Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet with AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile.

French President Macron after visiting China:

Europe must reduce its reliance on the U.S. for arms, energy and the "extraterritoriality" of the U.S. dollar.

Macron:

The great risk Europe faces is that it gets caught up in crises that are not ours, which prevents it from building its strategic autonomy.

We believe we are just America’s followers.

The question Europeans need to answer … is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan?

No.

Russian Wagner PMC founder Prigozhin:

Ukrainian Army collected about 200, according to some sources, up to 400,000 personnel.

This cannot be underestimated.

FPV footage of Russian T-72B3M tank getting destroyed by Ukrainian forces. Direct hit.

Russian T-72B3 tank on steroids, extra layers of Kontakt-1 ERA.

Cope cage on another level.

Washington Post, citing leaked secret Pentagon documents:

British Royal Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft was "almost shot down" by Russian Su-27 fighter jets in the airspace over the Black Sea in the fall of 2022.

French President Macron on “European unity”:

As Europeans, our concern is our unity. It's been mine forever.

The Chinese are also concerned about their unity and Taiwan, from their point of view, is a component of this.

It is important to understand how they reason.

Chinese Military's Eastern Theatre Command:

Chinese fighter jets
carrying live ammunition carried out multiple waves of simulated strikes on important targets on Taiwan Island.

Leaked secret U.S. intelligence documents:

The U.S. was eavesdropping Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, South Korean government officials & Israel’s main intelligence agency, Mossad.

“Mossad had been encouraging protests in Israel, including several explicit calls to action.”

PLA Navy Shandong aircraft carrier group during encirclement exercises in waters to the east of Taiwan island.

J-15 carrier-borne fighter jets sortied, equipped with live missiles.

Elon Musk refused to delete Dmitry Medvedev's tweet that "Ukraine will disappear ... because no one needs it."

“All news is to some degree propaganda. Let people decide for themselves.”

Russian Wagner PMC touring Bakhmut with captured Ukrainian M113 APC.

Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets using road as a runway.

Russian Buk-M1 air defence system reportedly destroyed by Ukrainian kamikaze UAV strike in Donetsk.