A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea early Friday caused power cutoffs in the city of Sevastopol and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia, Russian authorities said. The drone raids marked Kyiv’s attempt to strike back during Moscow’s offensive in northeastern Ukraine, which has added to the pressure on outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces who are waiting for delayed …
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Taiwan’s foreign minister calls for global unity against ‘expansionism’ by China and Russia
Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. His comments came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a visit to China amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Putin …
Read More »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 »Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Russia as Putin courts support from China
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 …
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 »Trump warns trouble brewing with strengthened Russia-China ties as he's stuck in 'icebox' courtroom
Former President Donald Trump warned that as he sits in the “icebox” Manhattan courtroom, China and Russia are strengthening their relationship, which he says poses danger to the U.S. and world. “President Xi of China, I know him well. President Putin of Russia, I know him well. They’re right now together working on plans, where they combine — where they …
Read More »Russia expels British defense attaché in a tit-for-tat move
Russia on Thursday declared Britain’s defense attaché persona non grata and gave the diplomat a week to leave the country in response to London’s decision to expel the Russian defense attaché earlier this month over spying allegations. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned a representative of the British Embassy in Moscow on Thursday to express its …
Read More »Pro-Ukraine Russian paramilitaries join fight on front lines
Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a new front last week. “The situation is difficult, the intensity is very high, there is fighting almost every ten minutes,” said the mortarman, who identified himself only by his …
Read More »Russian metals tycoon says US Treasury sanctions against him are 'balderdash'
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska dismissed the latest U.S. sanctions on a series of companies that the U.S. Treasury said were connected to a scheme to evade sanctions and unlock frozen shares as nonsense. “This balderdash isn’t worth the time,” Deripaska said by message via a spokesperson in response to a Reuters request for comment about the latest U.S. sanctions. “While …
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 …
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