🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: We elevate our bilateral relations with Ukraine to the level of a strategic partnership.

🇺🇦 President Zelenskyy spoke with the NATO Secretary General.

“We discussed protecting the skies, the PURL program, which allows us to receive missiles for Patriot systems, as well as key security challenges currently facing the world. It is important that we coordinate and strengthen each other,” the president said.

The head of state emphasized that strengthening air defense is a key priority and that people’s lives must be protected.

“We are preparing news about PURL,” Zelenskyy added.

💥 The video shows the results of the work of border guards-drone operators of the Chimera unit on the territory of the Bryansk region.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: The number of Ukrainian men who have taken refuge is something we will be working on with Ukraine to limit, because it is crucial that these men are there to help their country.

🇩🇪🇭🇺 Merz on Hungary election results:

They didn’t just vote to get rid of one government, but rather to get rid of a regime. Since 1989, they have once again voted for freedom.

The Hungarians have chosen Europe and the world.

Impressively, there is no trend that cannot be stopped when it comes to right-wing populism and autocracy.

So the pendulum has swung back the other way, which is good news for Europe, good news for Germany, and also good news for Ukraine.

Bu gün Füzuli rayonu ərazisində faciəli hadisə baş verib. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Minatəmizləmə Agentliyinin (ANAMA) 31 yaşlı əməkdaşı mina partlaması nəticəsində həlak olub.

Həyatını itirən 31 yaşlı Muğan Rəfayıl oğlu Mətili evli olub, iki uşaq atası idi. O eyni zamanda musiqiçi idi, uzun müddət rayonun mədəniyyət mərkəzində qarmon müəllimi olub.

Allah rəhmət eləsin!

🇩🇪 Merz: We are going to step up our measures against Russia’s shadow fleet.

We will also be working together on the Middle East in order to increase defense capabilities.

Russia should end this war as quickly as possible. It has no chance of winning it.

🇩🇪🇺🇦🚀 Zelensky: We will be producing anti-ballistic missile systems to protect us against any kind of drones, any kinds of aerial attacks. And we are working together to achieve this result.

Ukraine and Germany signed an agreement in Berlin on defense cooperation and agreed on a new military assistance package.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine would receive drones and ammunition, and its air defenses would be strengthened.

🇩🇪🇺🇦🚀 Following today's agreements in Berlin, Ukraine will, in particular, receive a significant package of RAS-2 missiles for the Patriot air defense system and new Iris-T launchers, - Ukraine Context

In turn, Ukraine has proposed a bilateral agreement on drones to Germany.

🇬🇭 Ghanaian Premier League Player Dominic Frimpong Killed in Attack on Team Bus

Berekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong, 20, was killed on Sunday after armed attackers opened fire on the team's bus as it returned from a match. Officials said the bus was attacked by masked men wielding guns, and Frimpong died as a result of the assault.

The attack has prompted an outpouring of grief across Ghanaian football, with the Ghana Premier League and club officials expressing condolences to Frimpong's family.

#Ghana

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Fevralın 28-i saat 08:00-dan aprelin 13-ü saat 10:00-dək İran İslam Respublikasından Azərbaycana ümumilikdə 3.505 nəfər təxliyə edilib.

Təxliyə olunanların 613 nəfəri Azərbaycan vətəndaşıdır.

The Russians launched a strike on Kryvyi Rih. Locals saw a pillar of fire rising above the city.

Zelensky arrived in Berlin to meet Chancellor Friedrich Merz, beginning a diplomatic week across Europe focused on security coordination and partnerships.

🦅🇺🇦 Zelensky on drone deal with Germany: "This is going to be the largest deal of its kind in Europe."

🇩🇪🇪🇺 Merz on Ukraine’s EU accession:

"It’s not going to be second-class membership. It’s a process where we bring them closer, and there is homework that Ukraine has to do. We have accession criteria."

❗️Zelensky: We’re talking about, in particular, air defense against ballistic missiles. There are simply not enough production capacities in Europe. We need to ensure that Ukraine works with the EU to produce these anti-ballistic missile defense systems.

🇰🇵 North Korea Nears Completion of New Enrichment Facility

Satellite imagery analyzed by Beyond Parallel, a project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, indicates that a new building at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex is externally complete and nearing operational readiness. Construction began in mid-December 2024, with most exterior work finished by early June 2025.

IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi stated in March that the building's size and infrastructure — including power supply and cooling capabilities — are comparable to those of the Kangson enrichment facility. Imagery from April 2 shows supporting structures including a backup power building, an administrative facility, and a vehicle storage area. Frequent vehicle and personnel sightings over the past four months suggest work has shifted to interior outfitting.

Neither the Yongbyon structure nor the Kangson facility has been declared to the IAEA. A South Korean presidential office official, speaking anonymously, said Seoul and Washington are closely monitoring North Korea's nuclear facilities but declined to provide further details.

#NorthKorea

@asianomics