Ukraine launched its largest-ever kamikaze drone attack on Russia while Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, killing two people and causing an oil refinery fire in the Black Sea, according to officials. “Fifty-one UAVs were destroyed and intercepted over Crimea, 44 over the Krasnodar region, six over the Belgorod region and one over Kursk region,” Russia’s military said in a …
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US says NATO military trainers will eventually be sent to Ukraine: report
Gen. Charles Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says it is only a matter of time before NATO military trainers are sent to Ukraine, according to a report in the New York Times. It comes as Ukrainebattles to hold the line against Russian offensives in Ukraine’s northeast such as the city of Kharkiv as well as in …
Read More »Putin and Xi reaffirm 'no-limits' partnership as Moscow intensifies offensive in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his effort to resolve the Ukraine conflict at a Beijing summit Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed a “no-limits” partnership that has grown deeper as both countries face deepening tensions with the west. Putin’s two-day state visit to one of his strongest allies comes as his country’s forces are pressing …
Read More »Who is Russia's new defense minister and what's behind Putin’s wartime cabinet reshuffle?
On Sunday, less than a week after his inauguration for the fifth six-year term,Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, re-shuffled his entire cabinet, having launched a major offensive against Ukraine, as part of his war that crossed its third year mark earlier this year. Themost significant change in this rare and unexpected move is Putin’s appointment, as the next minister of defense, …
Read More »Biden driving China, Russia into 'shocking' partnership, expert warns: 'Blunder of the highest order'
President Biden has made his “biggest blunder” yet by driving China and Russia into a closer strategic partnership through his faulty foreign policy, one expert warned, as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Beijing to strengthen bilateral ties. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Michael Pillsbury argued on “Fox & Friends” that the “shocking” relationship the two …
Read More »Putin watches on as Eastern European nation passes law favoring Moscow amid violent protests
The government of Georgia wants to put the country back in time to its old Soviet Union days, as it signed a controversial new “foreign agents” law that many believe will end Georgia’s young democracy. Tens of thousands of angry protesters took to the streets of Tbilisi and other cities across Georgia to voice opposition to the new law and …
Read More »WH blames pandemic, Russia war on Biden's dismal swing state poll numbers
The White House is blaming the pandemic and Russia’s war with Ukraine as just some of the reasons as to why President Biden’s poll numbers are lagging in key swing states as he closes out the final year of his current term in office. White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre came up with the excuses at Tuesday’s White House press …
Read More »Putin to visit China this week to meet with Xi, Chinese Foreign Ministry says
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, in the latest show of unity between the two authoritarian allies against the U.S.-led Western liberal global order. Putin will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his visit starting on Thurday, the ministry said, saying the two leaders would discuss …
Read More »Top Russian defense official arrested on bribery charges amid Kremlin shake-up
A second senior Russian defense official was arrested on bribery charges, officials said Tuesday, days after President Vladimir Putin replaced the defense minister in a Cabinet shake-up that fueled expectations of more such purges. Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov, the 55-year-old chief of the Defense Ministry’s main personnel directorate, was arrested in a raid early Monday on his suburban Moscow villa, …
Read More »Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of defense minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the defense minister with a former deputy prime minister who is an economics expert with no military background. When Putin was inaugurated for a new six-year term on May 7, the government submitted its resignation in line with Russian law. Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin …
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