🚨 BREAKING: Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks today as turmoil builds in The Hague over the response to the football violence.
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Fragile Dutch government teeters as minister resigns and Geert Wilders rages – POLITICO
Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks Friday as turmoil builds in The Hague over response to football violence.
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Ukraine’s most celebrated deserter was gunned down in a Spanish beach town.
What was he doing there? And how did he end up dead?
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What was he doing there? And how did he end up dead?
Here's the story.
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Hungary’s foreign minister today lambasted the US for authorizing Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia using American-supplied long-range missiles.
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Hungary slams Joe Biden’s approval for Ukraine to hit Russia with American weapons – POLITICO
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s top diplomat says White House’s decision could “expand the Ukraine war to a global scale.”
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The US's decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against targets in Russia marks a “new round of tension" in the war, the Kremlin said.
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Russia warns Biden that long-range missile approval escalates Ukraine war – POLITICO
Moscow, for its part, has been using foreign-made weapons to strike Ukrainian targets for years.
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The Finnish network company Cinia said it is investigating a broken undersea internet cable connecting Finland to Germany.
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New Baltic Sea mystery as probe begins into two damaged cables – POLITICO
Network company executives refuse to rule out sabotage to submarine infrastructure.
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Sweden has started to distribute copies of a booklet advising its citizens how to prepare for war, as Nordic countries teach people how to brace for a potential Russian attack.
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Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks – POLITICO
Norway and Finland also launched a campaign to advise people what they should do in the event of an invasion.
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European officials have hit out at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his Friday phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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‘Really strange strategy’: Senior European officials facepalm over Scholz’s Putin call – POLITICO
“It is very difficult for me to understand this,” says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
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President Joe Biden made "a good decision" in allowing Ukraine to use weapons manufactured by the US to strike inside Russia, France's Emmanuel Macron said.
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Macron says US made ‘good decision’ to lift limits on Ukraine missile use – POLITICO
France says it is Moscow, not Washington, that is upping the ante.
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Ukrainian and European leaders today marked 1,000 days since Russian President Vladimir Putin began his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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1,000 days after Putin launched all-out war, EU praises Ukraine’s resistance – POLITICO
A Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.
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Early signs suggest that Moscow won’t be turning the other cheek to the US giving Ukraine permission to use long-range Western missiles against Russia.
But few in Russian society, or anywhere else, know what that means in practice.
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But few in Russian society, or anywhere else, know what that means in practice.
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Russia scratches its head over riposte to Biden’s missile gambit – POLITICO
How will President Vladimir Putin respond to Ukraine firing American missiles at Russia? Not even the Kremlin’s own chattering class seem to know.
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European leaders should be ready to send military forces to secure any Russia-Ukraine peace deal brokered by US President-elect Donald Trump, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said.
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A Trump peace deal needs European boots on the ground to secure Ukraine, Estonia says – POLITICO
European troops are the next best thing to NATO membership to guarantee Ukraine’s security.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took a swipe at any leaders attempting dialogue with Vladimir Putin to make domestic political gains, calling for more action from Europe to push Russia “towards a just peace.”
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Zelenskyy groans over Scholz’s call with Putin during speech to EU Parliament – POLITICO
“While some leaders think about some elections, Putin is focused on winning this war,” Ukraine’s president tells MEPs on 1,000th day of all-out war.
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Ukraine's military used long-range US-supplied missiles to strike Russia's Bryansk region, according to officials in Moscow and multiple US media outlets.
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Here's what happened.
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Ukraine struck Russia with American long-range missiles, officials say – POLITICO
U.S. President Joe Biden recently green-lighted Ukraine’s use of ATACMS.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed a revised national nuclear doctrine that expands the conditions under which Moscow may use its nuclear weapons, making it easier to justify retaliation against a NATO member for helping Ukraine.
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Russia revises nuclear strike threshold against NATO members, Ukraine – POLITICO
Moscow will now consider attack from nonnuclear country backed by nuclear power as joint attack.
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US President Joe Biden will allow Ukraine to use long-range US weapons inside Russia — but that comes after years of pleading from Kyiv that has seen Ukrainian forces lose ground to Russia along much of the front.
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Why Ukraine’s war is in a bad place – POLITICO
Ukraine is slowly losing ground to Russia, and allowing Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia may not change that.
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COMMENTARY: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak says it’s possible the new US administration may enter into interconnected talks with Vladimir Putin about Ukraine, Iran and the Middle East.
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Hungary is prepared to kick its Russian oil addiction if the European Union helps bankroll its switch to other importers, according to one of the country's most senior oil and gas executives.
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Moscow has dismissed suggestions that Russia had anything to do with damaged telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea as “ridiculous.”
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Us, sabotaging undersea cables? Ridiculous, says Russia – POLITICO
A top German official said the incident looked deliberate, as Europe sees Moscow’s hand at play.
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Russia has bolstered the ranks of its army with conscripts from the occupied territories of Ukraine, according to Russian state media.
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Russia enlists more Ukrainians from occupied regions to fight their own country – POLITICO
Moscow has suffered heavy casualties and requires a steady stream of recruits to maintain a grinding offensive in Ukraine’s east.
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The UK is scrapping five warships, along with a dozen military helicopters and drones, as part of a cost-cutting program for the army, Defence Secretary John Healey said.
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UK scraps older warships, helicopters and drones in cost-saving plan – POLITICO
Defence Secretary John Healey said “difficult decisions are required” due to budget constraints.
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