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Ministers say the transfer of weapons components is enabling Russia to ‘reconstitute and revitalise’ its defence production for its war in Ukraine. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have expressed “strong concern” about the transfer of materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for its …

Russia’s Olympic Committee has been suspended for violating the Olympic charter with “immediate effect and until further notice” after it incorporated sports bodies from four territories annexed from Ukraine. The suspension was announced by the International Olympic Committee as a response to Russia’s decision to recognise Olympic councils from the …

Six weeks after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine sank the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, dealing a serious blow to the enemy navy, and, a Ukrainian official said, killing the ship’s captain. “We do not mourn,” an adviser to the interior minister at the time, Anton Gerashchenko, said. …

Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, September 19, that Russia’s war against Ukraine poses a threat to global security as the Kremlin weaponizes energy and food against nations across the world.   Zelensky said that blocking Ukraine’s grain exports and attacking …

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, peeked his head into the cockpit of a fighter jet at a factory in the Russian Far East on Friday as he pressed ahead on a multiday tour of Russia that is enticing him at each stop with off-limits military technology. Although Russia’s president, Vladimir …

In comments made by video to Catholic youth in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Friday, Pope Francis praised 18th-century Russian rulers and the Great Russia they helped create — an empire that President Vladimir V. Putin has invoked in framing his invasion of Ukraine. “Never forget the legacy,” Francis said. “You …

The Nigerien government has reportedly signed a military contract with Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, according to a new report. American journalist, Jackson Hinkle citing France 24 says Niger, who overthrew the elected president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, has reached out to Wagner, a well known mercenary group known for its …

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, has warned that Moscow’s confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could become permanent.   Medvedev, has emerged as one of Russia’s most outspoken war hawks since Moscow launched what it called a “special military operation” in Ukraine in …

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has been tasked with assassinating mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin following the failed mutiny, the Ukranian government has announced .   Prigozhin launched a “march for justice” against Russian military leaders on June 23 after a missile attack allegedly targeted Wagner troops in Ukraine. His mercenaries …

  Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian Mercenary group, Wagner, has announced his forces will be retreating from its march towards Moscow. On Saturday morning, June 24, Wagner forces took over military bases in Russia in an attempted coup d’etat saying it wanted to change Russia’s military leadership following an …