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Iran fires missiles toward Cyprus, home to UK military bases, amid escalating crisis, London says U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey said he was confident the missiles did not target British military bases, but added that the strikes highlighted the "indiscriminate" nature of Iran's retaliatory ca...

⚡️Iran fires missiles toward Cyprus, home to UK military bases, amid escalating crisis, London says.

U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey said Iranian missiles spared British bases but highlighted Tehran's "indiscriminate" strikes.

Europe after February 28: The Iran–Israel War and the Risk of a New Oil Shock On February 28, 2026, Israel launched a series of strikes against Iranian military and infrastructure facilities in Tehran, Qom, and Isfahan. Defense Minister I

🇪🇺🇮🇷 The EU is no longer critically dependent on Iranian oil. Since 2022, its main suppliers have been Norway, the US, and Kazakhstan.

Even if physical shortages are offset by strategic reserves and increased output, the risk premium would remain.

Read more 👀
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⚡ Ukraine endured more than 34,000 Russian aerial strikes this winter.

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Geheimdienstchefs: Naturverlust bedroht nationale Sicherheit Ohne grundlegendes Eingreifen droht dem Vereinigten Königreich wachsende geopolitische Instabilität. Zudem nehmen wirtschaftliche Unsicherheit, Konflikte und Migration zu.

Der britische Geheimdienst, ja ihr habt richtig gelesen, warnt vor dem #Artensterben. Dieser bedrohe die britische nationale Sicherheit.
#Biodiversitätskrise

Artikel: de.euronews.com/2026/01/23/g...

"„Sir, are you considering a national emergency around the midterm election?” And before the question was even finished, Trump snapped: „Who told you that?” Not „no,” or „of course not.” His first instinct, his unfiltered, immediate response, was to find out who leaked it."

Day 1467.

We made it through the winter. Armed Forces of Ukraine stand, and Russians failed to break us - again.

The world is fighting more wars, Russian invasion unleashed enormous security crisis. It all boils down to the will of ordinary people who shape history.

We stand.

⚪️ Not AI 🪄 Just pure JOY ☃️

So, calendar spring is here.

Ukraine surviving this winter was not a miracle. It is tireless, professional, devoted, 24/7 work of Ukraine's energy workers and Defence Forces.

Heroyam slava!

Belgium and France have seized the Russian shadow fleet tanker Ethera, sailing under a Guinean flag, with the vessel now headed to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken announced. #Russia

ISW's Iran update

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Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing

You might have missed this with all the other news happening, but it is Trump giving the Chinese government a massive win and further degrading the value of the US as an ally. This should be a major story. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

Kommentar eines Z-Bloggers zu dieser russischen Niederlage:

„Der Winter ist vorbei.
Die Energieversorgung des Feindes hat standgehalten.
Die Energieversorgung von Belgorod hingegen nicht.“

Blöd… 😏🤷‍♂️

Belgien: Militär kapert Öltanker von russischer Schattenflotte Gefälschte Registrierungen, schrottreife Schiffe, Störangriffe: Die russische Schattenflotte ist eine Gefahr für Schifffahrt und Umwelt. Belgien hat nun in der Nordsee einen Tanker geentert und zur Kursänderung gezwungen.

Gefälschte Registrierungen, schrottreife Schiffe, Störangriffe: Die russische Schattenflotte ist eine Gefahr für Schifffahrt und Umwelt. Belgien hat nun in der Nordsee einen Tanker geentert und zur Kursänderung gezwungen.

Opferzahl bisher:
1 Toter, 13 Verletzte

„Shahed“ Drohnen klingen wie ein Moped, sehen aus wie überdimensioniertes Spielzeug, sind aber eine tödliche Waffe. 🤨

Wer geht ins Einkaufszentrum bei Angriffen mit Drohnen und Raketen? Die Frage ist rein rhetorisch. Die Antwort kennen wir.

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This story is not just about numbers.

100 days in positions. 🇺🇦🙏

100 days of heroism, indomitability and faith in brothers. ❣️

Neither the enemy nor the harsh winter defeated them. 💥❤️
They persevered, held their positions and got out of this hell.

We are proud, thank you and support 🇺🇦

Russia fired over 19,000 strike drones, 738 missiles, and 14,670 guided bombs against Ukraine over three winter months, Zelensky said, adding that in the last week of winter alone Russia used 1,720 drones, 1,300 guided bombs, and 100 missiles. #Ukraine

Assad, Maduro, and now Khamenei. And Putin's downfall is inevitable.

Together, we must make every effort to bring that joyous day closer.

Putin has lost three of his closest friends.

He didn't help any of them – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sibiga.

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media confirms "Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Feb. 28. He also said the bombing of Iran would continue for at least the next week.

⚡️ Update: Putin’s fall 'inevitable' – Ukraine reacts to Khamenei’s death.

“Assad, Maduro, and now Khamenei. Putin has lost three of his closest pals in little more than a year,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.

At least 6 killed, 28 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day Russia launched 123 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 110 drones.

⚡️At least 6 killed, 28 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

Russia launched 123 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 110 drones.

The Ukrainian children waiting for parents who may never return From suburban Kyiv to the battlefields of the Donbas, Maxim Tucker encounters a generation unsure whether they will ever see their families reunited

Moving testimony from Ukraine’s kids

The Ukrainian children waiting for parents who may never return

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Guy who said he wouldn’t start a foreign war and attacked former Presidents for starting foreign wars and begged like a small child for a peace prize starts foreign war to distract from his guilt sexually assaulting under-aged girls with Jeffrey Epstein.

Who could have seen that coming?

Everyone.

How Russia’s War Has Devastated Civilian Life in Ukraine - bellingcat Russia's full-invasion of Ukraine began four years ago today. While Ukraine has resisted, the impact on civilian life continues to be severe.

Exactly four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bellingcat’s Volunteer Community looks back at the data we have collected on civilian harm during this time - documenting attacks on cities and the near-total destruction of rural villages. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
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Making Sense of Iran War Thinking Live conversation with military historian Phillips O'Brien

Just finished a discussion with @timothysnyder.bsky.social
about the political implications and possible causes of Trump’s decision to bomb Iran. It’s important not to normalise the discussion of what is happening.

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1/9. In 2020 Iran did try to interfere with the presidential election.

I'm struggling to understand the present-day "peace through strength" concept — where some dictators are eliminated, while one particular dictator is offered generous business opportunities and full impunity for genocide.

Trump posts that Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead — claiming the country has been “destroyed and, even, obliterated” — while declaring that bombing will “continue, uninterrupted throughout the week… to achieve our objective of PEACE.”

War is nature's way of teaching Americans geography.