The European Commission, in fact, avoided commenting on the substance of the matter on Tuesday and referred to the work of the European External Action Service (EEAS) on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).
EU spokesperson Paula Pinho explained that the issue falls under the purview of the EEAS and stated that the Commission has no information of its own on this matter.
He said research by the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Union‘s diplomatic service, indicated links with Israeli and Russian networks, but he gave no further details.
„It is evident that if Russia gets involved in spreading disinformation on this issue, or Israel also spreads disinformation on this issue, criticizing the Spanish government, it will not be because they are concerned about migration in Spain or Europe, but precisely because of the political positions we are taking â courageous ones, I believe â regarding the genocide in Gaza or Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine,“ SĂĄnchez said.
The EEAS did not immediately respond to a CBS News request for comment on the research cited by SĂĄnchez.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin both vowed to strengthen the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) during their meeting on Monday, as the two countries seek to deepen strategic coordination amid mounting tensions with Washington and its allies.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
(August 28, 2026)
ussian President Vladimir Putin will meet the leaders of China, India, Turkey and Iran at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek next week, his foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said in Moscow on Friday.
Ratcliffe hatte im MĂ€rz 2026 bereits ein TelefongesprĂ€ch mit dem Chef des russischen Auslandsnachrichtendienstes SWR, Sergei Naryschkin, gefĂŒhrt. Das war der erste Kontakt auf diesem Level seit ĂŒber zwei Jahren.
Ob es um die Ukraine, den Iran, Geheimdienstfragen oder einen möglichen Gefangenenaustausch geht, bleibt offen. Weder die CIA noch die Regierungen in Washington und Moskau kommentierten den Zweck.
CNN producers in the Ukrainian capital heard several explosions and saw smoke over the city, as an air raid alert stretched on for hours. Massive fires lit up the night sky over the capital, video by Reuters news agency showed.
Ukraine has been relatively successful at intercepting the massive numbers of drones that Russia uses in its large-scale attacks. But in recent weeks, Moscow has repeatedly exploited Kyivâs near-zero stocks of Patriot interceptor missiles, which are needed to defend against faster-moving ballistic missiles.
Wie Simplicius76 bereits am 7. Juli 2026 detailliert ausfĂŒhrte, produziert Lockheed Martin derzeit rund 650 PAC-3-Abfangraketen pro Jahr â fĂŒr die gesamte Welt. Das sind lĂ€cherliche 54 StĂŒck pro Monat. Die Ukraine allein brĂ€uchte ein Vielfaches davon, denn doktrinĂ€r werden pro anfliegender Rakete mindestens zwei, oft vier oder gar sechs Interceptoren abgefeuert.
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Die Lieferkette fĂŒr eine einzelne PAC-3 umfasst ĂŒber 400 Zulieferbetriebe. Die Endmontage allein dauert sechs Wochen. Die Gesamtvorlaufzeit liegt bei mehr als zwei Jahren. Das ist kein Produktionssystem â das ist ein bĂŒrokratisches Monster, das fĂŒr einen kurzen, intensiven Konflikt völlig ungeeignet ist.
VerschÀrfend kommt hinzu: Die USA haben im MÀrz 2026 ihren eigenen Krieg gegen den Iran begonnen und brauchen ihre Patriot-BestÀnde nun selbst.
638,400 views Jul 31, 2026 The Tucker Carlson Show
Elizabeth Lane on the secret NATO propaganda network pushing the West toward world war.
(July 28, 2026, 10:26 PM)
The meetings with Trump were expected to give both leaders a chance to push their agendas with the president at a time when U.S. policy towards Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war continues to be in flux.
(July 28, 2026)
Kyiv on Saturday launched an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, an incident which Tehran said left one sailor dead and injured several others. The Islamic Republic has threatened retaliation over the strike, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying via social media that it âCANNOT GO UNANSWERED.â
In a post on X on Saturday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had âachieved very strong results with longârange strikes in the Caspian Sea â including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship.â
At Trumpâs invitation, Netanyahu flew to Washington on Monday for the service, his office announced. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also plans to attend the Washington funeral, a White House official confirmed.
Both leaders are planning to meet with Trump during their respective visits.
(July 26, 2026)
The Iranian diplomat added that in calls with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kaja Kallas, the EUâs top foreign policy official, he âmade clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.â
The attack on the Iranian ship comes as Ukraine continues escalating its long-range drone attacks against Russia, which are carried out using intelligence provided by the US, and have been targeting Russian oil tankers and refineries, and have also been killing a significant number of civilians.
As the minister recalled, to provide the country with anti-ballistic missiles, in April the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense signed a record-breaking contract for hundreds of PAC-2 missiles for the Patriot system, with Germany‘s support. Deliveries will begin over the next few years.
A first step has also been taken toward purchasing about a hundred missiles for the Patriot system for $1 billion using an EU loan. This year, Ukraine also began receiving missiles from the stockpiles of its European partners for the first time.
The death toll from the Russian strike in Kyiv has risen, according to Head of Kyiv City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko.
„The death toll from the Russian attack has risen to 23 people,“ Tkachenko said on his Telegram channel.
Previously, 21 deaths and 100 injuries had been reported.
(August 20, 2025)
Die FDP-Europaabgeordnete Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann hat den Einsatz von deutschen Bodentruppen zur Friedenssicherung in der Ukraine nicht kategorisch ausgeschlossen. „Die Frage wird sein, wenn es erforderlich ist, die Ukraine zu sichern: Reicht es, das mit AufrĂŒstung zu machen? Bedarf es anderer Schutztruppen?“, sagte sie im gemeinsamen Morgenmagazin von ARD und ZDF.
