There was some question about how much stock should be placed in the videos released by Russia. Moscow has a well-established history of trying to sweep miliary embarrassments under the rug, most notably during this war when the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet was sunk. Even when its plans …
Read More »Why is Crimea so important to both Russia and Ukraine?
The Russian naval headquarters in Sevastopol is one of Moscow’s most important bases. Russian-occupied Crimea has come under increasing attack from Ukraine. The territory annexed by Moscow nine years ago is now an active battlefront in the war between the two neighbours. Once seen as a fortress of Moscow’s military …
Read More »Video: Zelensky Tells Canada’s Parliament Russia Is Committing Genocide
new video loaded: Zelensky Tells Canada’s Parliament Russia Is Committing Genocide transcript Back transcript Zelensky Tells Canada’s Parliament Russia Is Committing Genocide President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine commended Canada for its role in equipping Ukraine with weapons and training soldiers. It Is genocide, what Russian occupiers are doing to Ukraine. …
Read More »No member of the UN would feel secure if Ukraine is carved up by Russia – US president Biden
US President, Joe Biden has stated that supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion is “not only investment in Ukraine’s future, but in the future of every country that values the basic UN rules of sovereignty and territorial integrity that apply equally to all nationsbig and small.” …
Read More »Zelensky, on ‘60 Minutes,’ Warns Russia About Attacks on Power Plants
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine threatened to escalate attacks on Russia if Moscow repeated last winter’s strategy of bombarding Ukrainian power plants that left millions of Ukrainians fighting freezing temperatures without power, heat and water. The warning, issued by Mr. Zelensky in an interview with the CBS News show “60 …
Read More »Pentagon Shifts Combat Training, Signaling Preparations for War With China, Russia, Major Powers
Sometimes, it feels like it was just yesterday that I was in Afghanistan for the last time, watching my unit draw down, already feeling as though my sacrifices were for naught years before watching the eventual botched withdrawal on television. Other times, it feels as though it could’ve been a …
Read More »Talks between North Korea’s Kim and Putin end in Russia: What did they say?
A meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely travels outside his country, and President Vladimir Putin in Russia lasted about five hours and wrapped up on Wednesday, Russian media outlets have reported. The pair, arguably the world’s most isolated leaders, had not met since 2019. They hailed …
Read More »Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say
Russia has managed to overcome sanctions and export controls imposed by the West to expand its missile production beyond prewar levels, according to U.S., European and Ukrainian officials, leaving Ukraine especially vulnerable to intensified attacks in the coming months. In addition to spending more than $40 billion providing weapons for …
Read More »‘A new and terrifying world’: Kim and Putin to meet again in Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first-ever summit in 2019. Kim travelled to Vladivostok in his armoured train where the men spent two days enjoying folk dances, feasting on borscht and reindeer dumplings, and toasting the burgeoning relationship between their two countries. At …
Read More »Russia Helps Trump by Refusing to Remove Doxxing of at Least 23 Georgia Jurors
In case anyone had lingering doubts about Russia’s affinity for former president Donald Trump, at least 23 jurors have been doxxed and had their personal information posted on conspiracy websites hosted by a Russian company that is known “to be uncooperative with law enforcement.” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis …
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