He is, but the organisation is totally dependent on basically one country anyways. You can say a lot about the US, but unlike most European countries their defense is well organised. Guess spending around 3% for decades on defence does buy you a really good defence.

Most European countries are historically below 1.5% on average over the decades. So Europe needs to spend more to play catch-up. Currently Europe strategy is holding off till US help arrives and unless Europe steps up in a big way we will forever totally dependent on US.

Trump could leave NATO or simply not uphold article 5, which would be a disaster for the Baltic's, Moldova and bad for Europe in general.

Ahhh, it warms my heart when russian economics fails. Well, a plant making microelectronics for the MIG, Su, and other systems has gone into the russian equivalent of bankruptcy. The market price for the example product mentioned in the article was around 5K rubles, but the government capped the price at 2.5K rubles. So the government got too cheap and it ended up killing the company.

haha! get them somewhere else putin, mabey from your chinese masters now

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-supplier-of-military-microelectronics-halts-operations/#google_vignette

It's going to happen, in their attempt to take over Ukraine they're just going to end up being economically owned by China, the great nation of Russia, becoming China's little bitch. Of course that's still bad for us but the irony of trying to expand your empire only to end up under the thumb of another would be funny.

yes, lmao.  

⚡️🇬🇧 The UK will send 350 upgraded air defense missiles to Ukraine — funded by £70M in interest from frozen Russian assets, The Guardian reports. They’ve been adapted for ground launch. This marks the first time London has used Russian money to buy weapons for Kyiv.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 07:36

🇬🇧🇺🇦The UK will send to Ukraine 350 ASRAAMs air defence missiles, adapted in record time for ground launch.

The missiles will be deployed through UK-supplied Raven systems – five more of which are en route to Ukraine, taking the total to 13. www.theguardian.com

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 08:16

The head of Russia’s Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, gave a candid take: growth over the past two years came from tapping idle resources - unused labor, spare capacity, bank capital, and the Wealth Fund. Her warning: “Many of these resources are now truly exhausted”

Source: t.co/OSsHhbuqHt

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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 04:00

Russian soldiers’ remains are frequently found among the bodies of fallen Ukrainian troops returned by Russia. It’s left to the Ukrainians to sort through them, trying to tell their own from the enemy. The Putin regime shows utter disregard for its own men.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 08:33

A Ukrainian soldier from the 92nd Assault Brigade takes down a Russian FPV drone with a shotgun — just seconds before it was about to strike a pickup.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 08:17

❗️🇺🇸 The U.S. does not currently support calls to tighten sanctions against Moscow, aiming to preserve a “window” for peace negotiations, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Such a surprise.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 09:44

"The United States does not support new sanctions against Russia in order not to derail potential ceasefire negotiations." - Secretary of State Rubio stated.

Like last time? When were they offered a ceasefire and they refused?

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 11:10

🙏 The death toll from the missile attack on Dnipro on June 24 has risen to 19. More than 300 people were injured. In total, 21 people have died in the region.

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 11:47

⚡️NATO has released the final statement from its summit in The Hague: Ukraine is promised continued military support but not membership, while Russia is described as a long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:11

‼️ Trump suggests Putin may have territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine. Other key statements from the U.S. President: Putin is “confused”. He also noted past tensions with Zelensky but called him “very nice,” and said the U.S. may consider supplying Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:15

🇺🇸 “My claim about ending the war in Ukraine in 24 hours was, of course, a bit sarcastic,” — Trump says.

“Putin is a complicated person, and I’ve also had issues with Zelensky. This is the most difficult war.”

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:23

🇺🇸 “As for funding for Ukraine, we’ll see what happens,” — Trump on future U.S. support.

“I want us to be able to provide you with air defense,” — he said when asked about Patriot systems for Ukraine.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:25

Zelensky said he and Trump discussed the purchase of U.S. air defense systems. Ukraine is ready to buy the equipment and support American defense manufacturers, with possible assistance from Europe. Zelensky also noted that Russia had handed over the bodies of its own fallen soldiers…

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 17:21

🇺🇸🤔 Trump: "I think Putin is a misguided person, he's confused. Putin would like to end the war with Ukraine. Maybe Putin has territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine."

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 15:26

‼️🇺🇦 Trump: "We had a tough time with Zelensky, but he was very nice, as always, and I'm very happy to see him. It was a great meeting. If I can, I'll talk to Putin about whether we can stop the war."

— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 15:26

Trump stated that he did not discuss a ceasefire with Zelensky, he just wanted to see how he was doing.

🙄Yeah, right — as if there’s absolutely nothing more important to talk about.

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 15:27

🇺🇸 Trump’s dialogue with BBC correspondent:

▪️ Is the US ready to sell Patriots to Ukraine?
🗣️ Are you living in Ukraine?
▪️ My husband is there.
🗣️ Is your husband a soldier?
▪️ Yes.
🗣️ Wow. That’s tough. … We're going to see if we can make some Patriot missiles available.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 17:40

🇺🇳 NATO leaders have approved a historic plan to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, according to Bloomberg.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 13:30

🇺🇳🇺🇦 “It is safe to assume that military aid to Ukraine this year will exceed last year’s $50 billion,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 13:55

🇺🇦 Ukraine is testing its own version of the Russian glide bomb (KAB/UMPK), Defense Express reports.

The Ukrainian-made munition already reaches 60 km, with plans to extend range to 80 km. At a drop altitude of 10 km, it could potentially hit targets up to 100 km away.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:19

Financial Times, citing Ukrainian intelligence, reports that Russia has stockpiled over 13,000 missiles and is capable of producing up to 200 more each month.

www.ft.com/content/ac24...

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 16:18

🚀‼️🇨🇳 Russia has increased production of Iskander missiles thanks to the import of machine tools from China, — Kyiv Independent

Over the past year alone, more than 700 such missiles were manufactured in Russia - 3 times more than in 2023.

A key role in this was played by China, Taiwan and Belarus.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 18:28

❗️Putin will not attend the BRICS summit in Brazil due to the ICC arrest warrant, — Reuters reports.

His aide, Yuri Ushakov, said the decision was made over the lack of security guarantees from Brazilian authorities. In 2023, Putin also skipped the BRICS summit in South Africa, for the same reason.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 16:20

🐝💀 FPV drones attack a huge flock of Russian military in the eastern direction!

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 18:46

Weapons of Ukrainian production will be manufactured on the territory of Denmark, said the Minister of Defense. Denmark has already allocated around $80 million to launch a defense enterprise under the "Build with Ukraine" program.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 25 June 2025 at 13:09

🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇮🇹🇵🇱 President Zelensky met with the leaders of the E5 format — Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Poland — and the NATO Secretary General.

He emphasized the importance of strengthening Ukraine’s air shield, focusing on air defense systems and interceptors for Iranian Shahed drones.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 18:29

Zelensky also held a meeting with the leaders of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland.

Key topics included increasing military support for Ukraine, with a primary focus on strengthening air defense to protect civilian lives, addressing the needs of Ukrainian troops for future defense aid packages.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 25 June 2025 at 18:31