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Ответ официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой на вопрос СМИ в связи с задержанием главы Гагаузии
❓ Вопрос: В ночь с 25 на 26 марта была задержана глава Гагаузии Евгения Гуцул в рамках расследования уголовного дела о незаконном финансировании предвыборной кампании в 2023 году. Как бы Вы могли это прокомментировать?
💬 М.В.Захарова: Оценки ситуации уже дали в самой республике, прямо назвав произошедшее «беспределом» и «открытым политическим террором».
По мере приближения парламентских выборов в Молдавии оппоненты нынешних властей всё чаще жалуются на произвол правоохранительных органов, отмечая, что республика уже фактически превратилась в полицейское государство. На неугодных политиков заводятся уголовные дела, независимые, прежде всего русскоязычные, СМИ подвергаются цензуре, их просто закрывают.
Любому непредвзятому наблюдателю очевидно, что под наиболее ожесточённый прессинг попадают именно те молдавские политики и журналисты, которые выступают за выстраивание конструктивных отношений с Российской
Хотелось бы надеяться, что в данном резонансном деле будет соблюдена законность и демократические принципы, прежде всего касающиеся защиты прав и свобод человека.
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13.11
Прокуратура Молдовы готовит прошение на арест главы Гагаузии Гуцул на 30 дней, сообщила РИА Новости депутат молдавского оппозиционного блока "Победа" Таубер.
Ранее её задержали на 72 часа в аэропорту Кишинева, когда она направлялась в Стамбул для участия в Международном журналистском конгрессе.
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13.04
Глава Гагаузской автономии Молдовы Евгения Гуцул задержана в аэропорту Кишинева, откуда собиралась лететь в Стамбул, сообщает молдавский Национальный центр по борьбе с коррупцией.
Она проходит по нескольким делам, но задержана по делу о фальсификации данных об источниках финансирования предвыборной кампании в 2023 году. Речь идет о 20 тыс. долларах.
Гуцул отрицает свою вину и называет дело "политическим мотивированным".
В прошлом году она попала под санкции США и ЕС по обвинению в дестабилизации ситуации в Молдове.
Напомним, год назад Гагаузия и Приднестровье на фоне конфликта с властями Молдовы обратились за помощью к России. Уже тогда ходили слухи о скором задержании Гуцул.
Сама Гуцул тогда же встречалась с Путиным и просила его о поддержке.
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13.02
ОБРАЩЕНИЕ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОГО КОМИТЕТА ГАГАУЗИИ
25 марта молдавские власти незаконно задержали Башкана АТО Гагаузия Евгению Гуцул в Международном аэропорту Кишинёва.
Этот шаг является беспрецедентным актом давления на автономию, направленным на подрыв её демократических основ, законных прав и полномочий нашего региона.
❗️Исполнительный комитет Гагаузии:
▪️осуждает политические репрессии против избранного руководства автономии;
▪️призывает центральные власти уважать выбор народа, выраженный на демократических выборах;
▪️требует немедленного прекращения давления и освобождения Башкана.
📌 Обращаемся ко всем депутатам Народного собрания с призывом к единству и решительным действиям в защиту автономии и её институтов.
Гагаузия всегда выступала за мир, диалог и законность. Сегодня мы должны быть едины как никогда.
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12.47
Власти Молдовы используют методы неприкрытого нажима на конкурентов Санду — пресс-секретарь президента РФ Дмитрий Песков о задержании главы Гагаузии Евгении Гуцул.
В Кремле осуждают преследование оппозиционных политиков — такие действия похожи на методы, которые применяют в Румынии, подчеркнул пресс-секретарь.
Кишинёв должен отказаться от такого давления и предоставить свободу политическим силам в стране, добавил он.
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12.27
Жители Гагаузии вышли на массовую акцию протеста в Комрате с требованием незамедлительного освобождения Евгении Гуцул и прекращения политического преследования главы автономии.
Люди открыто заявляют: режим PAS перешёл красную черту, начав откровенную расправу над законно избранным башканом. Правоохранительные органы, вместо того чтобы защищать закон и граждан, превратились в инструмент политической мести, фабрикуя уголовные дела по указке сверху.
Гагаузия едина в своей поддержке Евгении Гуцул, которая стала символом борьбы за права и достоинство гагаузского народа.
Судьба Евгении Гуцул сегодня это судьба всей Гагаузии!
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25.07
Как бы ни старались прокуроры написать удобный для них сценарий, правда не поддаётся фальсификации. Сегодняшнее заседание суда стало ещё одним подтверждением этого. Была допрошена наша бывшая коллега по партии — и, несмотря на все ожидания обвинения, она не сказала ничего, что указывало бы на нашу вину.
Это дело с каждым днём всё больше напоминает абсурдный спектакль: прокуроры хватаются за пустые формулировки, строят догадки и домыслы, выдают их за доказательства. Но как только начинается разбор этих «аргументов» — всё рассыпается, как карточный домик. Потому что за громкими обвинениями нет ни фактов, ни логики, ни правды.
Мы прекрасно понимаем, с чем имеем дело: это не уголовное дело — это политическое давление. Это месть за принципиальность, за позицию, за отказ подчиняться власти, которая давно утратила связь с народом.
Но мы не отступим. Мы уверены в своей правоте, мы знаем, что народ видит и понимает происходящее.
Мы будем бороться до конца — за справедливость, за честь, за истину.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin makes demands for Black Sea ceasefire despite launching huge drone assault
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it would need to see some sanctions lifted first, including blocks on its access to international payments systems.
The Kremlin has claimed a Black Sea ceasefire agreement can only begin when certain Russian needs are met, sparking Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky to accuse Russia of “manipulation” over a push by Donald Trump for a lasting peace deal in end Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
After days of intense negotiations, the White House said it had secured deals with both Kyiv and Moscow to stop targeting ships in the Black Sea, restoring a previous agreement to protect key shipping routes.
But on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would need to see some sanctions imposed by Western nations over the war lifted first, including blocks on its access to international payments systems.
Mr Zelensky said the ceasefire would be observed immediately, and said Russia was “already trying to distort agreements” and “deceive both our intermediaries and the entire world”.
Mr Trump has said Putin appears to be "dragging [his] feet" over ending the war against Ukraine.
The comments came before Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv, which provides access to the Black Sea.
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Putin launches massive drone strike on Ukrainian port after setting 'conditions' for Black Sea ceasefire - as Trump admits Russia is 'dragging its feet' over ending the war
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on a Ukrainian port providing access to the Black Sea, just hours after committing to an effective maritime ceasefire on vessels in the region.
The mayor of Mykolaiv said there were emergency power outages early today in the city, following a report by the governor that seven drones were destroyed over the region.
It was not immediately clear whether the power cuts were precautionary or a result of the attack on Mykolaiv.
The assault came less than 24 hours after Russia and Ukraine settled on a U.S.-mediated partial ceasefire, agreeing separately not to attack vessels in the Black Sea in a bid to facilitate access for commercial shipping.
Both parties also agreed to cease attacks on energy infrastructure, after they accused each other of breaching an agreement last week, again within hours of committing to it.
It was not immediately clear how and when the deals would come into effect. The initial 30-day pause on attacks on energy infrastructure was also criticised over apparent ambiguity.
Ukraine expressed its reservations around welcoming a belligerent Russia back into the world market with terms that seemed to favour Russia, but assured it remains committed to peace.
In an apparent change in tone, U.S. President Donald Trump also admitted for the first time that Putin may be looking to delay a pause in the three-year conflict as the Russian president set out his 'conditions' for the Black Sea ceasefire.
'I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they're dragging their feet. I've done it over the years,' he told right-wing cable channel Newsmax.
'I think Russia would like to see it end and I think Zelensky would like to see it end, at this point.'
The attack submarine Ufa launched missiles in the Sea of Japan today, after Russia outlined its conditions for a ceasefire in the Black Sea - and reportedly attacked a port city
There was no immediate comment from Russia on the attacks in Mykolaiv, but the Russian defence ministry said that its air defence units destroyed nine Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over the waters of the Black Sea.
Russia also attacked the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, igniting fires and damaging buildings but causing no deaths, the head of the city's military administration said.
The Ukrainian military said its air defence units had shot down 56 of 117 drones launched by Russia in the overnight attack. It noted that 48 drones were lost, referring to the Ukrainian military's redirecting them with electronic warfare.
'Apparently, this is how the occupiers 'want peace',' Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the military administration, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, describing it as the war's biggest drone attack on the city.
'Most importantly, there were no deaths or injuries.'
Vilkul had reported at least 15 explosions in Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown and a frequent target of Russian attacks.
Russia separately staged submarine war games today, with a series of missile launches in the east after setting his conditions for the ceasefire in the Black Sea.
Submarines launched powerful Kalibr missiles in the Sea of Japan, hitting a target more than 620 miles away in a calculated show of strength to the West.
Russia continued to show force in the east after agreeing to a fragile maritime ceasefire
Missiles fired from the attack submarine Ufa also struck a surface target in the sea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Drills resumed as Russia outlined a raft of conditions before going ahead with a ceasefire in the Black Sea.
Putin demanded the lifting sanctions on Rosselkhozbank and other banks involved in food trade, and reconnecting them to the SWIFT payments system.
He also demanded the lifting of restrictions on trade finance operations, and on food and fertiliser exporters along with other measures.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv yesterday, Zelensky gave his backing to the effective ceasefire at sea.
But he insisted that a breach of the terms would demonstrate a clear lack of good faith from Russia's side towards ending the war.
'If the Russians violate this, then I have a direct question for President Trump,' he said. 'If they violate, here is the evidence - we ask for sanctions, we ask for weapons, etc.'
Continuing the thought later on Tuesday, he wrote on X: 'How Russia behaves in the coming days will reveal a lot—if not everything.
A ship travelling from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara passes through the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 7, 2025
'If there are air raid alerts again, if there is renewed military activity in the Black Sea, if Russian manipulations and threats continue—then new measures will need to be taken, specifically against Moscow.
'Diplomacy must work. And from the Ukrainian side, we are doing everything to make that happen.
'I thank everyone who is helping. I am grateful to the United States for the constructive and effective work of our teams.
'Now, results are needed from Russia. We do not trust them. And frankly—the world doesn't trust Russia. And they must prove that they are truly ready to end the war—ready to stop lying to the world, to Donald Trump, and to America.'
For its part, the Kremlin has said that it broadly favours the resumption of the maritime ceasefire.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said in an interview with Channel One that Russia favours a new deal in 'some form, better suited to all'.
Moscow will, however, need 'well-defined guarantees', he said, and then can 'only be the result of an order from Washington' to Ukraine.
'The Black Sea initiative was a key topic of discussion in Riyadh. Our position is simple: We cannot take this man at his word,' Lavrov said, echoing Zelensky's concerns.
Details of the prospective deal are yet to be released, but it appears to mark a revival of a 2022 agreement to ensure safe transit via Ukraine's Black Sea ports that was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
Russia pulled out of the initiative in 2023, accusing the West of failing to uphold its commitments to ease sanctions on Russian exports. It also argued the agreement failed to ensure safety of its Black Sea exports.
Poor Zelensky had to grovel to Trump – but sometimes, standing up to him can pay off
The Ukrainian president says he is now ready to swallow his pride and sign on Trump’s dotted line – but, as other world leaders have found, there are benefits to fighting your corner, says Simon Walters
When Vercingetorix, king of the Gauls – roughly speaking, modern France – was defeated by Julius Caesar in 51BC, he knew he faced a miserable end.
After stripping himself of his armour in surrender before Caesar on the battlefield, he was dragged, almost literally, back to Rome. There he was, paraded in public as a trophy, humiliated and eventually ceremonially strangled.
It seems anyone who attempts to defy Donald Trump today can expect to fare little better.
In his grovelling public apology to the US president, Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t actually promise to strip himself of his trademark quasi combat garb that appeared to upset prissy Trump and his repulsive sidekick JD Vance so much, but little of his dignity was left.
Trump’s brutal decision to suspend US military aid to Ukraine out of pure spite after brave Zelensky had the temerity to stand up to being bullied by him and Vance in the Office left him little choice.
The alternative was to watch Vladimir Putin take advantage of his White House admirer’s vindictive move, turn the screw on depleted Ukrainian forces, kill thousands more innocent Ukrainians, reduce more Ukrainian towns to rubble and grab more swathes of Ukrainian land.
Zelensky is probably counting on Trump reversing the suspension in military aid. But dealmaker Trump wants more than that. A lot more.
In his address to Congress last night, the US president boasted that he "appreciated" Zelensky having sent his letter, which expressed willingness to come to the negotiating table and end the war as soon as possible.
He would love nothing more than to drag Zelensky back to Washington, to sign away his nation’s valuable minerals reserves – on live TV, of course.
You can imagine gloating Trump brandishing Zelensky’s signature on a copy of the deal like a trophy, just as he did with King Charles’s offer of a State Visit.
But Zelensky surely cannot think he will obtain the US security guarantee “backstop” he asked for and failed to get from Trump in return last week, which is the real reason the Oval Office meeting turned nasty.
Zelensky refused to sign up because he knew full well that the notion, advanced by devious Trump, that the minerals deal is the equivalent of a US ‘backstop’ is bogus.
A few hundred – or even thousand – American engineers working in mines or industrial plants is not going to deter Putin’s tanks. They would simply withdraw in a crisis.
And who is to say Putin and Trump would not do a deal whereby Russia did not target US assets in Ukraine in return for America letting it take territory that holds no commercial interest to Trump? Like the capital Kyiv that Putin craves to get his hands on, for example. Both men are ruthless and cynical enough to do precisely that.
The facts have not changed since Zelensky’s spectacular fall out with Trump. But one thing has changed: chastened Zelensky is now ready to swallow his pride and sign on the dotted line – on Trump’s terms – with Putin dancing a jig in the Kremlin. Presumably in the hope that it will at least buy him and Ukraine a little more time.
Zelensky is adopting the same obsequious approach as Sir Keir Starmer when he lavished the US president with Royal baubles and praise at their Oval Office “love-in”.
Starmer received a token reciprocal plaudit or two from Trump. But in view of Trump’s seeming determination to trash not just Zelensky, but also Nato and Europe, leaving them, nay us, potentially at the mercy of an unchained and avaricious Putin, how long can Starmer carry on pretending that the Anglo-US special relationship is alive and well?
And what will happen if and when he does stand up to Trump? Trump has already forced Britain and the rest of Europe to spend billions more on its own defence. Some senior British military figures believe America has already effectively abandoned its commitment to Nato’s central raison d’etre, whereby if any one nation member is attacked, the others automatically take up arms to defend it.
If Trump does that, will Starmer sit there with a rictus grin, as he did last week? How much punishment can he take?
In the face of all the fawning over Trump, it was refreshing to hear a full-throated attack on him by Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau.
He called Trump’s tariffs on Canadian exports to the US “dumb”. Trump duly responded by hurling fresh jibes at “Governor Trudeau” – a reference to his threat to add Canada to his attempted land-grab of Greenland.
Trudeau’s defiant stance may have enraged Trump, but Canadians love it, with a big rise in support for Trudeau’s Liberal Party, whose ratings were, until recently, rock bottom.
Opinion polls in Britain show the public believe supporting Zelensky and Ukraine is more important than retaining good links with the US. Many Reform voters are sickened by Nigel Farage acting as Trump’s mouthpiece.
Keir Starmer knows all about political parties and a slide in popularity. It may be risky – but now a solution is at hand.
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Europeans cancel US trips in protest over Trump’s policies
Some Europeans are rethinking their trips to the United States, citing President Donald Trump's policies and demeanour as deterrents.
Danish traveller Kennet Brask, who enjoyed a previous fishing trip to Florida, cancelled his return visit this year after witnessing Mr Trump's heated meeting at the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"When I saw this meeting, I told myself, 'I'm never going to go to the United States as long as Mr. Trump is the president there,'" Mr Brask stated, criticising Mr Trump's behavior as "rude".
He now plans to travel to Mexico instead.
Mr Brask's sentiment is echoed by many other Europeans, according to several travel agents across the continent. They report that a number of Danes and Germans, among others, are reconsidering US travel plans in light of Mr Trump's recent actions.
These include challenging the US-European alliance, suggesting the annexation of Greenland, engaging in a global trade war, and implementing stricter border and visa policies, along with a crackdown on undocumented migrants.
European travel to the US represents a significant economic factor, with expenditures reaching US$155 billion in 2023, according to EU data.
Transatlantic travel also contributes substantially to the earnings of major airlines, including British Airways.
Visitor numbers to the US from Western Europe fell 1 per cent year-on-year in February, according to preliminary data from the US National Travel and Tourism Office, after rising 14 per cent in the same period in 2024.
This was led by a 26 per cent decline in travellers from Slovenia, followed by Switzerland and Belgium.
Mr Trump's rhetoric on Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, has been a particularly sensitive issue for Danes. One Dane, Kim Kugel Sorenson, said he cancelled a trip to California for a family friend's wedding and removed stars and stripes from a tattoo so as not to appear to be pro-American.
US arrivals from Denmark fell 6 per cent in February after increasing 7 per cent a year ago, according to NTTO data.
European travel agents and travel data firms said they were also seeing a drop in searches for trips to the US, leading them to focus advertising on other destinations.
"We have taken an active decision to not spend a dime on marketing for any tours to the USA due to both the lack of client response and the current situation and attitude towards Denmark and Greenland in particular," Steen Albrechtsen, a senior product manager at Albatros Travel in Copenhagen, said.
Overseas visitors spend seven to eight times more than domestic US travellers, according to the US Travel Association.
The stronger dollar, which rose ahead of Mr Trump's inauguration but has since fallen back, and sluggish European economy may also deter some from US trips, though travel agents said political tumult was having the most impact.
The number of internet searches for flights to the US has fallen sharply this month in France, Italy, and Spain, said Mirko Lalli, CEO of the Data Appeal Company, a tourism data provider. Demand from Britain, however, remains robust, he added.
Tourists choosing Canada instead
Germans in particular are shifting their sights to Canada as an alternative, German travel agency America Unlimited said.
Amid Mr Trump's threats that he will turn Canada into the 51st state, some Europeans see a holiday there as a sign of solidarity.
"Canada is experiencing an unprecedented boom," America Unlimited CEO Timo Kohlenberg said.
In turn, Canadians may flock to Europe this summer as they shun travel to the United States.
European vacation rental properties have seen a 32 per cent jump in bookings from June to August year-over-year from Canadians, according to Key Data, a short-term rental analytics company.
Other travel companies, like Europe's largest tour operator TUI TUI1n.DE, still expect the US market to hold up, particularly for city trips and camper tours.
"We are expecting more travellers from Germany vacationing in the US than in 2024," a TUI spokesperson said.
In February, German visits to the US fell 9 per cent year-over-year after increasing 18 per cent in the same period a year ago, according to the NTTO.
Britain and Germany have updated their advice for citizens travelling to the US to emphasise the country's entry rules. Germany's foreign ministry said it was monitoring whether there had been a change in US immigration policy after three nationals were detained.
Maria del Carmen Ramos, immigration attorney and partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, said people arriving at the US border were receiving greater scrutiny, but border patrol agents had more discretion and authority than people realised.
"It seems like it's the Wild West at the border and there's no rhyme or reason as to how things are being done.”
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Владимир Путин спустил на воду "Пермь" – первую подлодку с гиперзвуковым оружием
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Сергей Караганов: Лучшим результатом исхода войны будет полная капитуляция Украины! | BBC News
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New phrase called into action at Ukraine summit but it lacked real clarity
Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Paris and discussed a "reassurance force" that might be in place to police a ceasefire with Russia.
As European summits on the Ukraine war go, this one had the feel of a tempting, high-end takeaway meal.
You look forward to it and it tastes great.
The delivery is superb, but it's all over with disconcerting speed and then, an hour or two later, you're wondering if you ever actually ate anything.
What we got here were lots of good wishes, plenty of diplomatic heft, and a torrent of words.
Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy all praised the summit and built up the idea that Europe was united like rarely before, standing at a crucial juncture.
Each spoke with enthusiasm and fluency. Each emphasised their disdain for Russia's promises and their desire to push Russia.
There was a new phrase called into action - a "reassurance force" that might be in place to police a ceasefire.
But then there were the ingredients that were missing.
For one - real clarity about what is being planned, or demanded. About how Russia can be persuaded, much less forced, into stopping its aggression.
And desperate caution over the taut relationship with the United States.
When I asked Starmer how he could possibly rely on an administration whose senior figures had described European leaders as "pathetic" and "freeloaders", he dodged the question.
Another colleague asked for details about a deadline that the prime minister had referenced - what, and when, was it, he asked.
What became clear was that the leaders had not actually agreed to impose a deadline as we might understand it, but had actually concluded that there should be a deadline. At some point. And about something.
Progress was made, and it should not be downgraded.
It's clear that military planning and intelligence will come from Europe to a greater level than it had done previously, and that there is a consensus that the Ukrainian armed forces will need to be bolstered for the long term.
There is also a growing sense that Europe needs to drastically improve its military preparedness by spending more, working together more, and by building more of its own equipment.
The days of buying quite so much from the Americans are, quite clearly, under review.
The problem is that Trump and his team are operating in a way that feels alien to the members of this self-styled 'coalition of the willing'.
The president is prone to make huge disruptive promises, and then leaving others to either pick up the pieces or else to reverse engineer their way to some kind of result.
Thoughtful deliberation, for so long the bedrock of diplomacy, appears absent, and European leaders, who tend to love a bit of debate and pondering, don't quite know how to react.
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Putin's Polar plans
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Putin says the U.S. has 'serious plans' regarding Greenland
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Гонка за Арктику: Россия рискует опоздать. Что срочно нужно сделать?
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30-летний горизонт: Лихачёв раскрыл план развития СМП и северных территорий
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«Это мы с вами виноваты!»: Путин — о том, почему школьники плохо знают историю ВОВ
Зеленский заявил, что не готов вести переговоры с Путиным.
Вместо него он хочет говорить с некими российскими представителями «бизнеса и регионов».
