US News
- Minneapolis police used social media to surveil black residents unrelated to crimes. [Link]
- Increasing fuel prices will cost the Pentagon an additional $3 billion in 2022. [Link]
- The Army will spend at least $8 billion over the next five years to develop a replacement for the Patriot interceptor system. [Link]
- The US will exclude representatives from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela from the Summit of the Americas. [Link]
- The UK plans to buy 74 F-35s. [Link]
Russia
- The White House will ask Congress for a massive aid package to Ukraine. [Link]
- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Ukraine could apply for NATO membership down the road. [Link]
- Senators call on Joe Biden to use the Defense Production Act to produce weapons for Ukraine and replace US stockpiles. [Link]
- Biden plans to visit a Lockheed factory producing Javelin missiles. [Link]
- NBC News reports US officials claim the Pentagon has provided intelligence to Ukraine to aid in the downing of a Russian troop transport plane carrying hundreds of soldiers. [Link]
- The US holds 40-nation military talks on Ukraine. [Link]
- Russia says it destroyed a stockpile of Western weapons. [Link]
- Russia cuts gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria for refusing to pay in Rubles. [Link]
China
- Blinken says the US will give Taiwan all it needs to defend against an attack from China. [Link]
- China condemns the US for sailing a guided-missile destroyer through the Taiwan Strait. [Link]
- Pakistan’s Baloch Liberation Army carried out an attack targeting Chinese teachers, killing three. The BLA warned China it would continue to target its citizens in Pakistan. [Link]
Korea
- North Korea hosted a military parade and Kim Jong-un said his country would rapidly accelerate its nuclear program. [Link]
- South Korea’s president-elect will look to join AUKUS and the Quad. [Link]
Israel
- Israeli officials say Biden is near declaring talks with Iran a failure. [Link] Blinken says it is still possible to save the agreement. [Link]
- The Palestinian foreign ministry says a West Bank man was executed by Israeli occupation forces. [Link]
- Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in Syria. [Link]
