Industry Commissioner: EU Must Shift to Wartime Economy

The European Union’s industry chief said that the bloc will have to shift to a “wartime” economic model if it hopes to meet Kiev’s battlefield needs, with senior Ukrainian officials voicing hopes for a massive influx of shells from their foreign sponsors.

Russia confronted with whole empire of diverse enemies, says Medvedev

History repeats itself and Russia is again confronted with an empire of diverse enemies 80 years after the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, Russia’s Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an article, Year of Defending Fatherland, published in the National Defense magazine on Saturday.

Europe is already indirectly at war with Russia: Hungary PM Orban

Europe is indirectly at war with Russia because of its military support for Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Saturday in a speech addressing his refusal to send arms to Kyiv.

Russian diplomat warns Germany’s Baerbock against making irreparable mistake on Ukraine

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who admitted that her words about Europe being at war with Russia had been a mistake, against making irreparable mistakes concerning Ukraine, Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel on Saturday.

Xi Declares China Will Focus on Preparing for War

China will focus on preparing for war with the country's security "increasingly unstable and uncertain", President Xi Jingping declared.

United States, EU Submissive Allies are ready to fight Russia till the last Ukrainian - It's True

 

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North Korea 'Ready for War' after US Navy Strike Team Redeploys

North Korea has warned of “catastrophic consequences” in response to any further provocations by the US, days after a US navy battle group was sent to waters off the Korean peninsula.

South Korean leader open to summit with North

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said that she is ready to hold a summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without any pre-condition and urged Pyongyang to promptly return to dialogue.

Defense Chief Hagel Warns Against US Isolationism. -"A mistake to view our global responsibilities as a burden or charity."

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says it would be a mistake for the United States to turn to isolationism to avoid involvement in the world's conflicts.

After 13 years of U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hagel told a foreign affairs forum Tuesday in Chicago that Americans are increasingly skeptical of foreign military engagements.

But he said it would be "a mistake to view our global responsibilities as a burden or charity." He said failure to engage in world affairs would prove costly.

Russia approves Putin request for troops in Ukraine /Video: Валентина Матвиенко (пресс-конференция)

Russia’s upper house has approved on Saturday a request from President Vladimir Putin to use Russian armed forces on the territory of Ukraine.
The approval was after the Federation Council began debating the request.
The extraordinary session began with a speech by Putin’s envoy Grigory Karasin on the need to approve the request, which was also backed by the heads of the Federation Council’s defense and foreign affairs committees.

Η Βόρεια Κορέα έθεσε σε ετοιμότητα τους στρατηγικούς πυραύλους της....Παρατηρείται μεγάλη κινητικότητα σύμφωνα με στρατιωτική πηγή της Νότιας Κορέας /North Korea declares 'state of war' with South (UPDATED 30/3/13)

Ο ηγέτης της Βόρειας Κορέας Κιμ Γιονγκ-Ουν διέταξε, κατά τη διάρκεια έκτακτης συνεδρίασης, να τεθούν σε ετοιμότητα όλες οι μονάδες πυραύλων της χώρας για επίθεση κατά στρατιωτικών βάσεων των ΗΠΑ στη Νότια Κορέα και τον Ειρηνικό.
Με τον τρόπο αυτό η Βόρεια Κορέα αντιδρά στις πτήσεις αμερικανικών βομβαρδιστικών αεροσκαφών τύπου Στελθ στον εναέριο χώρο της Νότιας Κορέας σε μια επίδειξη δύναμης προς το καθεστώς της Πιονγκγιάνγκ.
«Να ξεκαθαριστούν οι λογαριασμοί»

Οι πτήσεις των αμερικανικών αεροσκαφών πραγματοποιήθηκαν στο πλαίσιο των κοινών γυμνασίων που διεξάγουν στην Κορεατική Χερσόνησο ΗΠΑ και Νότια Κορέα.