«Я думаю, что, в принципе, мы бы согласились говорить не с ним, а с кем-то, кто бы представлял Россию. Я думаю, что, если есть люди, я думаю, в России есть бизнесы, и у них есть много разных регионов, включая серьезные направления бизнеса. Я думаю, что мы бы с ними общались, если у них есть видение, как закончить войну», – сказал он на брифинге.
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Генсек ООН Антониу Гутерриш заявил, что Украина не нуждается во введении внешнего управления.
Отвечая на вопрос журналистов, глава всемирной организации сказал, что у Украины уже есть правительство, которое легитимно руководит государством.
Ранее о варианте введения в Украине внешнего управления на время выборов заявил Путин.
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В СНБО Украины заявили, что Россия сама обстреляла газоизмерительную станцию "Суджа".
Ещё после так называемой победы Санду на президентских выборах, наш канал писал, всех сторонников Шора будут нещадно уничтожать, так они единственные в Молдове кто открыто выступает против команды Санду.
Фактически — речь идёт о политическом преследовании, которое вписывается в общую линию власти на подавление инакомыслия. Если евробеспредел происходи в Румынии, почему в Молдове должно быть по другому?
Напомним, Евгения Гуцул была избрана башканом в 2023 году и с первых дней подвергалась давлению со стороны центральной власти, которую не устраивал её политический курс. Она открыто говорила о двойных стандартах в отношении автономии, отстаивала интересы региона и имела поддержку жителей.
Теперь, когда против неё включили весь административный и судебный ресурс, складывается впечатление, что дело зашло слишком далеко. Это не борьба с «нарушениями закона» — это расправа над избранным лидером, который не вписывается в повестку ПАС.
Прецедент опасен: сегодня власть устраняет неугодного башкана, завтра — любого, кто имеет собственное мнение. Судьба Гуцул - судьба Гагаузии, если не сказать, что всей Молдовы.
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Арест Евгении Гуцул — это расправа властей Молдавии над конкурентом, уверен вице-спикер Совфеда.
В разговоре с RT Константин Косачёв подчеркнул, что глава Гагаузии представляет программу развития, которая отличается от позиции Кишинёва, и декларирует конструктивные отношения с РФ:
«Эта позиция госпожи Гуцул сделала её нерукопожатной для остальных молдавских элит, которые, наоборот, выстраивают всю свою политику на принципах отрицания нормализации отношений с Россией и, возможно, более быстрой румынизации Молдовы».
Она была выбрана главой Гагаузии в соответствии с законодательством и пользуется поддержкой подавляющего большинства жителей региона, добавил собеседник.
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Глава Гагаузии Гуцул назвала свой арест политической местью
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"Сегодня они бросили за решетку башкана. Завтра они придут за каждым, кто осмелится думать иначе. Это открытая попытка подавления автономии, это сигнал: "мы - хозяева, а вы - подчиненные". Но Гагаузия не покорится. Мы - не рабы"
, – написала она в своем Telegram-канале.
Добивает ли российская армия ВСУ, «унизительная» сделка по недрам. Итоги 28.03
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Щелин: будущее войны, разочарование в Украине и как жить после постмодерна || Не выходя из комнаты.
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Putin, UN plan & finish war. UK/France isolated, summit fails. US offers HARD deal to Elensky.
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Putin's terms; UN trusteeship, elections, military victory.
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Russia Was 'PROVOKED' and Now Ukraine Will Never Be the Same | Scott Horton.
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Russian President Putin Visits City Of Murmansk To Launch Perm Nuclear Submarine | WION.
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Выбор Европы по войне в Украине.
На фоне взаимных обвинений Украины и России в нарушении энергетического перемирия, вновь превалирует точка зрения, что переговоры по мирному урегулированию зашли в тупик.
И видимых движений действительно не происходит. Очередной раунд вообще непонятно когда будет.
Однако, эта пауза не означает, что процесс полностью остановился.
Пауза связана с конкретным и, на данный момент, ключевым пунктом – условиями РФ по прекращению огня на Черном море, которые включают в себя снятие санкций против российского сельскохозяйственного экспорта. Причем речь идет об отмене не только американских санкций, но и о европейских (по подключению Россельхозбанка к Swift).
Как мы уже писали, реализация «черноморской сделки» (прекращение огня на море в обмен на снятие санкций) станет репетицией более глобального соглашения по полному прекращению огня в Украине и завершению войны. Но для этого нужно, чтоб репетиция прошла успешно.
Из США категорического «нет» на российские условия не прозвучало. В Европе заявляют, что пока никаких санкций снимать не намерены.
Однако, судя по заявлениям из Вашингтона, определенная работа с европейцами по этому направлению будет проводиться, если уже не проводится.
"Мы будем стремиться достичь мира столько, сколько потребуется. Это зависит от россиян и зависит от украинцев. Это также зависит от наших партнеров в Европе, у которых есть санкции, которые, я считаю, должны учитываться в рамках любого окончательного соглашения", - сказал госсекретарь Рубио.
А вице-президент Вэнс сегодня заявил, что черноморская сделка близка к реализации.
Пока из Европы по поводу снятия санкций звучит слово «нет». Но будет ли оно звучать и дальше – неизвестно.
Готов ли ЕС пойти на снятие сельхозсанкций для запуска переговорного процесса и сможет ли (и захочет ли) Трамп к этому побудить европейцев – сейчас ключевой вопрос, о чем пишет (https://t.me/stranaua/190867) и западная пресса.
В Европе нет единства. В то время как Макрон и Стармер пытаются создать «коалицию желающих» для отправки войск в Украину, другие страны (и это не только Венгрия со Словакией, но и, например, Италия) выступают за взаимодействие с Трампом по вопросу мирного урегулирования в Украине.
Впрочем, даже позиция Парижа и Лондона не является до конца определенной. С одной стороны, идут жесткие заявления о намерении послать солдат в Украину даже без согласия РФ (и Зеленский уже даже анонсировал встречу «в узком кругу» стран, которые готовы ввести контингент).
С другой стороны – сигналы в западных СМИ, что без гарантий безопасности от США французы и англичане (не говоря уже обо остальных) войска отправлять не хотят. Плюс к этому значительные финансовые проблемы в обоих странах. И, к тому же, в целом напряженная экономическая ситуация в ЕС. Особенно на фоне грядущего введения Трампом пошлин на импорт автомобилей и прочих аспектов торговой войны.
Готова ли Европа в такой ситуации идти на конфронтацию в Трампом и придерживается кардинально иной позиции по войне в Украине, чем президент США и пытаться создать вместе с Зеленским «антитрампистскую» коалицию – вопрос открытый (также как и готовность самого Зеленского в такой коалиции участвовать).
К тому же, если Европа не будет участвовать в переговорном процессе между США и РФ по отмене санкций, то это усилит вероятность двусторонних договоренностей между Россией и США с дальнейшим самоустранением последних от украинского вопроса. Что также не выгодно ЕС.
Другими словами, определяющим фактором по Украине в ближайшее время может стать переговоры США и Европы касательно и санкций, и многого другого.
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Киев сообщил о получении 909 тел погибших военных. Их передали с Кураховского, Покровского, Бахмутского, Угледарского, Луганского и Запорожского направления, а также из моргов на территории России, сообщил украинский координационный штаб по обращению с военнопленными.
Россия вернула тела 43 погибших, сообщил РБК представитель парламентской координационной группы по вопросам военной операции, депутат Госдумы Шамсаил Саралиев.
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Еврокомиссия призвала европейцев готовиться к возможной войне и запасаться продуктами как минимум на 3 дня.
В Стратегии готовности ЕС излагаются и другие возможные кризисы: от кибератак до смертельных болезней и наводнений из-за изменения климата.
В предложении говорится, что это включает предоставление странам-членам рекомендаций по «обеспечению хранения основных материалов, кризисному планированию, доступности убежищ, мерам по обеспечению наличия критически важной территории и пространства».
В Венгрии сказали, что посчитали призывы готовить запасы еды и воды на 72 часа троллингом.
"Мы сначала подумали, что это какой-то троллинг или шутка, но потом выяснилось, что вовсе нет… Справедливо будет задать вопрос: а зачем в начале 21-го века европейцам собирать комплект для выживания на 72 часа?" - заявил глава МИД Венгрии Петер Сийярто.
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"Russia Had Failed for 11 Years and Will Fail Again" – Ben Hodges with on Brave Hearts
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Trump is just not ‘fit’ to be president: John Bolton.
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Want good relations with Trump? Bring a gift.
If you're a foreign leader or a CEO about to meet with President Trump — or if you want to avoid his vengeance — come bearing gifts.
Why it matters:
Government officials and business leaders around the world have gotten the message and are strategizing about how to give Trump real or perceived wins to try to smooth out any relationship bumps with the new administration, and avoid economic or legal penalties.
• Some privately have compared him to a mob boss: Tributes are required, and the shakedowns come with the full weight of the U.S. government.
Zoom in
: Many foreign and domestic corporations alike fear tariffs and potential changes to the tax code this year, and have tried to assuage Trump with offerings.
• Apple, Hyundai, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Nvidia, Softbank and more have announced large investments in the U.S. since Trump was elected in November.
• Some of those investments were already in the works, but splashy public announcements gave Trump the chance to boast that he was bringing business back to America.
• After Hyundai this week announced a $21 billion investment in the U.S., Trump praised the company and made clear what the company would get in return: "Hyundai won't have to pay any tariffs."
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum
pledged to send 10,000 troops to the U.S. border and has helped Trump bring down illegal border crossings — a key campaign promise of his.
• As a result, Mexico has had a much better relationship with the Trump White House than Canada, which has taken more of a stick than carrot approach.
• The president has responded with myriad tariffs, economic threats and personal insults toward Canada — and repeatedly has suggested Canada should be the U.S.'s 51st state.
Meta, which owns Facebook
, agreed to a $22 million settlement in late January to help fund Trump's presidential library after Trump had sued the company for kicking him off the platform. Meta's founder, chairman and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was among the tech titans at Trump's inauguration.
• Even X, owned by key Trump ally Elon Musk, agreed to pay $10 million in a settlement for booting Trump from the site — then known as Twitter — after he inspired the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.
The other side:
Trump and his team believe they're just using the levers of power in ways that other presidents didn't, but should have.
• Trump has long said that he believed other countries were ripping off the U.S. in trade, and he and his team believe he was elected to change the status quo through tariffs and other measures.
• A White House spokesperson told Axios: "President Trump is a masterful negotiator and is using his astute business acumen to reshape our economy and reinvigorate American economic dominance. Companies and countries are being forced to come to the table and retreat from their America Last policies and once again are betting on America."
Between the lines:
Still, some of the gifts are more personal than policy-oriented.
• U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to the Oval Office in February with an embossed letter from King Charles III, personally inviting Trump for a state visit.
• Starmer said it would be the first time in the modern era for the U.K. to host two state visits for a president."This has never happened before. This is unprecedented," he told Trump, who made a state visit there in 2019, during his first term.
• Trump, who has long had a fascination with the monarchy, beamed and called the king a "beautiful man, a wonderful man."
In February, Washington Post owner
Jeff Bezos announced the overhaul of the liberal opinion section of the Post to go in a more conservative direction.
• Bezos dined with Trump — who has long railed about the Post's coverage — later that day, Trump revealed later.
• Trump went on to praise the changes Bezos made at the Post. "I've gotten to know him, and I think he's trying to do a real job. Jeff Bezos is trying to do a real job with The Washington Post," he said last week.
• Bezos's Amazon also is paying millions for the rights to a documentary on First Lady Melania Trump.
Bottom line
: It's pay-to-play in Trump's America.
А.п. безусловно выражает соболезнование родственникам и коллегам погибших военнослужащих США, но у него возникают понятные сомнения по поводу избранного НАТО способа извлечения погибших из трясины.
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...и ключик у вас в кармане.
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"Литва не теряет надежды найти американских солдат живыми".
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Поиски солдат США на границе Литвы с Беларусью продолжаются. Подробности.
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Зеленский заявил, что не признает военную помощь США долгом.
Он рассказал, что Киев получил от США проект нового соглашения по критически важным полезным ископаемым, который "полностью отличается от прежнего рамочного документа".
По словам Зеленского, Украина не будет воспринимать предоставленную военную помощь как долг.
"Мы благодарны за поддержку, но это не кредит, и мы этого не допустим", – добавил он.
Напомним, фактически новый проект сделки по недрам оформляет уже оказанную Украине помощь в качестве долга, который включается в уставной капитал создаваемого фонда для управления украинскими ресурсами, куда Украина будет вносить доходы от добычи полезных ископаемых.
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Musk-Hating Leftists TAKEOVER London's Bus Stops With Defamatory Posters.
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Трамп пытается выровнять торговый баланс США. Михаил Хазин в в программе "Полный Контакт".
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At least we now know the language Russia uses- it lies.
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Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order
As US pivots toward territorial ambitions in the west, the Kremlin’s support signals a deeper alignment in their challenge to global norms.
s JD Vance touched down in Greenland, the Trump administration received an unlikely endorsement for the US’s first potential territorial expansion since 1947: Vladimir Putin.
Speaking at an Arctic policy forum in the northern Russian city of Murmansk on Thursday, Putin presented a more comprehensive case than any US official yet for Donald Trump’s plan to annex Greenland, crafting a historical argument that sounded suspiciously convenient in terms of Russia’s own territorial designs on Ukraine.
The US’s plans to take control of Greenland “may surprise someone only at first glance, and it is a deep mistake to believe that this is some kind of extravagant talk by the new American administration,” Putin began. “Nothing of the sort.”
The US had plans to buy Greenland in the 1960s but Congress would not support the deal, Putin said. It “protected the territory from Nazi occupation” in the 1940s and made an offer to buy the island that was rebuffed. Even going back to 1910, the US had designs on Greenland, the Russian leader noted, calling the US plans “serious” with “longstanding historical roots”.
Then Putin moved on to Alaska, which was sold by the Russian empire to the US in 1867 in what has become a national case of seller’s remorse. “Let me remind you that by 1868, the purchase of Alaska was ridiculed in American newspapers,” Putin continued. Now, he said, the purchase under president Andrew Johnson had been vindicated.
In short, Putin concluded, get over it. Big countries have territorial ambitions. Deals for land and annexations are not just historical relics – they are a modern reality. And, rejecting generations of international norms not to take territory by force or through extortion, it is none of our business what they do over there.
“As for Greenland, this is an issue that concerns two specific states and has nothing to do with us,” Putin said, while adding that Russia would continue to defend its interests in the Arctic from “dangerous” powers such as Finland and Sweden.
It does not take a Kremlinologist to understand why Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan. As US power recedes in Europe, the Kremlin is seizing its chance to establish its long-awaited “multipolar world” in which it holds dominion over a sphere of influence, particularly in Ukraine and Belarus. Putin has railed against US hegemony since his Munich speech of 2007, and he finally has a US president who is just as derisive of the postwar order as he is.
Putin’s mantra that countries should mind their own business dovetails closely with Trump’s transactional view of the world, as well as his deep suspicion of transnational organisations and alliances set up after the second world war.
Those range from the United Nations, to the international criminal court, to even foreign economic blocs such as the EU, which he said was “formed in order to screw the United States”.
“The postwar global order is not just obsolete, it is now a weapon being used against us,” said Marco Rubio during his Senate confirmation hearing in January. He is among the more moderate members of Trump’s cabinet. Those toward the more extreme, including Vance, have elevated “restrainers” seeking to accelerate the US withdrawal from Europe or even openly antagonise the US’s erstwhile allies.
But as US power recedes abroad, the White House has declared ambitions throughout the western hemisphere in a turn that some commentators have compared to the Monroe doctrine of 1823, under which the US proclaimed itself the protector of the hemisphere. And with each soundbite declaring that the US should take back the Panama canal or that Canada should become the 51st state, Trump will find an enthusiastic ally in the Kremlin who will see his jaded vision of a new world order reflected in another.
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Trump’s new mineral deal forces Ukraine to choose between becoming a US or Russian colony
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
A new Donald Trump deal offered to Ukraine in return for continued US support, but with no security guarantees in the face of Russia’s invasion, forces it to choose between life as a US economic colony or Russian occupation.
The latest version of the much-mutated minerals deal from the White House, which has been tabled in Kyiv, goes further than ever before in attempting to get Ukraine to sign up to back pay for US support in the war, plus four per cent.
On top of that it demands that the US, under Delaware law, controls most of Ukraine’s industrial output and much of its transport and communications system.
It is the result of a mafia-style protection shakedown on Ukraine by its former friends in Washington DC supported (by accident or design) by thuggery from the Kremlin.
Ukrainian parliamentarians told The Independent that even if, as is unlikely, president Volodymyr Zelensky signed up to the offer it would stand no chance of ratification by Ukraine’s legislature.
“It completely ignores international law and the Ukrainian constitution and Ukrainian law,” said Oleksandr Morezkho, chairman of the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has often said that Ukraine is not a “real” country but a natural part of the Russian, or Soviet, empire. Its mineral and agricultural wealth have been seen by Russian colonialists as an essential part of Russian regional dominance.
The Trump administration clearly now sees vast rewards for American business if it can trade the commanding heights of the Ukrainian economy for back payment on war donations and a long-term non-military US presence.
The minerals deal – which takes the form of a business contract under US law which has no jurisdiction in Ukraine – sets out that Ukraine and the US would split the royalties from oil, gas, and all minerals.
The profits would be paid to the US, in dollars, and put into a joint investment fund which would be run by Americans holding three of five seats on the governing board.
It further demands that the US contribution to Ukraine’s war effort be paid back immediately. Trump says, wrongly, that this is $350bn but the truth is closer to $130bn.
The US deal covers all infrastructure used for the exploitation of mineral products – trains, roads, airports, ports, pipelines, processing plants and refineries and gives America veto power over the sale of resources to other nations or entities.
“It makes no sense because the idea is that Ukraine should give everything it has, all its natural resources, in exchange for the aid which has been already provided. But it's absurd,” Morezkho said.
He said that he hoped the Trump scheme was a negotiating tactic and did not reflect an ultimatum to withhold military and intelligence aid, as the US has threatened, if Kyiv does not sign the contract.
“You know, [that would be like] seeing a person who has been killed by a maniac, and instead of helping this person who is bleeding and fighting, struggling for his life, you are trying to take his possessions,” the parliamentarian said.
But he hoped rather that the contract on offer “can be explained by way of stupidity and doesn't need to be explained by bad intentions or conspiracy”.
Ukrainian politicians are doing all they can to avoid antagonising Trump’s administration but it’s a near hopeless effort.
Ukraine has signed up to a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the Black Sea, and on attacks against energy sectors in Ukraine and Russia. The Kremlin has refused the proposal and demanded the lifting of some banking sanctions – which the European Union has refused.
The ceasefire terms do not suit Ukraine but are part of Zelensky’s efforts to repair his relationship with the Trump administration after the disastrous bullying session he endured on his last visit to the Oval Office.
That session was led by JD Vance, the vice-president, who on Friday was visiting Greenland, part of Denmark, and a Nato member state. Along with Trump, he has insisted that the minerals there are essential to America’s economy and that it is a strategic asset that should become part of the US by negotiation, or force.
If that’s his attitude to a Nato ally what hope is there for Ukraine?
Vance’s aggressive anti-Europeanism has concentrated minds in capitals across the continent on building alternative security structures independent of the US. This has included an increase in defence spending, support for Ukraine, and attempts to assemble a “reassurance force” for Kyiv if there is ever a peace deal with Russia.
But the demand to give the US control over Ukraine’s economy, forever, without even security guarantees, reveals how little the Trump administration understands the country, said Lisa Yasko, another member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Rada.
“Our troops are not fighting because Zelensky sent them to fight. We are fighting because we believe this is our right, that’s our land. You can’t just take away our freedom from us and the question of the soil is one of the issues we are so emotional about,” she said.
Recent estimates by the Kiel Institute suggest that the US supplies about 30 per cent of Ukraine’s military equipment and ammunition. It could survive a complete withdrawal of American military aid, although intelligence support from the US has been, and will continue to be, critical.
So it’s Russian muscle and American intelligence that Trump is using to extract a colonial price from Kyiv.
But Ukraine is fighting against Moscow’s attempts to return Ukraine to colonial status as under the Tsars and the Soviets.
Yasko said the American deal was certain to be rejected because it conjured up memories of the Holodomor, when the Kremlin ordered the expropriation of grain from Ukraine to Russia, killing and starving more than three million Ukrainians to death in the early 1930s.
“Our historical memory is very strong like that – we shouldn’t ever allow anyone to have full control over our soil,” she warned.
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Дорогие жители Гагаузии, дорогие граждане Молдовы, мои соратники и все, кому небезразлична справедливость! Все честные люди нашей страны!
Мы стали свидетелями настоящего произвола. Вопреки здравому смыслу и закону, суд принял решение отправить меня под арест на 20 суток по абсолютно сфабрикованному, шитому белыми нитками уголовному делу. Это не просто давление на меня лично — это удар по всей Гагаузии, по нашим традициям самоуправления, по нашим правам и свободам. Это плевок в лицо всем нам. Это попытка растоптать нашу волю и наше право самим решать свою судьбу!
Знайте — Я НЕ СЛОМЛЕНА! Я не дрогнула, не попросила пощады у тех, кто хочет унизить Гагаузию. И я не отрекусь от своих убеждений! Потому что знаю, что за мной — ВЫ. За мной — правда. За мной — наша земля, наши дети, наше будущее!
Я призываю вас не поддаваться страху, не опускать руки и не терять веру в нашу победу. Никакие репрессии не смогут заставить нас молчать, никакие ложные обвинения не заставят нас отказаться от борьбы за наши интересы, за будущее Гагаузии и всей страны. Они думают, что, заперев меня, подавят ваш гнев, вашу силу духа. Но они ошибаются. Чем сильнее давление, тем сильнее мы становимся.
Мои соратники! Продолжайте отстаивать наши ценности, защищать права гагаузского народа и всех граждан, верящих в честность и справедливость. Наша сила в единстве. И только вместе мы сможем противостоять беззаконию.
Товарищи! Настоящая борьба только начинается. Защитим каждый дом, каждую улицу, каждую душу в нашей Гагаузии! Пусть каждый чиновник, каждый судья, каждый предатель, продавшийся за тридцать сребреников, знает — мы не простим и не забудем!
