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Russian invasion The world's response
Lithuanian president warns of possible Russian attacks
Lithuanian intelligence indicates that Russia may be planning an attack on energy and communications infrastructure in Poland or the Baltic countries. This is what Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told the country's public service company LRT.
The purpose of such an attack would be to test NATO cohesion.
- The information does not point to a specific place or time. [...] The only thing we know is the planning itself and the objective, says Nauseda.
The president's statement is in line with warnings from Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. At the end of June, he said that the coming months could be critical, especially for the Baltic states, writes Bloomberg.
Kasparov: Putin is under pressure - may attack NATO countries
There is not a single small sign that Russia and Vladimir Putin are ready for peace. This is what Russian chess legend and Putin critic Garry Kasparov tells Politico.
He instead sees it as more likely that Russia will escalate the war in Ukraine. Especially after Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian targets.
– Putin has always escalated when he felt pressured, says Kasparov.
According to the exiled Russian, a likely Russian escalation would be to attack a NATO country to test how the alliance – and especially the US – would respond. He points to Latvia and Estonia as likely targets.
Middle East Crisis
Israel-US Relations
Netanyahu wants to meet Trump in the US – unclear if it will happen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington on Saturday to attend the funeral of US Senator Lindsey Graham, reports the news site Ynet.
According to the Times of Israel, however, no meeting with US President Donald Trump has been scheduled during Netanyahu's visit. A senior Israeli official told Reuters that Netanyahu would like to meet his American counterpart, but that it is unclear whether it will happen.
Israel-Iran
Israeli soldier sent videos to Iranian agent
An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to five years in prison for sending several videos to an Iranian agent, reports the AFP news agency.
Two of the videos allegedly showed how the missiles were shot down, while several others showed how the missiles hit various locations in Israel, writes The Jerusalem Post.
The soldier was contacted by the Iranian agent via Telegram, who said that he could earn money by doing “photography-related assignments”. After sending several videos, the soldier chose to tell what had happened himself, which led to his arrest.
In addition to the prison sentence, the sentence also means that the man will be demoted to private.
Middle East Crisis Iran War
Trump's threat to Iran: Next week will be "really bad"
US President Donald Trump is threatening Iran that it will be "really bad for them" next week if no peace agreement is signed. He says this in an interview with Fox News.
- We will knock out all their power plants. We will destroy all their bridges if they do not come to the negotiating table, he said.
The statement comes after the countries have attacked each other for several days in a row. The United States has attacked targets in Iran, while Iran has responded by attacking American targets in several countries in the Middle East.
During the night, the United States has carried out a wave of attacks on Iran that lasted for seven hours, before ending at 04:00, writes CNN.
Iran: At least 30 civilians killed in US attacks
Iranian
authorities say that at least 30 civilians have been killed in US
attacks on the country in recent days, Reuters reports. At the same
time, the Iranian Armed Forces have said that at least seven people in
the military were killed in the US attacks during the night to
Wednesday.
According to the US Central Command Centcom, last
night's attacks lasted seven hours. At 10 pm on Tuesday - Swedish time -
the US resumed its blockade of Iranian ports, DN reports.
Iran: US must stop its "aggressive acts"
The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US stops its "aggressive acts". This is stated by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, IRGC, in a statement, writes AFP.
They also warn that other routes for oil ships could be targeted without specifying which ones.
"Export of oil and gas from the region will either be available to everyone or to no one," they write in a statement.
Iran has simultaneously attacked American targets in Kuwait and Bahrain during the night. Among other things, a command center in Bahrain is said to have been hit, writes TT.
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