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NATO's eastern nations want better protection from alliance

Nine NATO nations on the alliance’s eastern flank have held talks in Romania ahead of a key NATO summit later this month

The Independent UK

Spain mulls whether to send high-tech tanks to Ukraine

Spain this week confirmed an explosive report that it is considering supplying the Ukrainian army with dozens of Leopard 2 main battle tanks. The move would make Spain the first NATO-country to provide Kyiv with modern third-generation military vehicles and could heavily impact Ukraine’s chances in its battles against Russia…

France 24

'Scared' Vladimir Putin ordered death sentences against Brit fighters, expert claims

After a three-day sham trial, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were issued death sentences by the supreme court of the rebel-held Donetsk People's Republic

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Russia Starts Exercises With 60 Warships In Baltic Sea Amid Tensions Over Ukraine War

Russia has announced that it has started naval exercises involving about 60 warships in the Baltic Sea amid heightened tensions over the Ukraine war and bids by Finland and Sweden to join NATO.

Zenger

Ukraine War Unlikely to End Anytime Soon

Early and unrealistic hopes for a quick victory by Ukraine's forces over invading Russian troops have faded as the reality of an extended conflict sets in.

Reason

Smirking Vladimir Putin in chilling Sweden threat comparing himself to Peter The Great

During an event to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Peter the Great's birth yesterday, Vladimir Putin claimed that he was picking up where the tsar left off by invading Ukraine

Daily Mirror

NATO deputy chief Geoana "confident" Sweden and Finland will join NATO

NATO's deputy chief is confident that member candidates Sweden and Finland will join the defensive alliance despite objections from Turkey, he told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday.

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Norway ends contract for NH90 helicopters, wants full refund

NATO-member Norway terminated its two-decade-old contract with a France-based manufacturer for 14 maritime helicopters, citing delays, errors and time-consuming maintenance, The Norwegian defense minister said Friday that the government will return the NH90 helicopters it received so far and expects a refund of $525 million

The Independent UK

Sweden to Seek Constructive Progress with Turkey over NATO Bid

Sweden will look to make constructive progress in talks with Turkey on Ankara's objections over the Nordic country's application to join the NATO defensive alliance, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday. Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO last month in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine but face…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweden seeks progress in talks with Turkey over NATO membership, foreign minister says

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday Sweden aims to make constructive progress in talks with Turkey over the Nordic country's application to join NATO.

Reuters

Ukraine War Sparks Debate over Finland's 'Achilles Heel'

Sprayed between Sweden and Finland, the autonomous Aland Islands are a picturesque archipelago once part of Russia and demilitarized since 1856. But the region's unique status is the object of intense debate since Russia's invasion of Ukraine rattled neighboring Finland into applying for NATO membership in May. Under international treaties…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Dependent on Arms from Allies after Exhausting Soviet-era Weaponry

Ukraine has depleted its Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry and is now completely dependent on allies for arms to defend against Russia's invasion, US military sources say. Once part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine's army and its defense industry were built around Soviet and Russian-standard equipment, small arms, tanks, howitzers and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cholera warning from Mariupol mayor – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

We’re almost out of ammunition and relying on western arms, says Ukraine

Exclusive: Deputy head of military intelligence says it’s an artillery war now and ‘everything depends on what the west gives us’

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Ukraine reliant on arms from allies, Soviet-era weaponry exhausted

WASHINGTON: Ukraine has depleted its Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry and is now completely dependent on allies for arms to defend against Russia's invasion, US military sources say.

Daily Record

Mavericks gather to see famous 'Top Gun' fighter jets touch down in Scotland

Crowds gathered at Prestwick Airport as five F/A-18 jets, used in the Top Gun movie, arived at Prestwick Airport.

France 24

Debunking claims that Russia destroyed NATO-supplied equipment in Ukraine

Some Facebook posts circulated by pro-Russian accounts claim that NATO helicopters and tanks deployed in Ukraine, as well as warehouses containing NATO equipment, have been destroyed by Russian missiles. We debunk these false claims in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Daily Mirror

Britain's armed forces too WEAK to protect country in war warns former top commander

Lord West of Spithead insisted that the armed forces are underfunded and "too small" as Parliament discussed the war in Ukraine which has led to heightened global tensions

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Reuters

Scholz reaffirms German resolve in Stoltenberg call - spokesperson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed updating NATO's strategic aims in the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in a phone call with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, a German government spokesperson said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Is Russia inching towards victory in Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos examines whether new tactics and objectives are giving Russia an advantage in the war.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin begins terrifying war games with amphibious soldiers firing underwater

The rival war games come amid the hot conflict in Ukraine, where tens of thousands of lives have been lost on both sides following Putin’s invasion of his neighbouring state

The Independent UK

NATO chief Stoltenberg has shingles, cancels Berlin visit

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called off a series of in-person meetings in Germany and Romania because he has contracted shingles

Foreign Affairs

No Peace at Any Price in Ukraine

It’s Too Soon for a Lasting Diplomatic Settlement

Tribune News Service

Andreas Kluth: Merkel will enter history as the Neville Chamberlain of our time

There she was again, six months after exiting the German chancellery. Relaxed but pensive after long walks on blustering Baltic shores listening to "Macbeth" on audiobook, Angela Merkel had so much on her mind, so much she wanted to explain for posterity. But she didn’t come to offer apologies or…

Reuters

NATO's Stoltenberg diagnosed with shingles, working from home -official

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has been diagnosed with shingles and will therefore hold talks scheduled in Germany and Romania only remotely, a NATO official said on Thursday.

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