От всей души благодарю всех, кто не остался в стороне: политиков, партии, общественных деятелей, журналистов и простых граждан, открыто выразивших поддержку в этот трудный момент. Ваша солидарность дает мне силы и уверенность в том, что мы победим! Ваша поддержка греет меня в этой каменной клетке. Вы доказали — мы не одиноки, нас много и мы сильнее любой лжи!
Этот арест — лишь испытание, которое мы пройдем с достоинством. Я верю в нашу правду, в силу народа и в то, что справедливость восторжествует.
Они хотели запугать нас? Не вышло.
Они хотели сломить нас? Мы станем только крепче.
Они думали, что мы отступим? Они просчитались.
Я верю — мы прорвемся, мы победим. Потому что правда на нашей стороне. А правда рано или поздно рушит любые решетки.
С вами до конца Ваша Башкан Евгения Гуцул.
P. S. Держитесь! Боритесь! Верьте! Я скоро вернусь!
В течение прошедших суток киевский режим продолжал атаки на объекты энергетической инфраструктуры Российской Федерации.
▫️ 28 марта около 5.30 в Белгородской области в результате атаки БпЛА по объекту филиала ПАО «Россети Центр» – «Белгородэнерго» и обрыва провода произошло отключение высоковольтной линии 35 кВ Айдар – Белый Колодезь.
▫️ В 10.34 в Белгородской области зафиксирована атака украинского БпЛА на подстанцию 110 кВ Красная Яруга филиала ПАО «Россети Центр» – «Белгородэнерго», в результате которой значительно поврежден трансформатор.
▫️ В 13.45 в Белгородской области в результате атаки украинского БпЛА и повреждения трансформатора произошло отключение комплектной трансформаторной подстанции филиала ПАО «Россети Центр» – «Белгородэнерго» с прекращением электроснабжения потребителей.
▫️ В 17.03 в Белгородской области в результате атаки украинского БпЛА по энергообъекту филиала ПАО «Россети Центр» – «Белгородэнерго» произошло отключение высоковольтной линии 10 кВ и обесточены более 1100 бытовых потребителей в Грайворонском районе.
▫️ В 18.07 в Белгородской области в результате атаки украинского БпЛА произошло отключение высоковольтной линии 110 кВ Борисовка – Красная Яруга филиала ПАО «Россети Центр» – «Белгородэнерго» с последующим прекращением электроснабжения более 8 тысяч бытовых потребителей в Борисовском районе.
▫️ Кроме того, как уже сообщалось, 28 марта около 10.20 по газоизмерительной станции (ГИС) «Суджа» был нанесен удар с применением реактивных снарядов РСЗО HIMARS, в результате которого произошло сильное возгорание. ГИС «Суджа» как энергообъект фактически уничтожен.
Таким образом, вне зависимости от заявлений Зеленского о якобы прекращении киевским режимом намеренного уничтожения российских энергообъектов, ВСУ лишь нарастили количество атак по энергетической инфраструктуре в Курской и Белгородской областях Российской Федерации.
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Britain's plan to take on Putin in the Arctic Circle: How Royal Marines are ramping up WW3 training in the frozen wastelands of northern Norway as Kremlin boosts its military presence in bid to conquer Greenland
Vladimir Putin has pledged to increase Russia's military presence in the Arctic in a move that could see Kremlin troops face off against British commandos.
Putin said he feared that Nato intends to use the far north to launch invasions.
The Russian President made his chilling speech after Donald Trump set his sights on taking control of Greenland, with Vice President JD Vance due to fly to the Danish territory today.
Speaking about his Nato concerns, Putin referred to the far north countries of Sweden and Finland – who joined the defence alliance after Russia's invasion of Ukraine – as Nato's 'new recruits'. Both countries have vast land armies, while Britain's Royal Marines are experts in Arctic warfare and have a permanent base in Norway.
Speaking in the Arctic port of Murmansk yesterday, Putin said: 'We are certainly concerned about Nato members describing the far north as the region of possible conflicts.
'Russia has never threatened anyone in the Arctic, but we will closely follow the developments and mount an appropriate response by increasing our military capability and modernising military infrastructure.
'We will not allow encroachments on the sovereignty of our country and will reliably protect our national interests.'
Putin - whose military muscle dwarfs the UK's - said the port capacity of the Russian city of Murmansk should be at least trebled in the coming years, thanks to the construction of new terminals and railway links.
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Royal Marine Commandos swim ashore after fast casting into a Fjord from a Combat Boat 90 in Harvstad, Norway, on March 7, 2025
Vladimir Putin has pledged to increase Russia's military presence in the Arctic in a move that could see Kremlin troops face off against British commandos
Energy supplies beneath Arctic ice, including fossil fuels and minerals, are the prizes in this Cold War-style dispute. These are becoming more accessible due to global warming.
Trump, meanwhile, said he intended to acquire Greenland 'one way or the other', and the US Army has been training in Alaska to prepare for Arctic combat. With US-Russian relations thawing, the countries could team up, leaving Britain and other European states in the cold.
Putin said he believed Trump's play for Greenland was 'serious', adding: 'It would be a grave mistake to think that this is just some eccentric talk of the new American administration.
'Those plans have deep historic roots and it is obvious that the US will continue to promote their geopolitical, military and economic interests in the Arctic.
'As for Greenland, I think that this is an issue that concerns two states and has nothing to do with us. However, we are concerned by the fact that the Nato countries increasingly identify the far north as a foothold.'
As a key nautical gateway, Greenland has broader strategic value as both China and Russia seek access to its waterways. Russia is building a fleet of nuclear-powered icebreaker ships in the Arctic and plans to increase the size of its merchant fleet.
Russia, the US and Britain see the Arctic as crucial for national security, and Russian and Chinese submarine activity in the region has increased.
The recent rapprochement between Russia and the US over the Ukraine invasion could prove a springboard for energy trade deals.
Royal Marines have been training with allies in the frozen wastes of the Arctic Circle this year
Troops from 29 Commando Royal Artillery operate the 105mm Light Gun (L118) during Commando Force training in Norway, February 17, 2025
Gunners from 29 Commando Royal Artillery are pictured loading shells into their 105mm Light Gun during an exercise in Norway on February 17
In his speech, Putin said: 'We need to create conditions for the growth of effective domestic operators that will engage in transporting containers of coal and other cargo through the Arctic. We are also open here to the creation of joint ventures.'
Earlier this year, Putin suggested Russia could work with the US to develop natural resources in the Arctic. The region is believed to hold up to a fourth of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas.
Russia's Arctic forces are focused on air and naval operations. Its troops have been permanently based there since 2013, and its Arctic Brigade, formed in 2015, consists of motorised infantry brigades, Special Forces units and naval infantry. Russia also has a 'shadow fleet' of foreign-flagged commercial vessels that are suspected to undertake military tasks such as deploying divers and cutting seabed energy cables.
British forces have been upping their presence in the region, too, as the UK and Nato seeks to put its stamp on the High North.
More than 2,000 personnel from the UK Commando Force have spent the opening months of 2025 sharpening their skills in the brutal sub-zero tundra of northern Norway.
The Commandos' annual training underscores Britain's commitment to deterring aggression by Putin to Nato's northern flank and across Norway's complex coastline, frozen fjords and mountains.
Image shows Russia's new nuclear submarine during a flag-rising ceremony led by Vladimir Putin at the Arctic port of Severodvinsk on December 11, 2023
Russian paratroopers are seen during drills in the Arctic region in April 2020 before the Ukraine invasion
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending a flag-rising ceremony at the new Imperor Alexander III and Krasnoyarsk nuclear submarines at Sevmash shipyard in the Arctic port of Severodvinsk on December 11, 2023
Russia's Admiral Gorshkov frigate fires a hypersonic Tsirkon missile in the Barents Sea
A Mikoyan MiG-29KUB carrier-based multirole trainer aircraft of the Russian Northern Fleet's naval aviation lands at the Severomorsk-3 airfield in the Arctic Circle
Codenamed 'Joint Viking', the war games brought together some 10,000 troops form nine nations as they drilled how to operate together to face off against Putin's troops.
Elite green berets from 45 Commando launched night-time raids onto the rugged and mountainous Senja Island from amphibious ship RFA Lyme Bay, flying in by helicopter or racing to the shore in small inflatable raiding craft to carry out their daring mission.
Putin has already ordered his country to increase its troop numbers to 1.5million active servicemen, in a move that would make Russia's army the second largest in the world after China.
The Russian tyrant last year green-lit plans to bulk out the military by around 180,000 new troops.
It comes as he continues to grapple with devastating loses in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has not revealed any recent figures on how many troops have been killed or wounded in its relentless push to try and topple Kyiv.
However, earlier this month British military intelligence claimed Putin's forces had suffered the largest troop losses since the Second World War during its invasion.
In an intelligence update, the Ministry of Defence said up to 250,000 Russian soldiers had been killed since Putin launched his 'special military operation' in February 2022.
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The MoD added that despite the fact Russia has, in total, 900,000 casualties since invading, 'Putin and the Russian military leadership [is] highly likely to prioritise their military objectives over the lives of Russian soldiers'.
However, it's believed Putin's forces would still outnumber Britain's by more than 10 to one, with nine times as many jets and 10 times as many tanks.
According to data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a leading military think tank, in 2024 Russia has lost a staggering 1,400 main battle tanks (MBTs) and more than 3,700 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
In total, since the invasion began, Russia is estimated to have lost approximately 14,000 MBTs, IFVs and APCs.
However, estimate suggest that Moscow has been able to recoup its loses, pumping out 1,500 tanks a year - and by bringing older models out of storage.
Meanwhile, Britain is estimated to have 213 Challenger 2 tanks - and a total of 136,117 regular military personnel. About 6,500 are elite Royal Marine commandos.
And the army has shrunk to its smallest size in more than 200 years, with around 73,847 soldiers - barely enough to fill three-quarters of Wembley Stadium.
Colonel Richard Kemp, who commanded Britain's forces in Afghanistan and is a former member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said the nation's military had been allowed to 'wither' and warned that desperate investment was needed.
Royal Marine Commandos take up position on a beach in Harvstad, Norway after swimming ashore during a training exercise
He said since Putin's forces invaded Russia in February 2022, the British Army had shrunk by around 10,000 people.
'As Putin was rolling around Ukraine and politicians were talking about a much greater threat, we were cutting our army down,' he told the Mail, adding: 'Both Army and Navy equipment has been allowed to wither on the vine.
'One thing Ukraine shows is you still need conventional armed forces on the ground like tanks, artillery and engineering equipment.'
However, it's important to note that it would be unlikely Britain would 'go it alone' should Russia ever attack - a move that would trigger Nato's Article 5 clause, which says an attack on one member of the alliance is an attack on all members.
In this situation, Nato would significantly outgun Russia. It has a combined military budget of more than $1trillion, with around three million active troops, double that of Russia's. And it has more than 14,000 tanks, 21,100 aircraft and almost 2,000 warships.
Prime Minster Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to hike military spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027 after pressure from US President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a fresh £2.2billion package of cash for defense to 'revolutionise' the armed forces.
However, critics have said the funding is not enough and that more cash needs to be pumped into the MoD and into Britain's defence industry to stave off the threat posed by Russia.
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Trump haluaa osan Euroopan maista puolelleen ja lykkää loput Venäjän syliin, toteaa asiantuntija
Kansainvälisen oikeuden asiantuntija Martti Koskenniemi kiittelee presidentti Alexander Stubbin malttia.
Euroopan maat ovat kovan koetuksen edessä. Kansainvälisen oikeuden emeritusprofessori Martti Koskenniemi arvioi presidentti Donald Trumpin pyrkivän hajottamaan Euroopan.
Koskenniemi puhui asiasta Ylen Ykkösaamussa Seija Vaaherkummun haastattelussa.
– Euroopan unionin rikkominen on keskeinen pyrkimys tässä MAGA-strategiassa, Koskenniemi sanoi.
Trumpin edustama MAGA-liike pyrkii Koskenniemen mukaan tekemään Yhdysvalloista maailmanmahdin, jolla on oma uusi etupiirinsä. Muut valtamaat olisivat Kiina ja Venäjä.
Koskenniemi näkee, että Trumpin toiveissa on poimia Euroopastakin yksittäisiä valtioita puolelleen.
– Yksittäiset valtiot tuodaan sitten etupiiriin tai lykätään vapaasti muiden etupiiriin napattavaksi – toisin sanoen Venäjän etupiiriin, Koskenniemi sanoi.
”Suomella on liikkumatilaa”
Suomen asemaa Trumpin etupiiriajattelussa Martti Koskenniemi ei näe ainakaan etukäteen päätettynä.
– Suomi varmaankin kuuluu sellaiseen vapaasti liikkuvaan joukkoon, Koskenniemi arvioi.
Koskenniemen mukaan Suomella on mahdollisuutta vaikuttaa itse asioiden kulkuun.
– Meillä ei ehkä ole paluuta sellaiseen puolueettomaan tilaan, jossa emme kuuluisi mihinkään etupiiriin.
Presidentti Alexander Stubbin maltilliset kannanotot Suomen ja Yhdysvaltojen väleistä saavat kiitosta emeritusprofessori Koskenniemeltä.
– Ne luovat liikkumatilaa Suomelle.
Jyrkät kannanotot Yhdysvaltojen johdon toimista eivät olisi Suomen etu tässä tilanteessa.
Tilanne Yhdysvaltojen suuntaan vertautuu Kylmän sodan aikaan. Suomi kommunikoi Neuvostoliiton suuntaan varovaisin sanakääntein. Koskenniemen mukaan se loi silloin liikkumatilaa ja maa pystyi luomaan suhteita myös länteen.
- Sanotaan nyt näin, että olemme tottuneet ulkopoliittiseen tekopyhyyteen.
Koskenniemi uskoo, että malttia kannanotoissa tarvitaan nytkin.
”DCA tärkeämpi kuin Nato-sopimus”
Nato-jäsenyyden tuoma turva Suomelle ei täysin vakuuta kansainvälisten sopimusten asiantuntijaa Martti Koskenniemeä.
Artikla 5:ssä Nato-maat lupaavat auttaa hyökkäyksen kohteeksi joutunutta jäsenvaltiota. Kysymykseen siitä, luottaako Koskenniemi sopimukseen, vastaus on napakka.
– En luota.
Koskenniemi perustelee näkemystään sillä, että Yhdysvaltojen senaatissa on käyty vuosikymmenien aikana keskustelua siitä, ettei artiklaa voida toteuttaa automaattisesti, vaan on katsottava, mikä maa on hyökkäyksen kohteena. Varsinkin nyt Yhdysvalloissa katsotaan omaa etua ensimmäisenä.
Suomi on solminut Yhdysvaltojen kanssa kahdenvälisen DCA-sopimuksen. Siinä sovitaan Suomen ja Yhdysvaltojen puolustusyhteistyöstä.
– Se on tärkeämpi paperi kuin tuo Nato-sopimus, Koskenniemi sanoi.
Sopimuksesta tekee tärkeän Koskenniemen mukaan se, että siinä muodostetaan kiinteät suhteet sotilas- ja turvallisuusviranomaisten välille. Siihen Koskenniemi ei kuitenkaan luota, että DCA-sopimus takaisi Yhdysvaltojen toimivan juuri tietyllä tavalla.
Uusi koalitio luo toivoa
Ilmassa on myös toivoa.
Euroopan maat ovat luoneet nopeasti koalition, johon on liittynyt Ukrainaa vaapaaehtoisesti auttavia maita. Niitä on jo lähes 30.
– Tämä koalitio on erittäin tärkeä, Koskenniemi vakuuttaa.
Koalitio pyrkii auttamaan Ukrainaa Yhdysvaltojen avun muuttuttua vähintään epävarmaksi.
– Näen tässä harvinaisen toivonpilkahduksen ja toivon, että koalition yhteistyö syvenee.
Koalitioon on liittynyt myös EU:n ulkopuolisia maita, kuten Britannia, Norja ja Turkki. Koalitiossa neuvoitellaan, kuinka kukin maa voisi osallistua tulitauon valvontaan Ukrainassa.
Koalition maat ovat jo sopineet lisäammusten toimittamisesta Ukrainaan.
Panssarivaunulla ei ajeta suolle, ellei ole pakko – Liettuan onnettomuus on harvinainen, toteaa suomalais¬asiantuntija.
Toisen maailmansodan aikaan panssari¬vaunuja on uponnut suohon ja jäänyt sinne. Suomessa ei sellaista ole tapahtunut.
Liettuessa suohon uponnut Hercules M88 on yksi maailman painavimmista sotilasajoneuvoista. Kuva: Reuters
Panssarivaunulla pystyy ajamaan pehmeässäkin maastossa, mutta suolle ei yleensä mennä tarkoituksella, sanoo Panssariprikaatin entinen komentaja Pekka Järvi.
Hän on seurannut uutisista Liettuassa tapahtuvaa operaatiota, jossa sotilaat ja pelastustyöntekijät yrittävät nostaa suosta Yhdysvaltojen armeijan painavaa sotilasajoneuvoa.
– Tässä on pitänyt olla kyllä todella pehmeä ja upottava suo. Tapahtuma on ollut nopea, mikäli miehistö ei ole päässyt vaunusta ulos, Järvi sanoo.
Vaikka vaunussa olisi varoittava karttajärjestelmä, se ei todennäköisesti kerro, miten pehmeää maasto on. Järvi ei tiedä, millaisia järjestelmiä nyt onnettomuuteen joutuneessa vaunussa on.
– Periaatteessahan panssarivaunu pystyy kulkemaan aika pehmeässäkin maastossa. Mutta on mahdollista, että tässä on ajettu harhaan.
Onnettomuuspaikan reunoja on vahvistettu nosto-operaatiota varten. Video on perjantailta.
Nopeaa poistumista harjoitellaan
Järven mukaan Panssariprikaatissa ei suolla ajamista hänen aikanaan harjoiteltu. Kun operaatioita suunnitellaan, katsotaan missä maaperä kantaa eikä muutenkaan lähdetä sellaisille alueille, joissa on riskejä.
– Tietysti aina on mahdollista, että eksytään ja silloin voidaan joutua tällaisiin maaston kohtiin. Siksikin on tärkeää harjoitella nopeaa poistumista.
Omalta komentajakaudeltaan Järvi muistaa tilanteen, jossa panssariprikaatin Leopard-vaunu upposi runkoa myöten pehmeään peltoon Parolannummen harjoitusalueella.
– Siinä ei ollut kellään mitään vaaraa, koska vaunu jäi vielä pitkälti maan päälle. Mutta sen ylösnostaminen oli todella vaikeaa, koska suossa on kova imuvoima. Tarvittiin kolme vaunua hinaamaan se ylös, hän kertoo.
Jos suolle olisi pakko jostain syystä mennä, vauhdin pitäisi Järven mukaan olla tasainen eikä suuria käännöksiä saisi tehdä. Vaunun pysähtyessä suolle on vaara, että se alkaa vajota.
– Kyllä sinne aina varovasti pitää mennä.
Sodanaikaisia vaunuja voi vielä löytyä suosta
Liettuassa tapahtunut onnettomuus on hyvin harvinainen, mutta Pekka Järven mukaan ainakin toisen maailmansodan aikana on vastaavanlaisia tapahtunut muun muassa Neuvostoliiton ja Saksan välisellä rintamalla ja Hollannissa.
– Taitaa tuolta ajalta olla vaunuja suossa edelleen, hän sanoo.
Panssariprikaati toimii Parolannummella Hattulassa. Akistokuvassa panssarihaupitsi K9 Thunder ohimarssilla valatilaisuudessa. Kuva: Nina Keski-Korpela / Yle
Kesällä 1944 Suomen armeijan panssarivaunu putosi Saimaan kanavaan, kun silta petti sen alta. Vaunun ajaja odotti, että vaunu täyttyi vedellä. Hän sai sen jälkeen luukun auki ja pelastui.
Järven mukaan veteen uponneesta vaunusta pääsee pois juuri noin, kun paine vaunussa ja sen ulkopuolella on tasaantunut. Mutaan uponneesta vaunusta pois pääseminen voi olla vaikeampaa erityisesti, jos vaunu kääntyy.
– Varmasti miehistö tässä tilanteessa joutuu helposti paniikkiin ja silloin ulospääsymahdollisuudet ovat aika pienet.
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Search Continues for Four U.S. Soldiers Missing in Lithuania (March 29, 2025)
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Поиски американских солдат в Литве: спасатели пытаются вытащить затонувшую бронемашину из болота.
Ever since 2013, I’ve been hearing that Vladimir Putin is going to die any day. Is Volodymyr Zelensky now trying to spin the same line? At a press conference this week, the Ukrainian President said of Putin, ‘He will die soon – that’s a fact – and it will all be over’, adding ‘I’m younger than Putin, so put your bets on me. My prospects are better.’
Admittedly, in actuarial terms, the 47-year-old Zelensky is likely to outlive the 72-year-old Russian leader. However, while the average life expectancy of someone born in the USSR in 1952, like Putin, is just 57, his grandfather Spirodon lived to the age of 86 and his father Vladimir Spirodonovich to 88. More to the point, Putin is cradled in the careful grip of the best medical care Russian science and Russian money can provide (and the best personal protection multiple Russian security services can provide, too).
These rumours, then, are driven by a mix of helplessness and hope
This might just have been Zelensky having a little fun at a sombre moment, highlighting the contrast between himself and the ‘grandpa in his bunker’ (as the now-dead opposition leader Alexei Navalny dubbed him). Yet it is unlikely that the media-savvy ex-comedian was also unaware that this would also set the rumour mills grinding again. Unsurprisingly enough, we’ve since had a stream of stories about Putin having Parkinson’s, or cancer, or a stroke, or whatever else, and that his death is imminent.
Indeed, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov asserted in 2022 that he was simultaneously suffering from ‘several serious illnesses, one of which is cancer’ and would soon be dead. But he also claimed that a creeping coup was already underway which would lead to his replacement.
