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World military spending surges to record in 2022

Ukraine military spending surged by 640%, the largest annual increase ever in data by SIPRI, a think tank.

Fortune

Factbox-What's on the agenda at the South Korea-US summit?

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol will be seeking U.S. assurances on deterring North Korea when he meets President Joe Biden this week, while the Americans will likely be looking for Yoon's support for U.S. interests related to China and Russia.

Reuters

Journalists who have worked in Moscow call for release of Evan Gershkovich

More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism

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Russian shelling as Ukraine forces reportedly cross Dnieper River

Russian-installed official denies reports that Kyiv’s forces have taken up positions on river’s east bank.

Al Jazeera

Moscow to Host Türkiye, Syria, Russia, Iran Meeting on Tuesday

Türkiye's defense minister said he planned to meet his Syrian, Russian and Iranian counterparts in Moscow on Tuesday, state-owned Anadolu news agency said, amid efforts to rebuild Ankara-Damascus ties after years of animosity during the Syrian war. Anadolu cited Defense Minister Hulusi Akar as saying the countries' intelligence chiefs will…

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea restores Japan to trade white list amid warming ties

Seoul restores preferential trade status three years after neighbours restricted trade over historical grievances.

Al Jazeera

Russia Claims Progress in Battle for Bakhmut

Russia on Sunday said its forces had advanced in Bakhmut while a top Ukrainian commander said his troops were holding the frontline through the city, all but destroyed in some of the bloodiest combat of the 14-month war. The Russian defense ministry said its forces had secured two blocks in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Study: Highest Military Spending in Europe Since Cold War

Europe's military spending grew at a record pace in 2022, reaching a level unseen since the Cold War following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, global security researchers said Monday. The rise in Europe helped global military expenditures reach an eighth straight record at $2.24 trillion, or 2.2 percent of the world's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian-speaking Ukrainians want to shed ‘language of the oppressor’

Kharkiv on country’s eastern border has long had Russian-speaking majority but things are changing fast

The Guardian - UK

Russia switching to defensive positions in all areas of combat except Bakhmut, claims Ukraine intelligence – as it happened

Head of intelligence in Ukraine says Bakhmut is the only frontline area in which Russian troops are making any attempt to advance

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 425

As the war enters its 425th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Exclusive-Czech Republic looks to supply Vietnam more aircraft, radars - source

Vietnam is in talks with the Czech Republic for military supplies, including aircraft, radars, upgrades of armoured vehicles and firearms, a Czech government source told Reuters, as Hanoi aims to diversify its mostly Russian arsenal.

Reuters

Russia says it repels naval drone attack on Sevastopol

Russia repelled an attack by naval drones on its Black Sea fleet stationed in the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early hours of Monday, Russia's defence ministry said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin’s forces using ‘Syria tactics’ in destruction of Bakhmut

Russian troops trying to steal ‘as much as they can’ in Kherson amid evacuation

The Independent UK

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Reuters

China's cooperation with Europe 'unlimited' as with Russia - Chinese envoy

China's cooperation with Europe and other nations is "endless" just as its ties with Russia are "unlimited", China's envoy to the European Union said, giving some reassurance of China's neutrality over Ukraine in an interview published on Monday.

The Independent UK

South Korea restores Japan on trade 'white list'

South Korea has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade, three years after the neighbors downgraded each other’s trade status amid a diplomatic row over historical grievances

Reuters

Russian antisubmarine destroyer to conduct drills in Sea of Japan -Interfax

Russia's antisubmarine destroyer Admiral Tributs will conduct exercises in the Sea of Japan involving mock enemy objects, the news agency Interfax reported on Monday, quoting the press service of Russia's Pacific Fleet.

Al Jazeera

World military spending reaches all-time high of $2.24 trillion

Surge in spending reflects Russia-Ukraine war and ‘increasingly insecure world’, according to leading think tank.

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EU's Borrell sees deal soon to buy ammunition for Ukraine

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed confidence on Monday that the bloc would finalise a plan within days to buy ammunition for Ukraine after Kyiv expressed frustration at wrangling among EU member states.

ABC News

Analysts say Kyiv may be launching long-awaited counteroffensive as Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military

A new analysis gives rise to speculation that Kyiv is beginning a long-awaited counteroffensive, as new data shows global military expenditure increased by a record 3.7 per cent last year.

Tribune News Service

World military spending rises to record as insecurity swells

Global military spending rose to a record last year, spurred by a policy U-turn in Europe where governments boosted capabilities by the most since the end of the Cold War in the wake of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Defence spending in western and central Europe tops last year of cold war

Stockholm International Peace Institute’s annual report finds UK was region’s biggest spender in 2022 at $68.5bn

Reuters

Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm think tank says

Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia's war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold War three decades ago, a leading conflict and armaments think tank said on Monday.

Barchart

Crude Oil and the U.S. SPR

The U.S. SPR has dropped steadily and stood at the lowest level since October 1983 on April 14, 2023. The Biden administration authorized an unprecedented SPR release and sale following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that drove crude oil prices to over $130 per barrel in March 2022, the highest price…

France 24

Azerbaijan sets up checkpoint on land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan on Sunday set up a checkpoint on the only land link between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, sparking an angry response from Yerevan.

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