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Since the mid-1960s, Germany’s standing army size has declined dramatically to over 500,000 to just over 180,000 in 2024
Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military 
BERLIN — “Do you think you can trust Putin?” German Brig. Gen. Ralf Hammerstein asks with a wry smile.It’s a rhetorical question to which most of Europe would give the same answer – no.As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal to end the war in Ukraine — one that may end up being more favorable to Moscow than Kyiv — Europeans, for the first time in decades, are focusing on their own military might.Nowhere is that shift as prominent as in Germany. Its armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, have been the victim of years of underinvestment – but that is set to change.Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz has decided that now is the moment for Germany to invest in its military, on levels not seen since the Cold War.Germany has just passed a major reform to its...
March 24, 2025

Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military 

Municipal workers clean up after Russian drones hit shops during the night attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2025
Large Russian drone attack hits Ukraine's Odesa
KYIV — Ukrainian officials reported multiple regions came under Russian attack overnight — including the Black Sea port city of Odesa.Three people were injured and a residential high-rise building and shopping centre were damaged as Russian drones pummeled the city. Regional governor Oleh Kiper said the attack caused emergency power outages.“This is another reminder to the whole world: the war continues and Ukraine continues to fight,” the head of the Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, said in a statement.He said blazes erupted at at least three locations after the attack late Thursday. “Civilian infrastructure, commercial facilities are on fire, cars damaged,” Kiper detailed.Over 70 people and 20 fire engines were involved in extinguishing what the emergency services called “massive...
March 21, 2025

Large Russian drone attack hits Ukraine's Odesa

Passengers queue outside Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport in London (File photo)
Heathrow shutdown leaves thousands stranded as power outage disrupts flights
LONDON — A fire at an electrical substation in London has caused a power outage forcing Heathrow airport to shutter for a full day.At least 1,350 flights will be be impacted, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar 24 — not including flights that might be cancelled or delayed due to aircrafts being out of position.“To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, we have no choice but to close Heathrow” for the full day, the airport said, adding that it expects "significant disruption over the coming days."Passengers have been advised to not travel to the airport under any circumstances until it is reopened.Scores of flights have been diverted to other airports and several, including United Airlines flights from the US, have been canceled according to the...
March 21, 2025

Heathrow shutdown leaves thousands stranded as power outage disrupts flights

Heathrow Airport (file)
Heathrow Airport shuts down after major power outage
LONDON — Heathrow Airport is closing all day Friday because of a large fire at a nearby electrical substation that supplies it.The airport is experiencing a "significant power outage" because of the fire, a statement from Heathrow said."To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23:59 on 21 March," it added."Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and should contact their airline for further information. We apologize for the inconvenience.""Whilst fire crews are responding to the incident, we do not have clarity on when power may be reliably restored," a Heathrow spokesperson said, adding that staff were "working as hard as possible to resolve the situation".Passengers should not...
March 21, 2025

Heathrow Airport shuts down after major power outage

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, 18 March, 2025
EU leaders reject Putin's demand to halt military aid to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — The European Union has rejected Vladimir Putin's demand that military assistance to Ukraine should be completely halted as part of the ongoing negotiations towards a ceasefire, which the Russian leader has only partially accepted.Putin doubled down on his request during a phone call with Donald Trump on Tuesday, when he agreed to stop attacks against energy infrastructure, far below the broad, unconditional ceasefire that the US and Ukraine endorsed last week in Saudi Arabia."It was pointed out that a complete cessation of providing Kyiv with foreign military aid and intelligence must become the key condition for preventing an escalation of the conflict and making progress towards its resolution through political and diplomatic means," the Kremlin said in its...
March 21, 2025

EU leaders reject Putin's demand to halt military aid to Ukraine

Kaja Kallas has pitched a €40-billion plan for Ukraine
Kaja Kallas' €40-billion plan for Ukraine flounders at EU summit
BRUSSELS — The plan devised by High Representative Kaja Kallas to raise up to €40 billion in fresh military support for Ukraine failed to gain the necessary political traction during a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday, throwing its viability into serious doubt.The reaction was so lukewarm that some diplomats declared the project "dead".The summit's conclusions dedicated to Ukraine, endorsed as an "extract" by just 26 countries over Hungary's veto, only made a passing reference to the Kallas plan, without mentioning any objective of financial figures."The European Council recalls the initiatives to enhance EU military support to Ukraine, notably that of the High Representative to coordinate increased support by member states and other...
March 21, 2025

Kaja Kallas' €40-billion plan for Ukraine flounders at EU summit

Sir Keir Starmer says Putin would breach any deal if security arrangements are not in place to defend it
Putin would breach Ukraine deal if it is not defended, says Starmer
LONDON — Russian President Vladimir Putin would breach a peace deal with Ukraine if it is not defended, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after attending a meeting of senior military leaders in London.The UK prime minister said any agreement to stop the fighting between Russia and Ukraine would "only be lasting" if there were "security arrangements in place".He was speaking at Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, London, where more than 20 countries gathered at a closed meeting to discuss proposals for troops in Ukraine to help guarantee the country's security as part of any peace deal.Sir Keir said security arrangements would make clear to Russia there would be "severe consequences if they are to breach any deal".The prime minister said the UK and its...
March 21, 2025

Putin would breach Ukraine deal if it is not defended, says Starmer

Ukrainian servicemen react after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday.
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war
KYIV — Russia and Ukraine each swapped 175 prisoners of war on Wednesday in one of the largest exchanges since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago.The released servicemen were captured in multiple regions, including Mariupol, the Azovstal steel plant, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and even Kursk.After prisoners were released at the northern border of the two countries, they were then taken to a hospital in Ukraine's Chernihiv, where family members awaited their arrival."All of them will immediately receive the necessary medical and psychological assistance,' Zelensky said in a post on social media platform X.The Ukrainian leader expressed his gratitude toward the prisoners of war, as well as to the...
March 20, 2025

Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war

US President Donald Trump held a hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky (left) on Wednesday
Trump suggests US could run Ukraine's power plants
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a "very good" hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after speaking to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.Zelensky said afterward that he believed that "lasting peace can be achieved this year" under Trump's leadership.Possible US ownership of Ukraine's nuclear power plants was also discussed, the White House said, although Zelensky later stated this was only about the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia facility.The tone of the call seems to be in contrast to Zelensky's visit to the White House last month, in which the two leaders, along with US Vice-President JD Vance, were involved in a tense exchange.Wednesday marked the first time the two men have...
March 20, 2025

Trump suggests US could run Ukraine's power plants

Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits UK nuclear-armed submarine earlier this week
UK to host new Ukraine peacekeeping talks
LONDON — The UK is hosting a closed meeting on Thursday of senior military officers from the "coalition of the willing" as they draw up plans for a proposed peacekeeping force for Ukraine.More than 20 countries are thought to be involved.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to attend on Thursday afternoon after first visiting Barrow, where he is due to lay the keel of one of Britain's next generation of nuclear-armed submarines.Plans for a Western-led peacekeeping force for Ukraine are said to be moving to an operational phase.Senior military officers from nations that make up the "coalition of the willing", led by Britain and France, are due to discuss how this would work in practice when they gather at the UK's Permanent Joint Headquarters in...
March 20, 2025

UK to host new Ukraine peacekeeping talks

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