Really, this cottage industry in ‘Putin dying’ stories dates back to 2005, when a piece in the Atlantic claimed on the basis of TV footage that Putin had suffered a stroke that was going to lead to his imminent death. It was, however, in 2013 that things really took off. I remember being in Moscow at the end of that year and being confidently told by a defrocked Russian academic that Putin had cancer and would be dead in six months. The annexation of Crimea in February 2014 was then triumphantly presented as ‘proof’ of Putin making a final bid to shape his historical legacy before the end.
In the past eleven years, we have had claims of thyroid cancer and blood cancer, strokes major and mini, even leprosy, almost always said to be going to kill him within a mystical six months. Most dramatically, we had claims on the entertainingly bonkers Telegram channel ‘General SVR’ – which unconvincingly purports to be the inside insights of a general in Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service – that Putin died of a heart attack in October 2023 and the country is being ruled through body doubles, while his corpse sits in a freezer in one of his palaces.
On one level, this can be discarded as nothing more than fringe journalistic froth, or the meanderings of outsiders trying to get attention by claiming secret inside knowledge. However, it also speaks to a sense of futility in the West. Blandishments and threats, overtures and sanctions all seem to have failed to influence Putin. As a result, the prospect of his death fuels daydreams about a deus ex machina resolution. It is hardly coincidental, I suspect, that these rumours really started to come thick and fast in 2014, the year when, as the West would frame it, Putin truly went rogue.
These rumours, then, are driven by a mix of helplessness and hope. What Zelensky may not fully appreciate is that it can also be used to justify inaction. If Putin is going to die soon, then why not wait and see if whoever replaces him is more amendable? With no anointed successor, and with most of the other real hardliners coming from the same homo sovieticus generation as Putin, this would be a toss of the coin, though.
It could be that he is replaced by someone equally hawkish, but younger, more energetic, smarter. Or – and I think this more likely – there will emerge a leader driven by kleptocratic greed rather than imperial paranoias. He (and it would be a he) may want to end the war but is unlikely to be willing or able to surrender the territory Russia has seized. More to the point, faced with a new leader offering a restart, perhaps to abandon Iran and North Korea, stop the disinformation and withdraw from Africa, the West might be more tempted to make a deal that throws Kyiv under the bus. Zelensky should be careful what he wishes for.
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After Vance visit, Denmark tells US: Stop treating us like dirt
“This is not how you speak to your close allies,” Denmark’s top diplomat said.
Denmark’s foreign minister dressed down the United States for its disrespect, hours after Vice President JD Vance visited an American military base in Greenland.
Speaking in a two-minute video message on Friday night, in which he addressed Americans directly, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen appealed for an end to the hostile messaging from Washington.
“Many accusations and many allegations have been made. And of course, we are open to criticism,” Rasmussen said. “But let me be completely honest: We do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered.”
Relations between Washington and Copenhagen have sunk to an all-time low since President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory, and jabs at Denmark for what he argues is a failure to properly defend the Arctic.
Trump has refused to rule out using military force or economic pressure to acquire the world’s largest island, which is about a four-hour flight from New York. His statements, which have ranged from promises to make Greenlanders “rich” to more aggressive overtures, have raised alarm in Denmark and Greenland, which have strongly rebuffed him.
Vance, who on Friday visited the Pituffik Space Base, an American military base in Greenland’s remote north, has also previously blasted Denmark for “not doing its job” on Arctic security.
He repeated that criticism on Friday, telling Greenlanders they would fare “better coming under the United States security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s security umbrella” amid what he claimed were serious threats from Russia and China.
By Friday night, Rasmussen had clearly had enough.
“This is not how you speak to your close allies,” Denmark’s top diplomat said. “And I still consider Denmark and the United States to be close allies.”
Rasmussen said he accepted the U.S. argument that it “needs a greater military presence in Greenland, as Vice President Vance mentioned this evening,” and signaled his readiness to talk about it.
While the U.S. once staffed more than a dozen military installations in Greenland, including an experimental subterranean base powered by a small nuclear reactor, today the only outpost left is Pituffik Space Base.
“We — Denmark and Greenland — are very much open to discussing this with you, with an open mind,” Rasmussen said, adding Copenhagen and Washington enjoyed longstanding military cooperation and shared NATO membership.
Both countries had been lulled into complacency in the Arctic, he said, but the “status quo” was coming to an end.
“The fact is that we have all been harvesting the peace dividend,” he said. “We all acted on the assumption that the Arctic was and should be a low-tension area. But that time is over.”
Как украинцы готовятся к перемирию на секретном полигоне дронов для ударов по России.
На отделенном поле, скрытом от посторонних глаз, украинские инженеры испытывают беспилотник дальнего действия Raybird. Похожая на мини-самолет машина с крыльями размещается на стартовой площадке, натягивается как стрела на арбалете, а затем запускается в воздух.
Raybird может лететь без остановки более 20 часов и преодолевать расстояние более 1000 км. Он выполняет разведывательные задачи, а также используется для мониторинга во время операций по поражению целей как на передовой, так и далеко в тылу на территории России. Среди целей — нефтеперерабатывающие заводы и топливные склады.
Но после того, как Россия и Украина достигли отдельных договоренностей с США о частичном прекращении огня, предполагается, что такие миссии прекратятся.
Кроме согласования прекращения огня в Черном море после переговоров на этой неделе в Саудовской Аравии, две страны теоретически договорились прекратить и нападения и на энергетическую инфраструктуру друг друга.
Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский заявил, что Украина немедленно выполняет эти договоренности — и при этом обвинил Россию в их нарушении. Россия тоже говорит о нарушениях соглашений со стороны Украины.
Однако Алексей из компании Skyeton, которая разрабатывает Raybird, сомневается, что Москва все же будет придерживаться перемирия. «Россияне бьют по лицу, потом на следующий день договариваются, но просят связать руки. Поэтому возможность, что они будут продолжать драться, остается», — считает Алексей.
Однако это соглашение также облегчит ситуацию для России. По оценкам, только в этом году Украина совершила более 30 атак на нефтяную инфраструктуру России с использованием беспилотников и другого оружия.
Недавно они поразили некоторые из крупнейших нефтяных объектов страны, например Уфимский нефтеперерабатывающий завод, расположенный примерно в 1500 км от линии фронта, и Туапсинский завод в Краснодарском крае.
Нефтеперерабатывающие мощности России упали примерно на 10% в результате атак беспилотников, сообщает Reuters.
И недавнее решение Москвы продлить запрет на экспорт нефти свидетельствует о том, что такие удары стали для нее болезненными.
Арсенал Украины для нанесения ударов на большую глубину только увеличивается. Президент Владимир Зеленский недавно объявил, что украинские инженеры разработали беспилотник с дальностью полета 3000 км. Это означает, что он мог бы достичь не только Москвы, но даже районов в Сибири.
Киев также утверждает, что разработал «ракеты-дроны» с турбореактивным двигателем. Они летят на гораздо более высокой скорости, поэтому их труднее перехватить.
Зеленский отметил, что Украина успешно испытала свое первое баллистическое оружие отечественного производства и модернизировала крылатую ракету «Нептун» для поражения не только морских, но и наземных целей.
Сообщается, что именно эта ракета была использована для атаки на российскую авиабазу в городе Энгельс на прошлой неделе, хотя украинские официальные лица не подтверждают и не опровергают эти данные. Генштаб ВСУ при этом сообщил, что в результате удара украинские войска уничтожили почти сотню крылатых ракет, которые могли в ближайшее время отправиться в Украину.
Соглашение о прекращении огня по энергообъектам, безусловно, также стало хорошей новостью для Украины. Россия беспрерывно атакует украинские электростанции и другие объекты энергетики по всей стране. В прошлом году на некоторое время энергетические мощности Украины составляли треть довоенного уровня.
В феврале, когда температура воздуха упала ниже нуля, российские беспилотники ударили по тепловой электростанции в Николаеве на юге Украины. Через несколько дней очередная массированная атака оставила без света и отопления более 250 тысяч жителей Одессы.
А в последнее время участились атаки на газовую инфраструктуру Украины. Среди регулярных целей — подземные хранилища газа на западе Украины и добывающие объекты в центральной и восточной частях страны.
Москва пытается добиться сокращения добычи газа в Украине, которая является ключевой для энергетической безопасности страны, считает исполнительный директор Ассоциации газодобытчиков Украины Артем Петренко.
По данным одной из мониторинговых групп, на конец марта хранилища газа в Украине были заполнены лишь на 4%. И если Россия продолжит свои удары, заполнить эти хранилища будет чрезвычайно сложно, что может привести к огромным проблемам следующей зимой.
Вернувшись на испытательный полигон, после нескольких кругов Raybird открывает парашют и успешно приземляется в поле.
Алексей доволен результатом. Он одобряет прекращение огня, но говорит, что они все равно не могут позволить себе приостановить свою работу по созданию нового оружия. «Наш враг просто хочет отдохнуть, собраться с силами и атаковать снова», — говорит он. «Мы должны быть к этому готовы».
Stubb sai Trumpin tavattuaan käsityksen, että Yhdysvaltojen kärsivällisyys Venäjän suhteen on loppumassa
Presidentti Alexander Stubb kertoi lehdistötilaisuudessa tapaamisestaan Yhdysvaltojen presidentti Donald Trumpin kanssa.
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Trump kysyi: ”voiko Vladimir Putiniin luottaa”
Stubb kertoi keskustelleensa ennen matkaa keskeisten liittolaisten kanssa, kuten Ukrainan Zelenskyin, Ranskan Emmanuel Macronin, Britannian Starmerin, Naton pääsihteerin, kaikkien pohjoismaisten pääministereiden ja EU:n johdon.
– Välitin Suomen ja Euroopan vahvan tuen Ukrainalle Venäjän hyökkäyssodassa. Ja hyökkäyssodassahan on ollut vain yksi aloittaja.
Stubbin mukaan Trump oli itse kysynyt ”voiko Vladimir Putiniin luottaa”.
– Vastasin että ei voi.
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– Grahamilla ja presidentti Trumpilla on läheinen suhde. Tietenkään kaikki ne asiat, joita senaattori Graham suunnittelee, eivät toteudu. Mutta itselleni jäi käsitys, että kärsivällisyys myös Yhdysvaltojen päässä on loppumaan päin – mikä omasta mielestäni on hyvä asia.
Stubbin mukaan myös Trumpin kärsivällisyys on loppumassa.
– Hän on aika kärsimätön Venäjän toimintaan, ja tähän ikään kuin vehkeilyyn ja viivyttelyyn tulitauon kohdalta. Itse yritin selittää, että tämä on aivan normaalia venäläistä toimintaa. Ensin neuvotellaan jostain – ja sen jälkeen asetetaan uudemman kerran ehtoja.
Stubb kehotti seuraamaan senaattori Grahamin ulostuloja seuraavien päivien aikana.
– Itse muutaman niistä [sanktioista] nähneenä, jos ne sellaisena toteutuvat, niin aika pitkälle mennään.
Stubb kertoi viestittäneensä Trumpille, että Venäjä ymmärtää vain voimaa. Ja se edellyttää sanktioita ja Venäjän jäädytettyjen varojen käyttöä Ukrainan tueksi.
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump ‘p***** off’ with Putin and threatens more sanctions if ceasefire not agreed
The US president said he was furious about Putin’s suggestion Zelensky should be replaced by a UN-mandated government
US president Donald Trump is “very angry” and “p***** off” with Vladimir Putin for his suggestion Volodymyr Zelensky should be replaced by a UN-mandated government, according to NBC News.
Mr Trump told the US network he was furious with the Russian leader over his suggestion a temporary administration should be installed to replace Mr Zelensky.
He said Mr Putin’s comments were “not going in the right direction” and threatened to slap sanctions on Russian oil if a ceasefire could not be agreed between Kyiv and Moscow.
“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — I am going to put secondary tariffs on all oil coming out of Russia,” he warned.
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Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine.
US president tells NBC he did not like his Russian counterpart questioning Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility
Donald Trump has said he is “very angry, pissed off” with Vladimir Putin for questioning Ukraine’s leadership.
In a sharp change of tone towards Moscow, the US president told an NBC reporter he was angered at his Russian counterpart’s querying of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s credibility.
“If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, which it might not be, but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” he said.
Elevated sanctions on Russia “would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can’t do business in the United States,” he said. “There will be a 25% tariff on all … on all oil, a 25 to 50-point tariff on all oil.”
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Trump lashes out at Putin in emotional two-word rebuke as Ukraine peace talks collapse
Donald Trump went on a tirade against Russian President Vladimir Putin during an early morning phone call on Sunday.
The president repeatedly said he is 'pissed off' at Putin for questioning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's credibility and legitimacy after he insisted this week the war torn country needs new leadership.
Trump's seemingly-full-throated defense of Ukraine and its leader comes after he previously was critical of Zelensky and claimed he was 'sick' of handling the war and aiding Kyiv.
Speaking with NBC host Kristen Welker, Trump is now warning Russia it could face a new round of harsh economic sanctions for the flub in peace negotiations.
He said this would include a tariff of between 25 and 50 percent on oil from Russia, as well as a warning to other countries that if they do buy oil from Russia, 'you can't do business in the United States.'
Trump on Wednesday will unveil new rounds of tariffs that he says are part of a so-called 'Liberation Day' with an aim for the U.S. to stop relying on other countries and bring back business to the home land.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is leading peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the ongoing Eastern European war – and while it appeared to be heading in the direction for a deal, that might have fallen apart this week.
'If we're in the midst of a negotiation, you could say that I was very angry, pissed off, when Putin said yesterday that – you know, when Putin started getting into Zelenskyy's credibility, because that's not going in the right location, you understand?' Trump told the Meet the Press host.
'What he wanted – and I mean, he thought, you know, started talking about new leadership,' he added. 'But new leadership means you're not gonna have a deal for a long time, right?'
Putin, 72, demanded during a visit to the Russian city of Murmansk on Friday that Zelensky, 47, resign in order to accelerate a peace deal between the two nations.
He said Russia has the 'strategic initiative' across the front lines of the war and claimed his country's troops had moved from the stage of 'grinding [Ukraine] down' and vowed to now 'finish them off ' in a fresh threat.
While speaking at the visit to launch a nuclear-powered submarine, Putin said the United Nations should take control in Kyiv in order to install 'competent' leadership who would be willing to sign a peace deal.
The Russian leader claimed Zelensky lacks the legitimacy to sign any agreement at this stage due to the Ukrainian leader remaining in power for longer than he was elected for.
Ukrainian law does not allow for elections while the country is under martial law.
Trump says that Putin is aware he is 'angry' but said their relationship remains 'good.'
The president told NBC News that he will speak with the Russian leader again this week.
The breakdown in peace negotiations comes as it appeared they were leading towards a deal earlier this month.
'I was pissed off about it,' Trump told Welker of Putin's latest comments.
The president vowed: 'If a deal isn't made, and if I think it was Russia's fault, I'm going to put secondary sanctions on Russia.'
'Anybody buying oil from Russia will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the United States,' he said of the potential economic punishment for Moscow.
Zelesnky sat down with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance in a tense Oval Office meeting last month.
An exchange caught on-camera by the press in the room issuing questions for the world leaders showed Trump and Vance demanding that Zelensky thank the U.S. for the billions in military aid and the leadership in peace talks with Russia.
Trump has repeatedly touted his ability to lead difficult negotiations with adversaries and has said his good relationship with Putin is an asset to the U.S.
In the midst of negotiations, meanwhile, Moscow has maintained its assault on Ukraine by continuing to drop bombs on the wartorn eastern European nation.
Russian troops captured two villages in eastern and southern Ukraine on Saturday, March 29 as the forces continue to push their way into Ukrainian territory despite Trump's ceasefire efforts.
Putin is now resettling hundreds of thousands of his citizens in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia in a move being likened to 'ethnic cleansing' as he seeks to ensure retaining of the captured land.
Russia's defense ministry revealed that Moscow captured the village of Shchebraki in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and Panteleimonivka in the eastern Donetsk region.
Those Russians who moved to the area allegedly were offered larger salaries with the promise of being able to fill the homes abandoned by fleeing Ukrainians.
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe
In his final column, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies
A merica spells trouble for Britain. That’s undoubtedly true in the age of Trump – but maybe it’s always been so. The White House’s undisguised contempt for loyal allies in the UK and Europe necessitates a robust reciprocal rethink. How healthy – and desirable – is this partnership? Has it caused more problems than it’s worth?
Those, myself included, who throughout their professional lives have taken close transatlantic ties for granted, face some awkward questions. Is the US-UK “special relationship” an embarrassment, even a strategic liability? Today’s America is evidently not a trustworthy, disinterested friend. Was it ever?
As I write my last foreign affairs commentary for the Observer, I look back over nearly 50 years and wonder, firstly, at the false narrative, not confined to Donald Trump, that American altruism is exploited by “freeloading” European Nato allies. What tosh! US troops and missiles are based here primarily to defend the US. Since 1945, Washington has viewed Europe as its first line of defence against Russia. Germany was the US’s preferred cold war battlefield, Britain its airfield. Perish the thought that Americans might actually fight on their own soil (except against each other). US wars are typically waged in faraway places. That’s why the 1962 Cuba missile crisis came as such a shock.
The trouble with America began at conception. The “war of independence” that started as a middle-class taxpayers’ revolt was a stab in the back for Europe’s struggle against Napoleon’s tyranny – the Vladimir Putin of his time. American resistance to British efforts to suppress the global slave trade perpetuated another evil.
Claims the US saved Britain in 1940 are overblown. Britain saved itself. Franklin Roosevelt steered clear until forced to fight by Pearl Harbor and Hitler’s 1941 declaration of war. Postwar Britain, devastated and penniless, watched as the US grabbed its global markets and military bases. Suez in 1956 cemented its fall. It was still paying off war loans in 2006. Americans may dispute these historical perspectives, yet they lend present-day context. The nuclear arms race, numerous cold war coups and proxy wars in Africa and Latin America, catastrophe in Vietnam, Nato’s 1980s Euro-missile crisis and the first Gulf war were all troublesome US storylines for which UK-Europe support was expected, indeed demanded.
More Uncle Sam craziness followed in the shape of the post-9/11 “global war on terror”, Guantánamo Bay, extraordinary rendition and the vengeful madness of “King” George (W Bush). Nato backed the invasion of Afghanistan. But then came Iraq, nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, Abu Ghraib, and all the ensuing democracy-damaging lies, misery and failures.
Out of Iraq came Islamic State; out of Afghanistan, after 20 years of bloodshed, came a resurgent, gloating Taliban. Barack Obama abandoned Syria. Now Trump, America’s burger-eating surrender monkey, sides with Russia, and betrays Ukraine and the west. For all these made-in-the-US calamities, a weak Europe shares some blame. But the high price paid by allies grows unaffordable.
Unquestioning US support for Israel and the mass murder of Palestinians fuels antisemitism, far-right nationalism and European instability. Emboldened by Trump, Putin’s threat to Poland and the Baltic republics intensifies. US foreign aid cuts and reckless climate and energy policies imperil millions, accelerating northwards migration from Africa. Trump threatens Iran with all-out war, pushing it towards nuclear weapons.
Are US policymakers innately incompetent, uninformed or simply unlucky? It scarcely matters as long as Britain and Europe feel locked in a toxic relationship from which there is no escape. Except Trump and his good ’ol boys, oozing online hillbilly hostility, unwittingly offer a chance of deliverance to those bold enough to take it.
The American hegemon has always exacted onerous tribute. Trump’s tariffs reflect abiding lust for loot and domination. US pharmaceutical companies, food and drink multinationals and tech and social media giants plunder the empire’s subject lands on favourable, ill-regulated terms.
The US connection imposes rising social and cultural costs, seen in the “Americanisation” of language, ubiquitous TV shows and streaming services, and pressure to lower food, environmental and online safety standards. Concepts of shared values and universal laws are fracturing as Trump targets “woke” and tears up the UN rulebook.
Billy-no-mates Britain faces a particular problem, post-Brexit. Its nuclear weapons, armed forces, security services, defence industries, financial markets and export businesses are inextricably in thrall to the US imperium. The UK clings desperately to a sense of “specialness” to sustain fading self-belief.
Yet Steve Witkoff, Trump’s useless Ukraine envoy, calls Keir Starmer’s plan a “pose”. Vice-president JD Vance, the intrepid Greenland explorer, mocks the UK as a “random country”. Some weird geezer named Hegseth claims we are “pathetic”. What depth of insult, what degree of disrespect, would convince Britain’s too-nice prime minister to stop propping up collapsing transatlantic bridges?
Such rudeness and condescension do not come out of nowhere. We British know; those ugly Americans learned their imperial arrogance from us. What’s new is Trump’s debasement and corruption of America’s constitutional and democratic tradition. Moral authority is being lost, and with it the right to lead.
Huge convulsions punctuate US history: the civil war, prohibition, the Great Depression, McCarthyism, Watergate, 9/11. The Trump-Maga spasm follows that pattern. It, too, will pass. Or will it? While the US prefers dictators to democrats, punishes its friends, and lies, bullies and plots to steal allies’ sovereign territory, there is no going back. Many, perhaps most, Americans abhor this vile behaviour – yet unaccountably fail to stop it.
Forget what Starmer says. Britain will have to choose. It has kowtowed to the US all our lives, and this is where it has got us. Gradual strategic disengagement from America, coupled with renewed integration in a reformed, revitalised Europe, is the only sane, safe path. Stop feeding the monster. He will devour us all.
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Prime minister of Denmark to visit Greenland in wake of Vance’s trip
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will meet with Greenland’s leadership and residents. Vance did not receive an invitation from the government.
The Prime Minister of Denmark will visit Greenland next week, taking a trip to the self-ruled Danish territory just days after Vice President JD Vance’s own visit and the formation of a new broad coalition in Greenland’s government.
The visit, announced in a release from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Saturday, will “strengthen the bond with Greenland” and touch on cooperation between Greenland and Denmark.
“I look forward to continuing the close and trusting cooperation between Greenland and Denmark,” Frederiksen said in the release.
Greenland’s government announced an agreement on Friday for a coalition between Greenland’s Democrats and other parties, in a move that the coalition’s leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, had pushed for as a show of unity amid President Donald Trump’s increasing threats to annex the territory.
