LIVE – War in Ukraine: Kremlin accuses Baltic leaders, wanted by Russia, of “hostile actions”

NATO cannot be an “a la carte alliance”. “Let’s get serious! Let’s get serious! NATO can’t be an a la carte alliance,” European diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said Monday, reacting to Donald Trump’s remarks, ahead of an EU ministerial meeting in Brussels. Alliances whose financial contributions are insufficient will no longer defend countries.

“In the times we live in, military alliances cannot function according to the mood of the President of the United States, not: ‘Yes, no, tomorrow, no, it depends’. Come on! ‘NATO either exists or it doesn’t exist, ‘ He was openly offended. “During this (American election) campaign, we’re going to see and hear a lot of things (…) Don’t count on me to comment on all the stupid ideas that will be expressed during the national campaign in the United States. . ” he said. he warned.

Starlink used by the Russian military? The Kremlin has formally denied Kiev’s allegations that Russian forces use the Elon Musk-owned Starlink satellite internet access service. “This is an unproven system in our country, which cannot be officially supplied here and which is not officially supplied,” Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. “Therefore, it cannot be used in any way,” he assured.

Starlink owner Elon Musk denied any delivery of his system in Moscow on Sunday. “This is completely false. To our knowledge, no Starlink terminal has been sold directly or indirectly to Russia,” he declared on X (formerly Twitter), the social network he owns.

Is Moscow on the verge of gaining the upper hand militarily? Presenting the annual risk assessment report by the Norwegian security services, the head of military intelligence, Nils Andres Stensons, said that Kiev would need “significant” Western military assistance to hope to turn the situation around, while Moscow seemed at best. “In this war, Russia is currently in a stronger position than it was a year ago and is gaining an advantage,” the official told reporters.

To support his point, the Norwegian leader argued that Russia “can raise three times as many troops as Ukraine”, that “Moscow is adapting to the sanctions better than expected” and that its industry now produces munitions, combat vehicles, Able to manufacture drones and drones. The missiles allow its forces to “maintain their war effort throughout the year”.

Paris exposes a Russian propaganda network. France has uncovered a “structured and coordinated Russian propaganda” network targeting European countries and the United States, aimed at legitimizing the war against Ukraine and whose content “damages the fundamental interests of the nation,” diplomatic sources announced Monday. At least 193 websites make up this network, according to Viginum, a French organization fighting foreign digital interference, which published a report.

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