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The collapse of the Ukrainian front and a peace agreement in which Russian aggression receives external legitimacy would turn Romania into a direct border state with the Russian Federation, with major effects on national security and the economy, and would expose NATO and EU vulnerabilities in defending their values. Foreign policy analysts George Scutaru and Cristian Diaconescu warned, exclusively on Antena 3 CNN, that unlike Poland or the Baltic states, Romania would be the first country to directly feel the consequences of a possible collapse of Ukraine, including a possible extension of Russian influence to the Black Sea and the…

The American President Donald Trump criticized Ukraine on Monday for the alleged drone attack denounced by Russia on a residence of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, an attack however denied by the Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, reports AFP and EFE agencies. “I don’t like it. It’s not good. I found out this morning. You know who told me? President Putin, this morning. He said he was attacked. It’s not good,” the US President declared to the press while receiving the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence. Moreover, Trump said he is “very angry”. “It’s a delicate period.…

Vladimir Putin has signed legislative changes that allow Russian authorities to ignore rulings in criminal cases made by foreign courts, as well as international ones, according to Sky News. According to the new changes approved by Putin, Moscow will have the right to ignore rulings made in criminal cases by foreign courts on behalf of other governments. Thus, any decisions made by international legal entities whose authority is not based on an international agreement with Russia or a resolution of the UN Security Council can be ignored by the authorities in Moscow. The measure comes as a response to initiatives…

The head of the Estonian foreign intelligence services, Kaupo Rosin, stated on Monday that there are no indications that President Vladimir Putin intends to attack the Baltic states or NATO, despite increasingly frequent warnings from European officials that a direct conflict between the West and Russia could erupt in the coming years, reports The Moscow Times. “We have noticed that Russia has changed its behavior after various incidents that have occurred on a larger scale in the region,” said the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Kaupo Rosin, to the public television station ERR. “So far, it is…

The German government has adopted a cautious stance regarding the outcome of separate discussions held over the weekend by US President Donald Trump with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We welcome President Trump’s commitment to pursue a fair and lasting peace in Ukraine that maintains Ukrainian sovereignty and European security,” said the spokesperson for the German government. However, the spokesperson for the German executive added that it is up to Moscow to end the war and that there is a certain discrepancy between what Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have said and what “transpired in…

Russian forces lack the ability to build a strategic reserve and will not be able to overcome the stage of costly attrition battles throughout the year 2026, analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) estimate, quoted by Euromaidan Press. Thus, despite the fact that Moscow has met its recruitment objectives for 2025, the deficit of fresh troops, capable of launching larger offensives, translates into the fact that the Kremlin’s battlefield strategy will continue to be limited in terms of action area and pace. ISW analysts quoted Kirilo Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Military Intelligence (HUR),…

Pavel Podvig, a senior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, says that two of the three satellites of the Tundra system, designed by Russia to track ballistic missile launches, have failed, according to the Moscow Times. The constellation of satellites, which Russia has been building since 2015 to replace the Oko system that has been operational since the early 1990s, has almost simultaneously lost two satellites: Kosmos 2541, launched in September 2019, and Kosmos 2563, launched in November 2022. Researcher Pavel Podvig claims that the first satellite completed its last orbital correction maneuver in March, and the…

The US President, Donald Trump, stated that “the situation is getting very close” to a significant progress, which could end the war in Ukraine. However, his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, warned that long-term security guarantees will be needed to deter Russia, writes Financial Times. Trump and Zelenski discussed on Sunday in Florida, at Mar-a-Lago, the dialogue being characterized as “excellent” by the American leader. Later, in a WhatsApp conversation with journalists held on Monday, upon returning to Europe, the Ukrainian president revealed that currently under discussion is an American security guarantee initially valid for 15 years. Although this could be…

For the first time since the beginning of the war with Ukraine, the “economic crisis” has entered the top of the questions that Russians would like to ask Vladimir Putin during the “Direct Line” broadcast. According to a survey conducted by Levada Center, 8% of citizens would like to ask the president about the economic crisis — the question ranking third in the list of concerns. People want to know when the “dark period” in the economy will end, when the price hikes will stop and why the government is raising the VAT. 16% of respondents want to find out…

The inhabitants of occupied Mariupol, left homeless after the Russian invasion, were blocked from sending appeals to the “hotline” with Vladimir Putin. According to the independent publication Astra, people tried to record video messages addressed to the Kremlin leader, but faced systemic obstacles: “Donbas Mail” has not been functioning since mid-November, and telephone operators block registration via SMS on the event’s website. Moreover, instead of help, those who tried to complain began to be summoned by law enforcement for “discussions” and were handed warnings about “illegal rallies” or even “extremism”. One of the victims is Ana Guzevskaia, a mother of…