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☆ Poland says it might go rogue and send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine without Berlin's approval
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Poland wants to send German-made battle tanks to Ukraine. Poland's prime minister said his country may just send tanks without Berlin's permission. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that his country might send the German-made tanks to Kyiv without Berlin's approval on the transfer. Finland, an aspiring NATO member with Leopard tanks in its arsenal, has also indicated that it would send tanks as part of a coalition, but with German approval. NATO countries have put pressure on Germany to send or approve the transfer of Leopard tanks, but without any progress.
☆ UK to supply tanks as Russian missiles hit across Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
Earlier this month, France said it would send AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles to Ukraine, designated “light tanks” in French. Sunak’s announcement came as Russian forces fired missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on Saturday in the first major barrage in days. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Gov. On Saturday morning, two Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. But that cuts both ways, as Ukraine says its fierce defense of the eastern strongholds has helped tie up Russian forces.
☆ Poland plans to give Ukraine Leopard tanks as part of coalition
  + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Poland's President Andrzej Duda attend a joint news briefing with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, January 11, 2023. Duda said that he hoped that the Polish tanks, together with tanks from other countries, would soon travel to Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday that Poland did not intend to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine without the formation of a broader coalition. Any re-export of Leopard tanks requires approval by the government in Berlin. However, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday that it was not aware of any requests from its allies to send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.
☆ All-female team replaces Juan Guaidó as face of Venezuela opposition
  + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female team of mostly unknown exiled former lawmakers to replace the beleaguered Juan Guaidó as the face of its faltering efforts to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Meanwhile, Maduro’s supporters seemed to be relishing the opposition’s squabbles. At Thursday’s session inaugurating the legislative year, loyalist lawmakers re-elected Jorge Rodriguez to lead the National Assembly. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday that the U.S. stands ready to work with any individual, or collective body, chosen by the 2015 National Assembly to represent it. We support the 2015 National Assembly as the only remaining vestige of democracy in Venezuela.”
☆ Ukraine's attack on one of Russia's most important bases shows Putin is losing his grip on the Black Sea
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Robert Farley | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Sevastopol is vital to Russian power-projection in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and beyond. (The frigate, Admiral Makarov, became the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet upon the sinking of the cruiser Moskva). Moreover, Ukraine's access to Western anti-ship missiles has already made the Black Sea inhospitable for Russian ships. Russia's hold on the Black Sea slipsRussian President Vladimir Putin at a military parade in Sevastopol on May 9, 2014. In the longer-term, Russia's centuries-long grip on the Black Sea may well be slipping away, with potentially huge implications for Russia's role on the international stage.
☆ Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to humiliate Biden as part of a global power play
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman wants to assert himself internationally. It is a change driven by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who is deliberately snubbing the US in an attempt to chart a more independent path, an expert told Insider. Specifically, this has taken the form of Saudi Arabia joining Russia other oil-rich nations to announce a steep cut in production. Cafiero, the analysts, said that Crown Prince Mohammed believes that drawing closer to Russia and China will secure more "leverage" internationally. "Bin Salman and others in Saudi Arabia took a tremendous amount of offense to that rhetoric.
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