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Europe can’t make Ukraine enough weapons—So it’s paying Kyiv to do it
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Europe can’t make Ukraine enough weapons—So it’s paying Kyiv to do it

Live Mint  

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s European allies, struggling to produce enough weapons for Kyiv’s war effort, are pioneering a new method: Giving Ukrainians money to do it themselves. In the new approach, Europeans are financing Ukrainian government contracts with cash-strapped Ukrainian arms makers to produce equipment for the country’s armed forces, including long-range missiles and drones that can strike Russian territory. “Last year, …

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From Poland’s ‘iron dome’ to boots on the ground: How Europe is preparing for the Third World War
1 month ago

From Poland’s ‘iron dome’ to boots on the ground: How Europe is preparing for the Third World War

The Independent  

More than 1,500km from London, frenetic activity is underway in the countryside of Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States: bulldozers and diggers are constructing field defences. Poland is spending at least €2.5bn on its border defence system, including building a sky shield system akin to Israel’s “Iron Dome” to protect its eastern border from a growing threat from Russia. While …

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Europe is 'totally unprepared' for the level of hybrid warfare Putin is set to unleash, with energy and communications sabotage, aviation GPS jamming and weaponizing migrants all tools of the Kremlin
1 month ago

Europe is 'totally unprepared' for the level of hybrid warfare Putin is set to unleash, with energy and communications sabotage, aviation GPS jamming and weaponizing migrants all tools of the Kremlin

Daily Mail  

Europe is 'totally unprepared' for Russia's tactics of hybrid warfare, defence officials have warned amid mounting fear that Moscow is already sabotaging critical infrastructure on the continent in anticipation of a wider conflict. Russia has been accused of trying to destabilise the West and allies since the war in Ukraine began by allegedly 'weaponising mass migration' along its western border; …

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Damage to Baltic undersea cables appears to be sabotage, Germany’s defense minister says
1 month ago

Damage to Baltic undersea cables appears to be sabotage, Germany’s defense minister says

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday officials have to assume damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — though he said they have no proof at present. Speaking in Brussels, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Russia poses not just a military but also a hybrid …

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Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea
1 month, 1 week ago

Germany and Finland investigate a severed data cable through the Baltic Sea

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — German and Finland expressed deep concern over the discovery Monday of a severed undersea data cable between the countries through the Baltic Sea, saying it raised suspicions of sabotage and that an investigation was underway. The Finnish state-controlled data services provider Cinia said the severed data cable was detected Monday in the C-Lion1 cable that runs nearly 1.200 …

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Revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – more than 3,000 years ago
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War – more than 3,000 years ago

The Independent  

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Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

The Independent  

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Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials say a troubled and delayed Baltic high-speed rail project still set for completion by 2030

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Saturday they are committed to completing by the end of the decade a financially troubled and badly delayed high-speed rail project integrating the three Baltic countries with the continental European rail network. Set to link the Baltic capitals of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius on a new track with passenger trains running at speeds …

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EXPLAINER: Why is natural gas still flowing from Russia to Europe across Ukraine?
4 months, 1 week ago

EXPLAINER: Why is natural gas still flowing from Russia to Europe across Ukraine?

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — It’s one of the more improbable aspects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Even after 2 1/2 years of war and repeated rounds of sanctions, Russian natural gas keeps flowing through Ukraine’s pipeline network to customers in Europe. That hasn’t changed despite Ukraine apparently taking control of a gas measuring station near the Russian town of Sudzha as …

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Russia is plotting attacks across Europe – and they’re only going to get worse
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia is plotting attacks across Europe – and they’re only going to get worse

The Independent  

A British man has been charged over an arson plot targeting a Ukrainian business after allegedly being recruited by a Russian spy – and establishing links with the mercenary Wagner group. All of these are examples of hostile action from Russia becoming gradually normalised because nobody is willing or able to deal with it Again, the problem might look like …

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Explained: How Sweden joining NATO is a win-win for both sides
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Explained: How Sweden joining NATO is a win-win for both sides

Firstpost  

Sweden will finally get to join NATO after Hungary passed a vote on the same. The military alliance will now have 32 members after Hungary, the final hurdle in Sweden’s path to membership, held a parliamentary vote to approve the move. Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson hailed the moment of the country joining NATO. The Wilson Centre in one of …

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‘Russophobia is promoted as state policy in European countries,’ says Putin
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Russophobia is promoted as state policy in European countries,’ says Putin

Live Mint  

Russian President Vladimir Putin castigated Europe for “Russophobia” and aimed the Baltic States for their human rights record during the inauguration of a World War II memorial on Saturday. As reported by Reuters, over the past nearly two years since deploying Russian troops into Ukraine, Putin has consistently drawn parallels with the struggle against the Nazis as a means to …

