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From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com

MORE #EU #ARMS FOR UKRAINE: TRUMP LOST PEACE #DEAL Vlog 999: War in Ukraine

#Trump warns #Zelenskyy of "big problems" if #Ukraine rejects #mineraldeal.

#russia #russoUkrainianWar

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@kajakallas has created a plan of mobilising up to 40 billion #euro for #Ukraine. Although I recently oppose her, due to her recent obstruction of the idea of a united #EuropeanArmy, I must admit that this plan is a nice one. We must protect Ukraine and we must give them both #money and #arms. They fight for their and our #freedom. Almost like #Polish people who had "For our freedom and yours" as a motto of the November Uprising against #Russia. #Europe, stay strong and #united. #ViveLaEurope

France consolidates its position as the world's second-largest arms exporter.

The US remains by far the leading supplier to the international war market, according to the annual report on trade in military equipment by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Ukraine has become the leading buyer of weapons, driven to rearm by the Russian threat.

mediafaro.org/article/20250309

Le Monde · France consolidates its position as the world's second-largest arms exporter.By Jean-Michel Bezat

France consolidates its position as the world's second-largest arms exporter.

The US remains by far the leading supplier to the international war market, according to the annual report on trade in military equipment by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Ukraine has become the leading buyer of weapons, driven to rearm by the Russian threat.

mediafaro.org/article/20250309

Le Monde · France consolidates its position as the world's second-largest arms exporter.By Jean-Michel Bezat
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#Budget constraints or spending stimulus?

"#Germany’s Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz (after winning the recent election) has adopted the same story. In a complete about-face from his election campaign, when he opposed any extra fiscal spending in order to ‘balance’ the government books, he is now promoting a plan to inject hundreds of billions in extra funding into Germany’s military and infrastructure, designed to revive and re-arm Europe’s largest economy. A new provision would exempt defence spending above 1 per cent of GDP from the “debt brake” that caps government borrowing, allowing Germany to raise an unlimited amount of debt to fund its armed forces and to provide military assistance to Ukraine. And he plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to set up a €500bn fund for infrastructure, which would run over ten years. Suddenly, there is plenty of cash and borrowing to be made available for arms and military ventures."

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Michael Roberts Blog · Trump’s ‘little disturbance’Speaking to the US Congress yesterday after 100 days in office, President Donald Trump claimed that the new tariffs on imports from the US’s biggest trading partners would cause “a little disturban…
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Calls for #European #military strengthening are growing, and while building a domestic #arms industry would be ideal, the #us arms industry is unlikely to support such efforts, given how much Europe contributes to its business. The same applies to other key industries - without Europe, who would the #US trade with?

Ultimately, Europe must ignore the noise coming from the #trump administration and recognize its own economic #superpower status - and start acting accordingly on the global stage.

As Freed #Palestinians Describe #Torture, Trump OKs $3 Billion #Arms Package for #Israel

Like the #Biden administration, Trump is claiming an "emergency" in order to bypass Congress.

Brett Wilkins, Feb 28, 2025

"As #Palestinians released from Israeli imprisonment recount torture and other abuse suffered at the hands of their former captors, the Trump administration on Friday approved a new $3 billion weapons package for Israel.

"The new package, reported by Zeteo's Prem Thakker, includes nearly $2.716 billion worth of bombs and weapons guidance kits, as well as $295 million in bulldozers. The Trump administration said that 'an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale,' allowing it to bypass Congress, as the #Biden administration did on multiple occasions. However, the weapons won't be delivered until 2026 or 2027.

"From October 2023 to October 2024, Israel received a record $17.9 billion worth of U.S. arms as it waged a war of annihilation against the #GazaStrip that left more than 170,000 #Palestinians dead, maimed, or missing and millions more displaced, starved, or sickened. Israel is facing #genocide allegations in an International Court of Justice case brought by South Africa. The International Criminal Court has also issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister #YoavGallant.

"Reporting on the new package came after U.S. Sen. #BernieSanders (I-Vt.) on Monday announced an effort to block four other arms sales totaling $8.56 billion in offensive American weaponry to Israel.

"Meanwhile, some of the approximately 1,000 Palestinians released by Israel as part of a prisoner swap described grim stories of abuse by Israeli forces. The former detainees, who were arrested but never charged with any crimes, 'have returned visibly malnourished and scarred by the physical and psychological torture they say they faced in Israeli prisons,' according to The Washington Post. Some returned to what were once their homes to find them destroyed and their relatives killed or wounded by Israeli forces.

"Eyas al-Bursh, a doctor volunteering at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City when he was captured by Israeli troops, was held in Sde Teiman and the Ofer military prison in the illegally occupied West Bank for 11 months.

"'The places where we were held were harsh, sleep was impossible, and we remained handcuffed and blindfolded,' al-Bursh told the Post.

"'We endured psychological and physical torture without a single day of respite—whether through beatings, abuse, punches, or even verbal insults and humiliation,' he added.

"The #IsraelDefenseForces told the Post that it 'acts in accordance with Israeli and international law in order to protect the rights of the detainees held in the detention and questioning facilities.'"

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Common Dreams · As Freed Palestinians Describe Torture, Trump OKs $3 Billion Arms Package for Israel | Common DreamsLike the Biden administration, Trump is claiming an "emergency" in order to bypass Congress.