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Russia is ready to resume oil and gas supplies to Europe, amid the crisis around Iran, declared Vladimir Putin. “Of course, we never refused,” Putin said during a meeting at the Kremlin regarding the situation on the global oil and gas market. The meeting was attended by members of the government, officials of the presidential administration and the governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina. According to the Russian leader, Moscow is ready to collaborate again with Europe if European companies and buyers decide to redirect their energy policy and ensure long-term, stable cooperation free of “political conjunctures”.…
Mobile internet was abruptly interrupted in several major cities in Russia, including Moscow and Saint Petersburg, prompting thousands of complaints from users. Residents of Saint Petersburg faced massive interruptions of mobile internet on the morning of Monday, March 9, a phenomenon that had been previously reported in Moscow. According to data from the monitoring platform Downdetector, the problems began around 6:00 on March 9, and in a short time, almost 1,500 complaints were registered from users. Many residents reported on social networks that messaging services are not working, and numerous websites such as Telegram and applications, including banking ones, cannot…
France is deploying nearly a dozen military ships, including its carrier strike group, to the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and possibly the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the defensive support provided to allies threatened by the conflict in the Middle East. “The French presence, which will unfold from the eastern Mediterranean to the Red Sea and (…) off the coast of Hormuz, will mobilize eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and our aircraft carrier,” Emmanuel Macron announced in Cyprus. “It is, of course, in conjunction with the mobilization of our air and ground forces in the region,” the…
Germany has tested how hospitals could treat wounded soldiers in a potential devastating conflict on NATO’s eastern flank, including their evacuation from the region to German hospitals. Through the “Medic Quadriga” exercise, the German military and civilian authorities have checked whether the medical system is prepared to handle a large number of casualties in the event of a military crisis in countries on the eastern flank, such as the Baltic countries, Poland or Romania. The Medical Service of the German Armed Forces has practiced the rescue chain and the treatment of the wounded in German hospitals, according to FAZ. With…
The conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is shaping up as a protracted war, with the potential to extend into the fall, despite the Trump administration’s initial estimates that operations could last only a few weeks. According to Politico, the Pentagon is accelerating the expansion of intelligence capabilities and redeploying specialized military personnel to support a campaign much longer than publicly presented. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has requested the deployment of new intelligence officers to its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days, possibly until September, notes Middle East Eye,…
The leader of the opposition in Hungary, Peter Magyar, accuses Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of having invited agents of the Russian secret services to Budapest to influence the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. The statements were made public by the leader of the Tisza party and were reported by The Moscow Times. Magyar, 44 years old and considered the favorite in polls for the position of Prime Minister, claims that agents of Russia’s secret military service, the GRU, are already in the Hungarian capital. In a message posted on Facebook, the opposition leader states that the Russian agents would…
The American President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that the successor of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will have a short governance if he is not validated by the White House. The statement comes on the day when the Assembly of Experts in Iran secretly appointed the new Supreme Leader. “He will have to get our approval. If he doesn’t get our approval, he won’t last long”, threatened Trump in an interview given on Sunday to ABC News, quoted by Agerpres. Previously, Trump said that he wants to have the final say in the selection of Iran’s next leader. “I have to…
US President Donald Trump has downplayed the importance of information suggesting that Russia might be providing Iran with targeting data against US forces in the Middle East, arguing that if such actions are taking place, their impact is minimal. Trump’s statements come after an article appeared in The Washington Post, reporting a possible military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran, according to Tvr Info. Asked about the report indicating that Russia might be providing Iran with useful information for attacks on American positions, Trump stated that there are no certainties, but suggested that the results would be limited anyway. The White…
An Iranian drone that attacked the British air base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was reportedly equipped with Russian military technology, according to information surfaced in the international press. The discovery fuels suspicions of a possible closer military collaboration between Russia and Iran. The attack took place on Sunday, March 1, when RAF Akrotiri base was targeted by a drone launched from Lebanon. According to preliminary data, the device would have been equipped with a Russian-made Kometa-B navigation system, a technology previously identified in drones intercepted by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense in December. The drone fragments were recovered by British military intelligence…
As the United States and their allies face the growing threat of Iranian Shahed drones in the Middle East, Ukrainian soldiers, who have been fighting against similar models for years, say their battlefield experience offers essential lessons for defense against these cheap aerial weapons, reports Business Insider. The Iranian-made kamikaze attack drones Shahed, widely used by Russia in the war in Ukraine, have recently been launched against American forces in the Middle East. Although Western armies possess some of the most advanced air defense systems in the world, Ukrainian troops argue that these systems alone may not be the most…