Germany Signs Off On ‘Not Conscription’ Conscription Plan
German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

German lawmakers approved plan to attract more military recruits and mandatory fitness for service medical checks for young men.

Russian drones struck a house, killing a 12-year-old boy, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port.

Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”.

Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts to a community miles from the Ukrainian border after a resident mistook a drone for “a toy”.

Talks show Putin has no interest in peace and is stringing Western leaders along to achieve his own battlefield ends, Euro leaders said/

Russia would totally eliminate European opponents and be left with “nobody to negotiate with” if war came, Putin said in belligerent remarks.

Citizens want fresh elections, they could see Zelensky outed, and they will happen “immediately” after ceasefire, Ukraine’s ousted FM said.

The most senior military officer in NATO has spoken of the utility of “pre-emptive strike” as a “defensive action”.

The world’s biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales according to a report released Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the Elysée presidential palace.

Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services said.

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said.

President Zelensky said he was acting to get ahead of “rumours and speculation” as he dismissed his chief of staff and lead peace negotiator.

Man suspected of explosions that destroyed pipelines between Russia and Germany more than three years ago has been placed in custody

Peace negotiations risk disruption as top negotiator raided by Ukrainian anti-corruption police, apparently over nuclear energy kickbacks.

Eight people convicted on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was a “snake” who doesn’t tell the truth.

European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc.

Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least six people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. A Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people and damaged homes, authorities said.

The European counterproposal made during the Ukraine peace talks in Geneva on Sunday would reportedly allow Russia to be readmitted to the G8 alliance of major world economies and to place a cap on Ukraine’s military.

European leaders are set to meet in South Africa on Saturday to hash out alternatives to a U.S. plan to halt Russia’s war in Ukraine seen as favoring Moscow, while a top Ukrainian delegation prepares for direct talks with Washington.

To present a credible deterrence against Russian aggression in Europe, France’s civilians must be “prepared to accept losing its children”.

The air forces of several NATO states were scrambled overnight to protect the airspace of the alliance along its eastern border.

Poland closes Russian consulate in response to a “false flag… act of state terrorism” which saw a strategic railway bombed by saboteurs.

Poland’s PM say security services identified two suspects they say are behind the attempted bombing of a freight train within NATO territory.

An “act of sabotage” thought to be attempting to blow up a passing train on a “strategic railway” in NATO territory is being investigated.

France has agreed for the first time to provide Ukraine with fighter jets, as part of an deal struck between President Emmanuel Macron and President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Monday.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Paris on Monday as part of a Europe-wide tour seeking defence aid and contributions in his country’s fight against Russia.

A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely to be brokered before the spring, President Alexander Stubb of Finland said.

Ex-Zelensky ally Mindich accused of a multi-million dollar embezzlement and kickback scheme involving Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company.

Friday’s aerial assault, which also targeted Odesa in the south and Kharkiv in the northeast, was mostly aimed at Kyiv.

The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv´s top military commander said Wednesday.

Possible drone fragments found inside Romania’s border region following Russian strikes on Ukrainian Danube River ports overnight.

Ukrainian strikes disrupted power and heating to two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border, local Russian officials reported Sunday.

A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early on Saturday while many were sleeping, killing three and injuring 12 people, Ukrainian authorities reported.

A former NATO Sec Gen warns unless there is “major change of strategy” in favour of giving more support Ukraine risks becoming “forever war”.

Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones, following a spate of incursions into NATO airspace.

The number of Ukrainian refugees who see Germany as a permanent home rather than temporary place of shelter continues to rise.

Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an industrial plant around 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) inside Russia, local officials said.
