CIA chief: China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan

U.S. intelligence shows that China’s President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s military to “be ready by 2027″ to invade Taiwan though he may be currently harboring doubts about his ability to do so given Russia’s experience in its war with Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns said.

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‘A serious problem’: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says China pondering supplying weapons to Russia. Live Ukraine updates.

The U.S. has detected worrisome signs of more substantial participation in Russia’s war in Ukraine from an influential force: China.

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U.S. Military Shoots Down Another Flying Object—This Time Over Lake Huron

U.S. military forces shot down a flying object over Lake Huron on Sunday, Congress members said, marking the fourth takedown of an aerial vessel over North America since last Saturday, when fighter jets destroyed a suspected Chinese spy balloon first spotted over U.S. territory on January 28.

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Biden met with praise, criticism over balloon downing

The downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon by the U.S. military was met by lawmakers with a mix of praise for the safe and successful operation, criticism for it not happening sooner and concern over what intelligence may have been gathered and how to prevent something like this from happening again.

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Russia Loses 8 Tanks, 22 APVs and 7 Artillery Systems in a Day: Ukraine

The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that an additional eight Russian tanks had been destroyed in a single day since the last operational update on Saturday morning, bringing the total number of Russian tanks destroyed since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, to 3197.

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In breakthrough, minister says Germany won’t block Poland from giving Ukraine tanks

The speaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not the battle tanks Kyiv requested.

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