“There are a lot of targets in Russia — a big country, obviously,” Austin added. “And there’s a lot of capability that Ukraine has in terms of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] and other things to address those targets.” His words represent a diplomatic pushback to pleas from Zelenskyy and his new Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha … Read more
The Russian psy-ops team identified Germany as a particularly vulnerable target for Russian influence. “The Germans are more dependent than the French,” reads one of the Russian documents, presumably referring to Germany’s economic dependence on Russian gas and exports. “First and foremost, we need to discredit the USA, Great Britain and NATO, and secondly,” convince Germans to … Read more
“Mongolia has always maintained a policy of neutrality in all its diplomatic relations, as demonstrated in our statements of record to date,” the spokesperson added. Mongolia, a vast country of 3.3 million people, sits in an awkward geographical spot landlocked between superpowers Russia and China. It has walked a diplomatic tightrope to avoid alienating either … Read more
Moscow said it wasn’t concerned about the possibility of Putin being arrested in Mongolia. “There are no worries; we have a great dialogue with our friends from Mongolia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “All aspects of the visit were carefully prepared.” The Ukrainian government called on Mongolia to execute the ICC warrant against … Read more
“Energy security is a matter of national security! That’s why I’m going …” the Hungarian foreign minister wrote in an early morning Facebook post, ending the sentence a few hours later: “… to St. Petersburg.” After his three-hour meeting with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller — who has been sanctioned by the United States and United … Read more
Monday’s assault is Russia’s first large-scale attack with drones and missiles since Kyiv launched its surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region earlier this month. Ukrainian forces took control of two more settlements in Kursk over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Sunday evening. The electricity shut-offs came just days after Ukraine’s … Read more
That comes days after the ruling Georgian Dream party threatened to dissolve the largest opposition grouping in parliament, the United National Movement (UNM) which was founded by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. In addition to the UNM, the other pro-Western factions with seats in parliament face being shuttered, Kobakhidze said, because “in reality, all of … Read more
Kyiv wants India to join its vision for “a just peace,” aimed at concentrating a global effort around pushing the Kremlin to end its full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Friday. But India — currently one of the largest trade partners of Russia, a major purchaser of Russian oil, as well … Read more
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine are locked in a battle over legitimacy, with the former seen as being loyal to the Russian branch of Orthodox Christianity, while the latter is subject to the patriarchy of Istanbul. Even though the Ukrainian Orthodox Church claimed it cut ties back in 2022 with … Read more
“Neither the Ukrainian people, nor the Russians, nor the Belarusians need it,” he continued in the interview. “It’s them in the West, who need [the war]. I cannot reveal these facts, they are absolutely classified. But sometimes they speak openly — high-ranking people. Saying, let them beat each other — Ukrainians, Russians — let everyone … Read more
