Transnistria Ups the Ante Amid Creeping Pressure From Moldovadr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 28 februari 2024 19:38 Det här handlar, som jag har skrivit om, inte i första hand om Transnistrien (som är en landstrimma med kanske 500.000 invånare) utan om Moldavien.
Sakta men säkert kvävs utbrytarrepubliken Transnistriens ekonomi av Moldavien och Ukraina. Nästa år tar Rumänien över som Moldaviens nya elleverantör.Carnegie Politika skrev:Such extraordinary sessions are rare: this was the seventh in thirty-four years of Transnistria’s existence. In almost every case, they have resulted in major decisions, including a declaration of independence in 1990, approving the de facto state’s constitution and state symbols in 1991, and appealing to Moscow to recognize their independence in 2006.
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Chisinau is often criticized for not having a roadmap for resolving the conflict with Transnistria. But as time goes by, its intentions are becoming clearer. Without making any major public announcements, Chisinau seems determined to show that things can be concluded without negotiations.
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Yet there’s not much they can do. Before the war in Ukraine, Tiraspol was able to play Chisinau, Kyiv, and Moscow off against one another. But now, Kyiv and Chisinau are on the same side. The Transnistrian section of the Moldova–Ukraine border has been closed since the start of the war, which means almost all of Transnistria’s imports and exports have to go via Moldova—giving Chisinau and the EU control over its economic flows.
Argentina’s Javier Milei says he doesn’t need congress to save the economydr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 28 februari 2024 21:02 Krigshetsaren och Netanyahu-anhängaren Badhwar ger jag fullkomligt i. Dessutom är det ingen rimlig förklaring, bara propaganda.
Argentinas anarkokapitalist Milei är en annan Netanyahu-anhängare som stödjer Ukraina. Två ryska militärhelikoptrar - det är bara att tacka och ta emot!Financial Times skrev:Milei has prioritised alliances with “countries that defend freedom”, including the US, Israel — which he visited earlier this month — and Ukraine, to which he has donated two Russian-built military helicopters.
Milei said he planned to host a “summit of Latin America support” for Ukraine later this year, marking a sharp difference with other regional leaders such as Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who have taken a more neutral position.
A crucial alliance for Argentina is with the US, the largest stakeholder in the IMF, as the fund weighs how much flexibility to give Milei’s government in the next few years on the $44bn loan that the country is struggling to repay, and whether to lend more.
Armenia talks about possible joining EU
Armenien letar också efter nya allierade efter att ha dumpats av Ryssland. De europeiska demokratierna lockar, men inte Israel som ju beväpnar Azerbajdzjan.RBC-Ukraine skrev:Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan thinks that Armenia should consider the possibility of becoming a candidate for membership in the European Union, reports Azatutyun.am.
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Yesterday, it became known that the government is ready to legally freeze the country's participation in the CSTO if the position of the organization regarding the territorial integrity of Armenia does not change.
The media also reported that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, would visit Armenia in the near future.
French Prime Minister explains need for foreign military presence in Ukrainedr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 27 februari 2024 9:27 Ja, alltså, sång- och dansmannen Macron vet hur man skapar rubriker. Det vore bättre om han kunde skaka fram några SAMP/T-system ytterligare. Eller håller systemet inte måttet i en stridssituation?
Både premiärminister Gabriel Attal och utrikesminister Stéphane Séjourné backar upp Macron. Frankrikes regering står alltså på sig när Scholz duckar igen.RBC-Ukraine skrev:France may send its military to Ukraine, in particular, to patrol the borders and train Ukrainian soldiers, according to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
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"When we talk about French soldiers (in Ukraine - ed.), we can also talk about soldiers who are involved in training, ground air defense, or the defense of a certain number of borders," Attal says.
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In turn, French Foreign Minister Stéphane Sejourne explained what operations foreign troops could carry out in Ukraine.
Sarmat, Zircon, and Burevestnik: What's known about Putin's 'one-of-a-kind' weaponsdr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑torsdag 15 februari 2024 17:53 Oavsett ev. prestanda har ju Putin och underhuggare hotat med detta vapen i många år. Vapnet är, som nästan alla andra ryska missiler, i huvudsak
tänkt som en kärnvapenbärare, med en laddning på uppskattningsvis 100-200 kiloton.
Vidare bekräftar Putin att Ryssland har använt Zircon i Ukraina, men resultaten verkar återigen ha uteblivit. Tredje gången gillt med Avangard?RBC-Ukraine skrev:Putin then practically confirmed strikes with the anti-ship Zircon.
"Also, in combat, the sea-based hypersonic strike complex Zircon has already been employed, which was not even mentioned in the 2018 address. But this system is also operational," he said.
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The Avangard is a missile complex equipped with a guided combat unit. It's worth noting that Russia is developing three hypersonic weapon programs, and the Avangard is the third after the Kinzhal and Zircon.