NATO defense forces shot down a drone over Lithuania during the night, President Nauseda announced, speaking of an "intensification of Russian aggression against Ukraine". A Russian frigate fired two flares at a Danish military helicopter in international waters off the coast of Denmark. Double attack against two petrol stations in Kiev: 1 dead
Italian NATO fighters shot down a drone over Lithuania during the night, President Nauseda announced, speaking of an "intensification of Russian aggression against Ukraine". According to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto it is "probable that the drone was Russian". The Russian Defense Ministry has released the video of a new drone attack on the Yahodyn border post, in the Ukrainian region of Volhynia on the border with Poland, which was already hit last Sunday. But the new tensions between Russia and Europe/Nato did not end here. In fact, a Russian frigate launched two flares towards a Danish military helicopter in international waters, off the coast of Denmark, narrowly missing the aircraft. The helicopter was carrying out a routine mission to photograph the Russian ship, the Danish Defense Command said. Copenhagen will summon the Russian ambassador to discuss the incident. Moscow: "provocative actions" from Danish helicopter.
If Poland were to wage war on Russia, Moscow "would use its entire arsenal of available forces and resources, and the Polish state would cease to exist in two or three days", Nikolay Patrushev, advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, further stated in an interview on the website of the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper, reported by Tass.
Meanwhile, Trump announces a stop to raids on refineries between Moscow and Kiev, an agreement which, however, does not yet appear to be concluded. Zelensky says he is ready for "de-escalation measures" if Putin does the same. "We certainly consider it a very good idea," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.
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Tajani: "Moscow is provoking like the USSR did"
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Tajani: "Salvini has never opposed sending weapons to Kiev"
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Moscow: political tourists and foreign diplomats in Kiev leave the country after train raids
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