Global for Wednesday, May 20, 2026

• Trump says Ukraine lacks leverage. His own officials say otherwise.
• Lithuanian lawmakers shelter, Vilnius air traffic suspended due to drone incursion
• Germany touts pan-German space command amid European push to supplant US tech
• Italy rethinks EU defense-financing aid as arms spending falls out of fashion
• UN peacekeeping forces prepare to leave Lebanon, but what comes next?
• Russia launches unannounced nuclear exercise, including Belarusian launch sites
• NATO eastern deterrence strategy takes shape around ‘autonomous zone’
• Italy settles on Airbus tanker purchase in swing toward European equipment