Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Zelensky slams 'absurd' lack of timeline for Ukraine's NATO entry

Jul 11, 2023 17:17

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has hit out at NATO allies for their uncertainty to accept his country to the bloc, as several members, including the United States, have expressed reservations about admitting Kiev to the military alliance.
Ukraine steps up mercenary recruitment to conceal losses, treats them like ‘cannon fodder’: Russia

Jul 11, 2023 15:42

Ukraine has stepped up its recruitment of mercenaries from across the globe in efforts to conceal the catastrophic losses of its military forces in the raging war against Russia, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has declared in an official statement.
Top Russian diplomats blast US, NATO over Ukraine aims

Jul 11, 2023 13:23

Senior Russian diplomats have lashed out at the US for pushing a massive publicity campaign to win public support for any “anti-Russia decisions” at the NATO summit currently underway in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Russia warns of Ukraine bid to draw NATO into 'World War III'

Jul 08, 2023 14:00

Russia’s United Nations envoy has fiercely rejected Western media reports implying that Moscow was plotting a false-flag operation at a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant, insisting that Kiev was using the false narrative to draw the US-led NATO military alliance into its war.
Belarus president says Wagner chief in Russia; Kremlin says ‘not following’ Prigozhin’s movements

Jul 06, 2023 14:59

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says the leader of the Wagner paramilitary group is no longer in his country but in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.
IAEA wants further access to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid fears of potential attack

Jul 06, 2023 13:12

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it needs more access to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine amid sabotage warnings.
Hungary threatens to retaliate over Ukraine's sanctioning of OTP

Jul 06, 2023 07:35

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto says Budapest would block EU funding of arms transfers to Ukraine unless Kiev removes OTP Bank from its blacklist.
Russia foils Ukraine drone attacks on Moscow

Jul 04, 2023 17:12

Russia says its Air Force units have foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on the capital Moscow, though one of the attacks prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city’s international airports.
CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine prior to Wagner mutiny: US official

Jul 01, 2023 12:33

CIA Director William Burns made a secret trip to Ukraine, prior to the Wagner Group's armed mutiny against Moscow, US newspapers have reported.
Experts rebuke West's portrayal of weakened Putin as merely 'wishful thinking'

Jun 27, 2023 17:55

EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claims Russia may have entered an era of political instability and internal fragility following Vladimir Putin's brief standoff with the Wagner Group, but experts insist the West's portrayal of a weakened Putin is merely based on wishful thinking.