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Florian Warweg wrote that he did not want to share a certain form of whataboutism. At the same time, he asked how Friedrich Merz evaluates his own meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu after the Chancellor, through the government spokesperson, described the visit of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to Vladimir Putin as "immoral." According to Warweg, Netanyahu is wanted by international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Merz based his moral judgment of Schröder's meeting on the "immeasurable suffering of civilian victims" in the war, Warweg wrote. This argument could also be applied to Merz's encounters with Netanyahu: At the meeting in December 2025, the number of identified dead children in the Gaza Strip was already at 20,179, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), along with 10,427 dead women. Warweg also referred to a meeting between Merz and Netanyahu on February 12, 2024, in Jerusalem, when Merz was still the opposition leader. The night before, the Israeli Air Force had targeted a refugee camp in Rafah; more than 100 people, including numerous children, lost their lives in the attack. #Whataboutism #Kriegsverbrechen #Moralität (translated)

The FPÖ and the Greens demand clarification on the purchase of twelve Leonardo jets for the Austrian Air Force after a review report from the Federal Army criticized serious deficiencies and grossly negligent contract conditions. #LeonardoJetKauf #Österreich #Verteidigungspolitik (translated)

Regina Laska referred to the first full day of the "energy truce" announced by Donald Trump as a unilateral protection for Russian oil refineries. She wrote that Ukraine does not benefit from it, as only one refinery there is functioning at all. According to Laska, Russian rocket launchers shelled the village of Tscherkaske in the Donetsk region in the morning with cluster munitions. One projectile hit a residential building and killed a 13-year-old girl, her mother, and grandmother. In the evening, a Russian drone struck a 25-story residential building in Kyiv, resulting in the deaths of a 59-year-old woman and another person in a car outside the building. Seven people, including a 17-year-old girl, were injured; twelve cars were burned in the courtyard. Later that night, ballistic missiles hit Kyiv before the sirens had been activated. The Ukrainian Air Force stated, according to Laska, that they had not received any information about the launches. In Kharkiv, around ten missiles hit the area, injuring at least eleven people, including a rescue worker. Laska pointed to reports that a White House official told Axios that the truce concerns oil refineries; discussions about power plants could take place later. A Ukrainian government representative reported that Trump's negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, had threatened to end U.S. intelligence sharing during a meeting in Miami on Friday. Two other individuals told the Kyiv Independent that Washington would hold Kyiv responsible for attacks on Russian energy facilities during the truce and would then stop the exchange of intelligence information and arms purchases through PURL. A U.S. official denied this, stating that the Ukrainians had only been told that the U.S. is an important supplier of ammunition and intelligence information and that Ukraine should not do anything that would harm American consumers. After the nighttime rocket attacks, there were suspicions online that the U.S. had withheld early warning data; according to Laska, there is no evidence of this. The advisor to the Ukrainian president, Serhij Beskrestnow, stated that partner services had also not detected earlier launches of S-400 missiles. Laska wrote that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated he had nothing to share regarding the truce, but also said that Russia did not want a ceasefire. Trump responded to reporters' objections that Russia and Ukraine had denied a ceasefire by saying both sides had agreed because he had said so. According to Laska, Kyiv learned of its own agreement on the internet on Sunday. She characterized the arrangement as a unilateral protection of Russian refineries and accused the Russian regime of committing war crimes daily in the fifth year of the war. #Ukraine #Russland #Trump (translated)

In Cambridgeshire, two Latvian men were arrested while attempting to breach the military restricted area of the RAF Molesworth airbase, raising concerns about security in connection with a previous incident at the RAF Fairford airbase. #Sicherheit #Luftwaffenstützpunkt #Festnahme (translated)

The Polish Patriot wrote that Josef František destroyed 17 German airplanes in just 4 weeks. According to the author, although he had Czech origins, he felt like a Pole; the British were said to have criticized his insubordination, while the Germans feared his Hurricane. The author stated that František served in the Polish 303 Squadron, where his aggressive and independent fighting style was to be understood. Over the English Channel, he was to attack the Luftwaffe, and in September 1939, he heroically defended Polish skies. The Polish Patriot referred to him as a legend of the Battle of Britain and wrote that he died on October 8, 1940, at the age of 26. #BitwaOAnglię #Dywizjon303 #PolskaLegenda (translated)

The author asked what drone capacity an intact Gaza could have built against Israel. According to his account, no new air force would have been needed for that, but rather thousands of inexpensive missiles near the border. He wrote that this time the focus should not be on evaluating the war in Gaza, which he described as cruel and inhumane. #Gaza #Drohnen #Konflikt #IL #GZ (translated)

The author wrote that the USA has lost confidence in Britain as its former closest ally. Due to a terror threat, the US military withdrew all B1 Lancer bombers from the RAF airbase at Fairford. He mentioned six terror suspects and began to reference a suspected attack plan; the contribution ended at this point. #USA #Großbritannien #Terrorbedrohung #US #GB (translated)

"I would not immediately link this to the decision regarding the relocation." According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the fact that the US Air Force has withdrawn all long-range bombers from the military base in Fairford is not directly related to new terror threats. #USLuftwaffe #Fairford #Terrordrohungen (translated)

After an incident at a US Air Force base in the UK, the Pentagon has ordered all long-range bombers stationed there to return to the US, while investigations into an alleged terrorist attack involving five men are ongoing. #Langstreckenbomber #USMilitary #Terroranschlag (translated)

BrennpunktUA referred to the visit of German Chancellor Merz to Kyiv and wrote that, according to DW, Zelensky had promised the delivery of long-range weapons. At the same time, ERR reported on a new Swedish concept for air force operations in the event of a Russian attack, which envisages offensive operations and attacks deep in Russian territory. A central element would be JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets equipped with German Taurus cruise missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometers. Sweden would deliver the first Gripen versions C and D to Ukraine at the beginning of 2027, BrennpunktUA wrote. Sweden itself currently does not use Taurus, although Saab has been involved in their development and production. The first successful test launch only took place in August 2026; the missile is intended to be integrated into Gripen versions C, D, and E. BrennpunktUA noted that Sweden would continue to use the Gripen C and D despite the transfer to Ukraine. With this, Ukraine could have a type of fighter jet capable of deploying the Taurus for the first time starting in early 2027. The author did not rule out that the German government might be considering Taurus deliveries to Ukraine behind the scenes, even though it remains cautious about explicitly naming the types of weapons supplied. The announced integration of the Taurus into Gripen C and D caught his attention in light of reports about German long-range weapons deliveries. #UkrainischeKrise #Luftwaffe #Kampfflugzeuge (translated)