Source link Army’s weakness prompted Kiev’s strikes on Russian infrastructure, senior officers tell The Guardian Kiev has no other option but to launch attacks inside Russia, including on oil infrastructure, as its army faces continued setbacks on the battlefield, The Guardian has reported, citing the leadership of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, GUR. Officers who spoke […]
Source link The military cooperation agreement with Washington limits Helsinki’s sovereignty, the Finnish foreign ministry said on Thursday, advising that its ratification will therefore require a two-thirds majority in the parliament. Finland joined NATO in April 2023, abandoning a decades-long policy of neutrality. It began negotiating a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the US almost […]
Source link The bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, recently said that helping Ukraine is in the interests of Washington as a global player The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has essentially acknowledged that the West is involved in the Ukraine conflict to help the US maintain its global hegemony, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria […]
Source link Sergey Brin has acknowledged that the tech giant “messed up” in developing its Gemini artificial intelligence system Google’s Russian-born co-founder has responded to public backlash over the company’s “woke” artificial intelligence product by saying the system was not adequately tested before being rolled out last month. A clip posted on social media purports […]
Source link The assessment contradicts earlier claims by Western officials that the loss of the Donbass town was not crucial for Ukraine The White House has sounded the alarm over the Russian military’s continued advance against Ukrainian forces in Donbass, describing the town of Avdeevka, recently liberated by Moscow’s forces, as “critical” and blaming its […]
Source link Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated that Yerevan does not support Moscow in the Ukraine conflict Russia and Armenia have “diametrically opposed points of view” regarding the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently stated that his country does not support Moscow on the […]
Source link An Air Force spokesman has poured cold water on hopes that Kiev could operate multiple types of warplanes Ukraine will not be able to operate multiple types of Western warplanes due to immense logistical issues and will need to focus on US-made F-16 fighter jets, a spokesman for the Air Force has admitted. […]
Source link People can’t be held responsible for their family members, Mikhail Podoliak has said Mikhail Podoliak, the fiercely anti-Russian aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, admitted on Thursday that his own brother is a Russian citizen and lives in Moscow. Ukrainian media first reported the whereabouts of Vladimir Podoliak last April, claiming he was […]
Source link The Washington-based fund had previously been criticized for its optimistic assessment of Russia’s economy The Russian economy has been growing faster than many economists projected, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath admitted on Monday in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine. Russian GDP climbed by 3.6% in 2023 and the country’s authorities […]
Source link The American-supplied Patriot launcher was used in the January 24 shooting down of the Russian Il-76 transport over Belgorod, the New York Times confirmed on Thursday, citing anonymous US officials. The plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners scheduled to be exchanged that afternoon, along with three observers and six crew. There were no […]
Source link A White House spokesman said he “deeply regrets” providing false information to reporters The US government has acknowledged that it did not notify officials in Baghdad about airstrikes on Iraqi soil last Friday, despite initially claiming they had been warned ahead of time. A top US spokesperson insisted there was no “intent to […]
Source link At least two “humanitarian workers” were killed and three others injured, French authorities have admitted Two French nationals were killed and three others injured this week in the hostilities between Kiev and Moscow, the French government said on Friday. Paris insists they were doing humanitarian work on the Ukrainian side. The announcement was […]
Source link Ukrainian leaders feel a “negative aftertaste” after the failed counteroffensive last year, Mikhail Podoliak has said Ukraine’s much-hyped summer counteroffensive ended in disappointment, Mikhail Podoliak, a senior adviser to President Zelensky, has admitted. He also lamented that Kiev continues to suffer from an ammunition shortage. Kiev launched a large-scale push to breach Russian […]
Source link Lloyd Austin has acknowledged that he did not handle his cancer diagnosis properly US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has apologized for attempting to hide his bout with cancer from the American people and even the president himself, after returning to the Pentagon earlier this week following a lengthy hospital stay. Speaking to reporters […]
Source link Export revenues dropped 30% compared to an all-time high recorded in 2022, the regulator estimated Russian export revenues saw a notable drop by almost a third in 2023, according to the preliminary assessment released by the Bank of Russia, which cites a decline in prices for crude oil as one of the key […]