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Ukraine military aid delayed over NATO funding row – media 
Delivery of Bulgarian BTR-60s to Ukraine faces further delays as Sophia wants the bloc to pay shipping costs, Euractiv has reported  RTTue, 20 Feb 2024
About 32,000 NATO Troops Deployed Near Russia, Belarus Borders - LukashenkoMINSK (Sputnik) - About 32,000 NATO soldiers, over 1,000 armored vehicles, 235 airplanes and helicopters are deployed near Russia's and Belarus's borders, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.Sputnik Tue, 20 Feb 2024 Small EU country becomes Russia’s biggest whisky supplier – media
Latvia became Russia’s top whisky supplier last year despite Western sanctions, RIA Novosti has reported  RTTue, 20 Feb 2024
Chinese Foreign Ministry: NATO ‘Should Stop Its Tricks’ In Regards to NavalnyOn Friday, Russian Alexey Navalny died while serving a 19-year sentence in a Russian prison for fraud and extremism. He reportedly lost consciousness after feeling unwell following a walk. The cause of his death is still being investigated.Sputnik Tue, 20 Feb 2024 Biden brands US Republicans ‘shocking’
US President Joe Biden says Republicans are “walking away” from Russian threat and NATO by refusing to approve more Ukraine aid RTMon, 19 Feb 2024
How Eurobonds to Arm Ukraine May Strip EU Members of Sovereignty
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has proposed issuing €100 billion ($107.8 billion) in Eurobonds to boost Europe's defense industries. Is the plan realistic, and what risks does it carry?Sputnik Mon, 19 Feb 2024
Report on Leak of NATO Sub Secrets Near Nord Stream Aims to Muddle Public OpinionGerman media has marched lockstep with its US counterparts amid Western countries’ ‘investigations’ into the September 2022 attack on Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline network, claiming the piece of infrastructure was targeted by amateur Ukrainian saboteurs, and not the United States.Sputnik Mon, 19 Feb 2024 Ukraine Doesn’t Have Resources to Maintain Mish-Mash of Foreign Fighter Types: OfficialKiev expects the first of its long-promised F-16 fighter jets to arrive in the country as soon as June as pilots wrap up training. Russia’s military has vowed to make short work of NATO’s workhorse multirole jets as soon as they arrive.Sputnik Mon, 19 Feb 2024 Germany gives timeframe for possible Russian ‘attack’ on NATO – Bloomberg
Russia could launch an offensive against NATO in in five to eight years, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has told Bloomberg RTMon, 19 Feb 2024
'If You Don't Pay, You Get Kicked Out' - Senator Graham Chides NATO MembersNATO members are obligated by a Defense Investment Pledge to devote no less than two percent of their GDP annually to defense spending, but most US allies are underperforming, according to Senator Lindsey Graham.Sputnik Mon, 19 Feb 2024
In the ‘Truth’ there is no news,
in the ‘News’ there is no truth.
Soviet era aphorism about the newspapers Pravda (Truth) and Izvestiya (News).
The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia, if they do not wish to be one, must reconcile themselves to being the other.” — George F. Kennan (1904–2005)

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