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NATO vows to stick with Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’ (www.politico.eu)

We are pretty much becoming a de facto NATO army,” Ukraine’s foreign minister says in his first NATO-Ukraine Council meeting.

Why Ukrainians see no sense in negotiating with Russia now (www.politico.eu)

According to the country’s historical experience, if the Russian state exists in its current form, it will not engage in sincere negotiations, or sign a peace deal in good faith.

Ukraine warns of nuclear disaster as Russia orders staff to leave power plant (www.politico.eu)

International Atomic Energy Agency found no visible mines at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station but still needs better access.

No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff (www.politico.eu)

Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.

Russia fines Apple, Wikipedia for leaving up content it doesn’t like about Ukraine war (www.politico.eu)

No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)

Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks (www.politico.eu)

Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....

Most Brits reckon Brexit has failed, new poll finds (www.politico.eu)

‘Unprecedented’ rail traffic between North Korea and Russia suggests military transfers (www.politico.eu)

Pyongyang could very well be helping Moscow to gear up in its war with Ukraine, according to satellite imagery of the Tumangang rail facility at the border with Russia recorded by the U.S. think tank Beyond Parallel and made public on Friday....

Cuba arrests 17 for luring young men to fight for Russia (www.politico.eu)

Suspects could face life in jail or even death sentence, prosecutor says.

Cuba exposes Russian human trafficking ring for military recruitment (www.politico.eu)

Traffickers target Cuban citizens to recruit them for Moscow’s war against Ukraine.

Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China (www.politico.eu)

Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...

Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says (www.politico.eu)

Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation (www.politico.eu)

Ukraine declares war on Russia’s Black Sea shipping (www.politico.eu)

Kyiv warns it’s ‘completely unjustifiable’ for Western vessels to continue shipping Russian oil.

Russian lawmaker flees country after decrying ‘monster’ Putin (www.politico.eu)

‘The whole world looks at us as if we’re insane,’ Sergei Medvedev says....

Russia must be held to full account for its aggression (www.politico.eu)

On its own, a Ukrainian battlefield victory won’t be sufficient if Russia’s wrongs are left intact and its crimes unpunished.

Ukraine says it killed top Russian admiral in Crimea missile attack (www.politico.eu)

’34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian armed forces,’ Kyiv says.

Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles (www.politico.eu)

KYIV — Ukraine on Thursday confirmed it wrecked a Russian submarine with British weapons, during a missile attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea....