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Col. Damir Davydov, reportedly in charge of supplying missile and artillery ammunition to Russian forces, was killed when an explosive device detonated beneath his vehicle near Moscow.
Europe is therefore moving towards a new bargain, offering candidates earlier access to the benefits of integration while delaying some of the powers that come with full membership. 🧵
This would mark a significant shift. Enlargement would no longer be only about transforming candidates into members but would increasingly become a way of projecting European power beyond the Union's existing borders.
On the other hand, Hungary under Viktor Orbán has shown how, once inside, a government can use membership rights and veto powers to frustrate the bloc’s largely unanimous agenda, including on sanctions, Ukraine and the EU budget. 🧵
Ukraine has tested a new surface-to-air missile designed as a cheaper, mass-producible alternative to the U.S. Patriot system. Facing shortages of Western interceptors amid ongoing Russian missile and drone attacks, Kyiv is seeking scalable defenses.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected the idea of second-tier or associate membership without full rights, arguing that Ukraine does not see itself as a normal candidate asking politely to be admitted. 🧵
On one hand, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has turned accession from a merit-based slow walk into a geostrategic necessity. European leaders increasingly want candidate countries tied into the EU’s economy, institutions and political orbit long before they become full members. 🧵
Russia’s Starlink rival loses satellite as it prepares for service testing.
The deeper significance of this debate goes beyond Ukraine, Albania or the Western Balkans. It touches the nature of the European Union itself. 🧵
Under the new proposals, the EU would gain, in effect, a new outer layer of states that are inside much of the system but not fully inside its decision-making structures. 🧵
The company plans to deploy 292 satellites by the end of 2030, out of a total of 383 scheduled for launch.
