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Crimea base blast deals blow to Russia’s war machine in Ukraine

Bloomberg Explosions at a Russian airbase in Crimea that Ukraine says destroyed nine fighter aircraft may indicate new Ukrainian offensive capabilities that complicate Kremlin efforts to support its invading forces, according to European intelligence officials and defense analysts. “In just one day, the occupiers lost 10 combat aircraft, nine in Crimea and one more in the direction of Zaporizhzhia,” Ukrainian ...

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Pelosi says US can’t let China establish ‘new normal’ on Taiwan

Bloomberg House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the US couldn’t let China establish a “new normal” around Taiwan, hours after Beijing announced plans for regular military patrols near the democratically governed island. Pelosi told a news briefing in Washington that Chinese leaders had been “trying to push their way” toward their goals on Taiwan before she led a congressional delegation there ...

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South Korea says missile shield ‘not negotiable’ with China

Bloomberg South Korea said the possible operation of a controversial American-made missile shield was “not negotiable,” pushing back at China’s efforts to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol to his predecessor’s pledge to freeze its deployment. Decisions on the deployment of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system was a matter of South Korea’s self-defense, a senior presidential official told ...

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