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Long-range missiles strike civilian targets across Europe. Baltic states are invaded. AI-controlled tanks rule the battlefield. As NATO warns of Russian attack in 20 years, a terrifying prediction of
11 months ago

Long-range missiles strike civilian targets across Europe. Baltic states are invaded. AI-controlled tanks rule the battlefield. As NATO warns of Russian attack in 20 years, a terrifying prediction of

Daily Mail  

uropean governments are ramping up military readiness in preparation for potential conflict with Russia The year 2024 is off to an alarming start. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division participate in the distinguished-visitors day as part of Griffin Shock 23 held at Bemowo Piskie, Poland, in May 2023 Russian …

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Estonia to allow same-sex marriage starting in 2024
1 year, 6 months ago

Estonia to allow same-sex marriage starting in 2024

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Estonia’s lawmakers approved legislation Tuesday allowing same-sex marriage as of next year, making Estonia the first of the three Baltic countries to do so. The 101-seat Riigikogu legislature passed in a 55-34 vote amendments to Estonia’s Family Law Act and related legislation that will enable the introduction of marriage equality in the small country of 1.3 million as …

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Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe
1 year, 6 months ago

Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe

The Hindu  

Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent's north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect from Scotland to the Nordic and Baltic countries. “These countries are relatively new to drought problems,” said Niclas Hjerdt, head of hydrological forecasting at Sweden’s weather agency SMHI. So there isn’t this historic knowledge of how to …

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Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe
1 year, 6 months ago

Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent’s north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect from Scotland to the Nordic and Baltic countries. “These countries are relatively new to drought problems,” said Niclas Hjerdt, head of hydrological forecasting at Sweden’s weather agency SMHI. Hjerdt said it’s too early to draw …

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NATO’s largest air force drill prepares for ‘crisis situation’
1 year, 6 months ago

NATO’s largest air force drill prepares for ‘crisis situation’

Al Jazeera  

Some 250 aircraft from 25 NATO and partner countries with 10,000 military personnel are participating in ‘Air Defender 23’. NATO has started the largest-ever air force deployment exercise in the Western military alliance’s history, a drill being presented as a display of unity among members and partners of the bloc as tensions with Russia have escalated following Moscow’s full-scale invasion …

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Science This Week | Success of NASA’s DART mission and more
1 year, 9 months ago

Science This Week | Success of NASA’s DART mission and more

The Hindu  

This week has been filled with the most interesting discoveries. The success of NASA’s asteroid smashing mission NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during last September’s first test of a planetary defence system, sending debris hurtling into space and changing the rocky oblong-shaped object’s path a bit more than previously calculated. Chennai, …

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Russia demands UN investigation of Nord Stream explosions, saying it has no trust in Western nations
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia demands UN investigation of Nord Stream explosions, saying it has no trust in Western nations

ABC  

Russia has clashed with the United States and other Western nations over the Kremlin's call for a UN investigation of last September's sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Western Europe. Key points: The two pipelines were blown up in September, a month after Moscow shut off supply of gas to Germany An expert …

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Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger
1 year, 11 months ago

Amid the war in Ukraine, Eastern Europe is growing stronger

Al Jazeera  

As 2022 is coming to a close, the war in Ukraine rages unabated. Germany’s cautious approach, banking on the notion that dense commercial links would create commonality of interest with Moscow, prevailed and was embraced by other major Western European powers, including France. That was the case even after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the first stage in …

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Russia Ukraine : Who exploded the gas pipeline under 100 meter deep sea ? | Baltic Sea Methane Leak
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia Ukraine : Who exploded the gas pipeline under 100 meter deep sea ? | Baltic Sea Methane Leak

ABP News  

Baltic Sea Methane Leak News: The Nord Stream Pipeline Rupture, a natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, is leaking about 23 thousand kg of methane gas every hour. This gas pipeline is 100 meters down in the Baltic Sea. It is feared that the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline and the resulting gas leak could destroy the ecosystem …

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Putin accuses the West of sabotaging Baltic Sea pipelines
2 years, 2 months ago

Putin accuses the West of sabotaging Baltic Sea pipelines

Hindustan Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of organising blasts that resulted in multiple gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. "By organising …

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NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage
2 years, 2 months ago

NATO believes Baltic Sea gas pipeline leaks were sabotage

Associated Press  

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The NATO military alliance warned Thursday it would retaliate for any attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member countries and joined other Western officials in citing sabotage as the likely cause of damage to two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. NATO ambassadors said in a statement that “any deliberate attack against allies’ critical …

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Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage
2 years, 2 months ago

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage

India Today  

A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline in Poland that will bring Norwegian gas to Europe in efforts to bolster energy independence from Moscow. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she “cannot rule out” sabotage …

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