Frederiksen will meet with Nielsen and with residents of Greenland, after Vance did not receive an invitation from the Greenlandic government or meet with residents. Vance visited the U.S. Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday, urging the territory to “cut a deal” with the U.S.
But President Donald Trump’s proposal to expand the U.S. to Greenland has grown stronger, as Trump has made it a top national security priority. He told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that “we have to have” the territory to secure the U.S.’s position in the Arctic.
Vance took a softer tone Friday, saying that the U.S. respects the self-determination of Greenland.
“What we think is going to happen is that the Greenlanders are going to choose through self-determination to become independent of Denmark, and then we’re going to have conversations with the people of Greenland from there,” Vance said Friday.
In the announcement, Frederiksen appeared to appeal to the importance of self-determination and stressed the need for cross-party collaboration.
Vance’s visit sowed discontent among European leaders, including Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who released a video late Friday decrying Vance’s trip as disrespectful. Denmark’s top diplomat said he didn’t appreciate the tone of the U.S.’s messaging on Greenland.
“This is not how you speak to your close allies,” Rasmussen said. “And I still consider Denmark and the United States to be close allies.”
Relations between Washington and Copenhagen have strained, as Trump has criticized Denmark for not doing more to protect Greenland from Russian or Chinese aggression. Rasmussen agreed that an enhanced military presence on the island may be necessary.
Trump turns migrants into memes to promote deportation agenda
As President Trump pursues his hardline immigration policies, the White House has sought to punctuate public messaging for the crackdown through memes and designed-to-go-viral content.
Why it matters:
The memes mirror President Trump's combative posture, adopting the boundary pushing, extremely online humor of the MAGA base while reveling in the outrage they generate from opponents.
• The embrace of comedic memes contrast an immigration crackdown that has sparked legal challenges and warnings about the inhumane conditions faced by detainees.
The latest:
The latest White House memes came Thursday when the administration posted an AI-generated cartoon on X of an undocumented immigrant being arrested by ICE.
• The meme, showing a woman crying while being handcuffed by a stern-looking immigration official, was made in the vein of ChatGPT-produced Studio Ghibli-style portraits that have recently taken the internet by storm.
State of play:
While Trump often painted an apocalyptic vision of criminal immigrants on the campaign trail, other immigration-related memes posted by the administration adopt a mocking tone.
• In response to a Homeland Security X post earlier this month about the deportation of Rasha Alawieh, a Lebanese doctor in the U.S. on an H-1B visa, the White House posted a photo of Trump waving sanguinely out of the window of a McDonald's drive-thru.
• For Valentine's Day, the White House posted a meme of Trump and border czar Tom Homan's heads floating on a pink, heart-themed background.
• "Roses are red, violets are blue, come here illegally, and we'll deport you," the meme read.
Between the lines:
Trump's affinity for memes reflects the MAGA movement's origins in some of the "darker corners of the internet" — like 4chan — "where meme culture is ... quite prevalent," Jacob Neiheisel, an associate professor of political science at the University of Buffalo, told Axios.
• Memes and other forms of viral content allow the administration to continue communicating with that portion of its base, he added.
The White House
did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment regarding the communications strategy or criticisms of it.
The big picture:
The Trump administration has also churned out other forms of content apparently designed for internet virality.
• Earlier this week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made waves when she posed against a backdrop of shirtless prisoners at El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison.
• The White House has also sought to capitalize on the viral ASMR trend, posting a video last month — entitled "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" — showing officials putting immigrants in shackles and handcuffs before they were boarded onto a plane.
Flashback:
Memes played a large role in the 2024 presidential race, particularly for the short-lived Harris-Walz campaign.
• While the Harris and Walz memes embraced and reclaimed the running-mates' personal quirks — like former Vice President Harris' love of Venn diagrams — the memes from the Trump White House are aimed outward, targeting a vulnerable population.
• Democrats, who don't have the same history of engaging with their base outside of mainstream channels, have struggled to embrace meme culture authentically, according to Neiheisel.
The bottom line:
The memeification of deportations certainly "looks cruel," but is unlikely to spark political backlash, Neiheisel said.
• People in the political middle "who could possibly be turned off by what they're doing ... those folks are fairly checked out," he said.
• "The people who take umbrage are ones who weren't going to be part of the Trump coalition anyways, and the ones who get it, really like it," he added.
Donald Trumpin väitetään huijaavan golfissa – mutta Stubbiin hän teki ison vaikutuksen
Göran-isä kertoi vuosikymmeniä sitten pojalleen, että kävi golfin kanssa miten tahansa, taidosta olisi elämässä hyötyä. ”Enpä olisi uskonut, että tässä muodossa”, Stubb totesi.
Kun presidentti Alexander Stubb tapasi presidentti Donald Trumpin, politiikka kytkeytyi golfin peluuseen. Trumpille golf on henki ja elämä, ja Stubbinkin tiedetään tähdänneen nuorena miehenä tosissaan golf-ammattilaiseksi.
Tapaaminen oli alkanut lauantaina aamupalalla, jota seurasi kierros golfia Trumpin golfkentällä järjestetyssä joukkueturnauksessa. Ilmeisesti kilpailumielellä.
Heti alkuun on syytä todeta, että pahojen kielten mukaan Trump on golfin pelaajana fuskaaja. Väitteiden mukaan Trumpin pallot päätyvät vähän liian hyviin paikkoihin – riippumatta siitä, kuinka syvälle metsään ne on lyöty.
Millaisena pelaajana Alexander Stubb oppi Trumpin tuntemaan?
– Kyllä minä sanoisin, että olin positiivisesti yllättynyt Donald Trumpin pelitaidoista. Hänen tasoituksensa sanotaan pyörivän vitosen hujakoilla, ja kyllä se siltä vahvasti näyttää, Stubb totesi lehdistölle.
– Siinä vaiheessa kun kohta 79-vuotias paukuttaa Tailormaden driverilla 250 jaardia fairwaylle melkein jokaisella reiällä, niin ei siinä kauaa tukka tuhise. Onneksi oltiin samassa joukkueessa, yhdessähän me sen turnauksen voitimme.
Sekään ei Stubbin mukaan haitannut, että samassa joukkueessa oli mukana golf-legenda Gary Player, joka täyttää marraskuussa 90 vuotta.
– Tunsin itseni junnuksi.
Tuokin kohtaaminen taisi olla Stubbille tärkeä. Hän nimeää Playerin lapsuuden idolikseen.
Isän sanat
Alexander Stubb oli nuorena lahjakas golfin pelaaja. Nyt hän tyytyy toteamaan, että taisi olla toinen kierros viiteentoista vuoteen.
– Lopetin aktiivigolfin vuonna 1990. Jos olisi tiennyt siinä vaiheessa, mitä lihaskunto merkitsee golf-swingille ja miten hyvät varusteet nykyään on, olisin varmaan jatkanut. Mutta siinä tapauksessa en seisoisi tässä.
Lehdistötilaisuudessa Stubb kertoi myös, mitä hänen isänsä oli sanonut, kun poika lähti vuosikymmeniä sitten Yhdysvaltoihin opiskelemaan golf-stipendin turvin. Jääkiekkomiehenä tunnettu Göran Stubb oli evästänyt, että ”kävi sinulle golfissa miten tahansa, niin se tulee varmaan olemaan sinulle elämäsi aikana hyödyksi”.
– Enpä olisi uskonut, että nyt sitten tässä muodossa.
Donald Trump julkaisi kaksikosta yhteiskuvan omassa Truth Social -viestipalvelussaan. Hän kehui Alexander Stubbia erittäin hyväksi golfin pelaajaksi.
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I just played a round of Golf with Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. He is a very good player, and we won the Men’s Member-Guest Golf Tournament at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach County, with the Legendary Gary Player, Senator Lindsey Graham, and former Congressman and highly successful Television Host, Trey Gowdy. President Stubb and I look forward to strengthening the partnership between the United States and Finland, and that includes the purchase and development of a large number of badly needed Icebreakers for the U.S., delivering Peace and International Security for our Countries, and the World. President Stubb told me, in the most powerful of words, that the United States is STRONG, and BACK, AGAIN. I AGREE![/url]
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С интересом и понятными ожиданиями, Dimitriy.
В 2 часа ночи 31 марта 1814 г. была подписана капитуляция Парижа, а в полдень русские войска во главе с императором Александром I триумфально вступили в столицу Франции. Александр стал первым русским государем, оказавшимся на французской земле после Петра Великого.
Накануне к императору Александру явились представители французских властей, умоляя его пощадить город. Император, напомнив о бесчинствах французской армии и с гневом высказавшись о «человеке, который его обманул самым недостойным образом», заявил: «Французы — мои друзья, и я хочу доказать им, что пришел воздать добром за зло. Наполеон — мой единственный враг Итак, господа, скажите парижанам, что я вступаю меж их стен не как враг, и только от них зависит, чтобы я стал им другом».
Парижане, обработанные наполеоновской пропагандой, поначалу встречали армию боязливо и молчаливо, однако очень быстро страх прошел, горожане почувствовали облегчение, мгновенно переросшее во всеобщий восторг. Французы не могли поверить, что перед ними ужасные варвары. Видя красоту русских мундиров, блеск оружия, веселую наружность воинов, здоровый цвет их лиц, галантное обращение офицеров и их остроумные ответы на французском языке, они так и говорили: «Вы не русские, вы, верно, эмигранты».
Вставшие лагерем на Елисейских полях и на Марсовом поле, поблизости от здания Военной школы, русские казаки стали предметом всеобщего любопытства, смешанного со страхом. Гуляющие парижане могли наблюдать, как казаки приводили в порядок свою униформу, стирали белье, заботились о своем мелком скоте (овцах, козах, домашней птице), готовили еду прямо на земле.
Французская элита и общественность начали весьма быстро избавляться от глубоко укоренившихся в сознании антирусских стереотипов, более того, на Россию возникла мода. На улицах столицы можно было увидеть парижан в очень широких штанах и круглых шляпах с узкими полями, подобных тем, что носили казаки. Когда пришла зима, женщины надели головные уборы, похожие на кокошники, мужчины облачились в рединготы, по краям отделанные каракулем. В 1816 г. в предместье Терн вызвали фурор первые русские горки — аттракцион с кучей спусков и подъемов, который посетители преодолевали на маленьких тележках.
Что касается знаменитого бистро, якобы происходящего от русского «быстро», то современные исследователи полагают, что это, скорее всего, красивая легенда. Согласно историческому словарю французского языка Le Petit Robert, слово bistro появилось во французском языке не ранее 1884 г. и связано с французским bistouille, что значит «скверный алкоголь», «отрава».
Россия многое сделала для Франции. Весьма мягкие условия Первого парижского мирного договора, восстановление на престоле династии Бурбонов, конституционная Хартия, сохранение Франции как великой державы — всем этим Франция была обязана императору Александру I.
От своих офицеров и солдат Александр I потребовал безупречного поведения, предусмотрев суровые наказания для нарушителей, вплоть до смертной казни.
Позже российский государь сделал все возможное ради скорейшего освобождения французской территории от оккупационных войск.
Однако добро забывается быстро, как и мода на все русское. Великодушие императора Александра I французам оказалось невыносимо. Как писал граф Нессельроде, «благодарность перед Россией и ее государями стала тяжестью, которая обременяет всех. Нас лучше ненавидеть без причины, чем отплатить нам добром».
Сегодня об этом эпохальном событии французы не вспоминают. А зря.
Американскую БРЭМ вытянули из трясины в Литве | Болотный морок полигона в Пабраде.
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Минские таможенники выявили нарушителя границы на железнодорожной станции «Молодечно».
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Прокуратура начала расследование по факту смерти американских военных в Литве.
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Трое пропавших в Литве американских военнослужащих найдены мертвыми.
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R.Baltrėnas apie tai, kaip vykdoma iki šiol nerasto JAV kario paieška: „Narai dirba pasikeisdami”.
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15min iš Pabradės: technika važiuoja iš poligono
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USA kinnitas kolme Leedus kadunud sõduri hukkumist
Ameerika Ühendriikide ja Leedu sõjaväelased tõmbasid esmaspäeva varahommikul soost välja USA soomuki, mis oli sinna uppunud juba eelmisel teisipäeval. USA armee kinnitas esmaspäeva õhtul kolme sõduri hukkumist, üks sõjaväelane on endiselt teadmata kadunud.
USA armee pole neljanda kadunud sõduri kohta informatsiooni veel andnud. Aruandes teatati, et operatsioon Pabrades kestab. Operatsioon jätkub, kuni kadunuks jäänud sõdur leitakse, vahendas Leedu rahvusringhääling LRT.lt
"Kolm USA armee sõdurit 1. soomusbrigaadi lahingmeeskonna 3. jalaväediviisist leiti Leedus surnuna täna, 31. märtsil," teatas USA Euroopa ja Aafrika väejuhatuse avalike suhete büroo.
Leedus sohu uppunud USA soomuk tõmmati välja
Pühapäeval kella 22 paiku haakisid sukeldujad Pabrade polügoonil sohu vajunud soomuki külge teise trossi, pärast kella 23.00 kinnitati trossid soomukit välja tõmbama hakkavate masinate vintside külge ning umbes kell 2.45 öösel algas tõsteoperatsioon, vahendas Leedu rahvusringhääling LRT.lt. Kell 4.30 lõpetati soomuki väljatõmbamise operatsioon.
"Ankurdamisel kasutati kahte M88 soomukit ja kahte buldooserit, sest vähemast ei piisanud. Hetkel töötavad sündmuskohal USA uurijad ja Leedu sõjaväepolitsei. Rohkem infot hetkeolukorra kohta anda ei saa," ütles kaitseminister Dovilė Šakalienė Leedu raadiole. "Sõdurite kohta infot pole, kuid meil on range kokkulepe, et USA pool teavitab sellest esimesena," lisas ta.
"Hingasime kõik kergendatult, et töö raskeim osa sai tehtud. Operatsiooni esimene, kõige raskem osa," ütles minister.
USA sõjaväe teatel jõudsid mereväe tuukrid sohu uppunud soomuki juurde pühapäeval kahel korral ja kinnitasid mõlema sukeldumise käigus selle külge trossid, mis võimaldas asuda masinat välja tõmbama.
"Nüüd, kui ka teine tross on kinnitatud, saab soomuki kinnitada, et see ei vajuks enam sügavamale sohu," seisab USA Euroopa ja Aafrika väejuhatuse Facebooki lehele pühapäeva õhtul postitatud teates.
USA relvajõudude pressiteenistuse sõnul kinnitatakse soomuki külge haagitud trossid peagi vintside külge ja selle tõstmise protsess saab alata.
"See protsess on eeldatavasti aeganõudev ja vajab märkimisväärseid jõupingutusi, kuna ümbritsev turbamaastik on endiselt keeruline. See aga päästjaid ei heiduta," märkis USA sõjavägi oma ülevaates.
Leedu sõjaväelased teatasid pühapäeva õhtul, et sukeldujad suutsid jõuda Pabrade polügoonil sohu vajunud USA päästeotstarbelise roomiksõidukini M88A2 Hercules ja haakida selle külge ühe terastrossi.
"Alustan peamisest heast uudisest - esimene terastross haagiti uppunud soomuki külge, mis põhimõtteliselt tähendab, et see on valmis edasiseks tegevuseks, milleks oleks väljatõmbamine," ütles Leedu relvajõudude staabiülem kindralleitnant Remigijus Baltrėnas pühapäeval Pabradės ajakirjanikele.
Samas märkis Leedu relvajõudude juhataja Raimundas Vaikšnoras, et ühest trossist soomuki väljatõmbamiseks ei piisa, vaja on kahte trossi. "Aga esimene tross tähendab, et me ei ole enam ummikus," lisas ta. "Trossi kinnitamine nõudis sukeldujatelt mitu tundi tööd pilkases pimeduses vee all. Järgmine vajab vähemalt nii palju ja võib-olla isegi rohkem, kuid me näeme operatsiooni selget edenemist," märkis Vaikšnoras.
Teisipäeva õhtul teatati, et Pabrade polügooni ümbruses toimunud õppusel jäi kadunuks neli USA sõdurit ja päästeotstarbeline roomiksõiduk M88. See avastati kolmapäeval umbes viie meetri sügavuselt soisest piirkonnast. Kas soomukis on ka mõni kadunud sõdur, pole veel selge.
Laiaulatuslikus päästeoperatsioonis osalevad Leedu ja USA sõjaväelased ning Leedu erinevad ametiasutused. Abiks on saabunud ka mitukümmend Poola sõdurit koos päästetehnikaga.
Uppumiskoht asub Pabrade polügooni lähistel, umbes kümne kilomeetri kaugusel Valgevene piirist.
Stubb soovib Ukraina vaherahu tähtajaks 20. aprilli
Soome president Alexander Stubb, kes laupäeval kohtus USA presidendi Donald Trumpiga, ütles, et näeb sobiva tähtajana Ukrainas tingimusteta vaherahu kehtestamiseks 20. aprilli.
«Гитлер и Маннергейм».(иллюстрация а.п.)
"Soome ettepanek on 20. aprill. See oleks hea aeg täielikuks relvarahuks ilma igasuguste eeltingimusteta. Miks 20. aprill? Sest me vajame tähtaega. Sest siis on ülestõusmispüha. Ja kuna (USA) president (Donald) Trump on [selleks ajaks] ametis olnud kolm kuud," vahendas Soome rahvusringhääling Yle pühapäeval Stubbi öeldut.
Stubb: ütlesin Trumpile, et Putinit ei saa usaldada
Rääkides kohtumisest Trumpiga pühapäeval Londonis, pärast naasmist Ameerika Ühendriikidest, ütles Stubb, et Trump küsis temalt, kas Venemaa režiimijuhti Vladimir Putinit saab usaldada.
"Vastasin, et ei saa," ütles Stubb.
Yle teatel rääkis Stubb kohtumisel Trumpiga ka vajadusest tugeva sanktsioonimehhanismi järele, et survestada Venemaad oma lubaduste täitmisele. Tugevat sanktsioonipaketti rakendataks juhul, kui Venemaa relvarahu ei aktsepteeri või seda rikub.
"Rääkisime sellest ka president Trumpi ja sanktsioonide paketi koostaja senaator Lindsey Grahamiga. Ta teeb selle ettepaneku lähiajal USA-s umbes viiekümne senaatori toetusega," ütles Stubb.
Kuna avalikkuses on olnud kahtlusi Trumpi innukuse suhtes Venemaad survestada, pidi Stubb pressikonverentsil eraldi vastama, mida Trump Venemaale sanktsioonide kehtestamisest arvab.
"Grahamil ja president Trumpil on lähedased suhted. Aga muidugi ei saa kõiki asju, mida senaator Graham plaanib, teoks teha," rääkis ta.
Stubb soovitas üles jälgida senaator Grahami väljasõite järgmistel päevadel.
Stubbi sõnul hakkab Trumpi kannatus Venemaa suhtes siiski lõppema.
"Ta (Trump) on Venemaa tegevuse, selle peitusemängu ja relvarahuga viivitamise suhtes väga kannatamatu. Mulle on jäänud mulje, et USA kannatlikkus hakkab otsa saama – ja see on minu arvates hea," rääkis Stubb. "Ma ise püüdsin seletada, et see on täiesti tavaline Venemaa tegevus. Kõigepealt räägime läbi – ja siis seatakse taas uued tingimused."
Stubbi sõnul andis ta Trumpile mõista, et Venemaa aktsepteerib ainult jõudu. Ja selleks on vaja sanktsioone ja Venemaa külmutatud varade kasutamist Ukraina toetamiseks.
Kohtumisele eelnesid konsultatsioonid Euroopas.
Stubbi sõnul oli kohtumine Trumpiga jätk poolteist nädalat kestnud kohtumistele, mis said alguse Ukraina presidendi Volodõmõr Zelenski Soome-visiidiga. Kohtumine Trumpiga oli pikalt planeeritud ja laupäeval avanes selleks võimalus.
Ta selgitas, et oli enne reisi vestelnud peamiste liitlastega, nagu Zelenski, Prantsusmaa president Emmanuel Macron, Briti peaminister Keir Starmer, NATO peasekretär Mark Rutte ning kõik Põhjamaade peaministrid ja EL-i juhtkond.
"Ma andsin edasi info Soome ja Euroopa tugevast toetusest Ukrainale Venemaa agressioonisõjas. Ja selles agressioonisõjas on olnud vaid üks algataja," märkis Soome president.
Stubbi sõnul on tal esmaspäeval kavas kohtumine Ühendkuningriigi peaministri Keir Starmeriga, kes koos Prantsusmaa presidendi Macroniga on vedanud Euroopa-poolseid jõupingutusi Ukrainas rahu saavutada.
Tema sõnul kavatseb ta kohtumise tulemustest informeerida ka Saksamaa tulevast kantslerit Friedrich Merzi.
Soome-USA suhted on tugevad
Stubbi sõnul on Soome ja USA suhe endiselt tugeval alusel – ja Trump teab hästi, et Soome on NATO-s julgeoleku pakkuja mitte ainult tarbija.
"Koos veedetud päevast võib järeldada, et Soome ja USA suhe astus kindlasti veel ühe sammu edasi," märkis Soome president. "Tal polnud otsest sõnumit peale väga positiivsete seisukohtade Soome kohta," lisas Stubb.
Tema sõnul puudutati vestluses Trumpiga jäämurdjate, metsamaterjali, aga ka Talvesõja ja Jätkusõja teemasid, NATO liikmelisust ja selle juures eelkõige aspekti, et Euroopa peab võtma vastutuse oma julgeoleku eest.
Stubbi selgituste kohaselt oli Trumpi sõnum Euroopale, et USA roll NATO-s on muutumas, kuid ta ei lahku NATO-st.
Küsimustele USA huvi kohta Soomest jäälõhkujaid osta, mida võib seostada ka Trumpi huviga omandada Gröönimaa, vastas Stubb, et Gröönimaa teemast kohtumisel ei räägitud ning jäämurdjad pole selle teemaga seotud.
