Source link People in the country have a large number of firearms and grenades, Igor Klimenko has said People in Ukraine are currently in possession of up to 5 million weapons, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said on Friday. The authorities have not been able to keep track of all the arms they have handed out […]
Source link Ensuring that refugees “remain Ukrainian” is a priority for the government, Dmitry Kuleba has said Kiev is concerned about Ukrainians living abroad integrating into the societies of their host countries too fast, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told a forum in Kiev on Friday. Keeping their compatriots living abroad from assimilating is now one […]
Source link Moscow’s lobby has pierced American politics, the Ukrainian president has claimed Russian influence has penetrated the US political system and warped the information field around the world, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed in an interview with Politico on Tuesday. Zelensky was asked to comment on recent statements made by two Republican lawmakers: Mike […]
Source link Pretoria’s foreign minister says combatants in the Gaza war have been warned about the consequences of their actions South Africans fighting alongside the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed since October, will be arrested when they return home, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has warned. She reportedly […]
Source link The MI5 chose to turn a blind eye of some of the crimes during the Troubles, a state-appointed investigator says British security forces had knowingly failed to prevent several murders of UK citizens in order to protect its informants in an armed resistance group active in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a high-profile […]
Source link The travel advice was due to the “continuing deterioration of the situation in the country,” according to Berlin The German Foreign Ministry has updated its travel advice for Russia, “and now strongly” discourages German citizens and persons with dual citizenship from visiting the country. Previously, Berlin had only advised against travelling to Russia. […]
Source link The Indian Embassy has urged its citizens residing in border areas of the country to relocate to safer places Indians living in the border areas of Israel have been asked to relocate to “safe areas,” as the Gaza conflict enters its fifth month. New Delhi’s embassy in Tel Aviv issued the warning on […]
Source link While the extension of the bloc’s 2022 emergency demand reduction was framed as a success, the impact has been severe Europeans must maintain the reduced natural gas consumption levels imposed in the wake of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy sector, according to a draft proposal from the European Council published on Tuesday. The proposal […]
Source link The “naive” West should realize that security comes at a price, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says EU nations must prioritize defense spending by carving out money from social programs to deter Russia amid the Ukraine conflict, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has argued. In an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday, […]
Source link As Brussels becomes more alienated from realities on the streets, the union’s forthcoming elections might serve as a wake-up call The European Union held a summit this week at which it aimed to convince Ukraine of its support for as long as it’s needed. Hungary balked, but its resistance was limited. For prestige […]
Source link Maria Zakharova reacted to the Ukrainian shelling of a bakery in Donbass that allegedly involved Western weapons The West is complicit in the Ukrainian military’s killing of civilians in Donbass, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed. The diplomat recounted a Saturday attack on a bakery in the city of Lisichansk, apparently […]
Source link Ending conscription was a mistake, Romanian army chief General Gheorghita Vlad told US state media Romanian Chief of Defense Staff General Gheorghita Vlad has called for ordinary citizens to be trained for war with Russia, arguing that such a conflict could break out “in the immediate future.” Multiple European politicians and generals have […]
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 Lithuania’s Ausrine Armonaite says lending to the government is better than “hiding cash in a sock” Lithuanian Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite has issued a call for citizens to finance the country’s defense industry, telling them to “invest in tanks” rather than keep hold of their savings. Discussing her proposal with Lithuanian National Radio […]
Source link Paris says it has no fighters on Kiev’s side – after all, plausible deniability is the whole point of guns for hire It used to be a point of pride for Western nations that their citizens were so eager to go play Rambo in Ukraine with dreams of ‘smoking’ Russians. Or at least […]