https://freerepublic.com/tag/eurodefenseforce/ en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376676/posts German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in ​a future peace deal with Russia, linking such concessions to ‌the country's prospects for joining the European Union. "At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire agreement; at some point, hopefully, a peace treaty with Russia. Then it may ​be that part of Ukraine's territory is no longer Ukrainian," Merz ​told students at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Marsberg, a town in ⁠North Rhine-Westphalia, on Monday. "If President (Volodymyr) Zelenskiy wants to communicate this to his ​own population... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4376676/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:46:07 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375781/posts Russia’s foreign minister delivered a prosecution of the American-led world order from Turkey’s annual diplomacy forum over the weekend. Sergey Lavrov called NATO an “aggressive bloc” and the rules-based international system a slogan that “never existed.” He said the war the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran was “a plan to control the oil through the Strait of Hormuz.” Hours earlier, NATO’s deputy secretary-general told the same forum that Europeans and Canadians must now take primary responsibility for their own defense. Radmila Shekerinska said alliance credibility depends on action, not words. The three-day Antalya Diplomacy Forum, with an estimated 6,400... The Washington Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375781/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2026 01:25:44 GMT