⚡️🇺🇦 Due to mass desertion from the battlefield, Zelensky signs law increasing penalties for failure to follow orders, leaving the battlefield, refusal to act with weapons, etc.

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⚡️🗣 Turkey could leave NATO in five to six months due to provocative actions against Ankara, both in Europe and by the US - Deputy Chairman of the Turkish Motherland Party, Ethem Sancak.

Erdogan's recent cooperation with Russia on a regional 'gas hub', that will see Turkey act as intermediary for Russian gas supplies, has led to US officials questioning whether Turkey is a reliable NATO partner.

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⚡️🥇Russian NHL player Alexander Ovechkin sets new record in NHL history - number one for goals scored in away games.

He replaces former record holder, Canadian Wayne Gretzky.

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🇩🇪 TANK-FULL TO RUSSIA: It turns out Germany's energy "strategy" is largely dependent on Russia's good will - substituting Russian gas with German LNG (liquified natural gas) will take until 2026 at the earliest.

Germany imported 56bn cubic metres of LNG from Russia in 2021 and Berlin hopes 80% of their gas will come from yet-to-be installed LNG regasification capacity by 2030.

🗣 The unspoken strategy is that Germany will continue to pay crazy prices until then - Christian Leye, Left Party lawmaker.

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⚡️On his birthday today - Zelensky bans all government officials from leaving Ukraine for non-work related travel, after public outrage as Ukrainian officials spotted holidaying in Spain and Italy during war time.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Ukraine may receive American Abrams tanks not earlier than in a year - CNN.

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CHAIN REACTION: Lined up Leopard 2 tanks on German railway, seen heading east amidst ACTIVE transfer of armored vehicles and weaponry on NATO's Eastern Front.

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Reports indicate that Berlin and Washington to announce specifics on supply of tanks to Kiev today, in hopes to provoke and prompt allies into doing the same.

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⚡️Lithuania considers itself part of the "tank coalition" to help Ukraine, although it has no tanks.

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🇱🇻 💶 Latvia spent 1% of its total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on weapons for Ukraine in 2022, amounting to total of €370 million

This is the most of any country as a share of their GDP.

🗣 Kiev has received dozens of Stinger air defense systems, two Mi-17 helicopters, dozens of machine guns with ammunition, dozens of drones, spare parts for howitzers - Latvian Defense Minister Inara Murniece.

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🇺🇦 NATO has not been and will not be party to the conflict in Ukraine, alliance does not send its soldiers or aircraft to the country - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.

At the same time, Stoltenberg expects member states raise current spending target on defense from 1% to 2% of national output by the time they meet for July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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🇪🇸 Spain joins European plan for supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

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🇺🇦 Joining a string of resignations - Head of Department of Procurement of Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Bogdan Khmelnitsky dismissed from his post amid corruption scandal.

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