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Pavel, a retired army general, defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis and succeeds controversy-courting Milos Zeman. He is a former chairman of Nato’s military committee, the alliance’s highest military body. Source link

On Friday, some 50 nations agreed to provide Kyiv with military hardware. On Saturday, Germany refused to supply its vaunted Leopard tanks. ‘Every day of delay is the death of Ukrainians,’ tweeted Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak. Source link

The poll found 43 per cent of respondents perceived China as the greatest threat, with the US ahead of historic arch-rival Pakistan as the second-most significant. Source link

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of shameful subservience to the US and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself at a meeting of the Japanese cabinet after Kishida’s return. Source link

In the decree published on Saturday by the Office of the president of Ukraine, those on the list will have any assets in Ukraine frozen. Opera singer Anna Netrebko is among the 119 public figures on the list. Source link

The White House on Friday announced US$3.75 billion in weapons and other aid for Ukraine and its European backers. Source link

The newly commissioned vessels included a corvette, a minesweeper and the Generalissimus Suvorov nuclear submarine. Source link

It’s the time of year that the shamans beat drums, chant, blow smoke and drink a potent hallucinogenic brew to make their divinations for the 12 months ahead. Source link

‘I’m not a traitor. I’m a true Russian patriot who thinks about the future of my country’. Source link

Russia fired 33 missiles from multiple rocket launchers at civilian targets in Kherson, Ukraine said. Russia denies targeting civilians. Source link