We guess you can say that within the #NATO Alliance, the U.S. and Latvia are...tightly knit.

#StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO #MēsEsamNATO

We’re proud of #Fulbright alum Paul Haesemeyer, whose hand-knitted sweater just made an appearance on Saturday Night Live! 🇺🇸🎉 While in 🇱🇻#Latvia, Paul introduced two U.S. and Latvian soldiers to the unexpected joy of knitting—a lesson in patience, teamwork, and alliance. Watch how these knitting rookies rose to the challenge and proved that collaboration is at the heart of our #NATO strength. 🧶💪 #KnitTogether #StrongerTogether #WeAreNATO

@FulbrightPrgrm @Latvian_MFA @Latvia_USA @USArmyEURAF @US_EUCOM @Latvijas_armija @AizsardzibasMin @LV_NATO @USNATO @ECAatState - U.S. Embassy Riga

U.S. Mission to NATO

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Celebrate #VEDay80 on Monday 5 May!

💂 Join veterans and 1,000 service personnel for a spectacular procession

✈️ Watch a breathtaking flypast featuring the Red Arrows

🇬🇧 Host a street party in your neighbourhood

For more information visit https://t.co/IHPvKyXQK9. https://t.co/4wnl9Rp3Ab

Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧

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Президент обсудил с постоянными членами Совета Безопасности вопросы развития оборонно-промышленного комплекса

Подробнее – на сайте Кремля.

#Fentanyl is the U.S.’s problem, not China’s. The U.S. and the U.S. alone has the responsibility to solve it.

Despite the goodwill China has shown, the U.S. slapped tariffs on Chinese imports and blames it on fentanyl. This is bullying through and through, and highly damaging to dialogue and cooperation on #counternarcotics.

The U.S. should know that vilifying others will not hide its failed responsibility, to punish those who try to help will not solve any problem, and intimidation or threats are certainly not the right way to engage with China.

CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人

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China and the U.S. are NOT having any consultation or negotiation on #tariffs. The U.S. should stop creating confusion. https://t.co/OrapuQzJRW

CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人

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Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanı Orgeneral Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, 24 Nisan 2025 tarihinde, İzmir’de konuşlu Ege Ordusu Komutanlığının çalışmalarını inceledi. 57’nci Topçu Tugay Komutanlığında denetlemelerde bulundu.

Birliklerin harbe hazırlık seviyelerini yerinde gören Orgeneral Bayraktaroğlu, yerli ve millî imkânlarla üretilen yeni nesil ateş destek, hava savunma, istihkâm, muhabere sistemleri ile lojistik destek unsurlarını denetledi. Önümüzdeki dönemde icra edilecek faaliyetler ve emniyet tedbirlerine yönelik talimat verdi.

#MillîSavunmaBakanlığı

T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı

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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation from 19 to 25 April 2025

Part 2 (👉 See part 1)

🚩 The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of a heavy mechanised brigade, three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, a jaeger brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, two marine brigades, a territorial defence brigade, and two national guard brigades.

▪️ The enemy losses were more than 2,345 troops, two tanks, 20 armoured fighting vehicles including a HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, a German-made Marder IFV, and a French-made VAB armoured personnel carrier. Moreover, 30 motor vehicles, and 11 field artillery guns were destroyed.

↗️ Elements of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defence. Russian elements damaged two mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, an air assault brigade, an unmanned aerial vehicles brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade.

▪️ The AFU losses amounted to more than 990 troops, two tanks, and 16 armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier. Thirty-nine motor vehicles, 16 field artillery guns four of which were manufactured by NATO countries, and three electronic warfare stations have been eliminated.

📍 The Dnepr Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions. The Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, two artillery brigades, three coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades.

▪️ The AFU lost more than 505 troops, a tank, and a Turkish-made Kirpi armoured vehicle. Forty-one motor vehicles, 10 field artillery guns, 18 electronic and counter-fire warfare stations as well as nine ammunition depots have been neutralised.

🎯 Over the past week, air defence units have shot down 31 JDAM guided aerial bombs and 12 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, four Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles as well as 993 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised:

661 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
53,585 unmanned aerial vehicles,
605 anti-aircraft missile systems,
23,035 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
1,553 MLRS combat vehicles,
24,098 field artillery guns and mortars,
34,582 units of support vehicles.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

Denmark continues to support Ukraine!
🇺🇦🤝🇩🇰
Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen announced a new Danish donation of artillery ammunition to Ukraine via Estonia worth approximately DKK 317 million.

We are grateful to our Danish partners for their leadership and unwavering support. Together, we pave the way to a just peace.
@Forsvarsmin

Defense of Ukraine

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📊 Всего за время боевых действий на Курском направлении формирования ВСУ потеряли

▫️ более 75870 военнослужащих,
▫️ 412 танков,
▫️ 337 боевых машин пехоты,
▫️ 311 бронетранспортеров,
▫️ 2 286 боевых бронированных машин,
▫️ 2 783  автомобиля,
▫️ 645 самоходных артиллерийских установок и орудий полевой артиллерии,
▫️ 63 пусковые установки реактивных систем залпового огня, в том числе 15 HIMARS и семь MLRS производства США,
▫️ 29 пусковых установок зенитных ракетных комплексов, зенитную самоходную установку, десять транспортно-заряжающих машин,
▫️ 130 станций РЭБ,
▫️ 18 РЛС контрбатарейной борьбы, 13 РЛС ПВО,
▫️ 58 единиц инженерной и другой техники, из них 23 инженерные машины разграждения, одну установку разминирования УР-77, пять мостоукладчиков, инженерную разведывательную машину, а также 16 бронированных ремонтно-эвакуационных машин и командно-штабную машину.

Операция по уничтожению формирований ВСУ продолжается.

🔹 Минобороны России

W uroczystym zgromadzeniu Posłów i Senatorów z okazji 1000-lecia koronacji Bolesława Chrobrego uczestniczy wicepremier W. @KosiniakKamysz.

📍#Gniezno. Rozpoczyna się uroczyste zgromadzenie Posłów i Senatorów z okazji 1000-lecia koronacji Bolesława Chrobrego z udziałem Premiera @DonaldTusk i Rady Ministrów. https://t.co/jH4HkkRyPo - Kancelaria Premiera

Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱

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🎮 UAV pilots fight adversary hardware and positions

▫️ FPV drones of a special forces formation (Tsentr Group of Forces) support assault operations of the storming soldiers in Krasnoarmeysk direction.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, drone pilots of the Vostok Group of Forces rendered a MaxxPro APC inoperable.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

Tánaiste & Minister for Defence, @SimonHarrisTD today reviewed the personnel of the 126th Infantry Battalion at Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa in Galway, ahead of their forthcoming deployment as part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). @defenceforces Here👇https://t.co/zR8obRYAAp https://t.co/S5rnu76nWf

Department of Defence

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Presseinvitation: Forsvarsministeren besøger Dragonkasernen efter lancering af hærplan.

Læs mere her: https://t.co/hSW8s4H6SJ

Forsvarsministeriet/Danish MoD

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