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Washington could ‘distance itself’ from Europe and the Ukrainian conflict in the wake of the 2024 elections, Boris Pistorius said European NATO members may face big trouble in continuing to support Kiev in its conflict with Russia after the US elections in 2024, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has warned. Washington’s aid to Ukraine is likely to be reduced regardless of the voting results, he told Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. The US will have to pay more attention to the Indo-Pacific region after 2024, even if a “pro-European” president wins the elections next year, Pistorius believes.…

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russia’s Aerospace Forces downed a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and an Mi-8 helicopter in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Saturday. “The Russian Aerospace Forces’ fighter jets downed an MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces near the Koptevo settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was downed near the Novovasilyevka settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” he pointed out. Source: Tass

Somali troops manage to neutralize all Al-Shabaab militants who took part in an attack on an army camp. The government forces of Somalia neutralized 14 militants of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab, who tried to attack a Somali army base in the region of Bay, Mustaqbal Media news outlet reported on Saturday, citing sources. The engagement took place 4.3 miles south of the city of Baidoa, the report said, confirming that the Somali troops managed to neutralize all militants that took part in the attack on the army camp. In late January, 39 Al-Shabaab militants were killed by Somalia’s army in retaliation to an attack…

Foreign and Expatriate Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry held bilateral talks in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The talks addressed the strengthening of brotherly relations and the latest events in the region and the world. The Egyptian Foreign Minister had visited Damascus on February 27 and conveyed to President Bashar al-Assad a message from the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in which he expressed Egypt’s solidarity with Syria, Cairo’s willingness to strengthen relations and develop joint cooperation. Source: SANA

The sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un says Zelensky is gambling with the fate of his country and people with his nuclear ambitions that only serve his self interests. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, considered that the ambitions of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to host American nuclear weapons in his country or produce his own arsenal of nuclear weapons is part of his “authorities’ sinister political plot.” Her comments came in response to an online petition published on Zenelsky’s website last Thursday calling to “deploy US nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory or…

The Higher Follow-up Committee in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948 condemns the cold-blooded execution of a 26-year-old Palestinian in Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Higher Follow-up Committee in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948 announced a general strike to be held on Sunday to condemn the cold-blooded execution of Palestinian youth Mohammad Al-Osaibi, 26, at the hands of Israeli occupation forces in Al-Aqsa Mosque. On Friday evening, Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Al-Osaibi, from the town of Hura in Al-Naqab, at Bab Al-Silsilah, adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation forces detained the martyr’s body in an unknown area. https://youtu.be/5h14qtZVgHg The Israeli occupation…

Finland receives unanimous approval from NATO members after long months of tough negotiations and leaves behind its neighbor Sweden. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issues a decree approving the parliament’s decision to accept Finland’s NATO accession bid, according to the decree published by the state’s Resmi Gazete on Saturday. “It was decided to consider the approval of the protocol of July 5, 2022, on Finland’s accession to NATO expedient,” the decree read. The Turkish parliament on Thursday unanimously backed Finland’s bid to join the US-led NATO alliance only two weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly blessed the bid. Turkey’s ratification meant that…

Palestine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, yesterday conveyed the State of Palestine’s objections to the 2030 road map the United Kingdom signed with Israel yesterday because it ignores the rights of the Palestinian people. During his meeting with the British Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Tariq Ahmad, at the headquarters of the British Foreign Office in London, Zomlot affirmed Palestine’s rejection of what was stated in the terms of the bilateral road map with Israel, describing it as a serious violation of international law and Britain’s commitments to Palestinian rights according to international resolutions. He…

The ten-year sanctions particularly include an asset freeze, a trade ban and the cancellation of licenses among other restrictions Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has imposed sanctions on 33 Russian nationals and 225 companies, according to a decree published on the presidential website on Saturday. The ten-year sanctions particularly include an asset freeze, a trade ban and the cancellation of licenses among other restrictions. Source: Tass

The Bundeswehr’s own stock is “limited,” defense minister Boris Pistorius has explained Germany cannot afford to give additional main battle tanks to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said on Saturday. His remarks came after Kiev warned that it would need more heavy weapons for a counteroffensive against Russia. “I don’t see the delivery of additional Leopard tanks beyond those that were already announced,” Pistorius told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. To be clear, just like other nations, we only have a limited inventory. As a federal defense minister, I can’t hand over everything we have. The minister stated that “the existing…