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President Putin has proved a useless ally to deposed Venezuelan leader Maduro, but the humiliation runs deeper: The U.S, president’s real global superpower reach is turning the Kremlin green with envy.

The removal of Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine would “seriously weaken Ukraine’s ability to protect itself,” a Ukrainian official warned.

The strikes came as Ukraine’s president prepared to travel to Florida to discuss a revised peace proposal.

At least 600 balloons have entered Lithuania’s airspace this year, in what the Baltic nation has called hybrid attacks.

“We send the drug lords and their organizations a clear message: Europe is fighting back,” said Commissioner Magnus Brunner as he unveiled a five-year drugs strategy.

The business community wants the far right to become more market-friendly, but there’s a long way to go.  

Venezuela is blocking six carriers as fears grow that Donald Trump will attack.

How CEO Patrick Pouyanné wound up named in a war crimes complaint over a massacre at the French energy giant’s Mozambique gas plant.

Ukrainian president heads to France and Spain in coming days to discuss energy and defense agreements.

New incidents hit Liège, Brussels and Antwerp.

Military planners travelled to Bodø, nestled between the sea and snow-capped peaks of the Arctic Circle, to war-game out the response to Kremlin threats.

The recommendation, by the ex-PM’s policy body, is Blair’s third intervention on green policy this year.

Budapest lobbied to remove language blaming the authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenko.

Budapest’s reluctance to point the finger has delayed the bloc’s response for days.

Repeated incursions, some relating to “hybrid war,” should be met with trade restrictions, tariffs and air defense investments, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys tells POLITICO.

A ban on Russian overflights of European nations complicates Budapest meeting plans.

UAV incursions have been happening for years, but they’ve suddenly become a major emergency.

Persistent disruptions plague European airspace.

Berlin is moving to tighten aviation law as drone incursions grow.

The president said he would ask his administration to release all documents related to the pilot’s 1937 disappearance.

Moscow wants a seat on the ICAO Council that recognized it was responsible for shooting down flight MH17.

The issue arose after Washington lifted sanctions against Belavia, the main carrier of Russian ally Belarus.