Source link Almsgiving is the most common form of support to those in need, new research has found More than half of Russians made charitable donations in 2023, with almsgiving remaining the most popular form of giving in the country, according to a new survey. Conducted by a research center at the Higher School of […]
Source link Latvia resolves to provide Kiev with military aid equivalent to 0.25% of its GDP each year, as part of new agreement with Ukraine Riga has resolved to supply Ukraine with military aid amounting to $120 million (€112 million) this year and will continue giving the equivalent of 0.25% of Latvia’s GDP in aid […]
Source link Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives to reject Palestinian statehood and give West Jerusalem more weapons for a quick victory in Gaza. Netanyahu met with a 15-member congressional delegation on Thursday evening, shortly after a 45-minute phone call with US President Joe Biden. […]
Source link Washington was in a difficult position at the UN Security Council over its traditional ally In a historic move on Monday, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) achieved a breakthrough by passing a binding resolution aimed at securing a “lasting, sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza and advocating the release of all hostages held by […]
Source link Washington is waging a proxy war in a bid to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on Moscow and a tougher response to this is needed Strategic stability is usually understood as the absence of incentives for a nuclear-armed power to launch a massive first strike. Typically, it’s viewed primarily in military-technical terms. The reasons […]
Source link Outlining the framework for the move and passing the legislation are two different things, according to Eric Mamer The European Commission does not yet have a clear timeframe for talks on Ukraine’s EU membership bid, spokesman Eric Mamer said at a press briefing on Monday. Brussels granted Ukraine EU-candidate status in June 2022, […]
Source link With enough tanks and guns, the Ukrainian army can “destroy” Russia, Aleksey Danilov has claimed The EU should donate all its heavy weapons to Kiev, Ukrainian national security council Aleksey Danilov has said, claiming that the arms will in any case be useless in future conflicts. Discussing the perceived threats to the EU, […]
Source link British officials hope the autonomous craft will help Kiev compensate for its artillery shortage, the news site reported Ukraine will soon receive thousands of AI-enabled drones capable of autonomously “swarming” Russian targets, Bloomberg has reported. However, Moscow has repeatedly pointed out that Western “wonder weapons” have thus far failed to change Kiev’s fortunes […]
Source link Other members of the bloc should follow suit, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen has said Denmark will transfer all of its artillery to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said during a panel debate at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. According to her, despite production issues, Copenhagen and the EU in general have enough arms […]
Source link The USSR gave Afro-Asian writers a platform to campaign for Palestinians, take stands on Vietnam, European colonialism and apartheid It is unclear when ‘Lotus’, a literary magazine of progressive Afro-Asian writers largely funded by the USSR, published its last issue after a successful run spanning two decades (1968-1991); but it was certainly a […]
Source link Russians must start having more children so that their cities don’t become like Marseille, said the head of the city of Nevinnomyssk Men must till the soil and women must give birth, surmised the mayor of the southern city of Nevinnomyssk, Mikhail Minenkov, stressing that this is the only way to save the […]
Source link The Kurils are part of Russia and are a legitimate base for its military, the former president has said Moscow is not against signing a peace treaty with Japan, but Tokyo must understand that the Kuril Islands are and will remain part of Russia, former President Dmitry Medvedev has said. Medvedev, who now […]
Source link Belgium plans to use interest earned on frozen Russian assets to send military assistance to Kiev, Belga News Agency says Belgium is reportedly set to become the first EU nation to use Russia’s money to provide assistance to Ukraine. Brussels plans to spend the interest earned on frozen Russian assets on military aid […]
Source link Poland will give Ukraine a loan to make “larger-scale arms purchases,” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said after meeting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Kiev on Monday. “There is nothing more important” than giving Kiev more weapons, Tusk said. “We appreciate Poland’s unwavering support and the new military aid package for Ukraine, as […]
Source link Expecting Russia to abandon Crimea or Donbass is “unrealistic,” Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has said Ukraine should concede the loss of some of the territories that were previously under its control in order to end the conflict with Russia, Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico has said. Fico made the statement during […]