Rusijos karas prieš Ukrainą ir bandymai grasinti NATO

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Beje jei kalbant ape Europą bendrai trečiadienį prie Berlyno (ir kalbant apie tai kaip Europa nieko nedaro) įvyko labai svarbus įvykis: pirmoji Arrow 3 baterija pradėjo budėjimą:

Germany on Wednesday became the first European nation to deploy the Arrow air defence system, built to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles such as Russia's Oreshnik, as it seeks to counter what it sees as a growing threat from Moscow.
"Who could have imagined that only 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the Jewish state, through the technologies it develops, would help defend not only Germany but all of Europe," Israel's ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor said.

Taip, tai ta pati sistema kuri sėkmingai naikino iraniečių raketas. Kontraktas pasirašytas 2023 metais, pradžia European Sky Shield Initiative realizacijos. Nieko panašaus Europos šalys dar neturėjo.

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Analitikai: kaip Rusija pasinaudos Indija pasigaminti dronų smūgiams į Ukrainą

Analitikai atkreipė dėmesį į tai, kad „Rostec“ generalinis direktorius Sergejus Čemezovas prieš porą dienų pareiškė, jog Rusija veda derybas su Indija dėl rusiškų dronų „Lancet“ gamybos lokalizavimo Indijoje.

Vakarams irgi būtų alternatyva, nes Kinija gali ir neparduoti dronų ar jų komponentų kai prireiks.

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Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.

When Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Kyiv’s Western allies faced a dilemma: how to spend billions supporting a government fighting Russia without watching the money vanish into the pockets of corrupt managers and government officials.

The stakes were high because Ukraine’s vital wartime industries — power distribution, weapons purchases and nuclear energy — were controlled by state-owned companies that have long served as piggy banks for the country’s elite.

To protect their money, the United States and European nations insisted on oversight. They required Ukraine to allow groups of outside experts, known as supervisory boards, to monitor spending, appoint executives and prevent corruption. Over the past four years, a New York Times investigation found, the Ukrainian government systematically sabotaged that oversight, allowing graft to flourish.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration has stacked boards with loyalists, left seats empty or stalled them from being set up at all. Leaders in Kyiv even rewrote company charters to limit oversight, keeping the government in control and allowing hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent without outsiders poking around.

Supervisory boards serve an essential oversight function, allowing independent experts, typically from other countries, to scrutinize major decisions inside Ukrainian state-owned companies

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Rekordinis D.Tusko posto populiarumas per savaitgalį.
12.05 JAV paskelbė nacionalinio saugumo strategiją

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