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A former CIA agent has recommended NATO to shoot down Russian drones and military aircraft, as a way to put an end to the increasingly frequent incursions ordered by Vladimir Putin, which affect the whole of Europe. The statement comes after European air forces were once again mobilized, on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, in response to a suspected violation of Polish airspace by a Russian missile. Smoke was observed rising above the locality of Tarnawa Kolonia, in the Lublin region of Poland, where, according to available information, a crater with a diameter of approximately 10 meters was found,…

Patriarch Kirill of Russia, one of the most vocal supporters of the war initiated by Putin against Ukraine, has published a new book in which he presents the armed conflict as a struggle with deep spiritual and political significance. The appearance of the volume occurs shortly after the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church was, reports Novinite.com. According to the independent Russian publication Meduza, the book, titled “War. Beyond the visible causes and consequences”, was published by the Moscow Patriarchate publishing house. The war, presented as a “metaphysical battle” In the volume, Kirill addresses themes such as sacrifice, heroism, patriotism,…

The European Union has approved new rules regarding the access of Ukrainian men of military age to the temporary protection system. The measure was adopted at the request of the authorities in Kiev. The new provisions adopted by EU states aim to limit easy access to protection for individuals trying to avoid military service in the context of the war between Ukraine and Russia, reports dpa, cited by Agerpres. Who will be affected by the new rules According to the agreement, Ukrainian men aged between 23 and 60 years old will be able to benefit from the European temporary protection…

Ukraine has signed an agreement for the production of a howitzer designed by the British defense industry giant BAE Systems, a deal that could become a model for Kiev’s plans to manufacture other sophisticated Western weapons, including Patriot missiles, writes The Wall Street Journal. A light howitzer, already tested on the front line A Ukrainian arms manufacturer will start production of the L119 model of BAE Systems, a light howitzer that can be towed or transported by helicopter and has a range of up to 17 kilometers. Such mobile guns, with long barrels, have been an essential component of the…

Against the backdrop of increasing concerns about digital dependency, the European Commission is aiming to create a “sovereign” artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, which is expected to become operational by mid-2028. The community executive has launched a call for bids for the public funding of up to seven AI “gigafactories” in Europe, as Brussels hurries to build a sovereign infrastructure for training advanced AI models and to catch up with global competitors in the technology field, reports Thursday Euronews. AI gigafactories are large-scale computing centers, equipped with state-of-the-art, highly specialized chips, designed to train next-generation AI technologies – especially the most…

Russian billionaire Valeri Kustov, directors of his company Efko, and a government official responsible for drone development have been detained as part of a broad investigation into fraud, reported several Russian publications on Thursday, picked up by Reuters. Kustov is the founder, majority shareholder, and chairman of the board of Efko, a company active in drone production, but also the main producer of sunflower oil in Russia. Three other officials from Efko were also detained, according to reports from the Interfax news agency and other publications. The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed the detention of Alla Polovcenia, deputy director…

In 2022, the well-known Russian singer Slava (Anastasia Slanevskaia) called artists who were leaving Russia because of the war “cowards” and declared her support for Putin. Now, she is appealing to “all artists, bloggers, and people in the media” to openly demand “the cessation of the conflict”. More than four years after the launch of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, signs are appearing in the Russian public space that some of the celebrities who openly supported the Kremlin are beginning to change their tone. The cases are still few and do not represent an explicit condemnation of the war or…

The Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, stated to TVP World that “we are entering very turbulent waters”, arguing that the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran are interconnected. He expressed his concern about their expansion. Sikorski added that Russia is becoming “with each passing year more and more a vassal of China”, adding: “China’s role is to do nothing, to prepare for a confrontation and to watch its rivals weaken themselves.” When asked whether the two theaters of conflict, Iran and Ukraine, are beginning to look like a global war, Sikorski stated on Tuesday, during the On the Record program from…

The authorities in the Russian region of Krasnodar will form mobile anti-drone defense groups from among the employees of enterprises, to protect critical infrastructure and industrial objectives against Ukrainian attacks. The announcement was made by Governor Veniamin Kondratiev, following a meeting organized together with the regional leadership of the FSB. According to him, the new units will be created directly within the companies, and their members will sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. The governor assured that the participants will not be sent to fight in Ukraine, but will stay to defend the enterprises where they are employed.…

The increase in VAT, which came into effect this year, has brought additional revenues of 426 billion rubles (approximately 4.7 billion euros) to the federal budget of Russia in the first six months of the year, announced the head of the Federal Tax Service, Daniil Egorov. In addition to the increase in the VAT rate from 20% to 22%, the authorities collected another 522 billion rubles (about 5.7 billion euros) after numerous small businesses left the simplified tax regime and became VAT payers. Among these, companies with revenues between 20 and 60 million rubles paid 108 billion rubles (approximately 1.2…