Conditions are simply not right for the European Union to consider membership for Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, commenting on the European Commission’s enlargement proposal unveiled in Lisbon. “By admitting Ukraine the EU would also get war, which obviously no one wants to happen,” Szijjarto said, …
Read More »West has lost billions trying ‘to teach Russia a lesson’ – Lavrov
EU businesses have lost at least €250 billion ($266.6 billion) due to the sweeping sanctions imposed on Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Wednesday. According to the top diplomat, these are “very conservative estimates” of the damage that the West has inflicted on its own businesses over the …
Read More »Vasily Kashin: Ukraine is losing. So what now?
The stated aim of the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive was to inflict a major strategic defeat on Russia by cutting off the land corridor to Crimea. But hardly anyone in the Western military and political establishment with any real knowledge believed that Kiev would be able to achieve such a result. …
Read More »At least six dead in Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk
At least six people were killed and a further 11 injured in Donetsk on Tuesday, when the Russian city was repeatedly subjected to missile attacks by Ukrainian forces. Civilian infrastructure was damaged in several places in the city during the attacks, which came in three waves, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) …
Read More »NATO ally warns US about ‘tarnished reputation’ – media
Türkiye has told the US that its stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict has both tarnished its reputation and put the entire world community in a tough spot, Hurriyet reported on Tuesday. According to the Turkish daily, Ankara conveyed that message during a meeting between Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Secretary …
Read More »Nashville school shooter professed hate for ‘white privilege’ – media
Three pages of the hate-filled “manifesto” purportedly written by transgender school shooter Audrey Hale was published by conservative commentator Steve Crowder on Monday amid a months-long legal struggle to make the document public. Hale gunned down three children and three staffers on March 27 during a shooting spree at The …
Read More »Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been halted – governor
Moscow’s forces have stopped the Ukrainian counteroffensive dead in its tracks, Evgeny Balitsky, the governor of Zaporozhye Region, has said. He further described what he called Kiev’s last-ditch attempts to breach Russian defenses as not particularly impressive. In recent months, Zaporozhye has emerged as a scene of some of the …
Read More »‘Some countries’ are talking to Russia – Zelensky
While Ukraine is not holding any talks with Russia to end the conflict, other countries are most likely engaged in such efforts, President Vladimir Zelensky has said. In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Zelensky was asked to address reports that Western officials had approached Kiev to discuss potential …
Read More »Trump beating Biden in swing states – NYT poll
US President Joe Biden would likely lose a rematch against his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, if the election were held now, according to polls from the New York Times/Siena College and CBS/YouGov published on Sunday. The New York Times poll showed Trump leading Biden significantly in five …
Read More »Ukrainian refugees in Germany prefer benefits to work – Spiegel
Ukrainian refugees living in Germany have not begun to find jobs more quickly despite the conditions created by the government for their integration into society, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. According to the publication, while around 700,000 Ukrainians receive ‘citizens’ benefits’ (Buergergeld), most of them do not have legal jobs …
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