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Is European collective security under threat by Russia in the Baltic Sea?
1 month ago

Is European collective security under threat by Russia in the Baltic Sea?

India Today  

European nations are blaming Russia for recent twin incidents in the Baltic sea. Baltic sea is an active commercial shipping route, ringed by nine countries including Russia. Reminiscent of such incidents in the past in the Baltic sea, especially the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia to Germany in 2022 – seven months after Russia’s full scale …

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Why is NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise significant? | Explained
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise significant? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The North Atlantic Treaty Council started its largest military exercise in Europe — the Steadfast Defender 2024 — at the end of January, which is being seen as a statement of solidarity against Russia, after two years of its invasion of Ukraine. NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 is the largest exercise conducted by the alliance since the …

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Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations
1 year, 8 months ago

Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France, who appeared to suggest in a recent French television interview that former Soviet republics aren’t sovereign nations. It was Khrushchev who gave Crimea to Ukraine in the era of the Soviet Union.” When the channel’s presenter noted that according to international law, Crimea is part …

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Ukraine slams China envoy’s ‘absurd’ remarks on ex-Soviet nations
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine slams China envoy’s ‘absurd’ remarks on ex-Soviet nations

Al Jazeera  

Beijing’s ambassador to France, Lu Shaye, questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries in a media interview. Ukraine has condemned what it called “absurd” comments from China’s ambassador to France, who questioned the sovereignty of former Soviet countries. “On Ukraine specifically, it was internationally recognised within borders including Crimea in 1991 by the entire international community, including China,” a foreign ministry …

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Ukraine War: Rafale proves its mettle, outperforms Russian fighter aircraft
1 year, 11 months ago

Ukraine War: Rafale proves its mettle, outperforms Russian fighter aircraft

Firstpost  

Kyiv: The Rafale fighter aircraft, the latest addition to the Indian Air Force arsenal, has reportedly proved its mettle during the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. According to media reports, Rafale aircraft deployed by the French air force over Lithuania as part of NATO Baltic Air Policing carried out over two dozen missions last week to protect the east …

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Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind
2 years, 3 months ago

Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted Tuesday that his country was well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies, as fears grow about the rising prices that will hit consumers across the continent this winter. Russia’s state-controlled energy company Gazprom further reduced gas deliveries to the French company Engie, raising fears that …

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Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree
2 years, 5 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from July 11: Ukrainian foreign ministry says Moscow’s move is ‘encroachment’ on Kyiv’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. 11 Jul 2022 - 05:53 GMT Kharkiv shelled overnight: Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian rockets hit the city of Kharkiv three times overnight, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has said. Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 11 …

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Fissures in the West’s anti-Russia alliance
2 years, 6 months ago

Fissures in the West’s anti-Russia alliance

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a significant departure from the position of the trans-Atlantic alliance on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview on June 3, said that the West “must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build an exit ramp through diplomatic means”. EU nations which share a …

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: France expels six Russian agents
2 years, 8 months ago

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: France expels six Russian agents

Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine war news from April 11: France declares Russian agents posing as diplomats as persona non grata. 11 Apr 2022 - 19:21 GMT Ukraine says Russia holding many civilians in prisons Ukraine’s deputy prime minister has accused Russia of holding civilians, including journalists, activists and elected officials, in prisons on Russian territory. 11 Apr 2022 - 15:40 GMT Russia accuses …

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