Tag: Europe

Russian Equipment Losses & Reserves (2024) – The Changing Russian Force in Ukraine

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Russian Equipment Losses & Reserves (2024) – The Changing Russian Force in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-S4ktINDU

Why do Ukraine’s Armed Forces prefer the U.S. “Battle Taxi” Bradley over Soviet-era BMPs?

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Why do Ukraine’s Armed Forces prefer the U.S. “Battle Taxi” Bradley over Soviet-era BMPs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkIKrYehOcs

Russian Escalation Strategy in Ukraine – The North Korean Deal, Kharkiv & Putin’s “Ceasefire” demand

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Russian Escalation Strategy in Ukraine – The North Korean Deal, Kharkiv & Putin’s “Ceasefire” demand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTXwmcIfY0Y

RUSSIAN Economy Starts to Break as Inflation Soars & Shortage of Workers Damages Future Growth

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RUSSIAN Economy Starts to Break as Inflation Soars & Shortage of Workers Damages Future Growth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKKoA8rqGUc

Trump considering cutting back intel sharing with Europe, officials warn

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“there is certain information the U.S. relies on receiving from its European partners — and if Trump were to hold back intelligence, they, too, would likely retaliate, one recently retired senior U.S. official said.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/10/trump-considering-cutting-intel-sharing-europe-00167503

To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership

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“The partnership does not make NATO a direct player in the Indo-Pacific but allows it to coordinate with the four partners on issues of mutual concern, said Mirna Galic, senior policy analyst on China and East Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. For example, she wrote in an analysis, they can share information and align on actions such as sanctions and aid delivery but do not intervene in military crises outside of their own regions.
The NATO summit will allow the United States and its European and Indo-Pacific allies to push back against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, according to Luis Simon, director of the Centre for Security Diplomacy and Strategy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/counter-china-nato-asian-partners-040750159.html

Leftist surge foils far right but French election ends in deadlock

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“A left-wing alliance has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday’s second round election thwarted Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no party came close to winning an absolute majority.
In a surprise result, the New Popular Front (NFP) – a cluster of several parties ranging from the far-left France Unbowed party to the more moderate Socialists and the Ecologists – won 182 seats in the National Assembly, making it the largest group but short of the 289 required for an absolute majority, according to the French Interior Ministry.

President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance, which had slumped to a dismal third in the first round of voting last Sunday, mounted a strong recovery to win 163 seats. Despite leading after the first round of votes, Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies won 143 seats.

The RN’s strong showing in the first round stirred fears that France could be on the cusp of electing its first far-right government since the collaborationist Vichy regime of World War II. But Sunday’s results come as a huge upset and show French voters’ overwhelming desire to keep the far right from gaining power – even at the cost of a hung parliament.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-left-wing-coalition-projected-191124298.html