"Peame väga oluliseks, et saaksime liitlastena panustada jäämurdjate ehitusse, sest Soome on ehitanud ligikaudu 60 protsenti maailma jäämurdjatest," märkis ta.
Stubbi sõnul tõstatas Trump päeva jooksul mitu korda jäämurdjate teema ning see oskusteave on Soome jaoks majanduslik, välispoliitiline ja strateegiline vara suhetes USA-ga. "Aga loomulikult ei tehta golfimängu ajal jäälõhkujate ostutehinguid," lisas ta.
Kuna Trump väitis pärast kohtumist Stubbiga sotsiaalmeediasse tehtud postituses, et Soome presidendi sõnul on USA "tugev ja tagasi", mis peaks olema teatav hinnang USA eelmise administratsiooni kohta, siis küsiti Stubbilt, kas ta tõesti nii ütles.
Soome riigipea vältis aga diplomaatiliselt sellele küsimusele otsest vastust: "Veetsime president Trumpiga koos umbes seitse tundi. Kui tema tõlgendus on, et Soome presidendi nägemus USA-st on selline, siis see võib meile ainult hea olla. Rääkisime paljudest asjadest, aga ma ei tea, kas see oli tsitaat. Ja see polnud ilmselt kavatsus."
Kas saunadiplomaatia muutub golfidiplomaatiaks?
Kommenteerides Trumpiga kohtumise teljeks olnud golfimängu, märkis Stubb, et tegeles nooruses selle alaga tõsiselt, kuid ei saa öelda, et Soome kunagine saunadiplomaatia teiseneb nüüd golfidiplomaatiaks.
"Ma arvan, et see oli muu teine golfimäng viimase 15 aasta jooksul," tõdes Stubb.
Kohtumisel osalenud USA senaator Lindsey Graham kiitis ühismeediasse tehtud postituses Stubbi golfimänguoskusi, mida ta lihvis ajal, kui õppis Lõuna-Carolina osariigis asuvas Furmani ülikoolis bakalaureuseõppes.
Soome presidendi pressiteenistuse teate kohaselt oli Stubbi visiit Floridasse Trumpi residentsi Mar-a-Lagos mitteametlik, see hõlmas hommikusööki, lõunasööki ja golfimängu. "Presidendid arutasid visiidi käigus muuhulgas Soome ja USA suhteid ning aktuaalseid välis- ja julgeolekupoliitilisi küsimusi, sealhulgas Ukrainat," seisis pressiteates.
Meedia: Vene lipulaeva Moskva uputamine vihastas ameeriklasi
Ajaleht The New York Times kirjutab, et USA ja Ukraina teevad tihedat sõjalist koostööd ning paljastas sõjalaeva Moskva uputamisega seotud telgitaguseid. Lehe teatel vihastas Venemaa Musta mere lipulaeva uputamine USA-d, kuna ukrainlased ei hoiatanud ameeriklasi peatselt algava rünnaku eest.
New York Timesi aruanne põhineb enam kui 300 intervjuul. Leht vestles Ukraina, USA, Suurbritannia, Saksamaa, Poola, Belgia, Balti riikide ja Türgi ametnikega, vahendas The Kyiv Post.
Lehe andmetel tegid Ameerika sõjaväelased Saksamaal Wiesbadenis asuvas juhtimiskeskuses Ukrainaga tihedat koostööd.
USA ja Ukraina ohvitserid kavandasid seal siis vasturünnakuid ning jagasid luureandmeid Vene sihtmärkide kohta. Asja vedasid Ukraina kindral Mõhhailo Zabrodskõi ja USA kindral Christopher Donahue.
The New York Times võttis vaatluse alla ka sõjalaeva Moskva uputamise. Üks kõrge USA sõjaväeametnik ütles, et Ameerika ja Ukraina ohvitserid olid tavapärasel luureandmete jagamise koosolekul, kui järsku ilmus radarile ootamatu signaal.
Ameeriklased tegid siis selgeks, et tegemist on sõjalaevaga Moskva. Ukrainlased olid üllatunud ja asusid kohe tegutsema.
"Ameeriklased ütlesid. Oo, see on Moskva. Ukrainlased ütlesid: Suur tänu, hüvasti," ütles ametnik.
Ameeriklased olid siis vihased, et Ukraina ei teavitanud neid eelnevalt rünnakust. Samuti olid ameeriklased üllatunud, et Ukrainal olid raketid, mis suutsid tabada nii täpselt sihtmärki. Ukraina ründas Moskvat Neptun rakettidega. Bideni administratsioon ei tahtnud, et Ukraina ründaks sellist Vene võimu sümbolit.
Moskva kaotus oli venelastele suur sõjaline tagasilöök, kahjustada sai Kremli maine ning andis löögi sõdurite võitlusvaimule.
Moskva lasti vette 1979. aastal Mõkolajivis. Laev oli 186 meetrit pikk ning selle põhirelvastuseks olid laevatõrjeraketid P-1000 Vulkan, mida oli laeval kokku 16. See oli sama sõjalaev, mille Ussisaare kaitsjad sõja alguses keerutamata pikalt saatsid.
Astronauts refuse to cast blame after delayed rescue: 'Don't want to point fingers'
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NASA astronauts reveal who is to blame in first interview after being 'abandoned' on ISS for nine months by Biden
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams have spoken out for the first time since they returned from their more than nine-month-long space mission.
The pair sat down for a joint interview on Monday with Fox News, in which they admitted NASA, Boeing and even the astronauts themselves had a role to play in its unexpected outcome.
Wilmore said that he, who was the commander of crew flight test, was partly 'culpable' for not asking necessary questions for the crew launched on June 5.
'I'll admit that to the nation. There's things that I did not ask that I should have asked. I didn't know at the time that I needed to ask them,' he added. But in hindsight, the signals, some of the signals were there.'
Wilmore also said that Boeing and NASA were to blame for the 'shortcomings in tests and shortcomings in preparations' that they all did not see.
'Everybody has a piece in this because it did not come off,' he said in the Fox News interview.
Wilmore also made a shocking admission about President Donald Trump's claims that the Biden administration 'abandoned' him and his crewmate in space, saying he had 'no reason not to believe anything they say because they've earned my trust.'
'And for that, I am grateful,' he said, adding that it is 'refreshing,' 'empowering' and 'strengthening' to see national leaders taking an active role in NASA's human spaceflight program, which he described as globally significant.
Wilmore and Williams were only supposed to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS) when they launched aboard Boeing's Starliner last June.
But technical issues with their spacecraft left them stuck up there for more than nine months.
By the time they returned to Earth on March 18, they had spent 288 days in space.
Williams and Wilmore shared their reactions to learning that they would be in space longer than they had expected.
'My first thought was we just gotta pivot,' Williams told Fox News.
'If this was the destiny, if our spacecraft was gonna go home based on decisions made [by NASA] and we were gonna be up there until February, I was like 'okay, let's make the best of it.''
'We were ready to just jump into it and take on the tasks that were given to us,' she added.
Wilmore admitted he thought about his family the moment he heard about the extended stay.
'It's not about me,' he said. It's about what this human spaceflight program is about. It's our national goals.
'And did I think about not being there for my daughter's high school year? Of course. But compartmentalize. We've trained them to be resilient.'
But both astronauts have repeatedly said they did not feel stranded, stuck or abandoned on the ISS, and they doubled-down on these statements during the Fox News interview.
'Any of those adjectives, they're very broad in their definition,' Wilmore said.
'So okay, in certain respects we were stuck, in certain respects maybe we were stranded, but based on how they were couching this — that we were left and forgotten and all that — we were nowhere near any of that at all.
'We didn't get to come home the way we planned. So in one definition we're stuck. But in the big scheme of things, we weren't stuck. We were planned, trained.'
When asked if they felt Boeing had failed them, Williams said: 'I wouldn't really characterize it as that.'
Both astronauts said Starliner uses new, highly-advanced technology, and launching such a complex system into space comes with challenges.
'The spacecraft is pretty complicated in the way they've integrated all the different types of systems together,' Williams said.
'This is the most robust spacecraft we have in the inventory. There's nothing that can do everything that Starliner can do,' Wilmore added.
He said he does not want to 'point fingers' at those who played a role in their significantly delayed return.
But others have been pointing fingers for the last several months, including Trump and his senior advisor, Elon Musk.
Trump and Musk alleged in February that the Biden administration left the astronauts on the ISS for 'political reasons.'
Last week, NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens credited the Trump administration with the astronauts' safe return, telling Fox News 'it would not have happened without President Trump's intervention.'
This was not the first time NASA representatives had voiced their gratitude to President Trump.
After Williams and Wilmore splashed down off the coast of Florida inside SpaceX's Crew-9 Dragon capsule, acting NASA administrator Janet Petro released a statement saying that the Trump administration influenced the timing of their return.
'Per President Trump's direction, NASA and SpaceX worked diligently to pull the schedule a month earlier,' Petro said.
'This international crew and our teams on the ground embraced the Trump Administration's challenge of an updated, and somewhat unique, mission plan, to bring our crew home,' she added.
The extended space mission first entered the political spotlight in January, when Trump said he told Musk to 'go get' the astronauts who had been 'virtually abandoned' by the Biden administration.
Trump and Musk participated in a joint Fox News interview in February, during which the president said he gave the directive to accelerate the Starliner crew's return.
'They didn't have the go-ahead with Biden. He was going to leave them in space. I think he was going to leave them in space. … He didn't want the publicity. Can you believe it?' he said.
NASA has not directly commented on Trump or Musk's claims with respect to the Biden administration, but the agency previously denied that politics played any role in their decision-making around the Starliner crew's return.
During a March 4 press conference, agency officials said safety, budget concerns and the need to make sure the ISS was continuously manned were driving the decision to have Williams and Wilmore return with SpaceX's Crew-9 mission.
The Starliner astronauts have now been back on Earth for almost two weeks.
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Путин обсудил с Совбезом РФ исполнение договорённостей между Россией и Украиной о прекращении взаимных ударов по энергосистемам.
На повестке также были дополнительные меры по борьбе с террористической угрозой.
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Киев продолжает ежедневно в одностороннем порядке наносить удары по энергообъектам России.
Это происходит независимо от публичных заявлений Украины о поддержке российско-американских договорённостей по поэтапному урегулированию конфликта, подчеркнули в Минобороны РФ.
▪️31 марта в 10:08 жители двух населённых пунктов Запорожской области остались без света в результате атаки украинского БПЛА.
▪️В 11:38 в Белгородской области более 1,2 тыс. человек остались без электричества в результате удара украинского БПЛА по комплектной трансформаторной подстанции.
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Ukrainas oli esimene öö ilma droonirünnakuteta sel aastal
Ukrainas pääses ööl vastu teisipäeva sel aastal esimest korda Venemaa suurtest droonirünnakutest. Ameerika Ühendriigid lükkasid tagasi Venemaa režiimijuhi Vladimir Putini ettepaneku anda Ukraina juhtimine ÜRO egiidi all tegutsevale üleminekuvalitsusele.
Öö vastu teisipäeva, 1. aprilli, oli esimene sel aastal, mil Venemaa ei rünnanud Ukrainat kamikaze-droonidega. Küll aga tulistas Ukraina õhutõrje Zaporižžja oblasti kohal alla kaks tiibraketti.
Möödunud öö oli esimene 2025. aastal, kui Venemaa ei korraldanud Ukrainale massilist droonirünnakut, selgus Ukraina relvajõudude teisipäeva hommikul avaldatud teatest.
Samas tulistas Ukraina õhukaitse esmaspäeva õhtul Zaporižžja oblastis alla kaks Vene tiibraketti X59/69.
Ukraina õhuväe teatel vähendasid venelased ründedroonide Shahed väljasaatmise tempot ka selle aasta 14. märtsi öösel - siis tulistas Ukraina õhutõrje alla 16 drooni ning üheks suudeti tõrjuda elektroonilise tegevusega.
Россия начинает критиковать подход Трампа к завершению войны в Украине.
«В позиции США по Украине сейчас начисто отсутствует требование решить проблемы, связанные с первопричинами конфликта, это надо преодолевать. Москва серьезно воспринимает предложения Вашингтона по Украине, но не может принимать их просто как есть», - заявил замглавы МИД РФ Рябков.
Напомним, что РФ выдвинула частичное снятие санкций условием для реализации договоренности по перемирию в Черном море. Кроме того Москва требует гарантии нейтрального статуса Украины, а также изменения внутренней политики страны, называя стремление Киева в НАТО и внутриполитический курс «первопричиной конфликта».
Кроме того Путин заявлял о возможности ввести в Украине внешнюю администрацию. Трамп раскритиковал это заявление.
Одновременно он пригрозил "большими проблемами" и Зеленскому. Также Трамп заявил, что Украина не будет членом НАТО, согласившись с тем, что курс в Альянс был одной из причин начала войны.
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Как Зеленский готовится к выборам и пытается решить проблему с Трампом и Залужным
В Украине вновь активизировалось обсуждение темы скорых выборов.
На днях появилась публикация британского журнала The Economist, согласно которой, в случае прекращения огня в конце апреля и не продления военного положения после 8 мая, власти хотят назначить выборы президента уже на июль.
Эту публикацию вскоре опровергли на Банковой и в "Слуге народа".
В тоже время, по данным источников "Страны", близких к Офису президента, подготовка к переизбранию Зеленского на второй срок действительно активизировалась. Украинские власти до конца не уверены, что перемирие будет до начала мая, хотя этого и не исключают. Но, в любом случае, исходят из того, что война, скорее всего, в нынешнем году закончится. А потому к выборам надо готовится заранее. И работа уже началась. Ключевым человеком в плане подготовки называется Михаил Федоров, "цифровой" вице-премьер.
При этом, однако, источники говорят, что сроки назначения выборов, в случае прекращения огня, напрямую будут зависеть от степени уверенностям власти в победе Зеленского.
"Если перемирие начнется до начала мая, то президентские выборы могут пройти в августе. Но этот сценарий будет реализован только при условии, если у Зеленского и Ермака будет четкая уверенность в победе. Если такой уверенности не будет, то выборы постараются оттянуть тем или иным способом", - говорит источник.
По его словам, на Банковой видят три главных проблемных вопроса, которые необходимо решить, чтоб появилась уверенность в победе нынешнего президента.
Первый - это электронное голосование через "Дию", внедрение которого, как считают в оппозиции, даст возможность Офису президента провести широкомасштабные фальсификации, "вписав" нужные цифры итогов е-голосования. Официально никто не заявлял, что эта система уже разрабатывается и может быть применена на ближайших выборах. В то время, источники "Страны" подтверждают, что внедрение электронного голосования действительно обсуждается, хотя окончательное решение еще не принято.
Вторая проблема - это Валерий Залужный, который считается потенциально главным противником Зеленского на будущих выборах. И хоть в последнее время через близкие к власти СМИ продвигаются данные опросов о том, что рейтинг действующего президента растет, а Залужного падает, среди социологов к этим данным распространено скептическое отношение. Источники близкие к Банковой также подтверждают, что Залужный по-прежнему рассматривается в Офисе президента как главная электоральная угроза, а потому его пытаются убедить не идти на выборы. В том числе, в качестве аргумента используют и упомянутые выше опросы. "Но пока четкого понимания, что Залужный откажется идти на выборы у нас нет", - говорит источник.
Третья и самая острая проблема для Зеленского - это отношения с Трампом. Президент США уже дал понять, что намерен "отбить" вложенные в Украину деньги. И хоть формально он ставит вопрос только в экономической сфере через "сделку по недрам", однако понятно, что реализация "сделки" возможна только в случае, если украинские власти будут ее условия соблюдать. А значит американцы так или иначе должны будут плотно контролировать и внутриполитическую сферу.
Зеленский же "сделку" в ее нынешнем виде подписывать не хочет, за что Трамп уже пригорал ему "большими проблемами".
И хоть Трамп и защитил его публично после заявления Путина о "внешнем управлении", но как дальше будут складываться отношения украинского и американского президентов (особенно, в случае проблем с подписанием сделки) - могут быть разные варианты.
Банковая хотела бы заручиться поддержкой Трампа для сохранения у власти Зеленского. Но готов ли он выполнить ради этого все "хотелки" американского президента, а если и выполнит, то сможет ли удержаться у власти - пока вопрос открытый. Также большую роль будет играть и ситуация на линии фронта.
Soome plaanib Ottawa konventsioonist lahkuda ning parandada kaitsevõimet
NATO liikmesriik Soome kavatseb astuda välja Ottawa konventsioonist ning suurendada lähiaastatel ka oma üldisi kaitsekulutusi.
NATO pikimat piiri Venemaaga valvav Soome võib 1997. aastal loodud lepingust lahkudes hakata taas varuma jalaväemiine, et need vajaduse korral käepärast oleks.
Soome peaminister Petteri Orpo ütles pressikonverentsil, et otsest sõjalist ohtu tema rahvale ei ole, kuid Venemaa kujutab endast pikaajalist ohtu kogu Euroopale, vahendab yle.fi.
"Ottawa konventsioonist taganemine annab meile võimaluse mitmekülgsemalt valmistuda muutusteks julgeolekus," ütles ta.
Teade tuli ajal, mil USA president Donald Trump süveneb jõudsamalt Ukraina sõja lõpetamisse, mis on omakorda toonud kaasa kasvava mure Poolas ja Baltimaades, et Venemaa võib hoopis neid sihikule võtta.
Orpo ütles pressikonverentsil, et Soome tõstab oma kaitsekulutusi 2029. aastaks vähemalt kolme protsendini sisemajanduse koguproduktist ning kulutused kasvavad selleks ajaks ligikaudu kolme miljardi euro võrra.
Rahandusminister Riikka Purra sõnul plaanitakse suurendada ka Soome mereväge. "Ressursid on suunatud eelkõige maavägedele, kuid samuti soetame uut mererelvastust ja -varustust."
Soome president Alexander Stubb kommenteeris otsusust oma X-i konto vahendusel, märkides, et "Soome jääb alati maailmas vastutustundlikuks tegutsejaks, kes kindlustab oma julgeolekut ja kaitset".
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Ottawa konventsioonis on 165 riiki. Soome ühines lepinguga 2012. aastal. Konventsioon loodi algul selleks, et vähendada konfliktipiirkondades jalaväemiinidest põhjustatud tsiviilelanike surmasid.
Jalaväemiinide kasutamist, varumist, tootmist ja üleandmist keelustav ning nende hävitamist nõudev Ottawa konventsioon (APLC) avati allakirjutamiseks 3. detsembril 1997. aastal ja see jõustus 1. märtsil 1999. Eesti ühines Ottawa konventsiooniga 1. oktoobril 2004.
Konventsioonil on humaanne eesmärk – keelustada täielikult jalaväemiinid, mis põhjustavad ülemääraseid ja tarbetuid kannatusi ja inimohvreid. Konventsiooniga ühinedes võtab osalisriik endale kohustuse mitte kunagi mitte mingisugustel tingimustel jalaväemiine kasutada, neid otseselt või kaudselt arendada, toota või muul viisil hankida, varuda, hoida või üle anda ega ükskõik mis viisil abistada, julgustada või mõjutada kedagi ette võtma midagi, mis on osalisriigile konventsiooniga keelatud, öeldakse välisministeeriumi kodulehel.
Eelmine kuu teatasid ka Poola, Eesti, Läti ja Leedu oma soovist konventsioonist lahkuda Venemaast tuleneva sõjalise ohu tõttu.
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The Finnish Government has today taken two key decisions, reflecting the changes in our security environment. First, Finland will raise its defence expenditure to 3% of GDP by 2029. This is a part of Finland’s contribution to Europe taking greater responsibility for our own defence. Second, Finland will prepare for the withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention. The decision is based on a thorough assessment by the relevant ministries and the Defence Forces. Finland is committed to its international obligations on the responsible use of mines. Finland will always remain a responsible actor in the world, safeguarding its security and defence.
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Balti riigid ja Poola teatasid Ottawa konventsioonist lahkumisest
Eesti, Läti, Leedu ja Poola teatasid teisipäeval, et lahkuvad Ottawa konventsioonist, mis keelustab jalaväemiinide kasutamise.
"Me leiame, et praeguses julgeolekukeskkonnas on esmatähtis pakkuda meie kaitsejõududele paindlikkust ja vabadust võimalike uute relvasüsteemide ja -lahenduste kasutamiseks alliansi (NATO – toim.) ohustatud idatiiva kaitse tugevdamiseks," öeldakse nelja riigi kaitseministrite ühisavalduses. "Selliste kaalutluse valguses meie – Eesti, Läti, Leedu ja Poola kaitseminister – soovitame üksmeelselt lahkuda Ottawa konventsioonist. Selle otsusega saadame selge sõnumi: meie riigid on valmis ja saavad kasutada kõiki vajalikke meetmeid meie territooriumi ja vabaduse kaitsmiseks," seisab Hanno Pevkuri, Andris Sprudsi, Dovile Šakaliene ja Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamyszi allkirjaga avalduses.
Kaitseministrid tõid oma ühiskirjas välja, et pärast ühinemist Ottawa konventsiooniga on julgeolekuolukord meie regioonis fundamentaalselt halvenenud, kuna sõjaline oht Venemaa ja Valgevenega piirnevatele NATO riikidele on märkimisväärselt kasvanud.
"Sellises ebastabiilses julgeolekukeskkonnas, mida kujundab Venemaa agressioon ja Euro-Atlandi kogukonna ohustamine, on ülioluline hinnata kõiki meetmeid meie heidutuse ja kaitsevõime tugevdamiseks," rõhutasid kaitseministrid.
Avalduse esimesena avalikustanud välisminister Margus Tsahkna lisas pressiteate vahendusel, et kuna Venemaa ei ole jalaväemiine keelava Ottawa konventsiooniga ühinenud, ei saa pidada õigeks seda, et keelame endil kasutada relvi, mida Venemaa on valmis meie vastu kasutama.
Samas kinnitasid kaitseministrid, et riigid jäävad vaatamata Ottawa konventsioonist lahkumisele ustavaks rahvusvahelisele humanitaarõigusele, sealhulgas tsiviilelanike kaitsmisele relvastatud konfliktides.
