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Ukraine may spend 6 billion euros of the EU loan of 90 billion on drone equipment from China. That’s not only substantial financial support for the further developping of the on lightning speed expanding Chinese drone industry, that also in a large scale is providing the Russian army, but means at the same time support for the Chinese threat of a possible invasion of Taiwan.

Ukraine may buy for 6 billion euros Chinese drones with EU money

In his weekly column, N. Peter Kramer writes about the Ukraine buying for 6 billion euros drones in China with EU money. Is it a threat for Taiwan?

The discussions are expected to help define EU positions and expectations should efforts to restart negotiations gain momentum. European diplomatic sources cited a series of recent contacts with Turkey and said Cyprus has become linked to broader EU-Turkey relations.

Diplomacy intensifies over Cyprus

United Nations secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Brussels on Wednesday for meetings seen as important to European Union preparations for a possible revival of Cyprus reunification talks ahead of an expected visit by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Cyprus next week.

From NATO’s perspective, what Turkey provided was considerable. It held the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, which denied the Soviets naval passage to the Mediterranean.

Turkey and NATO: Inverting the Original Relationship

What Turkey wanted from NATO has changed — and so has what NATO is and represents. The 36th NATO Summit underscored both developments.

Addressing possible future EU/UK relations under the new PM, former Liberal MEP Andrew Duff believes Burnham “needs a couple of dismal years before he’s ready to take the plunge to rejoin the EU. He should buy time by setting up a Royal Commission on UK EU relations.”

Burnham as PM? "Wait and see"

Britain got another PM on Monday when Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on the back of a wave of widespread enthusiasm behind him ....and a mountain of key challenges ahead.

To properly counter it, allied leaders should set up a hybrid response cell for the Eastern flank, the EU and NATO should carry forward an already-agreed graduated menu of automatic consequences, and Brussels should establish a Baltic resilience initiative.

Why Russia Could Escalate Hybrid Warfare Against Europe

Mounting economic strain and battlefield losses will not necessarily make the Kremlin less dangerous. They could instead push Moscow toward a more aggressive hybrid campaign designed to test NATO’s Eastern flank, exploit allied hesitation, and fracture European resolve.

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