00:00European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Dusk arrived at the Polish-Belarusian border on Sunday, where they discussed defense and security.
00:13Von der Leyen reassured Dusk of Europe's full solidarity with Poland as a frontline state.
00:19We have to keep this sense of urgency because we know that Putin has not changed and will not change. He is a predator, can only be kept in check through strong deterrence and therefore we have to be coordinated, precise and fast with the surge of our defense posture in the European Union and specifically in the frontline state.
00:45The European Commission chief added that as the largest defense spender in Europe, Poland will be the biggest beneficiary from the SAFE loan program.
00:54Von der Leyen's visit to Poland is part of a broader tour of EU countries bordering Russia and Belarus, which also includes Estonia, Lithuania, Finland and Latvia. The tour also includes visits to Bulgaria and Romania.
01:08Russia launched 142 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight in what was Moscow's third large-scale attack this week.
01:22Ukraine's Air Force said explosions were reported in Odessa, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Dnepro.
01:29In Odessa, at least one person was injured and tens of thousands of people were left without electricity due to damage to energy infrastructure.
01:37And at least two people were killed and several others were injured in the southern city of Kherson, local media reported.
01:46Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the large-scale attacks are a way through which Russia is demonstrating that without pressure, there will be no end to the war.
01:56Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leader reported, quote, heavy losses to Russian forces in Ukraine's Pokrovsk, where he says Moscow's army is concentrating its greatest efforts.
02:06Lithuania has completed the installation of the so-called Dragon's Teeth on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad Esclave.
02:18The Lithuanian Defense Ministry on Saturday described this as the latest step in a series of defense measures taken by the Baltic country to deter Russian aggression.
02:28The Baltic State is trying to limit the possibility of using unused roads to reduce the risk of a land invasion.
02:37Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are members of NATO and border Russia.
02:45Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Sunday to a rolled-out red carpet for a summit in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin.
02:54Putin is among a dozen leaders attending the regional security summit, which comes at a crunch moment in talks over Ukraine.
03:04Analysts say Putin and Xi will seek to align their positions on the war amid U.S. efforts to end the fighting.
03:11Ahead of his arrival, the Russian leader praised relations between Moscow and Beijing, saying they have reached an unprecedentedly high level.
03:20Putin is expected to stay in China, his most important ally for four days, in what is an unusually long visit for the Russian president.
03:30He will also be attending a massive Chinese military parade through Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.
03:40The most recent meeting between Putin and Xi occurred in May this year at the Kremlin in Moscow, during Xi's state visit, which also involved participation in the 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
03:53The European Union's member states are divided over the issue of Gaza, EU high representative Kaya Kalla, strolled reporters, after the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Copenhagen.
04:10It's clear that member states disagree on how to get Israeli government to change course.
04:22The options are clear and remain on the table.
04:25We have presented an option paper, but the problem is that not all EU member states are on board.
04:34At the meeting there was a debate among ministers about the EU's free trade agreement with Israel, but the member states issued a joint statement calling for the US to lift the travel ban of the Palestinian delegation for the UN General Assembly.
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