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☆ A Russian fighter jet clipped a US drone over the Black Sea, causing a crash and the 'complete loss' of the American aircraft, US military says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Russian fighter jet clipped a US military drone operating over the Black Sea on Tuesday. It's the latest aggressive maneuver by Russian forces against NATO members in eastern Europe. When the Russian plane clipped the drone, the US military was forced to bring the aircraft down in international waters. EUCOM criticized the incident as "reckless, environmentally unsound, and unprofessional" and said it demonstrates a "lack of competence" from Russian forces. Over the years, Russian aircraft have also repeatedly buzzed NATO warships in the Black Sea, and Russian jets have on a number of occasions conducted "unsafe" maneuvers around American planes.

[1/8] A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020. On the diplomatic and economic fronts, talks continued to extend a deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine's Black Sea ports that is due to expire this week, the United Nations and Turkey said. DRONE CRASHTwo Russian Su-27 jets carried out what the U.S. military described as a reckless intercept of the American spy drone while flying in international air space. The accounts of the incident in the Black Sea, which is bordered by Russia and Ukraine among other countries, could not be independently verified. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SUMMONEDRussia's Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov was summoned by the U.S. State Department to discuss what happened over the Black Sea, said spokesperson Ned Price.

☆ Ukrainian pilots are calling the US Air Force for tips on using US-made missiles and bombs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Members of the US Air National Guard have been providing advice for using US-made weaponry. Despite US support, Ukraine's air force is still at a disadvantage against Russia's larger force. Ukraine's air force still faces a tough operating environment. A California Air National Guard officer discusses exercise Safe Skies with his Ukrainian counterparts in July 2011. Ukrainian Air Force via Twitter"We've just got them some precision munitions that have some extended range and go a little bit further than a gravity-dropped bomb," Hecker added.

Now, with the fraud charges filed earlier this week against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the bankrupt FTX exchange, Williams has further solidified his office's growing role in prosecuting financial crimes involving cryptocurrency, according to interviews with a half-dozen former prosecutors. Bankman-Fried, 30, has acknowledged risk management failures at FTX but said he does not believe he has criminal liability. In the wake of Bankman-Fried's arrest, Williams has made clear he would plow on with cryptocurrency enforcement. On Wednesday, he announced wire fraud conspiracy charges against the founders of two separate cryptocurrency mining and trading companies he called Ponzi schemes. On Tuesday, Williams told reporters more charges in the FTX probe were possible.

☆ Trump has finished being grilled at Mar-a-Lago in E. Jean Carroll rape defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump was questioned under oath Wednesday in writer E. Jean Carroll's 2019 defamation case. The deposition was given at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort and residence. Trump may have pleaded the Fifth when asked about Carroll's claim that he'd raped her 30 years ago. Court papers have not revealed if Trump was ever forced to give up a DNA sample in the case. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in federal court in Manhattan on February 6, 2023.

☆ In War for Ukraine, Neither Side Controls the Skies but Russia Has Lost 55 Planes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Ukrainian soldier examines a fragment of a Russian Air Force jet after a battle earlier this year at the village of Kolonshchyna, Ukraine. Ukraine has shot down 55 Russian planes during the nearly seven-month conflict, precluding Moscow from achieving air superiority, the top U.S. Air Force commander for Europe said Monday. But Ukraine’s small air force lacks the capability to seize control, creating a situation in which the two sides are embroiled in a prolonged casualty-producing struggle on the ground, according to Gen. James Hecker , who commands the U.S. Air Force in Europe and Africa.

☆ Тихановская в Берлине: Нам нужна поддержка не на словах, а на деле
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +4 min

Экс-кандидат в президенты Беларуси Светлана Тихановская заканчивает двухдневный визит в столицу ФРГ. После предыдущего визита Светланы Тихановской в Берлин не прошло еще и двух с половиной месяцев. Визы для участников протестов в БеларусиО цели своего очередного визита в Германию Светлана Тихановская откровенно заявила еще до начала своих политических встреч в Берлине в интервью Der Spiegel: «Мы слышим много слов о поддержке, но нам нужны действия». Тихановская обратилась к белорусской диаспореВизит Светланы Тихановской в Берлин начался в воскресенье, 13 декабря, со встречи с проживающими в Германии представителями белорусской диаспоры. Представители белорусской диаспоры в Германии встречали Тихановскую, называя ее «избранным президентом Беларуси», «нашим президентом» или просто «белорусским президентом».

Persons: Светлана Тихановская, Ангела Меркель ( ), ФранкВальтер Штайнмайер ( ), Тихановскую, Насрин Сотуде, Лукашенко, Штайнмайер, Вольфганг Шойбле, Норберт Реттген, Ангела Меркель, Тихановская, Ян Хеккер, Штеффен Зайберт ( ), Зайберт, Кристоф Бургер, Хайко Мас, Тихановской Organizations: бундестаг, БеларусиО, диаспореВизит, МИД Locations: Беларусь, ФРГ, Берлин, Бельвю, Россия, Франция, США, Иран, Германия, ЕС, Запад, Жандарменмаркт, Европа

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