Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, said the EU needs to come together to ramp up weapon production because the world has become a much “rougher” place.
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UKRAINE MP: NO NATO, WE MUST GO NUCLEAR
Alexey Goncharenko, a Ukrainian MP, said Ukraine must obtain a nuclear weapon—or produce one itself—if it stands a chance against Russia.
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DENMARK: WAR WITH RUSSIA POSSIBLE WITHIN 3 YEARS
Denmark's top military official repeated NATO’s new line that Russia could attack the alliance within three years to test the alliance’s adherence to its collective defense package called Article 5.
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U.S. SENATE BILL TO SEND $95 BILLION TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE TO KEEP WARS GOING
The U.S. Senate met on Sunday to vote for an emergency aid bill for Ukraine’s losing war effort against Russia and to fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza in a “bipartisan” vote because there is only one true party in Washington: the war party.
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COUNTDOWN TO WAR WITH RUSSIA: ESTONIA SAYS WORLD HAS FIVE YEARS TO PREPARE
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, who has been pushing for the U.S. to intervene in Ukraine’s fight against Russia since the beginning of the war, warned that NATO has five years to prepare for an all-out war with Russia, a claim that Moscow brushed aside.
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PUTIN READY FOR LONG HAUL IN UKRAINE WAR
Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated during a year-end press conference last week that he is prepared to fight in Ukraine for the long haul.
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U.S., NATO ANNOUNCE THEY WILL SUSPEND KEY COLD WAR ARMS TREATY WITH RUSSIA
Washington and Brussels announced last week that they would suspend the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe after Russia announced that it would end its participation.
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NATO HEAD: GET READY FOR A LONG WAR IN UKRAINE
Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, told a German news outlet on Sunday that the Western countries supporting Ukraine should prepare for a “long war” because most conflicts stretch longer than first thought.
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WAR DRUMS BEATING IN SWEDEN: STOCKHOLM SEEKS BIG INCREASE IN DEFENSE SPENDING AS NATO MEMBERSHIP LOOMS
Sweden announced last week that it will increase military spending by about 30 percent in 2024 in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, stating that it now faces its “most serious security situation” since WWII.
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NATO CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALLIANCE’S EXPANSION LED TO RUSSIAN INVASION
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, gave some of the history that led up to Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine—notably his alliance’s decision to continue its march eastward.