nieuw global risks report: www.weforum.org/publications...

🇩🇪"Russia will not win." Merz called on Putin to stop the war on the front lines and threatened to increase pressure on the Russian economy. "We are sending a clear signal to Russia: the time has come to start negotiations, freeze the front line, and stop the killing," he said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the United States has, for the first time, approved language stating it is no longer a neutral mediator on Ukraine. He said Washington now openly backs Ukraine’s territorial integrity, military and energy support, and sanctions on Russia. #Ukraine

🇺🇦‼️ In the draft statement, NATO allies also vow to bolster Ukraine with €70 billion in military support and promise a sum that is at least equivalent for next year, said the diplomats, - POLITICO Overall, talks on the draft declaration are “going smoothly”

“The enduring threat from Moscow is not one that Washington should readily dismiss or simply hand off to Europeans,” argues Michael Kofman. “The United States and its European allies need a more grounded conversation on the future Russian military threat and how to deter it.”

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US State Department estimates that "Ukraine is now at a point where it is winning the war." This was stated by Jeremy Lewin, US Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, at the "Ukrainian Dinner" organized in Gdansk.

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Free midweek update is out. We are watching the most remarkable US negotiating effort in American diplomatic history. The US is negotiating while destroying its own leverage. It has made the Iranian government the believable partner in the talks. Extraordinary. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

While Trump is focused on the Reflecting Pool, Arc de Trump, and East Wing Ballroom…. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/t...

⚡️Belarusian opposition warns Ukraine of plans for Minsk to enter war. The document, created by the United Transition Cabinet of Belarus, outlines clear policy areas pointing to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's domestic shift towards a wartime posture.

Over the past 24 hours, Russians launched 846 strikes on 50 settlements across the region. Twenty-six residential buildings were damaged. ▪️ Sumy region: One person was killed and 13 injured. Apartment buildings, private homes, administrative and utility buildings were damaged.

So this is what you call a toll that you do not want to call a toll….

⚡️Russian attacks kill 11, injure 91 in Ukraine over past day. Russia launched 105 long-range kamikaze Shahed-type drones and four ballistic missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Germany will allocate $400 million for the purchase of air defence missiles for Ukrainian Patriot air defense systems, Boris Pistorius said, - EP ❗️$200 million will be directed through the PURL mechanism, and another $200 million will go through JUMPSTART program.

Hoogspanning op voorbereidende NAVO-top, Rutte: ‘Terugtrekking troepen VS direct ingegaan’

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...

Again, need to say it - if Biden, Obama or any other Democratic President publicly endorsed Iran having ballistic missiles after launching an ill advised war to essentially eliminate Iran's missile launching capabilities - Congress (even a Dem led one) would launch impeachment proceedings next day.

Moskou kampt met een tekort aan S-300-luchtverdedigingsraketten, bericht CBS News op basis van Oekraïense bronnen. De krapte komt enerzijds door Oekraïense aanvallen, anderzijds doordat Rusland deze raketten ook inzet voor (surface-to-surface) aanvallen.

'Finland staat vanaf nu vervoer en opslag van kernwapens op grondgebied toe' www.nu.nl/algemeen/639...

Not to mention the fate of the Iranian people, rhe security of the Gulf monarchies and the freedom of rhe seas

The "Khartiia" Army Corps a of Ukraine's National Guard training for fully robotic assault tactics against frontline positions using ground drones armed with Browning M2 machine guns, without any infantry involvement.

In 2030 moet Nederland een stuk minder afhankelijk zijn van de VS dan nu

Trump thinks he’s a winner. In Iran, he’s a loser. The White House talk points on the deal paint an alternative reality that makes that abundantly clear. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/trumps-alt...

✈️🇩🇪 Germany is ready to fight against Russia today and will defend every inch of NATO territory, - German Air Force commander NATO will strike Kaliningrad, the Kola Peninsula, St. Petersburg, and the Black Sea in the event of a war against Russia.

'Frankrijk: aanval op kathedraal Kyiv is als een aanval op de Notre Dame' www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/f...

Poetin staat onder druk, dus antwoordt hij met meer terreur. Een historisch klooster, musea, theaters, een school: vannacht was weer niks heilig voor de Russische agressie. (1/2)

En voor iedereen die beweert dat Poetin opkomt voor ‘traditionele waarden’: hoe past het bombarderen van kerken en kloosters hierin (naast het zinloos vermoorden van duizenden Oekraïners)? Deze Russische terreur mag zich niet verspreiden. Oekraïne verdient voluit onze steun! 🇺🇦 (2/2)

“Authoritarian states are not ten feet tall and bulletproof. As history shows, and as Russia has demonstrated in Ukraine, they make catastrophic errors. They can be beaten.” www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

"The deal that he has now struck reflects the failure of the military option.” @gideonrachman.bsky.social

"We hebben heel veel potentieel bij onze universiteiten, maar dat blijft nu onbenut," zegt HCSS onderzoeksdirecteur Tim Sweijs bij De Correspondent. "We moeten universiteiten nauwer betrekken bij investeringen."

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Sounds as if SACEUR/CINCEUCOM were tailoring his analysis to what may please his US political boss. I hope I'm wrong . Source: today's @financialtimes.com

🇺🇦🇫🇷 Ukraine and France are discussing strengthening Ukraine's air defense system, including the accelerated procurement of radars and an additional supply of Aster-30 long-range missiles for the SAMP/T air defense system. These issues were discussed by Defense Minister Fedorov and French Minister.

‼️ Almost 46% of all Russian federal budget expenditures in the first quarter of 2026 were related to financing the war, - Militarnyi This is stated in analysis of Janis Kluge, an expert at German Institute for International and Security Affairs, prepared on the basis of Russian budget statistics.

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Artist David Hockney dies aged 88 ft.trib.al/bL76ruv

volgende terugtrekkende bewegingen, juist in domein -airpower- dat enerzijds de asymmetrische edge v nato deterrence is, anderzijds het domein waarin europa zo zwaar leunt op vs bijdragen. U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/w...

U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/w...

One thing that should be very clear now, is that every one of Trump's claims in the last two months that an agreement with Iran was close, imminent, just around the corner, and that Iran had been militarily defeated and desperate for a deal....was made up. All were lies, every one.

Taking Kharg Island means US troops on the ground. This has the potential to get very bad. *If* he’s not talking his usual bullshit.

An incredibly powerful letter because Healey has been exceptionally discreet and honourable in his tenure. One can only hope it leads to a rethink on underfunding defence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meerdere oud-betrokkenen van Forum voor Democratie zeggen in de documentaire van PowNed dat in de kring rond FvD en jongerenbeweging JFvD de Holocaust werd ontkend en bewonderend werd gesproken over nazi-Duitsland. FvD ontwikkelt zich als een nazistische partij. Ik waarschuw er al jaren voor.

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Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare.

🇺🇦👀 61% of Ukrainians trust Zelenskyy. This is the highest figure among all politicians and public figures, according to Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

📅🇺🇦 The duration of Russia’s war in Ukraine has reached the scale of the First World War Today, June 10, is the 1568th day of Russian full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

⚡️6 killed, 60 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day as Kharkiv targeted for 2nd day in a row. The Air Force said Russia launched 207 drones, 181 of which were intercepted. At least 21 drones struck 14 locations, while falling debris was recorded at 13 sites.

Kaja Kallas announced that Operation IRINI naval forces in the Mediterranean have updated their rules of engagement to allow the boarding of Russian "shadow fleet" vessels.