Source link Former presidential adviser Aleksey Arestovich believes the president’s cultivated “hero” persona has locked Kiev into conflict Now is the time to start thinking about how to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine, with the situation looking more hopeless on the front line, a former adviser to Vladimir Zelensky has said. Aleksy Arestovich told […]
Source link Persecution of Russians by Ukrainian authorities was among main causes of Moscow’s military operation, Vladimir Putin says Persistent persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine was one of the key reasons behind Moscow’s decision to launch its special military operation in that country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that the Ukrainian authorities […]
Source link Pumping arms into Ukraine benefits US weapons manufacturers under the guise of opposing Russia, the ambassador argued on Wednesday Claims in Washington that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attack NATO, unless Congress allocates tens of billions of dollars in additional Ukraine funding are “bogeyman stories,” Moscow’s top diplomat in the US capital said […]
Source link Democrat Chris Murphy has insisted Ukraine will lose the fight against Moscow unless Republicans greenlight President Joe Biden’s aid package Russia could attack other parts of Europe after defeating Ukraine, US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy claimed as he called on Republican lawmakers to approve continued funding for Kiev. Speaking with NBC News on […]
Source link Negotiations had previously been aborted by Kiev, Dmitry Peskov pointed out Tuesday Moscow is ready to resolve the ongoing conflict with Kiev through diplomatic means at any moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the news media outlet RTVI on Tuesday. Russia has never rejected such an option, and it was Kiev that withdrew […]
Source link All of Ukraine is becoming dependent on the “mood” of a single person, Vitaly Klitschko says Ukraine’s municipal authorities now remain the only independent force in the country, which has grown increasingly authoritarian amid the conflict with Russia, the Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko has said. Klitschko shared his assessment of the state […]
Source link The US-made Patriot missile system downed five military aircraft over Bryansk Region in May, a military official has claimed The Ukrainian military used a Western-supplied Patriot long-range missile system to take down five military aircraft over Russia’s border Bryansk Region in May, Air Forces spokesman Igor Ignat told journalists on Monday. Kiev had […]
Source link The Ukrainian president’s namesake is a clueless housekeeper in a comedy by playwright Ivan Karpenko-Karyi from 1900 A character in a classic play who shares his surname with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been renamed in a production by a popular Kiev theater, local media have reported. Zelensky is among the personages of […]
Source link Ukraine has sought to poison authorities in the country’s former territories that have joined Russia, an official has said Russia’s deputy minister of trade and industry, Kirill Lysogorsky, accused Washington and its allies of supplying “toxic chemicals” to Kiev, claiming their use in attacks on Russian officials in the former Ukrainian territories that […]
Source link The Dutch Allard Pierson Museum handed over a prized collection of Scythian gold to Ukraine despite protests from Russia A vast collection of Crimean gold jewelry and antiquities that was handed over to Ukraine by the Netherlands after a lengthy legal battle should have instead been returned to the Russian peninsula, Kremlin spokesman […]
Source link Aleksey Danilov, secretary of the Ukrainian security council, had been cited earlier by The Times claiming SBU was rife with Russian moles Russia has a network of sleeper agents in the SBU, Ukraine’s secret service, one of Kiev’s top security officials, Aleksey Danilov, has said, according to The Times on Monday. Later, however, […]
Source link No sane administration can seriously speak about discriminating against part of its own population, Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow refers to Kiev as a “regime” because of its treatment of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, which it considers to be discriminatory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Sunday. The […]
Source link Some 75 Geran-2 loitering munitions have been deployed in the aerial assault, according to the Ukrainian Air Force Russia carried out its biggest drone attack on Ukraine overnight, with most of its targets located in the country’s capital, Kiev, the Ukrainian Air Force has claimed. So far, there’s been no confirmation of the […]
Source link Knauf has been blacklisted by the Ukrainian government for paying taxes in Russia Ukraine has labelled German building materials giant Knauf a “sponsor of war” for paying taxes in Russia. The designation was announced on Thursday by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), which operates the blacklist. Kiev regularly attempts to shame […]
Source link The term was imposed by ideologues in Moscow seeking to weaken their neighbor, a language ombudsman claims Ukraine does not have any Russian-speaking citizens, Taras Kremin, the country’s state language protection commissioner, has declared. Kiev has introduced a frenzy of measures in recent years to sever historical and cultural ties with Russia, as […]