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🇩🇰Denmark to spend $2.1bn to boost its military presence in the Arctic amid Trump's interest in controlling Greenland.

Reuters writes about this.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the EU Military Committee, Robert Briger, said that the European Union could deploy troops in Greenland.

"This will send a strong signal and will promote stability," Politico quotes the official as saying.

However, Briger noted that such a decision requires political will.

🇺🇦Zelensky said in an interview with an Italian media outlet that there are not enough men over 25 years old for mobilization, as the law currently provides.

A thick hint at lowering the mobilization age to 18.

🇺🇸The US authorities wanted to carry out terrorist attacks against their own citizens in order to start a war with Cuba.

This was reported by the Daily Mail, citing a draft of Operation Northwoods received by the publication.

Operation Northwoods, devised in 1962 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, involved false flag provocations.

This plan included:

- the explosion of the American ship in Guantanamo - the scenario repeated the incident of 1898, after which the United States began a war with Spain,

- terrorist attacks in Miami and other cities in Florida - the secret services were supposed to plant bombs in public places and attack Cuban refugees,

- the downing of a civilian aircraft - with subsequent media coverage and accusations against Cuba,

- attack on a US military base near Cuba.

As the publication notes, the goal of all these actions was to convince the Americans of the need to invade Cuba.

The plan was rejected by President John Kennedy.

🇨🇩🇷🇼❗️ A new war has begun in Africa

DR Congo forces have crossed the border into Rwanda and entered the town of Gisenyi. Fighting is currently raging in and around the town.

🇬🇧🇷🇺The British Navy mistook the whale for Russian drones, The Sun reports.

Military commanders initially believed that Russia might have dropped a listening device on the seabed where the Royal Navy is testing weapons. However, it later emerged that the strange sounds recorded by the Navy were coming from a whale.

🇺🇸Trump to Sign Executive Order on Creation of Iron Dome-Style Missile Defense System in US — Pentagon

🇷🇺🇺🇦The reduction of the control zone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region over the past week amounted to more than 20 square kilometers .

And considering the liberation of the village of Nikolayevo-Daryino , located in the westernmost section of the enemy-controlled border area, confirmed today, even more.

🇩🇪The city of Duisburg in Germany is promising free beer to those who vote in the upcoming federal elections, Bild reports.

"We want to do something about the low voter turnout and strengthen democracy," the city's mayor said.

In the last federal elections in 2021, voter turnout in Duisburg was 68.1%, while the German average was 76.6%.

For non-drinkers, there is an option with non-alcoholic beer or other drinks.

🇮🇷🇷🇺⚡️Iran has purchased Russian Su-35 aircraft — General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ali Shamdani

🇪🇺🇷🇺Foreign Ministers of 27 EU countries agreed to extend sanctions against Russia — media

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪A Georgian mercenary who fought on the side of Ukraine was given a life sentence in Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️The Russian Armed Forces have returned control of Nikolayevo-Daryino in the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

🇺🇸🇷🇺Trump and Putin's talks on Ukraine could be combined with talks on nuclear arms control, the New York Times writes.

Analyzing the latest statements by the two presidents, the publication comes to the conclusion that they intend to include nuclear arms control in the agenda of the talks. And this conversation has a deadline: the main treaty limiting the arsenals of both countries expires in almost exactly one year. If it is not extended, both countries could start an unprecedented arms race.

Trump said last week: “We want to see if we can achieve denuclearization, and I think it is entirely possible.” Putin also said he and Trump could “jointly seek solutions to key problems of our time, including strategic stability and the economy.”

The last preliminary arms control talks were concluded shortly before Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since then, Putin has argued that any talks on nuclear arms control must also cover the war in Ukraine. The Biden administration has been reluctant to mix the two, fearing that Putin’s real goal was to trade limits on his nuclear arsenal for territory seized in Ukraine and other concessions.

"But Trump appears open to broader negotiations, which is exactly what Putin would like because it might allow him to make that compromise," the NYT writes.

The Putin-Trump meeting, where the nuclear issue and Ukraine will be discussed, may take place without the participation of Kyiv representatives, the newspaper believes. Former State Department official Stephen Sestanovich believes that concluding a deal only with the US is also one of Putin's desired goals.

🇭🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺Hungary, according to American media, has agreed not to block the extension of European sanctions against Russia, which expire on January 31.

In return, Budapest will demand a statement from the EU that takes into account Hungary's concerns about "energy security," Politico writes.

Let us recall that Orban demanded the restoration of Russian gas transit through Ukraine as a condition for extending sanctions.

And yesterday, the Hungarian Foreign Minister said that Brussels was ready to abolish the principle of unanimity in voting, but extend sanctions.

🇺🇦The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Budanov told deputies about the threat to the existence of Ukraine if peace talks do not begin before the summer, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing sources.

According to their information, a closed meeting was recently held in the Rada, where the leaders of parliament and factions were informed by the defense forces command about the real state of military affairs.

"At first, the General Staff representatives told a lot, in a confusing but very interesting way. Then there were other different reports. But the answer that I remember most was Budanov's. Someone asked him how much time we had. And Kirill, with his cold smile, said: "If there are no serious negotiations before the summer, then very dangerous processes for the very existence of Ukraine may be launched," one of the meeting participants told the publication.

"Everyone looked at each other and fell silent. Probably, everything needs to work out," the deputy summed up, "a little confusedly."

🇨🇳Chinese robot dog vs. drone.

🇧🇾The current head of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has been re-elected for a seventh presidential term, according to preliminary data from the republic's Central Election Commission.

86.82% of Belarusians voted for him.