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- Sweden in NATO: The Hungarian Parliament gives the green light
Feb 26, 2024 5:49:26 p.m
Stoltenberg: “With Sweden we are stronger and safer”
“I welcome the Hungarian Parliament’s vote to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership. Now that all allies have agreed, Sweden will become NATO's 32nd ally. Sweden’s membership will make us all stronger and safer.” This is what NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says on social media.
Feb 26, 2024 5:15:21 p.m
Sweden is already in NATO on Friday
Sweden is preparing to become the 32nd member of the military alliance as it prepares to welcome Stockholm as early as Friday. The NATO membership of Sweden and Finland last year is one of the biggest geopolitical consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine. Sweden ends two centuries of neutrality and military non-alignment to ensure the security of NATO's collective defense commitment. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was in Budapest on Friday to discuss defense and security cooperation with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban. As a result of negotiations between the two leaders, Hungary will be able to acquire four new Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets. Of the 194 Hungarian parliamentarians who voted today, only six rejected Sweden's membership.
Feb 26, 2024 5:13:08 p.m
Sweden in NATO, the vote in Hungary
The approval was given with 188 votes in favour, 6 against and no abstentions. As widely expected, the last parliamentary obstacle to the Nordic country's accession to the Atlantic Alliance, which faces the threat of Russia, has also fallen.
Feb 26, 2024 5:00:46 p.m
Sweden in NATO: The Hungarian Parliament gives the green light
The Hungarian Parliament finally paved the way for Stockholm's membership in the Atlantic Alliance and overwhelmingly approved Sweden's entry into NATO.
Feb 26, 2024 12:26:25 p.m
Navalny would have been released “in exchange for a Russian officer.”
Maria Pevchikh, head of Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, confirmed that the opponent should be released as part of a prisoner exchange with the United States and Germany. The exchange, he added, was also intended to result in the release of two American citizens imprisoned in Russia in exchange for Vadim Krasikov, the former colonel in Russia's FSB intelligence agency who was imprisoned in Germany on murder charges.
02/26/2024 11:33:33
Russia: Three years in prison demanded for dissident Orlov
Prosecutors have requested a prison sentence of two years and 11 months for Russian dissident Oleg Orlov, former co-president of the Memorial Foundation, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. This was reported by the online newspaper Mediazona. Orlov is accused of “discrediting” the Russian army through a gag law that effectively prohibits criticism of the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine.
02/26/2024 11:25:06
Kremlin: Absurd pressure on Navalny's mother
Alexei Navalny's family's accusations against the Kremlin of putting pressure on the late opponent's mother are “absurd,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today, according to Tass.
02/26/2024 10:38:22
Russia has lost 410,700 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the war
Russia has lost 410,700 soldiers in Ukraine since the war began on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. This figure includes 880 casualties suffered by Russian forces over the past day. According to the report, Russia also lost 6,555 tanks, 12,478 armored fighting vehicles, 13,037 fuel vehicles and tanks, 9,993 artillery systems, 1,000 multiple rocket systems, 686 air defense systems, 340 aircraft, 325 helicopters, 7,707 drones, as well as 25 boats and one submarine.
02/26/2024 09:57:56
Tajani: The agreement with Kiev is a political agreement
The 10-year pact between Italy and Ukraine is “a political agreement, it is not an international treaty” and “it is not binding, it is a political obligation that we have, just like Britain, France, Germany and Denmark.” This was said by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in a speech on 24 Mattino on Radio 24. The “main points” are “aid for reconstruction, military assistance, also political assistance, we will organize economic forums and a series of events,” he made further.
02/26/2024 09:28:26
Borrell: “I will propose an aid fund for drones and AI to Kiev”
“The development of communication technologies with artificial intelligence will be crucial.” I will propose to the EU member states an aid fund for Ukraine to develop new tools for this war. Drones and artificial intelligence. This was stated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in an interview with the online media elDiario.es today, coinciding with the start of the third year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and three months before the European elections. According to the head of European diplomacy, “faced with mass attacks by small drones resembling a swarm of wasps, the defensive alternative is to intervene in the communications system.” And for this reason, the EU must “supply classic ammunition and support” the Ukrainian army “in modern aspects of war such as artificial intelligence.” To this end, “we need to develop technology based on a different type of warfare” and the Ukrainians “do this with great skill, but they need more” drones.
02/26/2024 08:33:32
The most serious clashes took place in Marinka, Donetsk
The most serious clashes between Russian and Ukrainian troops are taking place in the Marinka region of Donetsk, the Kiev General Staff reports on Facebook. “In the last 24 hours there were 95 battles in the region: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 40 attacks.” “The enemy launched 11 missile attacks and 98 air strikes, 129 attacks with multiple missile launch systems on our troop positions and populated areas. The attacks resulted in injuries and deaths among the civilian population. Residential buildings and infrastructure were destroyed or damaged,” the General Staff wrote.
02/26/2024 08:32:19
The Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces visits the troop leadership
Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov visited the command post of the 58th Combined Army of the Southern Military District in the Special Military Operations Zone. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry, as Tass reported, on the grounds that Gerasimov had listened to a report on the military situation and presented awards. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Justin Trudeau announces Canada will provide $3 billion in financial and military aid to support Ukraine.
There are now 2 million Canadians eating at a food bank every month.
Members of the Canadian military are living in tent cities due to the cost of living crisis.
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02/26/2024 08:31:45
Attack in Sumy, a couple killed
The Ukrainian General Staff announced that the Russian army attacked the country with missiles and drones during the night: a private house was hit in the northeastern city of Sumy and two spouses died. “Russian terrorists have once again committed a terrible crime against the civilian population of the Sumy region. Targeted bombs hit the Yunakovsky community. Two spouses who were at home died. One private residential building was destroyed and five were damaged,” the local military administration reported. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, one Iskander-M missile was fired from Crimea, two S-300 missiles from the Belgorod region, three Kh-59 guided missiles and one Kh-31P anti-radar missile from the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region in the Ukraine. In addition, 14 Shahed drones were launched from the Kursk region.
French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a support summit in Paris todayUkraine which will be attended by the majority of European heads of state and government. Around twenty heads of state and government will reaffirm their unity alongside the Elysée Palace Kyiv and against the military aggression launched by Moscow two years ago. The event will open with a speech by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, delivered via video link. Absent were the leaders of the two European countries least supportive of Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia.
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The aim is to “remobilize and examine all means to effectively support Ukraine,” said a statement from the Elysée Palace. “It's about countering the impression that things are falling apart and reaffirming that we are not tired and are determined to stop Russian aggression.” We want to send a clear message Putin that he will not win in Ukraine,” underlines the French presidency. “Everyone is doing their best to deliver defense equipment. We must all be able to do it better together, each according to our own capabilities,” adds the Elysée.
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