#Russia alarmed #NATO allies by proposing to unilaterally redraw its border in the #Baltic Sea, before withdrawing the bombshell text without offering an explanation.
By deepening economic relations with both #China and #Russia, #Orbán hopes to give #Hungary an oversized say in global decision-making. And his “friendship” with #Putin is feeding the ever-growing clientelism within his government and funding his cronies.
For example, while other European countries have been downgrading the size of their staff at Russian embassies and consulates, staff numbers at the Russian Embassy in Budapest are on the rise.
"A Russian Defence Ministry proposal to revise Russia’s maritime border in the eastern #BalticSea was deleted on May 22 from an official portal after creating confusion and concern among #Nato members such as #Finland, #Sweden, #Lithuania and #Estonia. According to the draft decree dated May 21, the ministry proposed adjusting the border around Russian islands in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland and around #Kaliningrad
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" DOD: Russia’s use of Starlink will be a ‘continuous problem’ in Ukraine.
The Pentagon and #SpaceX have been working together to shut off Russia’s use of #Starlink."
"Ukraine Army Gunners Now Finding – Some – Shells to Hit Latest Russian Assaults
Critical calibers are still in short supply and it looks like the Ukrainian army has nowhere near sufficient shell for major bombardments. Western ammo resupply is still en route, mostly."
#Russia has declared an intention to unilaterally extend its territorial waters on #Baltic sea in a way that collides with territorial waters of #Finland and #Lithuania. Russian Ministry of Defense (!) proposed to cancel the 1985 #USSR decision of demarcation of the sea borders and redraw them according to “new geographical references”, and then declare them “internal waters”.
Obviously, this looks very much like a poorly disguised attempt to create an strategic dilemma for #NATO by unilaterally opening a territorial dispute with two NATO members without really invading anyone yet. In case of NATO inaction the next step will be Russian actually enforcing their “new territorial waters” by threatening or sinking ships sailing to Finland and Lithuania. And if the inaction continues, the next step will be likely establishing “new geographical references” on one of the land borders of NATO countries.
The European Union has approved the transfer of proceeds from Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said.
"Today we decided within the EU to transfer to Ukraine the funds received as a result of freezing the assets of the Russian Central Bank. This year alone, this amount could reach up to 3 billion euros," he said. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#EU#NATO