#BBCNews - UK in most dangerous period I've known, military chief says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New footage shows the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet corvette Boikiy burning in a dry dock in Kronstadt after being struck by a Ukrainian drone attack yesterday.

Celeste Wallander nails it on how US drawdown of conventional forces in Europe increases the risk of Russian nuclear coercion. This is also why Europe cannot rely only on US nuclear deterrence after the drawdown of US troops. We need our own nuclear option(s). www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/comin...

Finland started building drone-hunting surveillance planes. The system flies like a normal plane, spots drones from above, and costs a fraction of what military surveillance jets normally run. defence-blog.com/finnish-star...

”..last year, Russia seized 1.1 trillion rubles ($15.1 billion) of assets in anti-corruption cases…That’s about eight times higher than in 2024 and represents about a third of the total asset confiscations carried out by the state in 2025.” 🇷🇺 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Greenland belongs to Denmark "for now." Rubio's response to a question put to him during an oversight hearing gets instant headlines in the Scandinavian press, demonstrating that Trump's territorial appetite targeting Greenland isn't finished.

Today, the US admin announced that it will reduce its capabilities in Europe and threatened new tariffs on European imports. Now Rubio is suggesting that the US has no intention of giving up its imperial ambitions over 🇪🇺 Greenland. What part of this still signals a reliable alliance to the EU?

Patriot missile shortage has created ‘window of vulnerability’ #Russia is exploiting in #Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Putinswar

🔴 No One Can Reopen the Strait of Hormuz – and That Is the New Regional Order Every instrument the United States uses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – force, sanctions, a treaty – accelerates the structural decline that closed it

The ship crews unable to pass the Strait of Hormuz have no doubt: Geopolitics is back. But they're not the only ones; companies have also now found themselves on the front line. And there, Europe has an advantage.

Looks like "Dazzle" is back in fashion again.

America’s friends in Asia are threatened by China, so imagine how they feel about Trump telling that he’s a “great leader” & that “it’s an honor to be your friend” while pausing arms sales to Taiwan. As Richard Haass said, the US now has warmer relations with China than with Canada. wapo.st/4viqXkt

EU looks more attractive in Trump’s ‘crazy world’, says Norway ft.trib.al/CvCHund

"Kherson's municipal transport company says the attacks started last year and are getting worse. Public transport has become a priority target for Russian drone operators, the company said in a statement shared with the @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pro-tip: don’t name your Bluetooth speaker ‘Bomb’.

The way things are going, the UN will be evicted from New York and have to move to Europe. If the Europan parliament stops commuting to Strasbourg the UN could be housed there instead.

As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...

Medvedev threatens "symmetrical" strikes on nuclear power plants in Ukraine & NATO member states if Kyiv were to inflict catastrophic damage on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This is Dimon's (insane) sabre rattling in response to an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on ZNPP today.

Washington and Moscow are fueling the Alberta separatist movement in order to weaken Canada: www.bbc.com/news/article...

“I don’t know, whether it’s two to three weeks or three to four weeks. What I’m really saying is, once you get to the minimum inventory levels and all-time low inventory levels, there’s only one way to go.” https://bit.ly/4fc27Ox

Trump posts an image of his “drone port” on top of the White House, which raises the question of who they’re planning to drone in and around DC

Estonia has switched on its first fixed drone-detection sensors on the Russian border — the start of a planned "drone wall" across its entire eastern frontier by year's end, after months of Baltic airspace breaches tied to Russia's war on Ukraine. euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/30/e...

He is trying to absorb the Taiwanese computer chip industry into the US economy. If he does, it would give America one less reason to defend the island against China ✏️ Tom Arms

UK military looks at allowing lethal strikes without human approval ft.trib.al/k6hFQ84

I'm looking at the White House, and I really don't think it does.

The European Union has warned that jet fuel shortages could become a reality if the Strait of Hormuz does not open “in the next weeks.”

Bleak. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Video from incident:

Hard to keep track of all the countries he's threatening to attack.

States run elections in the U.S. This is a bedrock principle of election administration in the U.S. And here's a Trump judge willing to let Trump get started on having a big role in determining who's eligible to vote. Insanity.

Ny molnpolicy från regeringen väntas klubbas idag. Jag har läst den och det är helt annan ton än tidigare: Svenska myndigheter ska i många fall välja svenskt eller europeiskt, och de ska kunna lämna utländska (läs amerikanska) snabbt vid en kris. www.dn.se/sverige/rege...

The United States said its embassy in Ukraine will remain open despite Russian warnings that diplomats who remain in Kyiv risk getting bombed.

Seems like good company to keep.

This looks like cowardice from the United States, but this move also supports fascist Russia by lending credence to Russia's blustering threats about attacking diplomats in Kyiv. Europe shows solidarity with Ukraine, the US does not. That's where we are now.

After years when the main uncertainty introduced by Trump was on the political level, we are now seeing a real impact on the working level of military capabilities, @rikefranke.bsky.social writes.

Why I have issues with neutrality in the EU…

“… navigating today’s era of economic conflict by appealing to the rule book is like turning up to a knife fight with a Scrabble manual. You might feel principled complaining that “stabbing your opponent” isn’t fun and certainly won’t deliver 50 bonus points. But you’ll still lose”.

Counterfeit war medals are reportedly wreaking havoc in Russia, where fraudsters are scamming wealthy donors, gaining access to schools (to lecture as veterans, lol), and winning leniency in court — where even investigators can't always verify claims against a jungle of classified records.

New: Federal agents pulled a gun on neighbors observing an arrest in Washington DC on Tuesday. Witnesses say the agents (from several agencies) were arresting a man for having an open beer. "There's a whole surge, right, that's coming out of the President's office," one agent is heard explaining.

Norway will participate in France's "forward deterrence" nuclear initiative. Norway will also sign a mutual defense treaty with France, known as the Narvik Agreement. www.tv2.no/nyheter/plan...

If the president did betray Taiwan, other US-aligned countries in the region will start making other plans. And Trump might not like the new alliances that emerge ✏️ Brian Hioe

"Trump admin aims to cut the forces earmarked to defend NATO by one-third to one-half. That includes cuts to U.S. commitments of long-range strike forces, such as strategic bombers, as well as some midair refueling tankers and warships." @starsandstripes.bsky.social www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...

Iranian officials said the latest US strikes only validated their scepticism and resolve to stand firm on demands.

‘Makes no sense’: experts doubt pause in US arms sale to Taiwan is due to Iran war

The SpaceX IPO will be the largest in history, and it's built almost entirely on hype. But it'll still make Elon Musk a trillionaire. And if you have a retirement account, you'll be invested in it whether you want to or not. My latest for Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/spacex-ipo...

⚡️Russia wasted a staggering $361 million on a massive drone and missile barrage targeting Ukraine this weekend. 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Translates to: "the Trump regime has zero intention of using either the US conventional or nuclear deterrent to aid its former NATO allies, but really doesn't want them to create an independent deterrent or be forced to remove US bases in Europe or on NATO territory."