🇯🇵🇦🇺 Australia and Japan Formalize Economic Security Pact

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited Canberra on May 6, where she and Australian PM Anthony Albanese signed a Joint Declaration on Economic Security Cooperation. The agreement moves their bilateral partnership toward formal institutionalization, covering trade coercion resilience and energy security.

Both countries face structural exposure to Chinese economic pressure and share dependence on stable Indo-Pacific supply chains. The declaration reflects a deliberate effort by two mid-sized powers to reduce reliance on the US security umbrella by deepening direct bilateral ties — effectively hardening what observers have called a quasi-alliance.

The move adds institutional weight to an already dense security relationship that includes the Reciprocal Access Agreement and Quad membership.

#Japan #Australia

@asianomics

🇹🇷🇺🇦 Retired Turkish General Ergin Saygun:

Look at Ukraine — as you know, Ukraine does not really have a navy.

Yet they destroyed around 30% of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using unmanned vehicles and missiles.

This even included the Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. This is the scale of the transformation.

Ukraine’s annual drone production capacity is between 5 and 7 million units.

Now think about how you defend against that. You cannot fire Patriot missiles at every drone.

For example, the European Union is building an electronic shield against Russian missiles and drones.

They are trying to neutralize them electronically somehow.

Apart from Ukraine, have you heard about any major ground offensives recently? Hardly any.

Everyone is simply firing missiles at each other. The war lasts as long as your missile stockpile lasts.

🔥 The occupant had no luck in the toilet…

🇺🇦 Zelensky: After yesterday's brutal strikes against our cities and communities - Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk and others - the Russian army continued active combat operations and terrorist shelling this day as well. Russia's choice is an obvious rejection of silence and the preservation of lives.

Assault operations are ongoing on all key areas of the front, and since the beginning of this day alone, the Russian army has already carried out almost 30 assault operations. More than 20 air strikes using more than 70 air bombs have been recorded just last night and this morning.

During this night, the Russian army also carried out strikes with drones of various types. In particular, our Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized almost ninety attack drones alone. There were also missile strikes. In total, as of 10 a.m., the Russian army had carried out 1,820 violations of the regime of silence - shelling, attempted assaults, air strikes, and the use of drones.

I am grateful to our soldiers for protecting Ukrainian positions. Ukraine clearly stated that it would act in a mirror manner, given the intrusive Russian appeals through the media and social networks asking for silence during the Moscow parade. It is obvious to all normal people that a full-scale war and daily killings of people are a bad time for public “celebrations”.

Russia must end its ongoing war. Even with the Internet turned off and the communication of most Russians blocked, it is absolutely clear that their leadership can come out of the bunker and choose peace. Our diplomatic proposals are with the Russian side, and the only thing that is needed is Russia’s readiness to move towards real peace.

As of today, we state that the Russian side has disrupted the ceasefire. Based on the evening reports of our military and intelligence, we will decide on our further actions. Glory to Ukraine!

Зеленский обвинил Россию в срыве объявленного Украиной перемирия, согласие на которое Москва официально не подтверждала.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria opposition alliance falters as two leading figures quit, clouding 2027 unity push

Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso have withdrawn from a newly formed opposition coalition aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu in elections scheduled for January 2027. The two leading figures cited legal wrangles and internal divisions as reasons for their departure.

The withdrawals deal a significant blow to opposition efforts to present a unified front against the incumbent president in next year's polls.

#Nigeria

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#Lebanon / #Israel / #Iran / #USA 🇱🇧🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸: #Hezbollah FPV Drone has struck Israeli Army (#IDF) jeep in Al-Bayada.

Group used a common Fiber-Optic FPV Kamikaze Drone armed with a possible PG-7 variant Anti-Tank RPG warhead.

https://x.com/i/status/2051966420406120782