Tsahkna viitas ka sellele, et arutelud Ottawa konventsioonist lahkumise üle käivad ka teistes meie regiooni riikides.
Soomes koguti konventsioonist lahkumise teemalisele üleskutsele detsembris üle 50 000 allkirja ning hakkab küsimust arutama riigi parlament.
Ottawa konventsioon ehk jalaväemiinide kasutamist, varumist, tootmist ja üleandmist keelustav ning nende hävitamist nõudev Ottawa konventsioon (APLC) avati allakirjutamiseks 3. detsembril 1997. aastal ja see jõustus 1. märtsil 1999. Eesti ühines Ottawa konventsiooniga 1. oktoobril 2004.
Konventsioonil on humaanne eesmärk – keelustada täielikult jalaväemiinid, mis põhjustavad ülemääraseid ja tarbetuid kannatusi ja inimohvreid. Konventsiooniga ühinedes võtab osalisriik endale kohustuse mitte kunagi mitte mingisugustel tingimustel jalaväemiine kasutada, neid otseselt või kaudselt arendada, toota või muul viisil hankida, varuda, hoida või üle anda ega ükskõik mis viisil abistada, julgustada või mõjutada kedagi ette võtma midagi, mis on osalisriigile konventsiooniga keelatud, öeldakse välisministeeriumi kodulehel.
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В защиту прав жертв противопехотных мин - Азербайджан выдвинул в ООН резолюцию.
Социологи очень верно отмечают угасание традиции первоапрельских розыгрышей. У этого много факторов, но ключевой, на мой взгляд, – проблема реальности в мире постмодерна. Розыгрыш, собственно, - это некая перевернутая реальность, пересмешничество, маскарад, карнавал, сатурналий. Отголоски очень древних языческих представлений о мире, причем, забытых и многократно переосмысленных, табуированных и преодолённых. Собственно и средневековые и даже более ранние, дохристианские мистерии, они лишь отголоски первопричин карнавалов и сатурналий. Собственно, это повторение творения мира. Идея кольцевого времени и возвращения, смерти бога и его воскресения. Не случайно 1 апреля стоит так недалеко от дня весеннего равноденствия. Но сейчас не об этом.
Розыгрыш - это ведь про то, чтобы убедить человека поверить в невозможное, парадоксальное тому, что человек привык осознавать как реальное. Но вот сейчас, как мне кажется, простой человек готов практически ко всему в этой реальности или в том ощущении, что он считает реальностью. Посмотрите вокруг, гляньте в свою ленту в тг. Вас еще можно удивить до состояния оторопи? Много осталось еще того, во что вам трудно поверить? Или того, в непоколебимости чего вы абсолютно уверены? Боюсь, что эти вопросы сбивают с толку сильнее, чем безумие «повесточки». Вера и уверенность все более смещаются в пространство интимного и приватного, порой исключительно для самого человека. Мы познакомились с таким количеством удивительных и безумных историй, что не удивляемся уже ничему.
Наши представления о невозможном в политике и экономике, в социальной жизни, в отношениях между людьми еще десять лет тому назад были такими наивными, что сейчас кажутся смешными. Расскажите себе десятилетней давности о том, что США будут претендовать на Гренландию и вести торговые войны с Мексикой, Канадой и ЕС, причем одновременно, и вы не поверите. Обещаниями бомбить Иран или ввести жуткие санкции против России нас не удивили бы, но Гренландия… Или проведение спортивных парадов на Красной площади…
Розыгрыш теряет в ценности, если в него готовы поверить сразу. И это серьезная проблема для дня перевернутой реальности. Сатурналии начинались 17 декабря и завершались 23-го. И по завершению мир вновь приходил в первоначальное состояние. Бог снова рождался. Господа опять были господами, сенаторы сенаторами, рабы рабами, а «королева бала» и «царь сатурналий» возвращались в свое привычное ординарное состояние. Реальность возвращалась, как и ощущение что что-то возможно, а что-то нет. В мире постмодерна, где правда имеет размытое состояние и всю палитру красок-оценок, реальность меркнет, а в таких сумерках, возможно, практически все, даже аннексия Гренландии.
Na Bałkanach tworzą się nowe bloki militarne, a to "woda na młyn" Kremla
Na Bałkanach tworzą się nowe sojusze, które osłabiają jedność zarówno w ramach Unii Europejskiej, jak i NATO. Militaryzacja regionu może prowadzić do napięć w obszarze, gdzie swoje wpływy nadal utrzymuje Moskwa.
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W regionie Bałkanów tworzą się nowe porozumienia wojskowe, które wykraczają poza ramy NATO.
• Porozumienie Albanii i Chorwacji z Kosowem spotkało się ze zdecydowaną reakcją ze strony Serbii. Prezydent tego kraju podkreślił, że umowa łamie zasady porozumienia regionalnego z 1996 roku.
• W odpowiedzi na tę koalicję Serbia zawiązuje sojusz wojskowy z Węgrami, które są członkiem zarówno NATO, jak i Unii Europejskiej, podobnie jak Chorwacja.
W regionie Bałkanów tworzą się nowe porozumienia wojskowe, które wykraczają poza ramy NATO.
Albania i Chorwacja, będące członkami NATO, podpisały z Kosowem deklarację wzmacniającą współpracę trójstronną w dziedzinie obrony
. Przedstawiciele trzech rządów podkreślili znaczenie wspólnych wysiłków na rzecz wzmacniania bezpieczeństwa, walki z zagrożeniami hybrydowymi oraz pełne wsparcie dla integracji euroatlantyckiej. Współpraca ma dotyczyć również takich obszarów jak przemysł zbrojeniowy.
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Celem tej współpracy nie jest grożenie komukolwiek. To wiadomość dla tych, którzy zamierzają zagrozić regionowi -
jesteśmy zjednoczeni i nie pozwolimy nikomu na jego destabilizację. Ta umowa jest deklaracją dla każdego kraju, który dąży do destabilizacji - powiedział minister obrony Kosowa Ejup Maqedonci, cytowany przez Europejską Pravdę.
Porozumienie to spotkało się ze zdecydowaną reakcją ze strony Serbii. Prezydent tego kraju podkreślił, że umowa łamie zasady porozumienia regionalnego z 1996 roku, które podpisane zostało przez Federalną Republikę Jugosławii, Bośnię i Hercegowinę oraz Chorwację, a które zakłada ograniczenie liczby czołgów, wozów opancerzonych, artylerii i sił powietrznych przez strony oraz wymianę informacji. Aleksandar Vučić jednocześnie podkreślał, że ta umowa nie została skonsultowana z NATO.
W odpowiedzi na współpracę Albanii, Chorwacji i Kosowa Serbia zawiązuje sojusz wojskowy z Węgrami, które są członkiem zarówno NATO, jak i Unii Europejskiej, podobnie zresztą jak Chorwacja.
"Sojusz ma być odpowiedzią na porozumienie obronne zawarte wcześniej w tym miesiącu przez Chorwację, Albanię i Kosowo" – poinformował serbski "Kurir". Belgrad skrytykował umowę zawartą 18 marca pomiędzy trzema krajami; prezydent Vučić oskarżył Zagrzeb i Tiranę o "rozpoczęcie zawarciem porozumienia wyścigu zbrojeń w regionie".
Warto zaznaczyć, że
elementami, które łączą rządy w Belgradzie i Budapeszcie, jest niechęć do prowadzenia dalszej pomocy dla Ukrainy
oraz - w przypadku Węgier - chęć zniesienia sankcji wobec Rosji. Serbia ich nie wprowadziła.
Dodatkowo Węgry, które należą do Unii Europejskiej, sprzeciwiają się planom Wspólnoty
polegającym na zwiększeniu potencjału obronnego, który ma neutralizować potencjalną eskalację działań hybrydowych Federacji Rosyjskiej.
Ponadto „w ostatnich tygodniach doszło do zaostrzenia przez Budapeszt krytyki polityki Unii Europejskiej wobec Kijowa. Podczas szczytów Rady Europejskiej 6 i 20 marca Węgry jako jedyne państwo członkowskie nie podpisały konkluzji dotyczących wsparcia dla Ukrainy” – czytamy w analizie OSW.
Ta współpraca Serbii i Węgier jest bezprecedensowa ze względu na to, że Serbia jest państwem neutralnym militarnie.
Jej formalna deklaracja została po raz pierwszy ogłoszona 26 października 2007 r.
Taki zapis znalazł się w Uchwale Zgromadzenia Narodowego o Ochronie Suwerenności, Integralności Terytorialnej i Porządku Konstytucyjnego Republiki Serbii. Dodatkowo w 2009 r. Zgromadzenie Narodowe Republiki Serbii zatwierdziło dwie strategie dotyczące bezpieczeństwa i obrony państwa.
Bałkany cichym frontem wojny Kremla z Europą. Rosja destabilizuje region
Jak pisaliśmy wcześniej, Bałkany Zachodnie - region, który pozostaje nadal w
„poczekalni do Unii Europejskiej”
- jest obszarem aktywności Federacji Rosyjskiej, która destabilizując sytuację w tym regionie, może odwracać uwagę państw europejskich od wojny w Ukrainie. W 2023 r. tzw. Grupa Wagnera prowadziła jawną rekrutację w Serbii. Te działania spotkały się ostatecznie ze stanowczą reakcją władz w Belgradzie, jednakże świadczyły o możliwościach infiltracji Rosji w tym kraju.
Nowy sojusz wojskowy pomiędzy Serbią a Węgrami, które reprezentują przychylną Moskwie politykę, jest nakierowany przeciwko Albanii, Chorwacji i Kosowu i może być kolejnym elementem wojny hybrydowej Kremla w Europie.
W tej kwestii pojawia się kilka warstw, na które warto zwrócić uwagę. Po pierwsze budowa przez Węgry alternatywnego wobec NATO i Unii Europejskiej sojuszu wojskowego stawia Brukselę
w bardzo trudnym położeniu w kontekście mobilizacji wysiłków militarnych na rzecz wzmocnienia bezpieczeństwa Unii Europejskiej.
Kolejnym elementem problematycznym dla UE jest to, że proces integracji europejskiej, który miał stabilizować region Bałkanów Zachodnich, nie osiągnął swojego celu.
Stworzenie dwóch wrogich wobec siebie sojuszy wojskowych w regionie będzie powodowało napięcia i konflikty. W szczególności w kontekście Kosowa, które jest obszarem rywalizacji.
Nowe konflikty na Bałkanach wiązałyby się z podobnymi zjawiskami jak w latach 90
. XX wieku podczas rozpadu Jugosławii, kiedy to nastąpiła masowa emigracja z terenów objętych walkami do państw UE, a Zachód musiał wprowadzić siły rozjemcze.
Ponadto konflikt pomiędzy Kosowem a Serbią zablokowałby znowu - i to na dziesięciolecia - perspektywę integracji europejskiej tych państw
, co z pewnością nie jest w interesie władz ani w Belgradzie, ani w Prisztinie, a byłoby wielce pożądane przez Moskwę.
Potencjalny konflikt w Kosowie nie jest jedynym kłopotem Bałkanów
Kolejnym destabilizującym elementem „bałkańskiej układanki” jest Bośnia i Hercegowina, która - poprzez tendencje secesjonistyczne Republiki Serbskiej (części składowej Bośni i Hercegowiny, zamieszkałej przez ludność serbską) i jej lidera Milorada Dodika - prowadzi prorosyjską i antyzachodnią politykę, uderzającą w pozostałe społeczności kraju, m.in. Boszniaków (ludność muzułmańska kraju) i bośniackich Chorwatów.
Skomplikowana konstrukcja polityczna w Bośni i Hercegowinie, secesjonistyczne dążenia Serbów z Republiki Serbskiej
, połączone z jawną prorosyjskością środowiska Dodika - wszystko to powoduje zaniepokojenie na Zachodzie.
Ostatni kryzys polityczny w BiH wybuchł po tym, jak pod koniec lutego
sąd pierwszej instancji skazał Dodika na rok więzienia i sześć lat zakazu pełnienia funkcji publicznych
za utrudnianie wykonania decyzji Wysokiego Przedstawiciela Wspólnoty Międzynarodowej w BiH.
Po ogłoszeniu wyroku parlament RS przegłosował szereg ustaw zakazujących działania na swoim terytorium kilku instytucji centralnych BiH, w tym sądów, prokuratury oraz policji federalnej.
Obecnie prokuratura Bośni i Hercegowiny prowadzi śledztwo przeciwko Dodikowi i dwóm jego współpracownikom - premierowi i marszałkowi parlamentu RS - w sprawie zarzutu dotyczącego zamachu na porządek konstytucyjny. Sąd BiH wydał ogólnokrajowy nakaz aresztowania polityków, a w ubiegłym tygodniu zwrócił się do Interpolu o wydanie międzynarodowego nakazu aresztowania Dodika i marszałka parlamentu RS. Organizacja nie podjęła jeszcze w tej sprawie decyzji.
Wspólnym elementem bałkańskiego sojuszu Węgier jest prorosyjskość
Warto zwrócić uwagę w kontekście nowego sojuszu militarnego Węgier z Serbią, że Viktor Orban jest nie tylko sojusznikiem prezydenta Serbii Vučicia, ale także przywódcy bośniackich Serbów Milorada Dodika.
Jak podaje opozycyjny wobec rządu w Budapeszcie węgierski portal Telex: „Związek ten jest tak silny, że kiedy Dodik został niedawno skazany w pierwszej instancji (za sprzeciwienie się rozkazom najwyższego międzynarodowego wysłannika nadzorującego proces pokojowy w kraju), Orban wysłał do Bośni oddział 70 oficerów węgierskiej jednostki operacji specjalnych (TEK)”.
Dziennikarze opozycyjnego medium wobec Orbana ustalili, że jednostki TEK brały jedynie udział we wspólnych ćwiczeniach, ale nawet
sam Dodik zasugerował, że członkowie węgierskich służb przybyli, aby go chronić
. W każdym razie pojawienie się TEK w Republice Serbskiej Bośni i Hercegowiny zwróciło uwagę nowej administracji USA – podkreślają dziennikarze Telexa.
"'Это было мгновенно, без шансов": геолог объяснил, почему в Литве затонула бронемашина США.
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Четвертый из американских военных, пропавших на учениях в Литве, найден мертвым, сообщило командование армии США в Европе и Африке и подтвердили в Белом доме.
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Battle Creek family holds hope as search for missing soldier continues in Lithuania
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Dog and Ground-Penetrating Radar Aid Search for a Missing U.S. Soldier in Lithuania (April 1, 2025)
Baerbocki uus töökoht vihastab ÜRO ja Saksa diplomaate
Ametist lahkuv Saksa välisminister Annalena Baerbock saab kogenud diplomaadi asemel ÜRO-s tähtsa ametikoha ning tema karjäärimuutus vihastab nüüd nii ÜRO kui ka Saksa diplomaate.
Saksamaale kuulub järgmine ÜRO Peaassamblee presidendi ametikoht ning Baerbock saab kantsler Olaf Scholzi toetusel organi järgmiseks juhiks. Varem eeldati, et selle ametikoha saab pikaaegne diplomaat Helga Schmid. Viimane töötas aastatel 2021-2024 Euroopa julgeoleku- ja koostööorganisatsiooni (OSCE) peasekretärina.
Schmid valmistus uueks ametikohaks pikalt ning kohtus selle raames enam kui saja ÜRO suursaadikuga. 19. märtsil selgus aga, et Saksa valitsus esitas hoopis Baerbocki Peaassamblee presidendikandidaadiks. Eeldatavasti võtab ta organi juhtimise üle 2025. aasta juunis.
Rohelised ei kuulu järgmisesse Saksa valitsuse ning seetõttu vajab ametist lahkuv minister ja partei liider Baerbock uut töökohta. Ametist lahkuv valitsus võttiski Schmidi kandidatuuri tagasi ning see vihastas ÜRO diplomaate.
Saksamaa väljaanne Tagesspiegel jagas ka diplomaatide vahelisi sõnumeid. "Saksamaa raiskas meie aega," kirjutas üks vihane diplomaat. Üks teine diplomaat kurtis, et viimane samm näitab, kui vähe on Saksamaal austust ÜRO vastu.
Ka Saksa diplomaadid pole Baerbocki uuest töökohast just kõige rohkem vaimustuses. Saksamaa endine suursaadik ÜRO juures Christoph Heusgen ütles, et Helga Schmid oleks olnud ideaalne kandidaat.
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С интересом и понятными ожиданиями, Dimitriy.
The rise of the drone carriers
There are now at least three navies that have acquired or are developing ‘flat-top’ carriers designed specifically to carry uncrewed air systems. Here we look at some of these projects and the implications of this trend.
Navies, such as the RN that already possess aircraft carriers are also planning to add UAS capabilities to their ships but this is not the main focus of this article. While ownership of carriers for fixed-wing crewed aircraft is beyond the reach of many nations, drone/UAS carriers offer a cheaper low-risk pathway to achieving a measure of naval air power. They also have attractions for established carrier navies as a platform for technology experimentation, a way to add greater mass to existing air wings and as vessels that could be risked in places that multi-$billion conventional carriers would avoid.
An early drone carrier concept was developed in the UK. The UXV Combatant was unveiled by BVT Surface Fleet at DSEI in 2007. This was a radical 8,000-tonne vessel that explored how future navies might integrate uncrewed technologies into front-line combat operations.
The UXV Combatant was a multi-role drone mothership, the design envisioned a sleek, low-observable vessel capable of launching and recovering a wide array of UAVs, USVs, and UUVs while maintaining traditional naval combat capabilities.
The design proposed twin angled flight decks in a V-shape that emerged on either side of the superstructure. This arrangement would have been extremely awkward from an aviation perspective but allowed an array of weapons to be mounted forward, blending the drone carrier with a more conventional warship. This was really just a conversation-starter and well ahead of its time but foreshadowed trends that are gaining traction now.
First of a kind, China’s brand new drone carrier (Photos: Wen Jian, 2024).
China
In November 2024 a large vessel put to sea from the shipyard at Guangzhou in China, estimated to be about 200m long and with a bean of 40 metres. This ship is not operated by the navy (PLAN) but carries the markings of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). This vessel has been constructed quickly, probably to civilian standards and without any attempt to reduce the radar cross-section. It does, however appear to be fitted with naval radars and other sensors.
The forward island contains the bridge, a second island amidships has the flying control position and a small funnel astern gives it a unique ‘3-island profile’. What is believed to be the ship’s name ‘Zhong Chuan Zi Hao’ is painted in large letters on the side and the flight deck has markings for VTOL UAS operations. There are multiple drone launch and recovery stations and hangar bays integrated into the superstructure.
The authoritarian Chinese government has the advantage of being able to initiate large naval projects in great secrecy without any accountability to its public so the exact purpose of the ship is unclear for now. Whether the Zhong Chuan Zi Hao is intended for frontline deployment or as a technology demonstrator and trials ship, the level of investment suggests this is part of a longer-term project.
Given Chinese production capacity, this may be a prototype for many more similar vessels. If fully integrated into the PLAN, drone carriers would provide another persistent platform for ISR and strike operations, especially in contested areas of the South China Sea or Taiwan Strait.
Iran
In contrast to China’s high-end approach, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) has embraced a low-cost, high-volume drone strategy. In July 2022, Iran revealed it was developing a ‘drone carrier division’ consisting of retrofitted merchant vessels and corvettes equipped with long-range UASs.
The first new drone carrier, the IRIS Shahid Bahman Bagheri commissioned in February 2024, a container ship originally built in South Korea but converted in Iran. The 160-metre flight deck is partially cantilevered over its port side so the superstructure did not have to be re-sited. This will make for awkward landing approaches and unfavourable turbulence that may restrict the UAS operating envelope.
The Bagheri reportedly carries both fixed-wing and rotary-wing UAS, including variants of the Mohajer, Shahed, and Ababil families. The quality and capabilities of these drones may be variable but they pose a challenge that high-end navies are struggling to meet cost-effectively. Iran portrays the drone ships as extending its ISR and strike capabilities across the Gulf and potentially into the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. The Bagheri has a considerable 22,000 nm range and can operate for a year without refuelling. With a spacious interior, it has a hospital and even a large sports hall with an astroturf pitch for crew recreation.
Unveiled to the media with a mix of helicopters and drones on deck. UAS and supplies can be loaded into the hangar through the large door in the starboard side. Additional weapons can be carried on the aft deck behind the superstructure.
Given Iran’s focus on asymmetric warfare, these carriers are likely not intended for conventional peer combat, at least initially. Instead, they extend Tehran’s capacity for maritime presence, psychological operations, and proxy support in contested littorals. The drone carrier is a political symbol as much as a military tool, although the threat they pose may change as UAS improve and they build more of these type of vessels.
The Bagheri is something of a compromise but this rough and ready approach has allowed Iran to get the capability to sea quickly and cheaply. While the RN and other ’tier one’ navies have some great PowerPoints and drone carrier aspirations there has been a failure to move at pace, still bound by self-imposed bureaucracy, a risk-averse culture and glacial procurement processes.
Turkey
The Türk Donanması is repurposing a previously planned fixed-wing carrier project into a drone-focused concept. The TCG Anadolu is an LHD, based on the Spanish Juan Carlos design but built in Turkey. The ship was originally intended to operate up to 10 F-35B jets but Turkey was expelled from the F-35 programme in 2019 after purchasing Russian S-400 air defence systems. The Anadolu has subsequently been adapted to operate UAS instead.
The key platform in this revised concept is the Bayraktar TB3 — a navalised version of the successful TB2 Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) UAS. The TB3 features folding wings, strengthened landing gear and a short take-off and landing capability compatible with the Anadolu’s flight deck. In November 2024, a TB3 successfully conducted its first take-off and landing from the Anadolu. This marked the first time a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft of this class had operated from an LHD without the aid of arresting gear.
Bayraktar is also developing a jet-powered UAV, the Kızılelma, which may one day be launched from the Anadolu. The project demonstrates the maturity of Turkey’s defence industry and its ability to pivot quickly from traditional acquisition paths toward domestic innovation. Turkey is also planning to adapt the Angelou to carry a large air group of UAVS and in the longer term, aims to build its first indigenously designed carrier – the Milli Uçak Gemisi ( MUGEM) capable of hosting a mix of up to 50 crewed and uncrewed aircraft.
