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United States. president of the United States Donald Trump in his fresh statements suggests that he can take decision to retreat the US from NATO. "Wall Street Journal" noted that a formal withdrawal from the Alliance would be difficult. "However, NATO may de facto fall apart, even if the treaty is legally maintained".
United States. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio In an interview with Fox News, he argued that America will gotta “re-examine” its Alliance membership erstwhile the war in Iran is over. president of the United States Donald Trump said: “I always knew it was a paper tiger and Putin knew it too,” Trump said, outraged at the deficiency of an expected consequence after calling on allies to join the Iran War.”
United States. In an interview with The Telegraph Donald Trump He expressed outrage that NATO allies did not want to aid unlock the Ormuz Strait, which Tehran closed after the war broke out, preventing free transportation of oil. Trump peculiarly reprimanded UK Prime Minister Keira Starmera, saying that the British ‘not even have a navy’, referring to the state of the fleet of ships. He had previously repeatedly called the head of the British government a ‘coward’.
United States. According to the latest "Financial Times" reports, the president of the United States has threatened to halt the arms supply to Ukraine completely if NATO states do not join the "voluntary coalition" to forcefully unlock the Ormuz Strait. The destiny of Ukraine becomes a bargaining chip in the conflict with Iran.
United States. president of the United States Donald Trump threatened to cut off support for PURL – a key arms acquisition initiative for Ukraine, financed by European countries but dependent on American resources and logistics. For Kiev, fighting Russia, that would mean disaster. "President Trump made his disappointment clear to NATO. As he stressed, the United States will remember this."
United States. president of the United States Donald Trump announced in a message to the nation that in the next 2 or 3 weeks the US would launch strong attacks on Iran. Trump stated that these actions are to "return Iran to the Stone Age". He stressed that American forces were close to achieving the main strategical objectives of operations in the country and assured that they would end it “very quickly”.
Russian Federation. Russia powerfully called on France to release Anna Novikova, A Russian-French citizen detained on suspicion of espionage. Anna Nowikova acted for the Russian-speaking population in the erstwhile east areas of Ukraine. According to Russia, the Novikova case is an example of a “spy mania” in Europe. Paris remains firm, emphasizing the sovereignty of its own legal decisions and rejecting Moscow's direct pressures.
Russian Federation. Ukrainian forces launched a successful attack on Briansk, hitting a Russian rocket parts factory. This is not the first attack on this plant – Ukrainian forces are expanding the number of attacks in Russia, aiming especially at weapons-producing infrastructure as well as energy sector facilities.
Ukraine. Leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, stated that he was planning to ask Washington to forward Russia's offer of a truce in the energy sector," said Interfax-Ukraine.
Lebanon. Israel announces the business of a large part of Lebanon. Israeli Minister for Defence Israel Katz He said his country intends to occupy a large condition of confederate Lebanon in Israel's strongest, so far, language since the invasion of his northern neighbour. Katz said that "after the operation, IDF will establish a safety region within Lebanon and "will keep safety control over the full area until the Litani River“ that flows about 30 kilometres [30 km] from the border. He besides said that the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese would be "totally prevented", adding "All homes in the villages adjacent to the border in Lebanon will be demolished to remove erstwhile and for all border threats from the northern residents‘.
Iran. president of Iran Masud Peseshkan He said we're not hostile to average Americans. This conviction fell in a letter to the Americans, quoted on Wednesday by the Iranian Press tv station portal. In his letter, Pezekhan claims that portraying Iran as a threat "is not consistent with either the historical reality or the facts presently observed". The president called on the American public not to be deceived by "fabricated narratives". "The relations between Iran and the United States were not initially hostile" – stressed president Pezeszkaan. In his opinion, the turning point was 1953 erstwhile the US engaged in a coup d'état in Iran and overthrowing Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegha after it nationalized the Iranian oil industry.
Israel. Israeli police dispersed demonstrators gathered before Kneset in Jerusalem after Parliament adopted a fresh law providing for the death penalty. The law allows the execution of the death punishment against Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks considered as acts of terrorism. The recordings show officers stopping protesters and pushing the crowd away. People chant passwords and hold banners, including “Palestinian lives matrix”.
South Korea. The 3rd KM-SAM Block II air defence set is scheduled to enter the United arabian Emirates. According to analysts, defence Express contrasts this with erstwhile refusals to sale these systems to Ukraine, justified by Seoul's rules on arms exports to war states.
Indonesia. An earthquake of magnitude 7,8 occurred off the coast of Indonesia, which, according to Richter's scale, could mean “great destruction”. Service issued a tsunami warning, says Reuters. In addition to Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia are at risk.
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