Source link Lloyd Austin calls for additional funding for Kiev’s war effort before it’s too late US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has warned eastern NATO members to prepare to fight Russia, claiming that Moscow “will not stop” after defeating Kiev’s forces. Addressing the US House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Austin once again urged […]
Source link An IDF source claimed soldiers “felt threatened” and blamed any casualties on the Palestinians At least 104 Palestinians have been killed and another 750 wounded at an aid distribution point west of Gaza City in what the local health ministry spokesperson Ashaf al-Qidra described as an unprovoked Israeli attack on the civilians waiting […]
Source link While for the US, the conflict is a “lucrative business project,” Dmitry Birichevsky has said A senior Russian diplomat pushed back on the attempt by Albania, a US ally, to use a regional forum for political grandstanding in support of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has revealed. Albania currently presides […]
Source link The French president brushed off criticism from fellow NATO members, insisting his words were “thought-through and measured” French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood by his controversial remarks on Monday about the prospects of deploying troops to Ukraine, which have caused uproar among some NATO members, and has insisted his words were well […]
Source link Cuba has appealed to the World Food Programme (WFP) for help with providing milk to children on the island, for the first time in its history, the UN body has acknowledged. Havana has admitted to milk shortages for weeks, but has not made the request to the WFP public. The agency confirmed it […]
Source link London’s aid to Kiev is not exactly a secret but the British media have just admitted it outright, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Thursday. The outlet RTVI asked Peskov to comment on The Times article revealing that Admiral Tony Radakin, the head of the British armed forces, helped […]
Source link URAL BASKET player Semyon Debda has shared his emotions after winning bronze in the Sber phygital basketball tournament at the Games of the Future. “A very cool tournament! I think our team really excelled, but of course, we hoped for more. We always want to take the title. But we lost in the […]
Source link The men and women working and fighting for Russia are the true elite of the country, President Vladimir Putin has said The true Russian “elite” are the people working and fighting for their country, rather than those who got rich through questionable means in the 1990s, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The […]
Source link A Novaya Gazeta social media post sought to “discredit” the army, a court has said Sergey Sokolov, the editor-in-chief of the outlet Novaya Gazeta, was detained and issued an administrative fine on Thursday. According to a Moscow court, a Telegram post by the outlet fell afoul of the “discreditation” ban. According to Novaya […]
Source link The country’s military intelligence directorate said that the messenger may pose a security threat The Ukrainian parliament’s Freedom of Speech Committee has called for a ban on the messaging application Telegram, describing it as a threat to national security. Committee chair Yaroslav Yurchishin brought up the issue at Wednesday’s roundtable, ‘Journalistic standards and […]
Source link Kiev is within its rights to use Finnish-supplied weaponry as it sees fit, Helsinki has said Ukraine is free to use the weapons it has received from Finland however it sees fit, including for attacks on Russian territory, senior officials in the NATO member state said on Thursday. Unlike “larger countries” which have […]
Source link Currently, 90% of the country’s growth comes from non-resource-based industries, according to the president The Russian economy is becoming more complex and technologically advanced and less based on natural resources, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in a key annual speech to the Federal Assembly, the country’s national legislature. The country’s non-resource-based exports […]
Source link Kiev has denied the claim, saying no negotiations about temporarily closing the border were taking place Poland and Ukraine are in talks about temporarily closing the border between the two countries amid a blockade by protesting farmers, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said. Kiev has denied such discussions were underway. The announcement […]
Source link Russian leader spoke about issues like the Ukraine conflict, international relations, and the nation’s socio-economic development Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the Federal Assembly, the country’s national legislature, detailing plans for the future development of the nation as well as its strategic goals. His speech, which set a duration record, comes just […]
Source link Estonia is “not afraid” of Russia and thinks sending NATO ground troops to Ukraine ought to be under consideration, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told Sky News in an interview aired on Wednesday. So far, only Estonia and Lithuania have expressed any enthusiasm for the idea of escalating NATO support to Kiev beyond […]