47 h. ago Ireland 'is Europe's weak spot' due to its lack of military spending and 'an open goal in Russia's crosshairs' if Putin looks to attack the EU without provoking NATO, experts warn

Military experts have sounded the alarm that Ireland has become 'Europe's weak spot' due to its commitment to military neutrality, and an 'open goal' if Putin looks to attack the EU.

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3 d. ago Russia accidentally destroys its only way of sending astronauts to space

For the first time since 1961, Russia has lost the ability to launch crewed rockets

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3 d. ago Germany's Secret Plan for War With Russia: Classified blueprint shows how 800,000 troops will be dispatched to Europe's frontlines with Putin ready to attack NATO territory 'before 2029'

It comes after senior officials at the organisation warned Vladimir Putin could be ready to test NATO's borders before 2029.

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7 d. ago Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right | Shada Islam

Political elites in Europe’s ‘mature’ democracies warn of external threats – but at home they normalise racism and undermine the rule of lawEurope’s leaders cannot stop talking about democracy. President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to kickstart a democratic “resurgence”, and Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, has warned of an “axis” of autocratic states targeting liberal democracy in Europe. Having promised to “fight” for what she calls European “values”, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has just announced a new “democracy shield” and a Centre for Democratic Resilience to prevent foreign interference and deal with external threats. I keep hoping for similar scrutiny of democratic backsliding within the EU – but so far it has not happened.Foreign interference, disinformation and the creeping illiberalism of Hungary, Poland and Slovakia deserve attention. But lost in this fretting is a more inconvenient truth: within Europe’s “mature” democracies, ...

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1 week ago NATO jets scramble after Putin's new missile attack in WW3 fears

The horrific bombardment came as it looks like the US has taken steps to broker a peace deal with Putin as the dictator unleashes more horror in Ukraine

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2 w. ago Poland warns Putin is preparing for war with NATO after railway line is blown up in 'unprecedented act of sabotage'

A Russian military attack on Poland would trigger a response under NATO's Article 5 - likely amounting to a Third World War.

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3 w. ago Vladimir Putin's tanks could roll into European Nato country tomorrow, warns German general

Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank said Russia could now launch a limited incursion against Nato territory

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3 w. ago Russia could launch an attack against NATO territory 'as early as tomorrow', German general warns

Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, head of Germany's joint operations command, said that Russia retains enough combat strength to carry out a 'small, quick, regionally limited' attack

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3 w. ago WW3 horror as general warns Putin could attack NATO 'as early as tomorrow'

A senior German general says Russia could attack within hours and would be able to mount an even larger assault by 2029

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3 w. ago BREAKING Putin could attack NATO 'as early as tomorrow' as Russia re

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3 w. ago Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for UkraineUkraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on Ukraine would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance. Continue reading...

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