🇸🇬🇮🇩 Defence firms explore cooperation

Representatives from Singaporean and Indonesian defence companies held their first meeting at a workshop in Jakarta on May 21, where they explored collaborations amid a more complex Indo-Pacific security environment and rising cyber threats. The workshop was organised by PT Mirage Defence Indonesia with Singapore’s ST Engineering and Indonesia’s DEFEND ID.

The meeting brought together industry players rather than governments directly, pointing to a push for deeper cross-border cooperation in the defence industrial base between Singapore and Indonesia. It comes as regional security planning is increasingly shaped by Indo-Pacific contingencies and the need to strengthen cyber resilience alongside conventional capabilities.

The workshop may serve as a starting point for follow-on industry engagement between the two sides. No specific agreements or projects were disclosed.

#Singapore #Indonesia

@asianomics

📢 Russia will not strike the Verkhovna Rada and the office of President Zelensky as part of the strike - it is not considered a "decision-making center," - head of the State Duma committee Kartapolov.

🥴 Strikes on Russian civilian population will force us to use weapons that will leave no trace of anyone, - Russian State Duma.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces used FPV drones to burn a Russian base packed with military equipment.

🇬🇧 The UK is banning the import of uranium from Russia this year, - Militarnyi

The new sanctions include a ban not only on imports, but also on the purchase and supply of Russian uranium - both directly and through intermediaries.

According to the country's government, technical, financial and brokerage services related to such operations are also subject to restrictions.

At the same time, the British side has provided for a number of exceptions. In particular, operations necessary for the operation of nuclear facilities commissioned before May 20, 2026 are permitted.

Офис Зеленского и Верховная рада Украины не являются центрами принятия решений, поэтому наносить туда удары нет смысла, заявил председатель комитета Госдумы по обороне Андрей Картаполов.

"Верховная Рада не является центром принятия решений — точно так же, как в России, например, им не является Государственная Дума. Депутаты же не контролируют войска и не определяют, куда и когда наносить удары.

То же самое можно сказать и об офисе президента Украины. Мы же все понимаем, что Зеленский там не появляется. Он сидит в бункере, а в офисе у него два охранника и пять уборщиц. Есть ли смысл тратить дорогостоящие боеприпасы на, по сути, пустое место?

Поэтому в данном случае под центрами принятия решений подразумеваются заглубленные и защищенные пункты управления Вооруженных сил Украины, их родов войск, объединений, возможно, иных силовых структур и в том числе структур госуправления. Но нужно понимать, что они не в центре Киева находятся. Это скрытые, хорошо укрепленные пункты. И наша задача — выявлять их и вскрывать при помощи имеющегося вооружения", - заявил Картаполов.

Не думали, что однажды частично согласимся с Картаполовым.

Естественно Зеленский не сидит в своем офисе в Киеве в ожидании прилета российских ракет, поэтому бить туда смысла мало. Но вот Верховная рада Украины, по своей сути, вполне себе является "центром принятия решений". Просто потому, что занимается разработкой и принятием законов, которые непосредственно определяют жизнедеятельность Украины, включая экономику и мобилизацию.

Выведение из строя органа законодательной власти противника, даже на время, окажется существенное воздействие на функционирование вертикали власти страны и может частично парализовать отдельные сферы жизни. Но здесь мы возвращаемся к извечному вопросу о (не)возможности нанесения внезапного удара в рабочее время, чтобы поразить людей, принимающих решения, а не пустующие здания в ночи. Если таковой нет, то действительно не стоит заниматься тратой ракет на символизм.

Военный Осведомитель

🇨🇬 AfDB annual meetings open in Brazzaville as Sidi Ould Tah sets reform agenda

Shareholders, government leaders and other participants are gathering in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, this week for the 2026 annual meetings of the African Development Bank, the first since Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Tah took office. As Tah approaches 9 months in office, the meetings are expected to outline his programme built around 4 Cardinal Points, while the bank advances the New African Financial Architecture for Development to help mobilise part of Africa’s $4 trillion in domestic savings to address the continent’s $400bn annual development financing gap.

Ahead of the meetings, Tah secured backing from African leaders for NAFAD at the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya earlier in May. The bank has also raised its stake in African Trade & Investment Development Insurance from 4% to between 14% and 15% and announced a €450m partial risk guarantee for OCP Group, while internal reforms under discussion include cutting project approval times from around 18 months to as little as 3 months.

#Congo

🔸 Source

@africaintel

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today in Kyiv there is a summit that brought together 24 countries, primarily European countries. All our European neighbors are represented. Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Belarus.

We all support the desire of the Belarusian people to get rid of Russian interference and know that Russia is now trying to draw Belarus even more into this war against Ukraine.

And we appreciate every manifestation of support from Belarusians for a free Ukraine and know that there will be a day when our states will again have good-neighborly relations based on the real independence of both Ukraine and Belarus from Moscow.

Today, this is exactly what we talked about with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her team, who are visiting Kyiv. Ukraine has never been a threat to Belarus.

And we are grateful to those Belarusians who are with Ukraine now, when the fate of both our independence and the independence of every nation bordering Russia is being decided.

The victims from Rizk family as a result of the Jewish aggression yesterday on the town of Mashgharah

In addition to the elderly members (husband and wife) from Anqouni family

In addition to three members from Mansour family

These are the Israeli army targets.

Ukraine's MFA responds to new Russian threats.