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Polish President Karol Nawrocki called for Volodymyr Zelensky to be stripped of Poland's Order of the White Eagle after Zelensky granted the title 'Heroes of the UPA' to Ukraine's Special Operations Center North. Former Polish leaders Lech Wałęsa and Leszek Miller criticized the decree as an insult to Polish victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Poland continues to provide military support to Ukraine despite the dispute over historical memory.

FBI agents executed a search warrant last Monday at the Virginia home of former CIA official David Rush and seized approximately 303 one-kilogram gold bars valued at $40 million, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches. Rush faces federal charges of defrauding the U.S. government after allegedly requesting large quantities of foreign currency and gold bars for work expenses since November while misrepresenting his academic credentials, Navy service and pilot training. A hearing is scheduled for Friday in federal court in Alexandria.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated at the Shangri-La Dialogue that the era of the United States subsidizing wealthy nations' defense is over and called for alliances based on shared responsibility. All 32 NATO members met the 2% GDP defense spending target for the first time in 2025, while the United States accounted for 60-62% of alliance military spending. The remarks reference a 2014 NATO agreement and a 2016 comment by Barack Obama on free riders.