“There are only a couple hundred Americans at Pituffik where once there were ten thousand; there is only that one US base on the island [Greenland] where once there were a dozen; but that is American policy, not Denmark’s fault.”
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
#vance #trump #usa #denmark #greenland #nato

“Greenland, Denmark, and the United States have been enmeshed in complex and effective security arrangements…for the better part of a century. Arctic security, an issue discovered by Trump and Vance very recently, was a preoccuption for decades during and after the cold war.”
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
#vance #trump #usa #denmark #greenland #nato

”It takes some patience to unwind all of the nonsense… When Vance says that Denmark is not protecting Greenland…, he is wishing away generations of cooperation, as well as the NATO alliance itself. … The threat in the Arctic…is Russia… But right now the United States is supporting Russia… No one is doing more to contain the Russian threat than Ukraine.”
—Timothy Snyder, The Imperialism Has no Clothes
https://snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-greenland
#vance #usa #denmark #greenland #nato #russia #ukraine

NATO-Ziel verfehlt: Warum Spanien nicht aufrüsten will

Spanien ist weit davon entfernt, das Zwei-Prozent-Ziel der NATO zu erreichen. Die Verbündeten mahnen schon, aber Spaniens Regierung ist bei den Militärausgaben uneins - und die Bevölkerung hat andere Sorgen. Von Kristina Böker.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/spanien-verteidigungsausgaben-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Spanien #Verteidigungsausgaben #NATO

Trump Is A Twat!
Putin Playing Trump Like A $5 Fiddle!

Russia says it reserves the right to resume striking Ukrainian energy targets if Kyiv flouts moratorium
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russia-says-reserves-resume-striking-115344618.html

In case you read about those 'evil #russia-ns bombing a restaurant in #Ukraine':

"⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦 As a result of the strike in the Dnepropetrovsk region, ten #NATO officers were eliminated (🥳), said Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Nikolaev resistance.

The attack targeted the Bartolomeo restaurant, where a celebration was taking place with the participation of NATO officers, as well as the Ukrainian SBU and GUR."

Pravda telegram https://t.me/worldpravda/21593

Nikolaev resistance https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/08/29/kiev-will-be-shocked-if-it-finds-out-the-names-of-people-from-resistance-underground-worker-lebedev

Those are the orders Zelensky received from Washington, don't blame him for placing neo-nazi lives above regular soldiers

@actapopuli

#Ukraine was a failed test by #NATO to assess the defense power of #Russia

1/2 Letztlich stehen wir doch ohnehin ohne die USA da, also, was sollen die dann noch hier ? #Trump hat nicht vor, den "Bündnisfall" einzuhalten. Scheiß auf den Wirtschaftsfaktor...Geld kann man Drucken. Die USA brauchen uns mehr, als wir die USA. Darum jammern die doch wegen der Autos, die wir nicht von Ihnen kaufen. Europa sollte geschlossen aus der #NATO austreten und einen eigenen Verteidigungsverbund gründen. Ohne die USA. --> 2/2

#Nato scoured #Lithuania next to #Belarus even though its VERY OBVIOUS they drowned in the vehicle

US MSM: "The soldiers... went missing on Tuesday while operating a M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle (A mobile Crane), the Army said. On Wednesday, the 👉70-ton👈 vehicle..."

Lithuania media: "Once submerged, the M88 would have sunk almost instantly,"

Speculation. See the critique at Wikipedia. M88s have transmission problems. It kept going when they tried to stop https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M88_recovery_vehicle

Es muss klar sein, dass #trump und seine Schergen so oder so die #nato Verpflichtung angezweifelt hätten, selbst wenn wir schon seit 20 Jahren 5% für Verteidigung ausgegeben hätten. - Man sollte nicht so tun, als würde Trump einen logischen Plan verfolgen.

Why Mearsheimer is wrong about Russia and the war in Ukraine. Five arguments from Alexander Stubb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlB-pRqdyBg

#Putin #NATO #Revisionism #Georgia #Ukraine #Russia #WarOfAggression #Imperialism #ReligiousExtremism #Obama #Crimea #PoliticalRealism #SpheresOfInfluence #SelfDetermination #Tolerance #SuperpowerNostalgia

https://youtu.be/bQodSIa5usM
⛔️🇺🇸First Trump uses Musk to attack veterans, then he puts incompetent idiot in charge of active duty military, many of whom no longer feel their lives or security are safe under Hegseth leadership (MSNBC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

