Germany’s “most advanced” IRIS-T air defense system will arrive in Ukraine around mid-autumn, the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, Andrey Melnyk, told local media on Friday. He said it’s the only thing he has thanked Berlin for in recent months. The air defense system, which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to …
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If Ukraine joins the US-led NATO military bloc, it might do so on a fast-tracked procedure – without fulfilling the Membership Action Plan (MAP), US Ambassador to Kiev Kristina Kvien has said. The US and NATO said they’re looking to make Finland and Sweden the newest members of the alliance …
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Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski has said that the pro-Ukraine protesters who threw red liquid at Sergey Andreyev, Russia’s ambassador to the country, in Warsaw had legitimate reasons to be angry at him. Andreyev was attacked as he was about to lay flowers in honor of fallen Red Army soldiers …
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Ukraine’s ambassador to Berlin, Andrey Melnik, has refused to apologize to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for comparing him to an “offended liverwurst” over his reluctance to visit Kiev. The abrasive Melnik’s comments follow a phone call on Thursday between President Volodomyr Zelensky and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, which was apparently organized to resolve …
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The operation of the Russian Embassy in Washington has been effectively blocked by the US, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said. “The embassy is essentially under a blockade by the US authorities. Bank of America has shut down the accounts of our general consulates in Houston and New York,” Antonov told …
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Ukraine’s envoy to Berlin, Andrij Melnyk, sparked criticism after calling all Russians “enemies” in an interview on Wednesday with a German newspaper, and doubling down on his words the same day. His comments triggered accusations that the statement is “nothing short of fascism.” “I will say it very clearly: Russia …
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Moral outrage over images of apparent war atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine is understandable, but the calls to turn Russia into a pariah state are ill-advised, a former US ambassador to the Soviet Union warned on Monday, during an appearance on CNN. Jack Matlock held various positions during the height of …
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Islamabad has summoned its acting US envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu, to officially condemn his language regarding the upcoming no-confidence vote against PM Imran Khan, a Pakistan foreign ministry official confirmed on Friday. Lu allegedly told the Pakistani ambassador to the US that “relations with Pakistan cannot improve” …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “madman” poised to kill thousands in Ukraine, but the world is united against him and others “thinking of doing bad things,” the US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Nides, who has represented Washington in Israel since December, spoke at …
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The UK will supply Kiev with anti-ship missiles to potentially use against the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, Ukraine’s envoy to Britain, Vadim Pristayko, said in an interview with Novoye Radio on Tuesday. The official did not specify what munitions London is sending, nor the date they are set …
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