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Report to Congress on Poland and U.S. Relations

The following is the March 6, 2023 Congressional Research Service report, Poland: Background and U.S. Relations.

From the report

Over the past three decades, the relationship between the United States and Poland has been close and cooperative. The United States strongly supported Poland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1999 and backed its entry into the European Union (EU) in 2004. Poland made strong contributions to U.S.- and NATO-led military operations in Iraq...

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/07/report-to-congress-on-poland-and-u-s-relations

Time To End Russia-Ukraine Conflict Together

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Time to jointly press stop button on Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to Global Times editorial.

Russia-Ukraine border

On February 24, 2022, when the first gunshot at the Russia-Ukraine border shattered tranquility, most people did not anticipate that it would evolve into the largest military conflict on the European continent since World War II. A year later, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has profoundly changed the international geopolitics, and severely weakened...

https://mfame.guru/time-to-end-russia-ukraine-conflict-together/

Losing Crimea Would Escalate Russian-Ukraine Conflict, Former Defense Secretary Says

A Ukrainian artilleryman trains on an M109 self-propelled howitzer at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 11, 2022. Soldiers from the U.S. and Norway trained Armed Forces of Ukraine artillerymen on the howitzers as part of security assistance packages from their respective countries. U.S. Army Photo

Losing Crimea, which holds an important naval base in Sevastopol, to Ukraine would cross a “real red line” for Russia and likely risk an escalation of the ongoing war, a former U.S. defense...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/02/losing-crimea-would-escalate-russian-ukraine-conflict-former-defense-secretary-says

Senator Questions If Allies Would Aid Taiwan in Potential Chinese Invasion

Taiwanese Marines on Jan. 11, 2023. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense Photo

A senior Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence questioned several allies’ willingness to come to Taiwan’s aid if China invaded the island.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday at the American Enterprise Institute that debating if the United States should drop its strategic ambiguity stance if the island democracy was attacked is a “moot point.” While Chinese President Xi Jinping expects the U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/23/senator-questions-if-allies-would-aid-taiwan-in-potential-chinese-invasion

Can This Russian Torpedo Plunge Britain Into the Depths of the Sea?

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Vladimir Putin’s nuclear “tsunami” torpedoes could “plunge Britain into the depths of the sea”, reports Express.

Nuclear-armed weapon

A Kremlin insider revealed Russia loaded its first batch of Poseidon nuclear torpedos onto its Belgorod submarine. A defence source told state news agency TASS: “The first Poseidon ammunition loads have been manufactured, and the Belgorod submarine will receive them in the near future.”

The weapon is nuclear-armed and powered...

https://mfame.guru/can-this-russian-torpedo-plunge-britain-into-the-depths-of-the-sea/

NATO ‘Applying Maximum Pressure on Moscow’ as War in Ukraine Continues, Says U.S. Ambassador

2005 satellite image Ukraine. The Dnieper River in the center almost bisects the country. NASA Photo

NATO has bolstered forces along its eastern front, rushed military and economic aid to Ukraine and sustained support despite some challenges, the U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Tuesday.

“Collectively we’re applying maximum pressure on Moscow” through the movement of additional troops, aircraft and equipment to members from the Baltic to the Black Sea and applying stiff economic sanctions on...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/13/nato-applying-maximum-pressure-on-moscow-as-war-in-ukraine-continues-says-u-s-ambassador

Putin Had Discussed Turkish ‘Gas Hub’ Idea With Erdogan: Kremlin

Source: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the idea of creating a Turkish “gas hub” with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan during a phone call, reports Reuters.

Gas base in Turkey

Putin first proposed creating a gas base in Turkey in October as a means to redirect supplies from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines and export them on to the European market, an idea that Erdogan has supported.

The Kremlin said the two sides also discussed the agreed extension of the Black Sea grain deal,...

https://mfame.guru/putin-had-discussed-turkish-gas-hub-idea-with-erdogan-kremlin/

Mobilisation: Russian Seafarers Are Being Called Off Their Ships

  • Mobilization in Russia has hit the civilian fleet.
  • Many sailors are unable to get to their vessels, and shipowners are hectically looking for replacements for seafarers who have been taken off ships by Russian border guards.
  • The problems began after Vladimir Putin announced a “partial” mobilization, and may arise again after the Russian military commissariats sort out the current conscription.

A recent news article published in The Barents Observer states that “This month was hell!” Russian...

https://mfame.guru/mobilisation-russian-seafarers-are-being-called-off-their-ships/

Mobilisation: Russian Seafarers Are Being Called Off Their Ships

  • Mobilization in Russia has hit the civilian fleet.
  • Many sailors are unable to get to their vessels, and shipowners are hectically looking for replacements for seafarers who have been taken off ships by Russian border guards.
  • The problems began after Vladimir Putin announced a “partial” mobilization, and may arise again after the Russian military commissariats sort out the current conscription.

A recent news article published in The Barents Observer states that “This month was hell!” Russian...

https://mfame.guru/mobilisation-russian-seafarers-are-being-called-off-their-ships/

U.S. Pacific Allies Want to Work Together to Blunt Chinese Nuclear Threat

Chinese DF-41 missiles in 2020.

As China builds up its nuclear weapons arsenal and expands its conventional military forces, United States allies in the Pacific are asking Washington for an extended deterrence alliance in the region, three security experts said Wednesday.

Toshi Yoshihara, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic Budgetary Assessment, said China has played up the idea that extended deterrence “tends to be very fragile” when a crisis arises. Beijing believes it could split...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/10/u-s-pacific-allies-want-to-work-together-to-blunt-chinese-nuclear-threat

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