Ukraine, Russia and air defenses
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Ukraine's government has criticised a decision to take billions of euros of Russian wealth frozen in Europe and hand it to Western investors, warning that it weakened Europe's stand against Moscow. The criticism follows a move last month by Belgium's Euroclear to take 3 billion euros ($3.
Europe has the money and the artillery shells, but key U.S. capabilities like operational intelligence and air defense would be difficult to replace.
Seeking détente with China, therefore, is still a dangerous game for the EU. Instead, the EU must realize it has other cards to play, including forging more advantageous trade agreements elsewhere in the world and changing China’s calculus about supporting Russia.
President Trump made a verbal faux pas during his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House, describing D-Day as "not a great day," on Thursday, June 5,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany’s new leader is meeting President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday as he works to keep the U.S. on board with Western support for Ukraine, help defuse trade tensions that pose a risk to Europe’s biggest economy and further bolster his country’s long-criticized military spending.
President Trump met with German Chancellor Merz in the Oval Office on Thursday. Merz urged Trump to increase pressure on Russia, but the president made no commitments and instead compared Ukraine and Russia to two fighting children who needed to work out their differences.
International monitors at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine heard repeated rounds of gunfire that appeared to be aimed at drones reportedly attacking the site's training centre,
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US refuses to back Europe's post-war peace mission in Ukraine – BloombergThe United States is refusing to provide air defense support for the deterrence forces that the United Kingdom and France plan to deploy in Ukraine after the end of active hostilities, Bloomberg reports.
Earth imaging company Planet Labs PBC’s profit beat expectations as Europe hikes defense spending in response to the United States pulling back from the continent.
U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz kicked off a White House meeting on Thursday with talks on Ukraine and trade but none of the fireworks that have characterized other Oval Office meetings with foreign leaders.
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