Deputy Chairman of the German CDU and MP Johann Wadephul
"The scenes from the White House are shocking. How can someone stab the president of an invaded country in the back like that? Free Europe will not betray Ukraine!"
"The Netherlands continues to support Ukraine. Especially now. We want lasting peace and an end to the war of aggression that Russia has started. For Ukraine, for all its inhabitants and for Europe."
"There is an aggressor: Putin's Russia. There is an aggressed: the Ukrainian people. Faced with this and for our collective security, one necessity: Europe, now.
The time for words is over, let's move on to action."
Belgorod Oblast, a Ukrainian FPV drone strikes a Russian communications antenna.
Notably, it appears to be from the U.S. tech giant Ubiquiti. A recent @hntrbrkmedia investigation found that the company’s equipment was enabling Russia’s battlefield communications network.
NEW from @hntrbrkmedia: Equipment from the US tech giant Ubiquiti is a major enabler of the Russian army in Ukraine.
We spend months infiltrating the Russian military's supply chain, unearthing military documents and other evidence that show how Russia relies on $UI equipment.
A Ukrainian officer estimated ~80% of Russian radio bridges they’ve seen on the front lines are Ubiquiti devices. “There is no alternative,” both Ukrainian and Russian sources independently told us.
Hunterbrook’s monthslong investigation found Ubiquiti wireless bridges — banned from export to Russia under U.S. and EU laws, are serving as critical communication nodes for a Starlink and SATCOM-starved Russian military.
Multiple European politicians have started to openly call for reciprocal tariffs on the U.S., along with potentially banning U.S. companies from the European market.
“In that case, I would then call on the European Union to activate its anti-coercion instrument, that is to say, reciprocal customs duties and the exclusion of American companies from European public procurement markets”
Yes, the US and allied nations have an existing presence in the Middle East! Tankers are usually flying over Iraq to support the ongoing fight against ISIL, and they broadcast ADS-B out.
Transport aircraft regularly make the hop over, but no significant surge has been seen.