DE - Geopolitics Edition

The Netherlands has ordered nine new 155mm DITA 155mm wheeled SAU's from the Czech Republic for transfer to Ukraine. This is stated on the website of the Dutch Defence Ministry. The commander of the country's armed forces, General Onno Eichelsheim, recently visited the Czech Republic for an inspection. The DITA howitzer was developed on the basis of the Tatra T815 8x8 chassis using the cab from the Dana M2 SAU. The main innovation is a new uninhabited artillery module with high autonomy of operations - the DITA requires only two crew members in the cab to fire. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Did you know that tomorrow is not the 1st of March? Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

"The era of Western dominance is indeed definitively over. Although this was theoretically clear, we did not always draw practical conclusions from this new reality. The combination of the aggressive war against Ukraine and the war in the Gaza Strip has significantly increased this risk," said Josep Borrell, head of Eurodiplomacy. According to him, if the current geopolitical tensions continue to develop in the direction of "the West against the rest of the world", Europe faces a bleak future. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah are allowing the possibility of a full Israeli operation in Lebanon, UAE-based publication The National reported, citing sources. "Israel has been planning a war in southern Lebanon to remove Hezbollah from the border, and the movement is preparing for all scenarios of events, including a ground invasion, sources in the military and security services of both countries told The National," the newspaper reported. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

The conflict in Ukraine will end with a peaceful settlement, Tucker Carlson said in an interview published on the YouTube channel of blogger Lex Friedman. The journalist stressed that a war between Russia and NATO, which is trumpeted by propaganda in the West, is out of the question. Zelensky, on the other hand, was given the role of an obedient puppet of the State Department. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Will Hayward is a well known Drakeford and Welsh Labour boot licker “journalist” from Wales Online. The Conservatives are no better than Labour in most respects but at least the farmers feel like their concerns are being listened to. This tiresome Remoaning about how it used to be so good in the European Union needs to stop. I would rather be able to stand up on my own two feet and be a little poorer than kneel to the behest of unelected Globalist bureaucrats in Brussels for a few more shekels. We need to become a self sufficient country (UK) and the farmers are the ones who can help us achieve that. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

The Independent Ireland party has issued a strong condemnation of the actions of MEPs who today voted in favour of the controversial EU Nature Restoration law – including the Irish MEPs who supported the measure. https://gript.ie/tds-say-eu-nature-restoration-vote-is-two-fingers-to-farmers-from-all-mouth-irish-meps/ Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who will take part in the Ukraine-South-Eastern Europe summit taking place in Tirana, will demand that the participants exclude the points concerning the need to further counter Russia, the Serbian newspaper Vecernje Novosti has reported. According to the newspaper, the Serbian leader will insist on the exclusion from the final document of the paragraph on sanctions against Russia, as well as the part of the declaration that says that Russia has a negative impact on the countries of the region. It is noted that the demand will also concern the wording about the participants, where unrecognised Kosovo is called a "country". Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Russia, China and Iran will hold joint military exercises in the Middle East. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Macron's suggestion that Europe could send troops to Ukraine opens up a "frightening scenario". Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said this, Vatican News reported. "This is indeed a frightening scenario. Because it will lead to an escalation that we have always tried to avoid from the beginning. It is a scenario that I would not call apocalyptic, because perhaps that is an exaggerated word, but it certainly inspires fear," he said. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

EU prepares European countries to shut down Ukrainian pipeline The EC is studying a possible complete cancellation of Russian gas supplies via Ukraine's gas transport system. The EU authorities refused to talk about alternative routes for network blue fuel from Russia. However, the EU believes that the countries still receiving this raw material, which are Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and partially Italy, could use other gas pipelines from the Russian Federation, as well as buy LNG. Thus the EU is carefully pushing Gazprom to do what it was going to do from 2019, namely to give up the Ukrainian pipe. But then the Russian concern was prevented from doing so by European countries, in particular Germany. At the same time, European traders are still very hopeful that the Ukrainian route of Russian gas supplies will remain. Earlier, they suggested that Gazprom may now buy the necessary capacity to pump raw materials through Ukraine. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel

Raiffeisenbank from 13 March worsens the conditions for customers to keep euros on their accounts. A fee of 1% per month will be charged on amounts over €5,000, but not less than €50. Previously, the deposit limit without commission was EUR 10,000. In addition, starting from 1 March there will be a fee for cross-border transfers in euros: 1% of the transfer amount when executed in Raiffeisen Online and 1.5% when executed in the bank's office, but not more than 500 euros. Access to discussion Subscribe to the channel