quoted by analysts, Minsk is preparing the 558 Aircraft Repair Plant in Baranavici for the production of components intended for Su-25 attack aircraft. The factory is already producing parts…
The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday – with 420 votes in favor, 220 against and 26 abstentions – a report on the findings of the Special Commission for the European Shield for Democracy, a document that includes practical recommendations on how the Union can better defend its democratic institutions and strengthen the tools it has, according to Agerpres. In their own-initiative report, European MEPs warn that foreign interference and the threat of disinformation constitute ‘an attack on the very essence of the European project’, with citizens being the main victims, according to a statement from the EP. The special committee…
Millions of Russians critical of the Kremlin are facing a dilemma as they waver between boycotting the war-time legislative elections with a clear and predictable winner, United Russia, or supporting any candidate to diminish the votes of the state party. “What should we do?”, many Russians ask themselves, in a context where the five parties with parliamentary representation support the general lines of President Vladimir Putin’s policy, and the only pacifist formation, Yabloko, can barely present a few candidates, according to Agerpres. And this in a context where supporters from the opposition consider the vote to be another “special operation,”…
The most prominent Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is investigating information that a Russian oligarch may have financed an event related to Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding with hundreds of thousands of dollars, reports Axios. The process is led by Democrat Robert Garcia, a high-ranking member of the Oversight Committee. Garcia could become the main investigator of the Congress in case the Democrats regain control over the House of Representatives. The investigation also provides clues about the direction Garcia might take should the Democrats take over the committee’s leadership. “Democrats from the Oversight Committee are investigating the numerous ways in…
Russia declared on Tuesday that Western politicians and diplomats should seriously evaluate the risks of traveling to Ukraine, notes Agerpres. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zaharova, made this statement two days after a Russian drone hit a passenger train on a line that had been used a few minutes earlier by another train carrying a group of foreign officials, among whom were the former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. Zaharova said that the railway centers and transport infrastructure serving the Ukrainian army are legitimate targets, and that Russia…
Ukrainian forces have launched an offensive operation in the northern region of Donetsk in the east of the country, the central point of intense fighting over more than four years of war, a high-ranking military commander announced on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The 3rd Army Corps has liberated a 75 square kilometer area by driving out Russian infiltration groups and has recaptured another 10 square kilometers, declared Brigadier General Andrii Bileţki, who has been commanding Ukraine’s defense in the area since last month. The ticket specifies that the area is located to the north of the key bastions in the region…
Although European states use harsh language towards the Kremlin and discuss future response options, the strategy remains, for now, “stay calm and carry on,” according to a high-ranking NATO diplomat. Despite the intensification of Russia’s attacks on critical infrastructure and armament factories in Europe, NATO member states remain hesitant to take harsh and immediate measures, for fear of provoking a reaction from the Kremlin. European capitals are considering several options — among them, opening a debate on the possibility of so-called hybrid attacks activating the collective defense clause provided by Article 5 of NATO, a more unified communication in the…
One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest advisors, Nikolai Patrushev, has issued a direct threat to Warsaw. The Russian official stated that the Polish state would cease to exist in just a few days if it chose to militarily engage against the Russian Federation, according to Interfax. According to him, if Poland engages in military action against Russia, Moscow is prepared to use the “entire arsenal of forces and means available”. “If Poland participates in military actions against Russia, our country will use the entire arsenal of forces and means at its disposal, and the Polish state would cease to exist…