Am 28./29. Mai 2026 schlug eine Drohne in ein WohngebĂ€ude in GalaÈi ein, nahe der ukrainischen Grenze. Es gab Verletzte, aber keine Toten. Statt besonnener AufklĂ€rung folgte der ĂŒbliche Reflex: Sofortige Schuldzuweisung an Russland, Forderungen nach NATO-Artikel 4 oder gar 5 und diplomatische MaĂnahmen wie die SchlieĂung des russischen Konsulats in ConstanÈa. Der rumĂ€nische PrĂ€sident NicuÈor Dan hat nun jedoch unmissverstĂ€ndlich erklĂ€rt: Russland hatte keine Absicht, RumĂ€nien anzugreifen. Die Drohne war offenbar auf dem Weg zu einem ukrainischen Ziel (Hafen Reni) und wurde durch ukrainische elektronische KriegsfĂŒhrung abgelenkt.
Hier der Bericht dazu:
Themen waren unter anderem die Atomprogramme des Irans und Nordkoreas.
Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call from Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, during which they discussed various aspects of cooperation and joint efforts aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries.
(May 8, 2026)
As some of you might already know, my name is HĂŒseyin DoÄru. I am a German citizen, a father of three, a journalist, and the founder of red., a now defunct English-language media outlet.
On 20 May 2025, I was placed on an EU sanctions list.
Not after a criminal conviction. Not after a trial. Not after a court had examined evidence against me.
I was placed on a list.
The reason given was not violence. It was not incitement. It was not a finding by any court. The reason was political: my journalism, my reporting on Gaza, and my coverage of Palestine solidarity protests in Germany were folded into the language of Russia, destabilisation, information manipulation and hybrid threats.
Alle haben eines gemeinsam: Sie berichten auĂerhalb des NATO-/EU-Narrativs â sei es zur Ukraine, zu Gaza oder zur Energiepolitik.
Die Folgen fĂŒr die Betroffenen sind existentiell: Konten werden eingefroren, Zahlungen blockiert, Reisen innerhalb der EU unmöglich gemacht. Sogar Familienangehörige (wie die nicht sanktionierte Ehefrau von HĂŒseyin DoÄru) werden mit âSanktionsumgehungâ bedroht. DoÄru beschreibt seinen Zustand treffend: âOn an existential level, youâre reduced to zero.â Ein Vater von fĂŒnf Kindern kann nicht einmal mehr Windeln oder Medikamente kaufen, ohne dass Helfer Gefahr laufen, selbst strafrechtlich verfolgt zu werden.
Russian and Ukrainian forces continued limited offensive operations across the theater throughout the first day of the May 9 â 11 ceasefire.
US-PrĂ€sident Donald Trump und der russische Staatschef Wladimir Putin haben nach Angaben des Kreml in einem Telefonat ĂŒber den Iran-Krieg beraten. Die beiden Staatschefs hĂ€tten sich bei ihrem GesprĂ€ch vor allem auf den Krieg am Golf konzentriert, sagte Kreml-Berater Juri Uschakow vor Journalisten.
President Donald Trump told reporters that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call about the wars in Iran and Ukraine. NBC Newsâ Gabe Gutierrez reports on the assistance Putin offered to the U.S. in the war with Iran.
In this regard, I would like to express gratitude to all those, particularly the lay and religious women, who care for individuals traumatized by violence. It is an enormous task that goes unseen day by day, and as Sister Carine reminded us, it is also dangerous. The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found. Those who rob your land of its resources generally invest much of the profit in weapons, thus perpetuating an endless cycle of destabilization and death. It is a world turned upside down, an exploitation of Godâs creation that must be denounced and rejected by every honest conscience. We must make a decisive change of course â a true conversion â that will lead us in the opposite direction, onto a sustainable path rich in human fraternity. The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters! They are the descendants of Abraham, as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. Let us look into each otherâs eyes: we are this immense people! Peace is not something we must invent: it is something we must embrace by accepting our neighbor as our brother and as our sister. We do not choose our brothers and sisters: we simply must accept one another! We are one family, inhabiting the same home: this wonderful planet that ancient cultures have cared for across millennia.
Pope Leo warned that the world is being ravaged by âtyrants,â in forceful comments made after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff for his stance on the war with Iran.
Leo has emerged as strong critic of the conflict and his speech again preached a message of peace and rebuked leaders using religious language to justify war.
âThe world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters,â Leo said in a speech during a visit to Cameroonâs largest city, Bamenda, on Thursday.
(August 28, 2025)
âFinally, something no one else has,â a Russian journalist says during a TV documentary on the countryâs largest drone factory. âSuch mass production of two-stroke engines doesnât exist anywhere else in Russia.â
The factory in question, Alabuga, 600 miles east of Moscow in Russiaâs Tatarstan region, has been pumping out increasing numbers of the Iranian-designed Shahed-136 attack drone (known in Russia as Geran), but the man behind the site believes this may be one of its greatest achievements.
(March 6, 2026)
Nun haben auch die USA ihre eigene Version der Kamikaze-Drohne gebaut â die LUCAS-Drohne. Sie ist ein Nachbau der iranischen Shahed. Ihren ersten groĂen Einsatz flog sie ausgerechnet im US-israelischen Krieg gegen den Iran.
Die USA dĂŒrften wohl an abgestĂŒrzte Shaheds â die seit einigen Jahren von Russland und dem Iran eingesetzt werden â gekommen sein und sie erfolgreich rekonstruiert haben. Die LUCAS-Drohne basiert auf den gewonnenen Kenntnissen.
The foreign minister criticized the silence and inaction of Western governments in condemning the highly dangerous attacks on Iranâs nuclear facilities as he drew a parallel between a similar alleged attack by Russia on a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant in early 2022.
âRemember the Western outrage about hostilities near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine? ⊠Israel-U.S. have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran,â he said, making a reference to member states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council.