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Putin and Biden are meeting with NATO allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country and China could reach $200 billion in annual trade by 2020, compared to $185 billion last year. He also said that Ukraine and Belarus, which have been affected by the conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists, could reach $160 billion and $50 billion respectively. The warring…
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Regardless of India’s own agenda, Ukraine is poised to dominate as G-20 ministers gather
Russia will increase its purchases of Russian energy to protect its own interests as a country with less disposable income, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. India took over the presidency of the G20 this month and will keep it until next year. Russia has reportedly supplied India with around $13 billion in weapons…
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Some of the Russians want out of Putin’s parallel universe
In a recent four-minute diatribe on the messaging app Telegram, Russian-appointed deputy leader of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, criticised Russian military commanders for allowing “gaps” on the battlefield that had allowed Ukrainian military to make advances in the region. Stremousov alleged that Russian military commanders have allowed Ukrainian military to make advances in…
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A US State Department official says that China is going to release a peace proposal for Ukraine on Friday
The US has said that China is “trying to broadcast and itself in a veneer of neutrality, even as it deepens its engagement with Russia in key ways – politically, diplomatically, economically and potentially in the security realm as well”. It added that China has been providing non-lethal support to Russia for use in the…
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Biden has another up his sleeve in a war of surprises
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine in April was the “beginning of the end” of his country. The Ukrainian leader further said that Russia’s military incursion into Ukraine was the beginning of the end of his country. Russia had entered Ukraine to support pro-Russian separatists in the provinces…
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Russia may abandon its doctrine of “no first use” of nuclear weapons
Russia’s use of strategic nuclear weapons is extremely unlikely and the West would view them as an improvised nuclear weapon, Bretton-Gordon said. “There are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons,” she added. Russia’s doctrine allows commanders to use tactical nuclear weapons to protect their territory from being lost, Bretton-Gordon further said.
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Why would Putin want a truce?
Two men shot at Russian troops preparing to deploy to Ukraine, killing 11 People’s Republic of China soldiers and wounding 15 others before being killed themselves, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. The men opened fire on the troops when they were preparing to move into Ukraine, it added. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin had said…
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The new phase of the war may result from Putin’s rage against civilians
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced that Russia’s war with Ukraine would continue for at least one more year. He added that his country was ready to support Ukrainian forces if they “successfully” won the battle. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that it’ll be impossible for Ukraine to win the war from Russia in…
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Russia is losing its edge on the old soviet sphere
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed legislation to annex four regions of Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia’s military doesn’t fully control those areas. Putin said that he expects the situation to stabilise in four war-torn regions of Ukraine after signing legislation to annex them on Wednesday. Russia’s defence ministry said two men shot…
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Zelensky said that one year of war with anxiety was marked by a rally cry from the president
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “We have to take responsibility for everything that we do in Ukraine.” He added, “We have to pay attention to what is happening on the ground.” Earlier, Putin said that Russia would take action against Ukrainian authorities if they violated its ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian government.
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Russia has been left isolated and struggling as a result of the war against Ukraine
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has claimed over 9,000 lives, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. However, the Russian military claimed that its troops have made “major advances” in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military said that over 900 of its soldiers had been killed during the conflict.
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Russia’s revenge
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a ceremony to commemorate incorporation of four Ukrainian territories into Russia on Sunday. Russia claimed that more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a Russian strike in Kramatorsk carried out in “retaliation” over the Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Makiivka last week, according to a statement from the Russian Defence…
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A treasury official stated that US monitoring and countervailingRussian intelligence services as part of the sanctions cracking
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian and third-country actors that are “supporting Russia’s war effort” in Ukraine. It targeted over 200 individuals and entities, including both Russian and third- country actors across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It also imposed sanctions on companies tied to Russia’s aerospace, technology and electronics sectors.
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China’s chief diplomat calls conflict a “warfare” and says it will propose a peace plan
US State Department Deputy Secretary Anthony Blinken has said the US has “seen Chinese companies providing non-lethal support to…Russia for use in the Ukraine”, adding that the US would put some restrictions on Chinese companies involved in evading sanctions related to the conflict. The US has recently seen disturbing trends in China’s support for Russia’s…
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There is an opinion about how Putin can’t win in Ukraine
Russia has criticised Ukraine for trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Russian-held city of Kramatorsk. Russian Defence Ministry said that it has rejected the Ukrainian authorities’ “unacceptable demands” for humanitarian assistance to be delivered in the city. This comes after at least 12 people were killed and 110 others were injured in Russian missile…
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There is an opinion on what it means to be behind Vladimir Putin
Chechnya Mayor Ramzan Kadyrov has said he would declare martial law throughout the country and use any weapon if it were his will, because Russia is at war with the entire NATO bloc. This comes after UK’s Ministry of Defense said that Russia had a record of unsafe ammunition storage from well before the current…
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Russia launches replacements for astronauts after a leak
Russia and NASA on Thursday said they’ve decided to delay the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft due to a coolant leak in its cooling loop on the International Space Station. This comes after NASA found a similar leak in a Progress spacecraft that docked with the space station on February 11. Roscosmos is planned to…
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The US monitoring and countervailing the Russian intelligence services as part of the sanctions push, was exclusive
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has said that China is providing “Non-lethal” support to Russia for use in Ukraine. Blinken’s comments came after he met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York on Friday. Blinken told Wang that the US isn’t seeking a conflict with China but warned him against Beijing providing any material…
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Biden will have a clash with Putin after his surprise trip to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry on Monday said that its forces carried out airstrikes on Russian military positions in Crimea. This comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will take control of the peninsula by the end of the year. Ukraine has been fighting Russia-backed separatists in Crimea since the beginning of the…
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After Biden offered more support for Zelensky, the Kremlin warned of a long war
Ukrainian forces on Sunday hunted Russian stragglers in the key city of Lyman, which was taken back from Russia after its demoralised troops fled with “empty eyes”, Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Gazeta reported. Despite Russia’s baseless claim it had annexed the region surrounding the city, Ukrainian forces fled with “empty eyes”, the report added.
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Ukrainians have ever had more pesticide malware than any other country
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid war” with Ukraine has not been successful, a Western official said. The official added that there was no way that Russia could measure success in cyberspace by a single attack. In 2017, Russia launched ‘NotPetya’ malware that wiped computer systems at companies across Ukraine before spreading around the world, according…
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Russia will stop participating in the last nuclear treaty with the United States, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country will suspend its participation in New START arms control treaty with the United States. “The bottom line is…we soon will be, because the bottom line is, this is the last nuclear treaty governing nuclear weapons of the United States and Russia,” he added. The US has alleged…
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Is it possible that Russian assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine?
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that the reasons for the ongoing war in Ukraine are because the country has historically been part of Russia, even though it had gained independence from the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago. He added that Russia was defending itself against “neo-Nazi” government in Ukraine just as…
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Europe has a big question about Russia: what will they do next?
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country has been able to prevent Russian tanks from entering the eastern region of Donbas. He further said that Russia “has not been able to make any gains in the last few days”. However, Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine is “looking for help from other countries and…
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Russia’s decision on the New START is irresponsible according to a top US diplomat
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China will continue to work for peace even as it faces a coronavirus outbreak. China’s Foreign Ministry said the visit to Moscow will provide an opportunity for China and Russia to continue to develop their strategic partnership and “exchange views” on “international and regional hotspot issues of shared…