Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, struck an optimistic tone about Ukraine’s chances against Russia, and told the Financial Times last week that Kyiv finds itself in its best position since the start of the war and still benefits from the full support from NATO.
Ukraine continued to batter the Russian energy system last week and carried out more drone strikes on separate days, targeting oil refineries and Russian tankers, which has resulted in additional problems for the country’s fuel supply.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week announced that the U.S. agreed to sell Germany Tomahawk long-range missiles after the NATO summit in Ankara, which he said exceeded his wildest expectations, claiming that the alliance emerged “united, strong, and confident,” according to the Financial Times.
Colombia and Peru held recent national elections that saw candidates closely aligned with President Donald Trump win office, which WSWS noted became the latest countries in Latin America to fall into the ‘far-right’ camp with Washington.
A Washington think tank published a study last week that said at least two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed in the Ukraine War that started in February 2022 and shows no end in sight.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, announced last week that his country signed a $2.54 billion deal with Saab, the Swedish defense manufacturer, to produce 16 Gripen E fighters for its military, which are expected to be delivered beginning in 2027.
Mark Rutte, the Head of NATO, said in an interview last week with the Financial Times that companies in the U.S. have been benefiting financially from Europe’s rearmament and that there was a “total order book now of $300 billion outstanding of European and Canadian sales from the U.S. over the next couple of years” that supports nearly 200,000 jobs in the country.
President Donald Trump is expected to join NATO members during a summit this week in Ankara and confirm Washington’s commitment to Article 5 of the alliance’s mandate, which loosely means that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Kenyan President William Ruto’s government last week ordered sections of Nairobi, the country’s capital, to be locked down in hopes of stopping Gen Z protests.
Mark Rutte, the secretary-general of NATO, said last week that alliance members helped the U.S. carry out its illegal war of aggression against Iran by allowing the Pentagon to use military bases across Europe, despite President Donald Trump’s claims that Washington was abandoned by the military alliance during the war. The Financial Times, citing an......