Emma Burrows
@EJ_Burrows
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@AP European Security Correspondent. Past lives @CNN in Moscow and @ITN. Russian and (rusty) Spanish speaker https://t.co/xR9471wRDK
Joined September 2011
EXCLUSIVE: I have been given a copy of document issued today by Russian Ministry of Health. It indicates Russia is anticipating a massive medical emergency & has ordered health organisations to immediately identify medical staff ready to relocate & work.
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Finland turned on the beauty for @AP interview with President @alexstubb. Stubb’s jacket references “sisu” - the Finnish concept of resilience and grit which the Finns displayed when significantly outnumbered by Soviet soldiers during two wars with Russia https://t.co/lB2NuKsqtW
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Finland’s @alexstubb spoke with me for @AP about Ukraine, Russian sabotage & how he built a good relationship with President Trump over golf. Stubb said he talks to Trump about Ukraine & dealing with Putin: “If he accepts 1 out of 10 ideas, that’s good.” https://t.co/qtH7fpqZoY
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President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before spring.
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Poland’s defence minister confirms American Merops anti-drone systems - backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt - are in Poland after @AP reporting. It flies drones against drones, can fit in the back of a pick-up truck and uses AI to navigate when communications are jammed.
‼️🇵🇱🇺🇸 Amerykańskie systemy antydronowe MEROPS już w Polsce! Wzdłuż wschodniej flanki NATO są rozmieszczane systemy, które zwiększą nasze zdolności wykrywania i zwalczania dronów. Nasza współpraca sojusznicza przynosi kolejne konkretne efekty. Dziękuję 🇺🇲 i NATO za tę decyzję i
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Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones, following a spate of incursions into NATO airspace in recent months that exposed the alliance’s vulnerabilities and put Europe on edge. AP's Emma Burrows explains what to know.
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AP Exclusive: Poland & Romania are deploying new anti-drone technology backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt to tackle Russian drones. The Merops system uses AI, fits in the back of a pickup truck & fires drones against drones. Denmark will also use it
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Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones. The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed.
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5 men were just jailed in London for their roles in a arson attack masterminded by Russia - part of a wider sabotage campaign. @AP has now tracked at least 25 arson or explosives plots across Europe linked to Russia by Western officials since 2022. Map 👉 https://t.co/EKurOI8sld
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A British judge has sentenced five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disrupt...
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Almost all news outlets - including @AP colleagues - leave the Pentagon after not agreeing to new reporting rules.
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Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
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AP, NYT, Reuters and others say they will not sign a US Defence Department document about its new press rules which they say threaten to punish them for routine news gathering.
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The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press...
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How @AP photographer Lindsey Wasson broke the news to Mary E. Brunkow that she’d just won the Nobel Prize in medicine. https://t.co/sTSxNTtc5S.
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They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but these photos may be worth a Nobel Prize. In the early hours of Monday morning, Seattle-based AP
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Great report from @GLOBSEC on Russia's campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe.
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September has been fraught… Joined @NPR’s 1A today to talk drone incursions, Russian fighter jets, sabotage and Europe’s “drone wall” project.
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The alliance's airspace is busy these days. And not in a good way.
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Estonia is building fortifications along its border with Russia and military officials warn NATO is facing growing threats from Moscow. They warn Europe urgently needs to strengthen its drone defenses.
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Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
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Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
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Europe has a drone problem I went to NATO’s border with Russia & spoke to officials about what they need. Estonia’s Lt. Gen Andrus Merilo wants “affordable” & mass produced tech. “I don’t need high-end capabilities” to fire against cheap drones he said.
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Estonia is extending a fence along its border with Russia and building anti-tank ditches and bunkers in preparation for a potential conflict with Moscow.
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Russian jets violating Estonian airspace ignored signals from NATO pilots, Estonian officials told @AP. The Russian jets “acknowledged” communication but didn’t follow signs which is partly why they were in Estonian airspace for so long - 12 minutes.
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A senior Estonian military official said Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets during a 12-minute violation of Estonian airspace.
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NATO got a taste of Ukraine's drone fight and responded by scrambling million dollar jets. It's hard to know if the Russian drone incursion was deliberate but experts said electronic countermeasures likely wouldn't have pushed drones so far into Poland.
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For more than three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones. On Wednesday, NATO got a taste of that fight.
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Another meeting - today in Paris - about security guarantees for Ukraine. More meetings, more statements of European “support” but big challenges remain- no ceasefire, unclear US involvement & US president Trump who sometimes echoes Putin’s talking points
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European countries are facing tough choices as they meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
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Great piece from @BBCSteveR in Russian Far East where the para ice hockey team were all injured in Ukraine & a local graffiti artist spray painted a state-backed mural of Putin hugging a Siberian tiger on a wall with the words "The dawn starts here.”
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In Vladivostok, a city on China's and North Korea's border, Russia's war on Ukraine looms large.
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Russian GPS jamming has been increasing since Putin invaded Ukraine. Nordic & Baltic states have to live with it - pilots can still safely land planes but it can send taxi apps haywire, cause drones to crash and is potentially extremely dangerous at sea.
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Bulgarian authorities aren't investigating a suspected Russian interference operation involving a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen because they say the interference...
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