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Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report
2 weeks ago

Ukraine strikes Russian port with missiles, hits oil depot with drones: Report

Firstpost  

The Druzhba oil pipeline, constructed during the Soviet era, transports oil from Western Siberian and Caspian Sea fields to European markets, while the Baltic Pipeline System carries oil to the Baltic Sea, with both passing through the Bryansk region FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is pictured at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, …

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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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Chinese-registered ship is held in Baltic Sea sabotage investigation
1 month ago

Chinese-registered ship is held in Baltic Sea sabotage investigation

Live Mint  

A Chinese ship that sailed over two severed data cables in the Baltic Sea around the time they were cut has been stopped by the Danish navy as part of an international investigation into what police say is a possible act of sabotage. Late Tuesday, the Chinese vessel stopped moving after its path was blocked by two Danish Naval vessels, …

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Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Would Macron's call to arms pay off? Experts say a NATO force would defeat Putin's army in Ukraine but intervention would fail without US support...and could even trigger nuclear war

Daily Mail  

The EU was split this week after French president Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops into Ukraine should not be 'ruled out'. Ukrainian soldiers firing artillery at their fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 26, 2024 Although Ukraine's NATO allies have been supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's armed forces …

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Russian fighter aircraft hold combat drills over Baltic Sea
1 year, 5 months ago

Russian fighter aircraft hold combat drills over Baltic Sea

Al Jazeera  

Air exercises come amid growing number of intercepts between NATO and Russian military planes over the Baltic and Black Sea. Russia has started tactical fighter jet exercises over the Baltic Sea with the goal of testing readiness to perform combat and other special operations, the country’s defence ministry has said, a day after Moscow said its jets had scrambled to …

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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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India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ’price cap’
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ’price cap’

Live Mint  

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon suggest Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India's and China's ports. …

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India and China Snapping up Majority of Russian Oil Above Western Price Cap
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China Snapping up Majority of Russian Oil Above Western Price Cap

The Hindu  

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon suggest Russian Urals oil cargoes that loaded in the first half of April are mostly heading to India's and China's ports. …

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India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ‘price cap’
1 year, 8 months ago

India and China snap up Russian oil in April above ‘price cap’

Al Jazeera  

Russia is enjoying stronger revenues via sale of oil despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for its war in Ukraine. India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. The latest data from Refinitiv Eikon …

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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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Ukraine pushes for Western fighter jets after tank deals
1 year, 10 months ago

Ukraine pushes for Western fighter jets after tank deals

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine won support Tuesday from Baltic nations and Poland in its quest to obtain Western fighter jets, but there were no signs that larger nations like the U.S. and Britain have changed their stance of refusing to provide warplanes to Kyiv after almost a year of battling Russia’s invading forces. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov held talks …

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With tanks on the way, talk of sending Ukraine warplanes could strain Western unity anew
1 year, 10 months ago

With tanks on the way, talk of sending Ukraine warplanes could strain Western unity anew

LA Times  

A resident walks past a burned-out car that was damaged by Russian shelling in Orekhovo, Ukraine, on Monday. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov held talks with his French counterpart, saying they did not discuss specific fighter jets but did talk about aviation “platforms” to help Ukraine’s ground-to-air defense. French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France doesn’t exclude sending fighter …

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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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Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave
2 years, 4 months ago

Russia deploys hypersonic missiles to its Baltic exclave

The Hindu  

The Russian military said on Thursday that it has deployed warplanes armed with state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to the country's Kaliningrad region, a move that comes amid soaring tensions with the West over Moscow's action in Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry said three MiG-31 fighters with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles arrived at the Chkalovsk airbase in the Baltic Sea enclave as part of …

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With NATO move, is normally neutral Finland boosting security?
2 years, 5 months ago

With NATO move, is normally neutral Finland boosting security?

Al Jazeera  

Almost as soon as the Ukraine war broke out, Finland, which shares a border with Russia, embraced the Western military alliance. Between November 2021 and February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow was pushing for “security guarantees” while demanding an end to NATO enlargement, which upset Finnish officials. Perhaps … the Baltic states could be ‘on the menu,’ maybe …

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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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NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden
2 years, 6 months ago

NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden

The Hindu  

NATO kicked off nearly a two-week United States-led naval exercise on the Baltic Sea on Sunday with more than 7,000 sailors, airmen and marines from 16 nations, including two aspiring to join the military alliance, Finland and Sweden. But the military alliance said that “with both Sweden and Finland participating, NATO is seizing the chance in an unpredictable world to …

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NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden
2 years, 6 months ago

NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercises with Finland, Sweden

Associated Press  

HELSINKI — NATO kicked off nearly a two-week U.S.-led naval exercise on the Baltic Sea on Sunday with more than 7,000 sailors, airmen and marines from 16 nations, including two aspiring to join the military alliance, Finland and Sweden. But the military alliance said that “with both Sweden and Finland participating, NATO is seizing the chance in an unpredictable world …

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Live updates: Ukraine: Plant staff forced to record address
2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates: Ukraine: Plant staff forced to record address

Associated Press  

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s energy minister said Russian forces that now control a Ukrainian nuclear plant are forcing the exhausted staff to record an address that they plan to use for propaganda purposes. We need to sit down at the negotiating table, but for honest, substantive talks.” ____ WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said …

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Biden announces sanctions against Russian oligarchs, banks
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden announces sanctions against Russian oligarchs, banks

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden ordered heavy US financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs on Tuesday, stepping up the West's confrontation with Moscow, even as Russian lawmakers authorised President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside their country. Mr. Biden said the U.S. would impose “full blocking” on two large Russian financial institutions and “comprehensive sanctions” on Russian debt. “It …

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White House begins referring to Russia action in Ukraine as "invasion"
2 years, 10 months ago

White House begins referring to Russia action in Ukraine as "invasion"

India Today  

The White House has begun referring to Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine as an "invasion" after initially hesitating to use the term - a red line that President Joe Biden has said would result in the US levying severe sanctions against Moscow. He said that “if we do fail to stop Mr. Putin now - to stop his aggression …

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