TB3 on the flight deck of the TCG Anadolu following successful flight testing. The TB3 can carry a payload up to 280Kg and launch micro laser-guided bombs such as the MAM-L and MAM-C munitions. Note the Bayraktar Kızılelma jet-propelled UCAV on the right which is also being developed for carrier operations.
Portugal
Following a programme launched in 2022, the Marinha Portuguesa has signed a contract with Damen in the Netherlands for the delivery of a Multifunctional Naval Platform to be named NRP D. João Il. Based on the 7,000-tonne Damen MSS concept, the focus of this ship is not primarily naval combat and the uncrewed systems are will be deployed on ISR, humanitarian aid/disaster relief, oceanographic and environmental monitoring missions.
NRP D Joao II was laid down in Romania in 2024 and is due to enter service in late 2026 (She will not feature the ski ramp shown here).
The D. João Il will have a 94-metre flight deck with a UAS hangar in the forward part of the ship. The after section comprises a multi-mission hangar capable of embarking containers, vehicles, boats or USVs that can be launched and recovered from a stern ramp. There is also a small side hangar for ROV and UUVs. In parallel the ship will support modest crewed rotary wing operations with a hangar for a single medium helicopter. There is also a role 3 hospital facility and emergency accommodation for up to 200 people.
As a regional navy that has never operated an aircraft carrier or amphibious vessel, this marks a big step for Portugal in acquiring greater naval aviation capability than can be delivered by its three frigates. This unusual vessel promises to be a very flexible asset and its capabilities can be enhanced as uncrewed technologies advance.
The Damen Multi-purpose Support Ship concept is the basis for the Portuguese drone carrier but the D. João Il will be unarmed (Image: Damen).
Brazil
Demonstrating the versatility of an LHD and ships with large decks, the Brazilian Navy will conduct trials of the Albatroz UAS on the helicopter carrier NAM Atlântico (ex HMS Ocean) later this year. The Brazilian Navy has already operated the Insitu ScanEagle RQ-1 system launched from a portable catapult from the deck of the Atlântico. In July 2024, the UAS was deployed from the ship to survey the Rio Grande do Sul region following serious flooding. Although rather unwieldily, the ScanEagle was one the first operational UAS to be used by navies and was trialled by the RN between 2013-15.
The Stella Tecnologia Albatroz is a 500-kg, fixed-wing, twin-boom maritime ISR UAS capable of carrying payloads up to 30 kg with an endurance of up to 24 hours. Its data link has a range up to 250km.
Doctrinal dilemmas
Despite the advancing technology, effectively integrating uncrewed aircraft onto naval platforms is not straightforward. Launch and recovery at sea remain non-trivial tasks, particularly in heavy seas or high winds. Command and control of multiple uncrewed systems is complex and reliant on secure data links that can be subject to jamming or disruption. Doctrine is still being developed for how drone carriers may function, potentially as independent surveillance nodes, hunter-killers, or extensions of larger battle groups.
The divergent paths of different nations reflect differing strategic outlooks and resources but all point to a future in which drone carriers, in some form, become fixtures of naval fleets. The concept of a carrier has always been defined by its aircraft. With the emergence of increasingly capable and AI-enabled UAS, that definition is being rewritten. No longer the exclusive domain of great powers, sea-based air power is now within reach of regional and even minor navies.
For established carrier navies, the challenge is integrating UAS into their existing platforms without hampering the operation of expensive, crewed aircraft which will remain largely superior and the primary effector in most roles, for the next decade at least. There may also be a strong case for following the Chinese example and building separate low-cost dedicated vessels rather than attempting to reconfigure conventional carriers for hybrid operation.
The rise of drone carriers reflects not just the increasing influence of uncrewed systems on warfare but a strategic shift toward more distributed, survivable, and flexible forms of maritime power projection. For now, drone carriers are mostly modest in size and ambition but in time, they may prove transformational. While armchair experts continually prophesy “the end of the aircraft carrier”, the opposite may be true with UAS enabling a new generation of carriers that may become more numerous and dominant in naval warfare than ever.
Analyysi: Paluu miinojen käyttöön osoittaa, kuinka totaalisesti Suomen ulkopolitiikka on muuttunut
Sota Ukrainassa sai myös puolustusvoimat muuttamaan aiemman miinakantansa, kirjoittaa Ylen Nato-erikoistoimittaja Maria Stenroos.
Valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purra (ps.) sanoi hallituksen tiedotustilaisuudessa, että suomalaisiin miinoihin astuvat vain vihollisen sotilaat.
Miinoista on aikoinaan luovuttu useissa maissa juuri siksi, että ne eivät valikoi, kenen jalan alla ne laukeavat.
Tekniset ratkaisut ovat kuitenkin kehittyneet ja esimerkiksi tarkoilla digitaalisilla kartoilla yritetään estää sivullisia vahingoittumasta ja helpotettaisiin niiden raivaamista.
Hallitus teki tänään tiistaina linjauksen
, jolla se liittää Suomen Naton koillisrajan ”miinavyöhykkeeseen”. Suomi on viides valtio, joka on ilmoittanut irtoavansa jalkaväkimiinat kieltävästä Ottawan sopimuksesta.
Venäjä ei ole koskaan liittynyt sopimukseen, ei myöskään Yhdysvallat.
Ensimmäisenä aikeistaan palata miinojen käyttöön kertoi Puola, ja heti sen jälkeen Viro, Latvia ja Liettua. Suomen puolustusvoimat käynnisti oman selvityksensä viime vuoden lopulla ja päätyi toteamaan, että henkilömiinat tukisivat Suomen puolustamista. Selvitys ei ole julkinen.
Suomen pään käänsi
turvallisuusympäristön muuttuminen. Samalla painettiin taka-alalle ajatus siitä, että Ottawan sopimuksesta lähtö tai miinojen käyttö likaisi Suomen maineen.
Kun turvallisuustilanne on kiristynyt ja Venäjän uhkaa pidetään todellisena, maine ei ole ensimmäisenä mielessä. Tilannetta helpottaa Suomenkin kannalta, että irtoavia maita on monta.
Miinat ovat yksi osa uutta poliittista realismia, jonka taustalla on Venäjän aggressiivisuus ja Yhdysvaltain keskittyminen yhä enemmän omaan etuunsa. Tarve vahvistaa Euroopan puolustusta nopeasti tarkoittaa myös puolustusbudjettien nostoa, josta Suomikin tänään ilmoitti, sekä jopa keskustelua eurooppalaisesta ydinpelotteesta.
Keskustelu jalkaväkimiinoista ei ole Suomessa
oikeastaan koskaan päättynytkään. Erityisesti perussuomalaisten ja keskustan piirissä on koko ajan ollut poliitikkoja, jotka ovat pitäneet jalkaväkimiinoista luopumista virheenä.
Kun Suomi päätti sopimukseen liittymisestä vuonna 2011, ratkaisua oli valmisteltu ja jahkailtu vuosia usean hallituksen aikana. Perussuomalaiset äänesti ratkaisua vastaan, ja mukaan liittyi keskustalaisia.
Miinakeskustelu on ollut vahvasti politisoitunutta. Keskustelua on värittänyt silloisten päätöksentekijöiden ja etenkin presidentti Tarja Halosen (sd.) syyttely. Halosen mukaan Suomella piti geopolitiikan eli sijaintinsa takia olla vahva oma puolustus, mutta hän ajoi miinakieltoa, koska Halosen mielestä miinat mustasivat Suomen mainetta.
Ajat ja päättäjät
ovat nyt toiset. Mutta päätöksessä on nytkin mukana politiikka.
Vaikka hallitus virallisesti nojaa päätöksessään puolustusvoimien miinaselvitykseen, Suomen ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikan johdossa oli jo hyvissä ajoin ennen puolustusvoimien selvityksen valmistumista käsitys, että Suomi tulee irtoamaan Ottawasta ja mahdollistamaan miinat.
Presidentti Alexander Stubb on sanonut asettavansa kaikissa tapauksissa etusijalle Suomen turvallisuuden, ja juuri Suomen ehdottomasta turvallisuudesta miinapäätöksessä poliitikkojen mukaan on kyse.
Baltian ratkaisut ja turvallisuustilanteen heikkeneminen on tehnyt ratkaisusta helpomman, myös oppositiopuolueille. Miinaäänestys tulee silti yhä jonkin verran jakamaan eduskuntaa, ja hajontaa tulee todennäiköisesti myös joidenkin puolueiden sisällä.
Puolustusministeriön mukaan miinaselvitys
arvioi miinojen sopivan hyvin suomalaiseen pitkään itärajaan ja sen maastoihin sekä reserviläisarmeijan käyttöön. Ne ovat yksinkertaisia ja halpoja valmistaa sekä pelottava ase.
Ennen kuin Ukrainan sota alkoi, puolustusvoimat ei julkisesti haikaillut miinojen perään. Uusilla teknisemmillä aseilla saadaan aikaan samanlaista tuhoa mutta kohdennetummin.
Nyt yksinkertaisia, Ottawan sopimuksessa kiellettyjä passiivisia miinoja kuitenkin perustellaan sillä, että ne hidastavat tuntuvasti hyökkääjän jalkaväen etenemistä.
Henkilömiinat ovat yksi lisä, joka saatetaan ottaa käyttöön, kun Ottawan sopimuksesta on irtauduttu. Se ei tarkoita, että Suomi tai mikään muukaan maa miinoittaisi rajansa normaalioloissa.
Suomi lupaa käyttää asetta vastuullisesti. Ulkoministeri Elina Valtonen (kok.) sanoi Suomen yhä puolustavan kansainvälistä humanitääristä oikeutta ja lupaa Suomen osallistuvan miinojen haittojen vähentämiseen.
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Tällaisia ovat jalkaväkimiinat, jotka Suomi aikoo ottaa käyttöön
Suomi aikoo ottaa jalkaväkimiinat takaisin arsenaaliinsa mahdollisimman pian. Suomella oli vielä taannoin noin miljoona jalkaväkimiinaa, lähinnä putki- ja sakaramiinoja.
Suomi aikoo ottaa jalkaväki- eli henkilömiinat takaisin arsenaaliinsa mahdollisimman pian. Jalkaväkimiinoja on lähinnä kahdenlaisia: putkimiinoja ja sakaramiinoja.
Jalkaväkimiina laukeaa esimerkiksi miinan sytyttimen päälle astuttaessa tai laukaisulankaa koskettaessa. Miinan vaikutus perustuu räjähdyksen painevaikutukseen tai sirpaleisiin.
Jalkaväkimiinojen avulla hyökkääjän etenemistä pystytään hidastamaan ja vähentämään puolustustaistelussa omia tappioita.
Putkimiina on pituudeltaan noin 20 senttimetriä ja se kiinnitetään esimerkiksi puun kylkeen langalla. Putkimiinan päästä lähtevä laukaisulanka vedetään esimerkiksi polun tai tien yli kiinni vastapäiseen puuhun niin, ettei etenevä sotilas huomaa lankaa. Kun sotilas osuu lankaan, putkimiina räjähtää.
Noin kymmensenttinen sakaramiina upotetaan pintamaahan polulle tai tielle. Miina peitetään esimerkiksi puun lehdillä niin, ettei sitä havaitse silmällä. Kun sotilas astuu saappaallaan sakaramiinan päälle, se räjähtää.
Suomella oli aiemmin miljoona jalkaväkimiinaa
Putki- ja sakaramiinoja käytetään monesti varsinaisen panssarimiinoituksen välittömässä läheisyydessä. Panssari- eli telamiinat on tarkoitettu ajoneuvojen, kuten panssarivaunujen tuhoamiseen. Ne vaativat ajoneuvon painon räjähtääkseen.
Jalkaväkimiinan tarkoituksena on hidastaa panssarimiinoituksen purkamista, kun maahan piilotettuja telamiinoja etsivät vihollissotilaat joutuvat etenemään hyvin varovaisesti putki- ja sakaramiinoihin osumisen varalta.
Jalkaväkimiinat ovat teknisesti yksinkertaisia ja soveltuvat sen takia hyvin asevelvollisten koulutettaviksi ja käytettäviksi. Lisäksi niitä on mahdollista tuottaa tarvittaessa nopeasti suuria määriä kotimaassa.
Suomella oli vielä vuonna 2012 noin miljoona jalkaväkimiinaa, joista sakaramiinoja 800 000 kappaletta ja putkimiinoja 230 000 kappaletta. Suomi liittyi Ottawan sopimukseen vuonna alkuvuodesta 2012 ja putki- ja sakaramiinat hävitettiin vuoteen 2016 mennessä.
Jalkaväkimiinojen suorituskykyä korvattiin hankkimalla mm. raivaamisenestopanoksia, moniherätepanssarimiinoja, viuhkapanoksia, lennokkeja ja pimeänäkölaitteita.
Russia issues chilling warning to Trump of 'catastrophic' consequences if he carries out threat to strike Iran's nuclear facilities
Russia has issued a stark warning over US threats to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, saying such an attack could have 'catastrophic' consequences for the region.
The Kremlin's concerns come after Donald Trump vowed to bomb Iran unless it agrees to a new nuclear deal with Washington.
The former US president, in an explosive interview with NBC News, warned that Tehran would face military action and severe economic sanctions if it refused to negotiate.
'If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing,' Trump declared. 'It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.'
Moscow, which has been strengthening ties with Iran, condemned Trump's threats.
'Threats are indeed being heard, ultimatums are also being heard,' Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Russian journal 'International Affairs' in an interview, extracts of which were published on Tuesday.
'We consider such methods inappropriate, we condemn them, we consider them a way for (the US) to impose its own will on the Iranian side.'
The warning signals growing tensions between Russia and the US despite the Kremlin's careful approach to Trump, with whom President Vladimir Putin has sought to rebuild relations.
Russia has positioned itself as a potential mediator, having signed a strategic partnership with Iran earlier in January.
But Ryabkov made it clear that Moscow views Trump's rhetoric as a dangerous escalation.
'The consequences of this, especially if the strikes are on nuclear infrastructure, could be catastrophic for the entire region,' he cautioned.
Trump's hardline stance follows his withdrawal from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's disputed nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief - a move that led to increased tensions and fears of conflict.
While Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and denies it is seeking to build an atomic bomb, Washington remains unconvinced.
Ryabkov said Trump's recent comments only served to 'complicate the situation' in regards to Iran.
'The consequences of this, especially if the strikes are on nuclear infrastructure, could be catastrophic for the entire region,' Ryabkov said.
'While there is still time and the 'train has not left', we need to redouble our efforts to try to reach an agreement on a reasonable basis. Russia is ready to offer its good services to Washington, Tehran and everyone who is interested in this,' he said.
It comes after Iran threatened to target British forces if Donald Trump attacks the Middle Eastern nation in the absence of a new nuclear deal.
Trump sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this month urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal.
The US President warned: 'There are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal.'
In response, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Qalibaf said on Friday: 'If the Americans attack the sanctity of Iran, the entire region will blow up like a spark in an ammunition dump.'
'Their bases and those of their allies will not be safe,' Qalibaf said in a live speech at the annual Al-Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, that marks the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
A senior Iranian military official has now said that Tehran would strike the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands should Trump attack Iran.
'There will be no distinction in targeting British or American forces if Iran is attacked from any base in the region or within the range of Iranian missiles,' he told the Telegraph on Saturday.
The military official added: 'When the time comes, it won't matter whether you're an American, British, or Turkish soldier – you will be targeted if your base is used by Americans.'
'And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,' he added.
Over the weekend Donald Trump lashed out at Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader dismissed US efforts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, calling Kyiv's government 'illegitimate' and effectively rejecting negotiations.
In a fiery outburst, Trump admitted he was 'p***** off' over Putin's remarks, which undermine Washington's attempts to bring an end to the bloody conflict.
Trump warned that if he failed to reach a peace deal with Moscow - and if he deemed Russia responsible - he would slap massive secondary tariffs on Russian oil.
If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia's fault … I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,' Trump said, noting that tariffs could be as high as 50 per cent.
Despite his anger, Trump suggested that tensions with the Kremlin could ease if Putin 'does the right thing,' and once again emphasised his close ties with the Russian president, saying he has 'a very good relationship with [Putin]'.
However, the Kremlin has remained tight-lipped, with Putin yet to respond directly to Trump's heated remarks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia is committed to 'restoring' relations with Washington, which he claimed had been 'damaged by the Biden administration' following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.
He also confirmed that Putin remains in 'open contact' with Trump, with another call reportedly scheduled between the two this week.
Aprillia, syö silliä! Tällaisilla aprillipiloilla suomalaisia yritettiin jekuttaa tänä vuonna
Yle teki koosteen tämän vuoden aprillipiloista. Menikö joku näistä todesta?
Suomalaiset ovat saaneet olla tänään tarkkana aprillipilojen takia selatessaan uutisia tai sosiaalista mediaa.
Musiikkijulkaisu Rumba yritti syöttää silliä kertomalla, että Erika Vikman ei osallistukaan Euroviisuihin, vaan kisoissa nähdään Gettomasa ja paluun tekevä Cheek.
Ulkoministeriö puolestaan jekutti suomalaisia tiedottamalla, että se aikoo rakentaa saunadiplomatian nimissä ison kokous- ja koulutussaunan ministeriön sisäpihalle.
– Saunadiplomatian merkitys näkyy myös ministeriön tulevissa rekrytoinneissa. Huhtikuussa alkavien Kavaku- ja Halku-rekrytointien pääsykokeisiin sisällytetään saunottamisen ja saunatiedon osio, jossa kandidaattien löylynkestävyyttä arvioidaan, ulkoministeriö sanailee Linkedin-päivityksessään.
Oulun linnunpönttömessut ja Puolangan optimismipäivät
Kainuussa Puolangalla aprillipäivään osallistui kuuluisat pessimismipäivät. Yhdistys kertoi, että tästä lähtien he kantavat nimeä optimismipäivät.
– Me ollaan täällä Puolangalla ihan tarpeeksi murjotettu ja oltu muutenkin tympeitä ihmisiä, niin päätettiin nyt yksimielisesti poikien kanssa saunassa, että käännetään nämä meidän juhlat ympäri, yhdistys kirjoittaa Facebookissa.
Asuntomessuja tänä kesänä isännoivä Oulu julkaisi aprillipäivän kunniaksi somepäivityksen linnunpönttömessuista.
– Linnunpönttöalue lisää Oulun veto-, pito- ja lentovoimaa sekä paikallisten pikkulintujen että muuttolintujen keskuudessa, päivityksessä kerrotaan.
Rovaniemellä kaupunki tiedotti, että se on päättänyt jättää pesemättä kaikkien kiinteistöjensä ikkunat vuoden ajaksi. Syyksi kerrottiin Alvar Aalto -juhlavuosi.
Tiedotteen mukaan ikkunat jätetään pesemättä kouluissa, päiväkodeissa, kirjastoissa sekä kulttuurin ja vapaa-ajan tiloissa.
– Tarkoituksena on kunnioittaa Alvar Aallon ajatusta, ettei ikkunoita tarvitse pestä, koska likaisista ikkunoista valo siivilöityy kauniimmin, kaupungin Aalto-asiantuntija ja kulttuurituottaja Kaisa Rantamarttila kertoi tiedotteessa.
Kaupunki kertoi myös lanseeraavansa Aalto-ikkunatarran, joka jäljittelee likaisen ikkunan synnyttämää valoefektiä puhtaissakin ikkunoissa.
– Ikkunoiden puhdistuksesta säästyvät ja tarroista kertyvät rahat kaupunki käyttää Ounasvaaran gondolihissiä koskevan tarveselvityksen konsulttipalkkioon ja mahdollisiin oikeudenkäyntikuluihin, tiedotteessa kerrotaan.
Turussa tarjoiltiin koeajoa ratikalla
Turun Sanomat kertoi, että Turkuun mahdollisesti tulevan raitiotien ensimmäiset koeajot alkavat tänään.
Ensi vuonna 150-vuotias Inarin kunta taas kertoo Facebook-sivuillaan, että juhlatoimikunnan mielestä Inarissa tarvitaan bikinit ja uimahousut, jotka on valmistettu mateen nahasta.
– Myös siikaa pohdittiin vaihtoehtona, mutta made valikoitui lopulta materiaaliksi sen saatavuuden ja työstettävyyden vuoksi.
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Владимир Нерюев, заместитель генерального директора коммуникационного агентства Аура поделился мнением, какие изменения произошли или произойдут в профессии PR-специалиста.
Генеральный директор агентства мобильного маркетинга Mobisharks (входит в ГК Kokoc Group) — об эффективном мобильном маркетинге и примерах успешных стратегий.
За последние пару лет реклама банков изменилась. Появились новые сюжеты и герои. Реклама по-прежнему — не только инструмент продвижения услуг, но и способ формирования доверия к финансовым организациям. Главный тренд, который отмечают эксперты,— переход от сухого перечисления выгод к эмоционально окрашенным коммуникациям.
Антитрендами наружной рекламы в текущем году стали прямолинейность и чрезмерная перегруженность сообщений. Наружная реклама продолжает показывать рост: число рекламных конструкций за последний год увеличилось более чем на 2 тысячи.
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Деловая программа 28-й международной специализированной выставки технологий и услуг для производителей и заказчиков рекламы «Реклама-2021» открылась десятым юбилейным форумом «Матрица рекламы». Его организовали КВК «Империя» и «Экспоцентр».
28 марта в Центральном доме художника состоялась 25-ая выставка маркетинговых коммуникаций «Дизайн и реклама NEXT». Одним из самых ярких её событий стал День социальной рекламы, который организовала Ассоциация директоров по коммуникациям и корпоративным медиа России (АКМР) совместно с АНО «Лаборатория социальной рекламы» и оргкомитетом LIME.
На VII Международном форуме «Матрица рекламы», прошедшем в ЦВК «Экспоцентр» в рамках международной выставки «Реклама-2018», большой интерес у профессиональной аудитории вызвала VI Конференция «Интернет-реклама».
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