The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) spent the summer trying to advance in Zaporozhye region. The offensive didn’t lead to noticeable positional changes, but the Ukrainian side suffered significant casualties and lost a lot of equipment. As a result, Kiev’s military command claimed that the maneuvers were merely preparations and that …
Read More »Western arrogance: European royals have deprived these people of their homes, freedom, and dignity and refuse to admit it
There were extraordinary scenes in October outside the Slave Lodge in Cape Town when King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the building, the same place where Dutch colonists once enslaved thousands of Africans and Asians. The royals were confronted by a small group of leaders of the …
Read More »Car crashes into Biden’s motorcade
A car smashed into one of the SUVs in Joe Biden’s motorcade as the US President was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night, the US Secret Service has confirmed. A loud bang was heard; the president was outside the building, getting ready to get into his …
Read More »Western firms lost $103 billion from Russia exits – NYT
Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame, and sanction companies into leaving the Russian market have backfired, placing lucrative enterprises in Russian hands at discount prices and pumping more than a billion dollars worth of exit taxes into Moscow’s coffers, the New York Times reported on Monday. …
Read More »Russia’s ruling party backs Putin’s presidential bid
The convention of the ruling United Russia party has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s bid to seek reelection next year as an independent candidate. If the incumbent leader wins the vote, it will be his fifth term in office. The motion was put to a vote by former president and …
Read More »Ukraine missed its chance – Moscow
Ukrainian leaders have blown their chance to find a favorable exit from the country’s conflict with Moscow, so any agreement to end the fighting will be inferior to the deal from which President Vladimir Zelensky walked away in March 2022, a top Russian diplomat has claimed. “Ze’s Ukraine has squandered …
Read More »Scholz takes credit for ‘unanimous’ EU Ukraine vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz convinced Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to leave the room where the bloc’s leaders were voting on whether to open negotiations with Ukraine about joining the EU, he confirmed to reporters on Saturday, admitting the controversial tactic could not serve as a “universal solution.” Scholz had …
Read More »EU nation warns of ‘hard veto’ on Ukraine accession process
Hungary will block the EU’s accession talks with Ukraine if it believes they are going in a direction that harms the country’s national interests, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. In an interview with Mandiner news magazine on Friday, Szijjarto weighed in on the bloc’s recent decision to kick-start official …
Read More »Ukraine still ‘very far’ from EU membership – Macron
The EU will need to substantially reform its rules before Ukraine can join, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on Friday. Macron backs Kiev’s accession to the bloc, but warned that Ukraine must not be allowed to undercut EU industry. The European Council agreed on Thursday to open accession negotiations …
Read More »‘Faith in Israel’s strength has been shaken’: RT speaks with Hezbollah about Gaza war
Lebanon has not officially entered into war with Israel, but the Israeli army is constantly shelling the country’s southern regions where Hezbollah fighters are entrenched. Today, this Shia movement is the most powerful political and military force in Lebanon, which its enemies – both within the country and outside – …
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