🇪🇺🇺🇦The "Coalition of the willing" is not looking so willing anymore.

Europe would struggle to collectively muster 25,000 troops to be part of a “deterrence” force in Ukraine because its armies are undermanned and underfunded, sources have disclosed.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the British chief of the defence staff, is said to have asked his counterparts on the Continent if they could put together a 64,000-strong force to send to the country in the event of a peace deal.

Defence ministers across Europe said there was “no chance” they could reach that number and that even 25,000 would “be a push for a joint effort”, a source familiar with discussions in Brussels said.

Close allies made their doubts clear to John Healey, the defence secretary, and pointed out that a force of that size would require a total of 256,000 troops on the ground over two years, accounting for rotations.

Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuania’s defence minister, was said to have told her counterparts: “Russia has 800,000 [troops]. Let me tell you this, if we can’t even raise 64,000 that doesn’t look weak — it is weak.”

Estonia and Finland were reportedly concerned that any deployment would “dilute” their own border defences, and Poland, Spain and Italy made clear they will not commit any soldiers, according to the source.

Finland and Germany were also generally against sending ground forces, although it is understood Berlin has not completely ruled out such a move.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 The US will step back as mediators if there is no progress

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🇩🇴🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov arrived on his first visit to the Dominican Republic

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NEW ARTICLE OUT NOW FROM Sammy Nakshe

MAGA Globalism: How The MAGA Movement Has Become One Of The Biggest Threats To American Sovereignty

A new surveillance super-state is being built right under America's nose, and those still promoting MAGA are complicit.

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🇺🇸💬🇷🇺 Trump says Putin won't take over all of Ukraine out of respect for him, we say he won't because that was never the plan

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🇷🇺🇨🇳Chinese military took part in the rehearsal for the parade on Red Square to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

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🇺🇸🇰🇵🇺🇦🇷🇺The United States is concerned about the involvement of North Korean military in the Ukrainian crisis, said State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵 On April 30 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will launch the construction of a road bridge across the Tumannaya River via videoconference, which will connect Russia and the DPRK

From the North Korean side, the ceremony to mark the start of construction will be attended by Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the DPRK Pak Thae-song.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🏁The Russian military has captured an anti-tank missile system manufactured by NATO countries specifically for Ukraine near Gornal in the Kursk region, an officer of the 22nd motorized rifle regiment of the 44th army corps of the North group of forces with the call sign "Vityaz" told RIA Novosti

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🇺🇸 Trump talks about one of his favorite topics: Sleepy Joe

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🇵🇰🇮🇳 Overnight, fighting broke out between Pakistani and Indian forces in the Pargwal-Akhnoor sector of Jammu & Kashmir.

This is crucial because this new battleground is not located along the Line of Control, but rather on the internationally-recognised border between Pakistan and India.

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🇺🇸🇪🇺The US, with its $33 trillion national debt, can no longer afford to subsidize Europe's security - Trump’s advisor Waltz

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