Ukrainian porn star raises funds for war amputees (www.politico.eu)
The adult celebrity is a “patriot of her country,” said one of the amputees who took part in a flirty photo shoot....
Moscow targets Kyiv, western Ukraine with massive missile barrage; Russian ships hit in Crimea (www.politico.eu)
One Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace....
Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre without evidence (www.politico.eu)
The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement....
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX (www.politico.eu)
EU agrees US deal to launch satellites with Elon Musk’s SpaceX...
Putin ‘wins’ rigged Russian election with 88% of the vote, early results show (www.politico.eu)
Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ (www.politico.eu)
Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....
Russia ‘ready’ for nuclear war, Putin claims (www.politico.eu)
Donald Trump won’t give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says (www.politico.eu)
Hungarian leader praised Republican front-runner as a “man of peace.”...
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah (www.politico.eu)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”...
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah (www.politico.eu)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”...
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving (www.politico.eu)
Biden warns of ‘red line’ for Israel over Rafah (www.politico.eu)
Scholz and Macron feud over arms for Ukraine – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
As Ukraine runs short on ammunition, the German and French leaders are at odds over military aid.
Hungary blocks EU leaders’ statement pledging support for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Statement offering support was instead sent by Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and Roberta Metsola....
Stroking the ego: Hungary’s Orbán gives his nod to Sweden’s NATO bid (www.politico.eu)
Also helping was a deal to sell more Swedish jet fighters to Hungary....
Want to watch porn in Britain? Get your passport ready (www.politico.eu)
We need to be ready for war with Putin, Romania’s top general says (www.politico.eu)
Gheorghiță Vlad issued a stark warning about the state of the nation’s army, calling for immediate action....
Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
Hydroxychloroquine could have caused almost 17,000 deaths in six countries during COVID, study finds (www.politico.eu)
China’s Xi goes full Stalin with purge (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...
Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll (www.politico.eu)
The anti-Islam, euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders is projected to be the shock winner of the Dutch election....
No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff (www.politico.eu)
The European Commission has decided to stop advertising on social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, over “widespread concerns relating to the spread of disinformation,” according to an internal note obtained by POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook....
Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says (www.politico.eu)
Donald Trump (still) can’t find Hungary on a map (www.politico.eu)
Less than a week after the former U.S. president confused Hungary and Turkey — calling Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the leader of Turkey — Trump got Hungary’s borders all wrong....
