British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that his military will transition to “war-fighting readiness” amid new threats to Europe and said his goal will be to accelerate U.K.’s military buildup, so it becomes a “battle-ready, armor-clad nation with the strongest alliances and the most advanced capabilities equipped for the decades to come.”
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Jun 3 2025
AS FORECAST: UKRAINE RAMPS UP ATTACK ON SOFT TARGETS IN RUSSIA AFTER PEACE TALKS
As we had forecast, the EU and U.K. would ramp up the Ukraine War.
AS FORECAST: POLAND VOTES FOR RIGHTWING NATIONALIST IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
Karol Nawrocki, the independent candidate for president in Poland who was backed by the “right-wing” Law and Justice (PiS) party, was declared the winner in the country’s election after securing 50.89 percent of the vote.
UKRAINE CARRIES OUT MAJOR DRONE STRIKE ON RUSSIAN AIR BASES BEFORE TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS
Ukraine carried out a major drone operation on Russian airfields on Sunday in an attack codenamed Spiderweb, in what some pro-Russian bloggers called Moscow’s “Pearl Harbor.”
TURKEY AND BELGIUM WILL JOIN DRONE COALITION TO HELP UKRAINE WITH ITS ATTACKS ON RUSSIA
Turkey and Belgium will join the international drone coalition to help support Ukraine in its war of attrition against Russia, Andris Spruds, the defense minister from Latvia, said last week.
ONLY THE U.S. CAN ARM ALLIES! WEST SAYS NORTH KOREA IS ARMING THE RUSSIANS
A group of Western countries issued a report last week that said North Korea has been arming the Russians with ballistic missiles and troops amid Moscow’s war with Kyiv in violation of UN resolutions that has helped Moscow “increase its missile attacks against Ukrainian cities, including targeted strikes on critical civilian infrastructure.”
U.K. SAYS COUNTRY MUST PREPARE FOR DIRECT WAR WITH RUSSIA AS IT ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR LONG-RANGE WEAPONS
John Healey, the British defense secretary, said Sunday that London will spend at least £3 billion on its long-range weapons that he said is a clear “message to Moscow.”
MERZ THREATENS SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY FOR REFUSING TO JOIN SANCTION MARCH AGAINST RUSSIA
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to ramp up pressure against European countries who disagree with the bloc’s anti-Russia policy and announced last week that Berlin could support Slovakia and Hungary losing European Union funding if they continue refusing the bloc’s sanction policy against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
GERMANY IS NOW ‘DIRECTLY ENGAGING’ IN WAR AGAINST RUSSIA: LAVROV
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, said last week that Germany is “now directly engaging” in war against Russia after recent comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about lifting limits on long-range weapons for Ukraine, and promising to help Kyiv ramp up production of weapons that threaten the Russian state.
CANADA’S CARNEY SAYS OTTAWA AIMS TO JOIN EU’S REARMAMENT PLAN
Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said last week that Ottawa plans to join the European Union’s rearmament plan in the face of what he sees as a threat from Russia and an unreliable partner to his south.