Ukraine has lost up to 195 troops and materiel stemming from a failed attempt to enter Russia’s Belgorod Region, the Defense Ministry said in a daily briefing on Thursday. The attackers had breached the Russian border and was moving towards the village of Spodaryushino, when it was struck by aviation and …
Read More »‘They will not break us:’ How Israelis feel about a new war with Hamas
It was supposed to be an ordinary Saturday morning in Sderot, southern Israel, but David Michalowsky, a resident of the city, says they all woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens. “This is quite normal here,” he told RT, referring to a procedure activated by Israel’s home command that’s …
Read More »Police break up anti-government protest in Georgia
Riot police in Tbilisi deployed tear gas and water cannons late on Tuesday to disperse demonstrators besieging the Georgian parliament in protest over bills that would restrict the activities of foreign-funded organizations. Though some of the protesters dispersed, live feeds from local TV networks showed thousands still gathered outside the …
Read More »Dmitry Trenin: 2023 will be make-or-break year for Russia
Predicting the course of political events during particularly volatile periods, such as the one we entered a year ago, is a thankless and meaningless endeavor. Yet in such times, there’s both a need and an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the main trends shaping the world. This brief …
Read More »Dmitri Trenin: Russia has made a decisive break with the West and is ready to help shape a new world order
Just before the G7 leaders met at Elmau Castle in Bavaria, last week, their counterparts from the five BRICS countries held an online summit under the Chinese Presidency. Russia had been discussed as a threat at the G7 gathering but was a key participant in the latter. Long gone are …
Read More »Johnson government could break up UK – Ireland
London trying to override the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit deal could lead to people there turning away from the union, Ireland’s deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday, calling the actions of Boris Johnson’s government “undemocratic” and “disrespectful.” “What the British government is doing now is very …
Read More »UK set to break international law – Sinn Fein chief
The UK will violate international law if it unilaterally changes the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol, said Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein. “What the Tory government is proposing to do, in breach of international law, is to create huge damage to the northern economy, to …
Read More »Russia could soon ‘break’ Ukraine’s defenses – Spiegel
Russian troops could soon wrest the remainder of the Donbass region from Ukraine’s forces, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, has warned, according to a report by Der Spiegel magazine. The report cited recent classified BND briefings as saying that the agency “fears that Ukrainian resistance could even be broken …
Read More »Is an all-out Russia-Ukraine war about to break out?
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Read More »US seeking ways to profit should Russia-Ukraine conflict break out – reports
The US State Department has reportedly held talks with international energy majors on the possibility of contingency supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe if conflict between Russia and Ukraine disrupts deliveries. Over the past several months, the White House has repeatedly expressed the concern that Russia is preparing …
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