⛔️🇺🇸Pro-Russian Kremlin Agent Rubio says U.S. seeking ways to unilaterally give Putin an economic lifeline in order to revive his struggling military economy, thus extending Russia’s ability to wage war (more) https://kyivindependent.com/russias-black-sea-ceasefire-demands-includes-lifting-eu-sanctions-rubio-says/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

Vier US-Soldaten nach Manöver in Litauen vermisst

US-Truppen üben in Litauen an der NATO-Ostflanke. Anschließend werden vier Soldaten vermisst und fieberhaft gesucht. NATO-Generalsekretär sorgte mit einer Äußerung zum Schicksal der Vermissten für Verwirrung.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/nato-manoever-litauen-us-soldaten-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#NATO #Litauen

BBC is reporting "Four US soldiers missing for two days in #Lithuania" an hour ago. They were reportedly found dead, with no details forthcoming, this morning. Then it was reported their vehicle was discovered submerged in water but the soldiers weren't in it, and the bullshit is up to the knees now. Next up they'll use the disappeared bodies to say #belarus, #Russia's ally, kidnapped them. The incident has already allowed #NATO TROOPS to be probing along belarus' border.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv49r9me01o

"Four American soldiers and their vehicle have gone missing during an 'exercise' in eastern #Lithuania, near the #Belarus-ian border.

Search efforts are currently ongoing, with Lithuanian and foreign troops (#NATO exercise troops no doubt... all along the #belarusian border now), along with Air Force and State Border Guard Service helicopters, deployed to locate them."

AP https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-4-american-soldiers-are-missing-from-a-training-area-near-lithuanias-capital-the-us-military-says/

RFE/RL, #USAID media (so much for killing their budgets as claimed) https://www.rferl.org/a/us-soldiers-missing-lithuania-belarus/33360885.html

Die deutsche Rüstungsindustrie steht vor Herausforderungen, um den steigenden Bedarf an Verteidigungsgütern zu decken. Eine europäische Strategie und Investitionen sind notwendig, um langfristig wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben und die Verteidigungsfähigkeiten zu stärken.

➡️ https://dndnetz.blogspot.com/2025/03/die-notige-umstrukturierung-der.html

#Rüstungsindustrie #deutschland #news #politics #politik #europe #military #nato #germany #rheinmetall #europa #aktuell #journalism #bundeswehr #industrie #economy #wirtschaftspolitik #germaneconomy

Schwierig schwierig, #NATO #Fluchtrouten #Syrien... da kommt was zusammen... Vielleicht sollten Europäer dort keinen Urlaub mehr buchen?

Erstmals Einblick in NATO-Logistik-Steuerung

Wie können Tausende verwundete Soldaten möglichst schnell versorgt werden? Wie sähen Transportwege durch Europa aus? In Ulm übt die NATO für den Ernstfall - analog mit einer Art Brettspiel. Von Frank Wiesner.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/nato-uebung-wargame-ulm-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#NATO

We need to pay closer attention to Svalbard https://www.politico.eu/article/we-need-to-pay-closer-attention-to-svalbard/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #BeyondtheBubble #Disinformation #Navalvessels #Commentary #Military #Security #History #Kremlin #Media #NATO

He "Treads Carefully" on the beaten and battered bodies of protesters
.
"#Erdogan Treads Carefully to Quell #Protests and Calm Markets"; and no mention of WHERE he 'treads', in the lede... #NATO #Turkey #TurkeyProtests #Istanbul

Use archive.ph https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-25/erdogan-treads-carefully-to-quell-protests-and-calm-markets

If Gilead will be Gilead then the rest of us must work around and without them

#ASEAN #NATO #EU #Canada #US

‼️🇺🇦Zelensky points out how the Invasion came from Russia, and that's where it must be pushed back (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3974349-zelensky-war-came-from-russia-and-thats-where-it-must-be-pushed-back.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Das Baltikum ist bedroht. Oder Moldau. Durch Militär oder Destabilisierung. Experten befürchten einen „Unfall“, der zu einem Weltkrieg ausarten könne.
https://www.merkur.de/politik/ukraine-krieg-russland-putin-selenskyj-nato-usa-bundeswehr-frieden-krieg-93645840.html

#news #kriegsgefahr #europa #europe #news #nachrichten #aktuell #nato #weltkrieg #presse #press #journalism

Watch how Kremlin backed Trump repeats every kremlin talking point pushed by russian propaganda on russian state (read fsb kgb) TV. I wonder where he gets his information!

