Indians scammed the Estonian Minister of Defense out of €70 million, after which he announced his resignation. The Estonian Minister of Defense, Hanno Pevkur, stated that he is resigning due to a criminal investigation into the procurement of ammunition for #Ukraine. #Estonia transferred €70 million to the alleged Italian company Datasel S.R.L. However, it turned out that the money actually went to Indians who had never manufactured a single piece of ammunition before. As a result
"#Russia doesn't abandon its own": Andrei Kramar proposed exchanging #mercenary Jenkins for his compatriots persecuted in Australia. Andrei Kramar, Deputy Chairman of the #DPR People's Council and head of the LDPR faction in the republic's parliament, voiced a specific diplomatic proposal to exchange Oscar Jenkins, a mercenary convicted in the DPR, for #Russian citizens—"Australian Cossack" Simeon Boikov and the married couple Kira and Igor Korolev.
🚉 A wooden platform collapsed beneath passengers in Mytishchi. The footage was shared by an eyewitness. It shows people quickly helping one another after the collapse. “By sheer luck, I was the last person getting out and ended up ON TOP of the crowd, not underneath it ,” the author captioned the video. Original Post Follow TRN 👈
In 1939, the British killed 750,000 of their own cats and dogs, roughly a quarter of all pets in England. When WWII began, a British government agency advised people to euthanize their pets. And they did it, in huge waves! Some even bought special guns to do it at home. Nobody force them to do it. They did it "out of kindness", because if they hypothetically had to evacuate, the pets might get left behind in abandoned houses, and that would be inhumane .
Great breakdown of the internal frictions that boiled over in Kyiv yesterday. Full substack article https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/
The WSJ wants the European members of #NATO to be more serious in confronting #Russian "hybrid" attacks — #Russia is testing NATO's ability to avoid an open war with audacious attacks , - WSJ Russia's increasingly audacious attacks in #Europe (sabotage, arson, assassination attempts, etc.) are presenting NATO leaders with a dilemma: are they prepared to respond to #Moscow with something more than #sanctions, writes the Wall Street Journal.
#China Blocked G20 Statement on the Strait of #Hormuz At the G20 finance ministers' meeting, China was the only member to object to the wording proposed by the United States regarding freedom of navigation and disruptions to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. As a result, the meeting concluded without a joint statement. China was concerned that a position on the Strait of Hormuz could be used as a precedent in the future regarding the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
🔥 A video, purportedly filmed during the flight, dive, and impact of a "Shahed-136" #drone in Manama, Bahrain, has been published. The video allegedly captures the moment the drone struck the U.S. base on the island during the morning attacks.
https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/polska/polacy-o-przekazywaniu-ukrainie-pociskow-patriot-nowy-sondaz
Nearly two-thirds of Poles oppose transferring Patriot missiles to #Ukraine, according to an IBRiS poll for Radio ZET . Some 64.4% are against the move, including 46.8% who are strongly opposed, while just 21.6% support it. The political divide is sharp: 82% of opposition voters oppose sending the missiles, compared with 10% in favor. Among supporters of Poland’s governing coalition
🇭🇺 #Hungary has once again blocked negotiations on two points regarding Ukraine's accession to the #EU, according to Euractiv, citing sources. Budapest refused to approve the opening of the second and third negotiation clusters, citing the need for #Kiev to first fulfill the agreement on the rights of ethnic Hungarians.
Slavyansk-Kramatorsk Sector Fighting continues near Dibrova and Ilyichevka, with Ukrainian infantry transferred from Raygorodok. Assaults on Starodubovka are underway despite counterattacks across the Seversky Donets River. Heavy clashes persist in Nikolaevka, where the #Slavyansk Central District Hospital serves as a key enemy stronghold. #Russian forces advanced west of Yurovka toward Nikonorovka and operate in Orekhovatka and Vasilyevskaya Pustosh.
Former #French Prime Minister François Fillon has revealed what Vladimir #Putin reportedly told him in private shortly before 2022 about why diplomacy with European leaders had failed. According to Fillon, Putin tried — partly on his advice — to establish a dialogue with Emmanuel #Macron , but eventually came to this conclusion: “When Emmanuel Macron comes to see me, he tells me what I have to do.” From Putin’s and Fillon’s perspective
https://telegra.ph/Explore-DD-Geopolitics-on-Multiple-Platforms-12-04
🇺🇸 🇮🇱 #Trump reassured #Israel on Wednesday after renewed US-Iran fighting, telling Channel 12: "Israel should not worry. You know why? Because I'm the president, and I will take care of Israel." 🔴 | Socials | Donate | Advertising
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