A LAST-DITCH EFFORT: President Joe Biden meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson this afternoon as part of a last-ditch effort to overcome objections from Turkey and Hungary to Sweden joining its neighbor Finland as the newest members of NATO.
“President Biden and Prime Minister Kristersson will review our growing security cooperation and reaffirm their view that Sweden should join NATO as soon as possible,” said a statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also furious about another in a series of Quran-burning incidents that occurred during a protest last week outside a mosque in central Stockholm. “Those who allow these under the pretext of freedom of expression and turn a blind eye to this viciousness, as well as those who have committed this crime, will not reach their goals,” Erdogan said, condemning Sweden for granting a permit for the demonstration.
But Hungary has never spelled out its objections to Sweden, and NATO officials hope that once Turkey gives its approval, Hungary will too. “I am honored by the decision of NATO allies to extend my term,” Stoltenberg said in a statement. “The transatlantic bond between Europe and North America has ensured our freedom and security for nearly 75 years, and in a more dangerous world, our great alliance is more important than ever.”
“Now we have information from our intelligence that the Russian troops have placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario,” Zelensky said. “But in any case, the world sees, can't but see, that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Russia and no one else.
“The counteroffensive is, it is difficult. People should never think that this is an easy walkover. It will never be. There's a considerable number of Russians in Ukraine. There's considerable defensive obstacles,” Bauer told reporters at NATO headquarters Monday. “And we saw in Normandy in the Second World War that it took seven, eight, nine weeks for the Allies to actually break through the defensive lines of the Germans. And so it is not a surprise that it is not going fast.
UK MOD: ‘RUSSIA HAS ACHIEVED SOME SUCCESS’: In an intelligence assessment released over the weekend, the British Defense Ministry said Russia has “refined its tactics” and, as a result, has “achieved some success” in blunting Ukrainian attempts to probe Russian front lines with tanks and armored vehicles.
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