The Canadian-led #NATO Multinational Brigade will expand its permanent presence to eastern #Latvia, deploying #troops in the city of #Daugavpils for the first time. Meanwhile, #Denmark will deploy a battalion of 850 troops to Latvia in autumn 2026.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-nato-deploys-troops-to-eastern-latvia/
#russia has begun to lose more #troops than it can recruit and #Moscow is resorting to increasingly desperate measures to shore up its forces.
#putin will be forced to make more unpopular decisions if he wants to continue his #invasion of #Ukraine.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/14/europe/russia-manpower-problem-ukraine-war-intl
#PUTIN LIES ABOUT #SUCCESS ON THE #FRONT, #ISW SAYS: On June 5, Putin claimed that Russian #troops were advancing along the entire front line and had #occupied 85 percent of #Donetsk region and 80 percent of #Zaporizhzhia region, and had reached #drone parity with #Ukraine
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin rejected negotiations with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and announced plans to continue the war. ISW emphasizes that Russia's successes at the front do not correspond to reality.
The #US plans to accelerate the #withdrawal of #troops from bases in #Europe and will present its proposals to #NATO allies next month.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-planning-faster-troop-withdrawal-europe-newspaper-says-2026-05-30/
The mixed-martial-arts fights, billed as #UFC Freedom 250, are part of a series of expensive events #Trump has [purportedly] planned for the #US’ 250th-birthday celebration. The event [just happens to] coincide with Trump’s 80th birthday….
Last year, he presided over a multimillion-dollar military parade in DC that [also just happened to] coincide with his birthday & that of the US Army.
#Hegseth #Pentagon #US #military #troops #Nazi #eugenics #idiocracy #ToxicMasculinity #BodyShaming
One memo, circulated within the Air Force, stipulates that to be eligible, personnel “MUST MEET CURRENT WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO & current physical fitness standard.” #Troops will be required to wear their short-sleeve dress uniforms, the memo adds. Another message posted on a social media page popular with troops touched on similar themes, calling the effort to identify troops to attend the White House event a “quick-turn tasking.”
#Trump #UFC #Hegseth #US #military #Nazi #eugenics #ToxicMasculinity
The #Defense Department in recent days has solicited #troops across the services to attend the June 14 event. Officials are seeking junior enlisted personnel & junior officers specifically, according to internal messages that make clear travel will be “member-procured.”
#JuniorTroops make up the military’s #LowestPay grades.
#Trump #UFC #Hegseth #Pentagon #US #military #Nazi #eugenists #idiocracy #ToxicMasculinity #BodyShaming
So wrong in so many ways
#Pentagon recruiting #troops to watch #Trump White House #UFC fights, memos show [because too few attendees]
Internal messages reviewed by The Post stipulate that #MilitaryPersonnel must pay their own way & MEET STRICT PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS to be eligible [because Trump & #Hegseth only want fit pretty people representing the #US — freaking #Nazi #eugenists].
#idiocracy #ToxicMasculinity #BodyShaming
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/29/pentagon-recruiting-troops-watch-white-house-ufc-fights-memos-show/
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