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A metro station in Saint Petersburg, currently under renovation, will feature an unusual element in its decor: symbols of Wehrmacht military units will be integrated into the floor of the main lobby. The announcement was made by the city’s governor, Aleksandr Beglov. According to him, the floor will be made of metal plates, including those made from the melted armor of German military equipment found on the former battlefields near Leningrad. On some of these plates will be applied the insignia of Wehrmacht units, which will be placed before and after turnstiles, so that passengers may step on them both…
The British economy is smaller than it would have been if the United Kingdom had remained in the EU, many businesses have suffered, and Brexit has been the starting point of a period of political instability, observe The New York Times and The Guardian, a decade after the historic vote. Brexit has impacted the British economy, and the costs have steadily accumulated over the last decade, far outweighing any benefits, economists assert, ten years after the vote that initiated the UK’s divorce from the EU. At the same time, Brexit has triggered a wave of political instability: the country will…
The US Senate adopted a resolution on Tuesday requiring President Donald Trump to halt US military action against Iran, in the latest rebuke of the Republican president from an increasingly restless Congress, Reuters reports. The Senate approved with 50 votes “for” and 48 “against” the war powers resolution, which was adopted by the House of Representatives at the beginning of this month, the decision reflecting growing concern even among some of Trump’s Republicans about the unpopular conflict that began on February 28. Through this resolution, the withdrawal of American forces from the conflict with Iran is ordered. This is the…
Hungary has postponed an essential procedural stage necessary for advancing the EU membership applications of Ukraine and Moldova, according to two EU diplomats, quoted by POLITICO, as per News.ro. Kiev and Chisinau have reached a milestone on their path to joining the community bloc when EU countries unanimously approved, on June 15, the opening of the first official negotiation cluster for both countries. The measure had been blocked for years by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who opposed Ukraine’s accession to the EU. (Ukraine’s and Moldova’s applications are politically linked, so that one cannot advance without the other, ed.).…
The Ukrainian company PARABELLA has developed an armored capsule, similar to a bunker, whose purpose is to position fortified positions directly on the front line. For the manufacture of this bunker, the producer uses three-layer armored steel, 16 millimeters thick, and metal screens to protect the soldiers against shells. The interior of such an armored position can accommodate up to 10 armed soldiers simultaneously. The armored system provides complete protection and a 360-degree field of view for monitoring the surrounding area, writes the Ukrainian defense website Militarnyi. The cited source mentions that it analyzed the specifications of the armored capsule…
Donald Tusk and his government accuse the Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, who comes from the ranks of the reactionary PiS, of making a strategic mistake after he withdrew from the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, the most prestigious decoration of Poland: The Order of the White Eagle, reports Politico. Nawrocki withdrew the distinction on Friday evening, in protest against the name given last month to a Ukrainian military unit, after an organization from the period of the Second World War that massacred tens of thousands of Poles. For the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the priority is to maintain Poland’s…
Europe must quickly prepare to compensate for a possible withdrawal of American military equipment and forces from the region, warned the European Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius, in a speech delivered in Brussels in front of representatives of the defense industry and European institutions. “America will move capabilities, especially equipment, to other regions of the world. And we must be prepared,” stated Kubilius, who emphasized that this development “could happen soon,” notes AFP, according to Agerpres. The European official reminded that the United States has repeatedly conveyed, especially during the Donald Trump administration, that European allies will need to take…
The Ukrainian government is confident that it has the support of Donald Trump for a pressure campaign designed to force Russia to accept new peace negotiations. The information comes in the context of recent discussions between the American president and Volodimir Zelenski, in which the White House leader would have conveyed messages of support and encouragement for a stronger position of Ukraine. A high-ranking official from Kiev told the Ukrainian publication that Trump would have had a more favorable tone towards Zelenski and would have suggested, in private, to be “more daring” in discussions with Moscow. “Trump says he doesn’t…
The United States has urged Russia to accept an agreement as soon as possible to end the war in Ukraine, warning that the prolongation of the conflict only exacerbates Moscow’s losses. The message was conveyed during a meeting of the UN Security Council by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the USA to the United Nations, Dan Negrea. The American official emphasized that Washington continues to support Ukraine in defending its sovereignty and independence and stated that “time is not on Russia’s side”. “The United States supports Ukraine in defending its freedom and sovereignty. We also stand with the Ukrainian citizens…
A new wave of forced recruitment into the Russian army has begun, targeting those considered the easiest to intimidate and pressure, according to the partisan movement Ateș. In a report published on Telegram, the group claimed that Moscow has issued strict directives to regional authorities to intensify the recruitment of soldiers. It seems that regions that failed to meet the quotas have intensified the activity of military recruitment offices and security forces, reports Kyiv Post. According to partisans, men with large debts listed in the databases of judicial executors, as well as former detainees under administrative supervision, have become primary…