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What Happens When a Turkish President Loses an Election? No One Knows. - Erdogan has few role models for how to peacefully concede power. via
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“Speaking at a press conference with his Norwegian counterpart, Wallace says the UK is also still looking at supplying Ukraine with Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Denmark and the Netherlands have already sent Harpoon missiles and land-based launchers to Ukraine.”
Donald Trump has said that Vladimir Putin is “very savvy” and made a “genius” move by declaring two regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states and moving Russian armed forces to them.
Britain will send hundreds of anti-ship Brimstone missiles to Ukraine to bolster naval defences after the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva. via
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General Rustam Muradov was sacked in the aftermath of the failure, the Moscow Times reported, citing officials in the Russian defence ministry. via
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Mens Sverige angret bittert flere års kutt til forsvaret da Russland ranet Krim i 2014, hadde finnene aldri sluttet å stirre med uro på Putins rike. Det lønte seg. via
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Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from senior Tories over plans to privatise Channel 4, with former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson branding it “the opposite of levelling up”.
Vladimir Putin did not show a willingness to end the war with Ukraine during a call on Saturday with French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz, a French presidency official said.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday pledged more economic and military aid to Ukraine on a visit to Kyiv, news agencies reported, as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine neared its six-month mark.
Russian submarines ‘target subsea cables’ off coast of Kerry. Military sources believe the vessels are Russian Kilo-class submarines, transiting from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea. via
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Steve Bannon’s political operation to help rightwing populists triumph in next year’s European parliamentary elections is in disarray after he conceded that his campaign efforts could be illegal in most of the countries in which he planned to intervene.
A secret Cold War-era nuclear submarine base in Norway is to be reopened as America and Russia wrestle for control of the Arctic Ocean. via
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Although the GIUK Gap has become a strategic symbol of NATO’s efforts to contain the Soviet Union at sea, the Gap has an intertwined history and long-standing influence over British strategic thinking. via
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