Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s 30-minute flight in a supersonic strategic bomber seemed intended to send a reminder of Russia’s nuclear might amid soaring tensions with the West over the fighting in Ukraine
Spain’s Foreign Ministry will send a strong response if the involvement of Russian secret services in the crime is proven
War is the greatest and most brutal engine of change. And war calls for war; especially when there is no longer a superpower to prevent it. If Russia can mobilize against Ukraine, so can China against Taiwan, Azerbaijan against Armenia, and Israel against Gaza
Ukrainian forces confirmed pulling out of the bombed-out city in what amounted to a triumph for the Kremlin even though the four-month battle was costly
Conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions with China and North Korea, and a possible Donald Trump presidency suggest the current arms race will deepen
With minimal investment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine claim to have disabled a third of the Kremlin’s fleet in the Black Sea
‘Let there be no doubt: Putin is responsible,’ Biden said. European leaders such as Von der Leyen, Macron and Scholz also pointed the finger at the Russian government
The details of what happened to President Vladimir Putin’s key political challenger, Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison colony on Friday, are unknown
The best-known opponent internationally of Vladimir Putin’s regime spent years uncovering corruption scandals among Russia’s elite
The Federal Prison Service said in a statement that Navalny felt unwell after a walk on Friday and lost consciousness
The resentment caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union continues to provide the fuel for Vladimir Putin’s imperial project
According to the design being finalized by the Alliance, the new specialized center would provide more extensive training than is currently offered by the allies
Sinking the vessel would be another embarrassing blow for the Russian Black Sea fleet and a significant success for Ukraine 10 days before the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Moscow has partially prohibited imports from Quito under suspicion that the Soviet-origin weapons to be exchanged with Washington for ‘modern’ materiel will end up in Ukraine
The U.S. government affirms that Beijing and Moscow are collaborating in the digital war. Ukraine’s secret services say they have dealt with 10,000 major cyberattacks since the start of the invasion
His remarks appeared to align with Zelenskiy’s stated aim of bringing ‘renewal’ to the armed forces in Thursday’s shake-up and adopting a fresh approach to the fight
In his interview with the former Fox host, the Russian president said peace talks were ‘almost finalized’ in the early stages of the invasion but Ukraine ‘threw away all these agreements and obeyed the instructions of Western countries to fight Russia to the bitter end’
Carlson received several rebukes by saying ‘not a single Western journalist has bothered to interview the president of the other country involved in this conflict’ at a time when two US reporters are imprisoned in Russia
The €50 billion agreed by EU leaders will allow Ukraine to resist on the front lines and support the public coffers, but Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stated that without U.S. support the war is lost
The seven band members were arrested last Thursday after playing a concert on the southern resort island of Phuket, reportedly for not having proper working papers
Budapest is maneuvering for concessions in the deal over the financial lifeline to Kyiv and has accused Brussels of ‘blackmail’
Some of these women have started a channel on Telegram to call for the demobilization of their soldiers. Two months before the elections, this display of discontent is a headache for the Kremlin
Ukraine’s allies have recently sought to reassure the country that they are committed to its long-term defense amid concerns that Western support could be sagging
A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military enlistment officer in an attack last September linked to the war in Ukraine
Kyiv is torn between compulsory military service and targeted enlistment while the government, which estimates the number of recruits needed for the front at 500,000, has withdrawn a new mobilization law due to lack of consensus
Russia’s average monthly expenditure on imports of battlefield goods from January to October 2023 stood at $932 million, only 10% less than the Kremlin was spending before sanctions
The nordic country accused Russia of deliberating ushering the migrants to its normally heavily controlled border
