Shares of European defense companies have risen sharply amid the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and the increasing missile threat, writes The Wall Street Journal.

"Investors have massively bought shares of European defense companies amid the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and the situation with missile technologies," the article notes.

The largest growth was shown by the British BAE Systems, which increased by 7.9%, the Swedish Saab and the French Thales by 6.1%. The German Hensoldt added 5.2%, the Norwegian Kongsberg and the Italian Leonardo by 4.7%, the British Chemring - 4.5%. The German Rheinmetall, the French Dassault Aviation and the Spanish Indra Sistemas rose by 3.5%.

"Companies and multinational projects involved in the production of air defense systems are likely to attract the interest of investors," said Citi analyst Charles Armitage.

Particular interest is aroused by European missile defense projects, the article notes. Thus, the "Sky Shield" initiative, in which 22 countries and companies from Germany, France, Norway and the USA participate, is developing systems for detecting and shooting down enemy missiles. Attention is also drawn to the SAMP/T system, which is being developed jointly by MBDA and Thales, and the Michelangelo Dome system from the Italian company Leonardo.

Source: Izvestia
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The extent of the damage after Iran's strikes on the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain is being published by the Mehr publication.

Satellite images were taken before and after the attack - on February 28 and March 1, the agency claims.

Source: Izvestia
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⚡️One of the largest refineries in the world, owned by Saudi Aramco, suspended operations after a drone strike and subsequent fire - Bloomberg

Source: СМОТРИ
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The US did not strike Khamenei and did not seek to change the government in Iran, Rubio told Congressman Turner.

Source: TASS
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In general, the US did not participate. And Trump has nothing to do with it. 😏

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Israel believes that Iran itself attacked the school, in which more than a hundred girls were killed.

Soure: Карманов без Китая
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❕ Three American planes were mistakenly shot down by Kuwait's air defense systems, the crew members are alive, the Pentagon reports.

Source: TASS
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Yes, all the three by mistake, sure. 😏 But now we know the number at least.

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Old man shouts, "I THINK I CREATED THE MINISTRY OF WAR FOR YOU, NOT THE MINISTRY OF BULLSHIT!"

Source: Каргач Ꙃ
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The US intended to destroy the leadership of Iran in two to three weeks, Trump stated.

Source: TASS
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Can't you agree what to say or you are confused yourselves?

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Trump insists that the Iranian leadership is very eager to reach an agreement.

"They desperately want to make a deal. I said they should have done it a week ago," the American leader stated in an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

Source: TASS
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🤦🏻‍♀️🎪😳 I will not write a commentary, cannot say something polite.

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⚡️ Iran used hypersonic Fattah-2 missiles and ballistic Qadr and Emad missiles in its retaliatory strikes, according to the Iranian state television and radio company.

Source: TASS
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Really, looks like desperate desire to negotiate and make a deal. 😏.

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Pavel Durov continues to justify his last name..

Screenshot from here. I insist, someone should take his phone away from him.

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Seems like I know the guy who's desperate to negotiate with Trump:

Economic growth and what have you, just by a change that we hope to bring to the table that would be probably over a trillion dollars worth of impact and revenue to the American economy just by Iran's market being open to to America and how much we stand to benefit from billions of dollars willing to be invested into Iran.

Банкста writes:
🈁The puppet heir of the exiled Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, promised the US trillions of dollars in deals in exchange for being appointed as the leader of Iran. He mourns the three killed American soldiers, but doesn't notice the 150 children killed in the school: "My heart aches for the three American heroes who died and the five wounded by the regime. The Iranian people are forever indebted to them. To their grieving families: accept our immense love, deepest condolences, and eternal gratitude."

Марина Юденич adds:
🈁This is their custom, the custom of the shahs.
In 1901, the Persian Shah Muzaffar al-Din of the Qajar dynasty sold a concession to the British financier William Knox d'Arcy for the extraction, exploration, development, processing, export, and sale of natural gas and oil for 60 years for 20,000 pounds sterling (which is approximately 23,000,000 dollars today).
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The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated the need to stop the spread of the conflict around Iran to other countries in the region.

"It is necessary to find a way to de-escalate and stop the spread of the conflict <...>. The only long-term solution is diplomatic," said the European official.

According to her, such an approach includes conducting a credible transition period for Iran and establishing full control over the country's nuclear and ballistic programs.

Earlier, Ursula von der Leyen stated that with the death of Ali Khamenei, "new hope has emerged" for the people of Iran.

Source: Взгляд
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Iranians forgot to ask you 😏. Sometimes it's better to chew, than to speak.

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