#Ukraine #eu #EuropeanUnion #UK #Canada #resist #usa #media #press #nato

Letters: A truly united Ireland might be further away than ever before https://www.byteseu.com/854685/ #BorderPoll #CheltenhamFestival #EilisO’Hanlon #EnochBurke #Gaza #Ireland #Israel #NATO #StPatrick’sDay

⚡️🇨🇿Czechia may send troops to Ukraine as part of ceasefire security forces mission – President Pavel (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3973756-czechia-may-send-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peacekeeping-mission-pavel.html #Ukraine #Czechia #CzechRepublic #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Ja, ick les eure Diskussionen zum #UkraineKrieg hier mit.

Ja, #Krieg ist scheiße & auch die #EU bzw. ggf. #NATO könnte eine "full scale" Auseinandersetzung gegen #Russland nicht gewinnen (was btw. umgekehrt genau so gilt).

NUR - 🧏‍♀️ einem #Agressor in #Europa durchgehen zu lassen, territoriale Grenzen mit militärischer #Gewalt zu verschieben, bringt viel, viel mehr #Krieg & #Leid in der Zukunft über diesen Kontinent.

Beendet den aktuellen Krieg (diplomatisch) wenn ihr könnt.
Aber #UN - konform!

“ #NATO plans to ask European allies and #Canada to increase their stocks of weaponry and equipment by about 30% in the next few years, according to a senior alliance official”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-20/nato-to-ask-europe-and-canada-for-30-boost-in-military-capacity

Deutscher General musste Posten bei der NATO räumen

Ein deutscher NATO-General wurde offenbar abberufen, weil er nachlässig mit Verschlusssachen umgegangen sein soll, ergaben Recherchen von WDR und SZ. Er war demnach lange mit sensiblen Aufklärungsfähigkeiten der NATO befasst.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/wdr/nato-general-geheimschutz-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#NATO #NATOGeneral #Geheimschutz

this is very, very awkward. merz' fuckup is reagarded as a glorious move by english media:

The vote was a triumph for the probable new German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who pushed it through the departing Bundestag on its final day.

they completely disregarded the fact that merz had neglected and rejected all attempts to this financial change just weeks ago. and merz did not "push" it through against resisting majorities, he had to beg for the vote.

the selfish egocentric blackrock lobbyist as a triumphant organizer. he will like that. but this view is wrong. relying on merz' abilities as someoe to get things done is a bad bet. just see his promises to cut the nazi votes by half ...

#politik #cdu #csu #putin #nato #fritzefrei #FriedrichMerz #Guardian #media

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

🇫🇮🇺🇦Ukrainian minister invites Finnish companies to launch production in Ukraine (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3972530-ukrainian-minister-invites-finnish-companies-to-launch-production-in-ukraine.html #Ukraine #Finland #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Oh Mann, Frau #Ruinkrieg kommt zur #UN - wie soll das gut gehen - wegloben geht anders, ehrlich! Besser wäre Sie im Aufsichtsrat von #Rheinmetall oder #Hensoldt aufgehoben. Die Frau stiftet nur #Weltgift und ist Handlangerin der #NATO - und NATO ist Weltgift!

Wednesday, March 19

Russia’s war against Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of Russia Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, March 18, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Putin spoke prior to his telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump-Putin call: Russia agrees to 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes. "Vladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the appropriate command to the Russian military," the Kremlin said.

Kremlin demands halt to foreign military aid**, intelligence to Ukraine as condition for avoiding war escalation.** The Kremlin has demanded a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine as a "key condition for avoiding an escalation of the war," according to a statement released on March 18.

Kyiv supports energy sector ceasefire**, expects military aid to continue, Zelensky says.** "We will support such a proposal, but we're very interested in the details," Zelensky said after the Trump-Putin call.

US announces another round of negotiations in Middle East on war in Ukraine. "This conflict should never have started and should have been ended long ago with sincere and good faith peace efforts," the White House's statement read.

'I don't want us to be on Putin's menu' — Zelensky says negotiations must include Ukraine. "We are an independent state. Without us, I think it's wrong to negotiate," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 18.

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Putin didn't mention military aid in phone call, Trump says. Trump also said it was "a great call" and that the U.S. hopes to expand trade with Russia, including deals on "very big forms of rare earth."

Ukraine withdraws from one front-line sector in Donetsk Oblast, commander says. "This allowed us not only to save our soldiers, but also to improve our defense. (Russia) is suffering losses, and we can act more effectively," Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev said.

