Source link The French president was right in his attempt to be “strategically ambiguous” on the issue, Finland’s foreign minister says French President Emmanuel Macron has done the right thing with his efforts to maintain “strategic ambiguity” to keep Russia guessing whether the collective West may actually deploy troops to Ukraine or not, Finnish Foreign […]
Source link The US-led bloc used tons of depleted uranium ordnance during its aggression, with the impact not fully explored even a quarter century later Serbia is marking the anniversary of the NATO attack on former Yugoslavia, with the consequences of the aggression still plaguing the country. RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij has explored the impact of […]
Source link The decision came after the Finnish transport authority claimed that Türkiye’s Southwind Airlines is partly owned by Russian investors The European Union has closed its airspace to Türkiye’s Southwind Airlines over its alleged ties to Russia, Swiss-based news outlet Aero Telegraph reported this week. According to the report, the measure is related to […]
Source link Admiral Rob Bauer has suggested the bloc should get better prepared, while Moscow has dismissed attack speculation as “utter nonsense” There are no signs that Russia is gearing up for an attack on NATO, the head of the bloc’s Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, has said. Speaking to reporters in Riga on Friday, […]
Source link German parliamentary experts have evaluated the implications of an attack on NATO troops in Ukraine, according to a report seen by dpa Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which calls for a collective response from the bloc, cannot be invoked if one member deploys to Ukraine and is attacked by Russia, a report […]
Source link The world is now facing the most critical moment since the end of World War II, the Polish prime minister has said Europe has entered a “pre-war era” in which any scenario is possible and the threat of war is no longer a thing of the past, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said […]
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 Moscow has forced Kiev to choose between losing men or territory, according to retired French General Jerome Pellistrandi, the editor-in-chief of the Revue Defense Nationale. In an interview for the French outlet The Depechepublished on Wednesday, Pellistrandi pointed out that Russian forces have made advances ever since the Ukrainians’ chaotic retreat from Avdeevka […]
Source link Moscow is not seeking a confrontation with American vassals in eastern Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Multiple Western officials have tried to drum up support for additional aid to Ukraine by claiming that Moscow would not stop if Kiev is defeated on the battlefield. Putin addressed these claims during a […]
Source link The bloc should instead focus on military and financial assistance to Kiev, according to Latvia NATO states are not ready for talks about sending ground troops to Ukraine, even after France hinted at such a possibility last month, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina said on Wednesday. Silina was meeting with German Chancellor Olaf […]
Source link The level of public confidence in Estonia’s leadership has fallen by 4% this month, a new study has revealed The level of public trust in Estonia’s government is on the decline, as just 17% of the people approve of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ cabinet, a new poll shows. Overall confidence in the government […]
Source link Belgrade was attacked in 1999 because there was no counterweight to the West on the global stage back then, Aleksandar Vucic has said Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has said that he stands by his earlier claim that Vladimir Putin would not have allowed NATO to bomb Yugoslavia in 1999 if he had been […]
Source link The imagined threat of Moscow being about to march on Western Europe is a very lucrative idea for warmongers and arms dealers NATO’s peddling of a “Russian threat” is reaching telethon levels of relentlessness – worse than a house alarm salesman in TV advertisements talking up the scary burglar. Poland’s top general, Wieslaw […]
Source link Kiev needs to mobilize more people to make up for battlefield losses, Admiral Rob Bauer, the chair of the NATO Military Committee, said on Thursday. Bauer, who headed the Dutch armed forces between 2017 and 2021, made the comments at the opening session of the Kiev Security Forum, organized annually by former Ukrainian […]
Source link The first batch of the fighter jets will arrive from Denmark this summer, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren says The West will deliver the first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine within the next several months, with more to come later this year, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has said. Denmark will […]