Turkish arms manufacturer Baykar has rejected Ukrainian TV presenter Serhiy Prytula’s crowdfunding campaign to purchase drones worth $20 million – and instead wants to donate three combat drones to the country. After Ukrainian TV presenter Serhiy Prytula raised $20 million to buy drones through a crowdfunding campaign, the Turkish arms manufacturer said Baykarthat the money […]
Norway has responded to Polish demands for sharing excessive energy revenues with either Ukraine or Poland. According to Oslo, Norway’s population and economy are also suffering from rising oil and gas prices. Norway has made it clear that it will not give in to Poland’s demand to share its growing profits from oil and gas […]
Kyiv is disappointed: the Ukrainian side has been “begging” the United States for months to send multiple rocket launchers, writes Politico magazine, citing an anonymous source. In the White House, however, they held back for fear of a possible escalation. In Kyiv there is “definitely growing dissatisfaction” with the new reservations of the US towards […]
26 Apr 2022 8:00 p.m The Polish state secretary says his country will not pay for gas supplies from Russia in rubles. Be prepared for any consequences. According to unconfirmed information, Russia has already responded by stopping gas supplies. “We won’t pay,” Polish government commissioner for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Naimski replied on Tuesday when […]
Apr 21, 2022 1:03 PM The Polish Minister of Health Niedzielski announced that Poland currently no longer needs any corona vaccines and is therefore refusing to accept and pay for deliveries with immediate effect. Niedzielski accuses Pfizer of a “complete lack of flexibility”. On April 19, Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski posted the following […]
7 Apr 2022 8:17 pm China usually refrains from using rhetoric in official statements. But in the face of several announced arms deals between the US and the Taiwanese authorities, Beijing is now resorting to thinly veiled threats. China has harshly criticized the US for Washington’s approval of $95 million worth of arms sales to […]
30 mar 2022 6:34 p.m The Sejong Center in Seoul refuses to return 63 items on loan to the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts. They are part of a traveling exhibition about the Russian avant-garde. Exhibitions in Paris and London show that there is another way. The Sejong Center in Seoul does not want to […]
8 mar 2022 6:29 p.m The UN estimates that over 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian offensive began. Many EU countries have taken in tens of thousands of people. The UK, meanwhile, refuses to relax visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected calls for the UK to […]
24 Feb 2022 11:37 am Beijing’s comments on the Russian military operation in Ukraine have been cautious overall. However, China explicitly refuses to describe the process as an “invasion”. The People’s Republic calls on all sides to exercise restraint. Beijing is wary of calling Russia’s military operation in Ukraine an “invasion.” On Thursday, when asked […]