Source link The US does not intend to take part in any potential retaliatory strike on Tehran on West Jerusalem’s behalf, unnamed officials told the outlet The US will not help Israel retaliate in the wake of Iran’s missile and drone attack by launching offensive military operations, Biden administration officials have been privately warning, according […]
Source link Expropriating frozen funds would have long-ranging legal ramifications, experts warn The UK might not actually confiscate Russia’s immobilized assets despite political pledges to do so because such a step would violate the rule of law and lead to a litany of legal quandaries, according to sanctions experts cited by Politico in an article […]
Source link Washington is reportedly worried about a major escalation fraught with “catastrophic consequences” US President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would not support retaliatory strikes against Iran after the latter launched a barrage of missiles and drones against the Jewish state over the weekend, Axios reported on Sunday. […]
Source link Washington has repeatedly threatened unspecified “consequences” over the Ukraine conflict Relations between Beijing and Moscow are their business alone, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning has said, responding to veiled threats by a senior American diplomat. US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that any further Russian advances in Ukraine […]
Source link The bloc’s top diplomat has argued that members shouldn’t scare people by exaggerating the threat of direct conflict with Russia EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has insisted that Ukraine’s Western backers will not be sending troops to “die for Donbass,” and they should not needlessly frighten their citizens by hyping the prospect […]
Source link Chancellor Olaf Scholz has argued that Russia is making a mistake if it’s betting Berlin will eventually quit supporting Kiev Germany will not let Russian President Vladimir Putin forcibly alter Ukraine’s borders or impose the terms of peace, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed. “We will not accept a dictated peace at the expense […]
Source link Britain has ruled out a “full-blown military deployment,” the PM’s spokesman said London has no plans of sending its troops to fight Russia alongside Ukrainian soldiers, a UK government spokesman told Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday. The comment came after French President Emmanuel Macron said that he could not rule out an […]
Source link The second half of this year is the earliest possible time when domestic production can be launched, a source told the newspaper Ukraine will be able to start domestic production of NATO-standard 155mm artillery shells no sooner than the second half of this year, an insider source has told the Washington Post. The […]
Source link Western claims that democratic processes in Russia are meaningless are irrelevant, Anatoly Antonov has said Moscow does not care what US Secretary of State Antony Blinken or any other biased observer thinks about its latest presidential election, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has said. Last week’s ballot ended with Vladimir Putin […]
Source link Apple may block smartphones used by Russians if a global conflict breaks out, Anton Gorelkin has warned Western smartphones could stop working in Russia if the Ukraine conflict turns into a global war, Anton Gorelkin, deputy head of the Russian State Duma’s Information Policy Committee, warned in an interview posted to the YouTube […]
Source link The bloc’s desire to gain a foothold in the region is no secret, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is well aware of NATO’s attempts to court post-Soviet republics in the South Caucasus, but the bloc’s overtures will bring no benefit to the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking to reporters […]
Source link Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has expressed concern over a potential expansion of the hostilities into the region The Ukraine conflict is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon and has the potential to escalate even further, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. In an interview with CNN Turk on Monday, the foreign minister […]
Source link Moscow has branded the West’s criticisms of the Russian presidential elections as both predictable and irrelevant The Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz will not send a message of congratulations to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election victory, which Berlin has branded as “undemocratic,” government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann told a media briefing on […]
Source link Kiev has no plans to prolong the current contract with Russia on gas transit to the EU when it expires this year, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Sunday. Brokered by the EU, the current five-year deal was signed in 2019. Under the agreement, Russian energy giant Gazprom agreed to transit 65 […]
Source link Estonian PM Kaja Kallas on Wednesday refused to offer guarantees to the parliament that she would not send the Baltic country’s ground forces to aid Kiev. Only Estonia and Lithuania had shown any enthusiasm for the idea of sending soldiers to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron argued at the end of February […]