Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky cannot enlist God in Kiev’s fight against Moscow, the Russian Orthodox Church has said, rebuking a statement Zelensky made during his Easter Sunday speech. In a video address, Zelensky described God as “an ally” of Ukraine who “has a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his …
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has proclaimed that God is an “ally” of Ukraine in the conflict with Russia. Despite his invoking of the Almighty, Zelensky has led a crackdown on the Orthodox Church for the last two years. As Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday, Zelensky released a video address …
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Israel is willing to pause its military offensive in Gaza if Hamas releases all the surviving hostages kidnapped last October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, while rejecting demands for a withdrawal of IDF forces. “Israel will not agree to Hamas’s demands, which mean surrender, and will continue …
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The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has admitted that not every member state agrees to view Russia as Europe’s “the most existential threat.” He argued that such differences are jeopardizing the bloc’s policies, especially the resolve to provide military aid to Ukraine. Speaking at Oxford University on Friday, Borrell said …
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Russia’s Defense Ministry has published a video clip from the front line with Ukraine showing the destruction of an Abrams M1 tank and a Bradley fighting vehicle, armaments supplied to Kiev by Washington. The American-made hardware was struck by Russian FPV-drones and artillery, the ministry said on Saturday. The Abrams …
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Donald Trump is eyeing plans to push the NATO members to ramp up defense spending from 2% to 3% of GDP if he is re-elected in November, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing sources close to the former US President. Trump has reportedly been considering an increase for some time …
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Former US President Donald Trump paid the $9,000 fine for violating a gag order imposed during his ongoing hush money trial in New York, multiple news outlets reported on Thursday, citing a court official. Judge Juan Merchant fined Trump on Tuesday for violating the gag order nine times and instructed …
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Russian forces are steadily advancing in the Ukraine conflict, the US Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, told senators on Thursday. She also accused China of providing Russia with dual-use components, which has “tilted the momentum on the battlefield in Moscow’s favor.” During a hearing at the US Senate Armed …
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An out-of-control ice cream truck rolled down a slope and crashed into a group of children during a cultural festival in a mountainous area of central Kyrgyzstan on Thursday. Local media have said at least 29 children and one adult were injured, including four who were hospitalized with bone fractures. …
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He was a staunch supporter of the anti-Bolshevik White Movement during the Russian Civil War and a monarchist who was close to far-right Russian émigré circles. He was also a thinker who was accused of supporting fascism, but was persecuted by Nazi Germany as soon as Hitler came to power. …
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