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An American defense website claims to have seen a secret document revealing a shocking strategy of the Trump administration: the detachment of Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Poland from the European Union, as part of a new plan titled “Make Europe Great Again”, to bring them closer to Washington’s sphere of influence. The document, published by Defense One and quoted by Daily Mail, would recommend that Washington bring these four states closer to its own sphere of influence, undermining EU cohesion and supporting parties and political movements that “seek sovereignty and the preservation or restoration of the traditional European way of…
NATO forces should intervene in the Russian region of Kaliningrad, in the event of an attack launched by Russia on Poland, declared General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski, former commander of Eurocorps, a European military structure affiliated with NATO and the EU, in an interview given to the Polish press. “Our reason for being is to show that we are a strong and determined country. Including, if we are attacked, we allow ourselves the opportunity to enter and eliminate the threat from the Königsberg region (the former name of the current Russian enclave Kaliningrad, located between the NATO states Poland and Lithuania -…
The Trump Administration has presented European leaders with an annex to the peace plan proposed by the US, which stipulates that Russia’s economy should be reconnected to global business, following investments by American companies in the Russian energy sector. The final result should be, according to the Trump administration, the restoration of Russian energy flows to Western Europe, according to sources cited by WSJ. Some European officials who have seen the documents said they can’t believe some of the US proposals. One official compared them to President Trump’s vision of building a Riviera-style development in Gaza. Another, referring to the…
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has declared his willingness to organize a referendum on the future of Donbas, which the Kremlin, with the support of the USA, is asking to be ceded to Russia to ensure a peace agreement. “The people of Ukraine will answer this question. Either through elections or a referendum, the position of the Ukrainian people must be present,” Zelensky stated, according to Bloomberg. According to him, the USA proposes the creation of a “special economic zone” in Donbas without the presence of Russian troops. “The American side sees Ukrainian troops withdrawing from Donbas, and the…
Russian officials have stated that the country needs to develop “as soon as possible” a domestic version of the game Roblox, after facing backlash for blocking the American gaming platform nationwide. The Russian media regulation authority, Roskomnadzor, banned Roblox on December 3, arguing that young users were “subjected to sexual harassment, tricked into taking intimate photos, and coerced into committing depraved acts and violence,” according to TVP World. However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Tuesday that the presidential administration had been flooded with “many” messages from children criticizing the decision, some of them claiming they wanted to leave Russia…
The Kamensk-Uralsk court has fined Sergei Glukhikh, a 20-year-old medical assistant, a sum of 3,000 rubles in the first administrative trial in Russia regarding the search for extremist materials (article 13.53 of the Administrative Code), reports Mediazona. The minutes mention that, on September 24, Glukhikh was traveling by bus and searching on Google for information about the Ukrainian brigade “Azov”, which is recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia. Afterwards, he was detained by FSB employees. The minutes indicate the exact time and place of the search, but it does not specify how this information reached the law enforcement agencies.…
Seventy-four Russians deported from the United States received military recruitment orders upon landing in Moscow, amid reports that the Kremlin is summoning reservists for military training. The group, whose deportation was ordered by the American immigration service ICE, is said to have arrived in Moscow on a flight from Cairo, where they had initially been sent along with other people deported to the Middle East. Upon landing in the Russian capital on Tuesday, passengers were stopped by officers of the FSB, Russia’s security service, who detained the men for several hours and issued them summons to enlist in the army,…
On Wednesday, December 10, Ukrainian naval drones struck a tanker from Russia’s “ghost fleet,” as the vessel was sailing in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. The Dashan tanker was sailing at maximum speed, with its transponders turned off, and was critically damaged during the attack in which powerful explosions occurred at its stern, a representative of the Ukrainian Security Service stated, according to Agerpres. “The ghost fleet” of Russia consists of tankers and cargo ships that Moscow uses to circumvent the economic sanctions imposed by the West in the context of the war in Ukraine. At the…
The United Kingdom has sanctioned several entities in Russia, including Telegram channels, over allegations of “manipulation” of information, as well as two Chinese companies accused of cyber-attacks against the United Kingdom, announced British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper, reports AFP. The Telegram channel Rybar – close to the Russian army – “uses classic Kremlin manipulation tactics, namely false “investigations” and AI (artificial intelligence) generated content with the aim of directing a version of international events in Russia’s favor”, stated the head of British diplomacy, in a speech she delivered Tuesday, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Locarno Agreements…
Pope Leo XIV draws attention to the fact that Europe cannot be excluded from any diplomatic effort related to the war in Ukraine, emphasizing that the front is right on the continent and that European states have the responsibility – but also the capacity – to participate in the architecture of a potential peace. The statement came on Tuesday, after the pontiff’s meeting with President Volodimir Zelenski, who is on a diplomatic tour through European capitals to discuss a peace plan. In the press conference, the Pope spoke about the need for a ceasefire and the Vatican’s efforts to facilitate…