Ukrainian forces attempted to enter Belgorod Oblast**, repelled by Russian forces, Russia claims.** The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on March 18 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to enter Russia's Belgorod Oblast but were repelled by the Russian military.

Zelensky arrives in Finland for official visit to discuss security and strengthen ties. President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Finland for an official visit on March 18. The plane carrying the couple landed at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in the afternoon.

Russian energy giant Gazprom suffers $13.1 billion loss in 2024. Gazprom's losses averaged $251 million per week, $35 million per day, or $1.4 million per hour. While the company's total revenue increased by 11% and its gas revenue by 14%, it still ended the year with a sales loss of 192 billion rubles ($2.3 billion).

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Polish right takes hard line on Ukraine ahead of presidential vote

With the Polish presidential elections just two months away, two of the country's leading right-wing candidates have become increasingly antagonistic toward Ukraine and its leadership. Both men have made headlines by public spats with Ukrainian officials and denounced Kyiv as ungrateful for Polish aid.

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Ukraine war latest: Putin, Trump hold 1.5-hour call, discuss ceasefire in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a 30-day pause of energy infrastructure strikes during a call with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a readout of the call issued by the Kremlin on March 18.

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Human cost of Russia’s war

2 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 63 of the 137 Russian attack and decoy drones overnight over 12 oblasts, the Air Force said. Sixty-four decoy drones reportedly disappeared from radars without causing damage.

General Staff: Russia has lost 897,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

International response

UK reportedly hopes US drones, satellites will help monitor Ukraine ceasefire. The U.S. military has 247 military satellites and thousands of commercial satellites, providing an "unrivaled picture" of eastern Ukraine that European forces would struggle to replicate, the Times wrote.

UK, EU to discuss confiscating Russian assets ahead of Ukraine peace talks, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations will focus on establishing the legal and financial framework to seize Russian assets, despite opposition from some EU member states, particularly Belgium and Germany.

Italy, Spain hesitant on EU's $43 billion military aid to Ukraine plan. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the proposal needed further discussion and that Italy was awaiting the outcome of the upcoming call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump boasts of saving 'surrounded' Ukrainian soldiers despite Kyiv denying encirclement in Kursk Oblast. U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on March 17 that he took an unspecified action to save "surrounded" Ukrainian soldiers, apparently referring to his earlier and unsubstantiated claims of Kyiv's troops being encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Trump's aid cuts threaten supply of HIV treatments to Ukraine**, 7 more countries, WHO warns.** The World Health Organization warned that Kenya, Haiti, Lesotho, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Ukraine could run out of critical antiretroviral drugs in the coming months.

Russian negotiator says he expects talks with Musk on space, tech. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said he expects Russia to hold talks with U.S. billionaire and President Donald Trump's ally, Elon Musk, in the near future, the pro-state news agency RBK reported on March 18.

In other news

Notorious judge dismissed amid accusations of criminal activity, power grab. Judge Pavlo Vovk was held responsible for "committing a significant disciplinary offense, gross or systematic neglect of duties that is incompatible with the status of a judge or revealed his incompatibility with the position he holds."

France to deploy fighter jets with nuclear warheads on German border by 2035, Macron says. France will deploy Rafale fighter jets equipped with supersonic nuclear warheads along its border with Germany in 2035, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on March 18 at the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase, according to BFMTV.

Telegram CEO Durov returns to Dubai amid French investigation. Pavel Durov, Telegram's Russian-born founder and CEO, said that the investigating judges allowed him to depart even though the probe is ongoing.

Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty. The defense ministers of the four nations argued that the security situation in the region has "fundamentally deteriorated" and that military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus have "significantly increased."

EU approves over $2 billion in economic support for Moldova. The Reform and Growth Facility, which includes 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in low-interest loans and 385 million euros ($420 million) in grants, will cover the period of 2025-2027 and is part of the EU's long-term Moldova Growth Plan.

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JD Vance’s cousin Nate Vance:

I saw Russians shooting their own troops. It happens often. Russian military murder of their own troops is policy. That fact is well documented.

They are not our allies and never will be.

#Ukraine #eu #uk #Baltics #nato #usa

#Putin and #Trump spoke on the phone today where they discussed the conditions for a potential (and severely limited) #ceasefire in #Ukraine. They agreed to seek a limited ceasefire on energy and infrastructure.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto was more optimistic. "Great news from Washington and Moscow. Today, the world has become a safer place. We fully support the peace agreement and hope Brussels (#NATO) will not undermine the peace process,"

France24 liveblog https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250318-live-trump-putin-ukraine