Beijing has rejected a report by the Washington Post claiming that a Chinese naval base is being secretly built in Cambodia. “China and Cambodia are comprehensive strategic cooperative partners enjoying open, transparent, logical and legitimate cooperation in various sectors,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during a briefing on …
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China is building a naval base for its military in Cambodia, with both Beijing and Phnom Penh going to great lengths to conceal the operation, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing Western officials. The facility, occupying a portion of Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand, is …
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The massive inflow of weapons into Ukraine from the West isn’t reaching many of the soldiers who actually need them, the Toronto Star reported last week. Time constraints, incompetence and corruption are resulting in poorly equipped frontline fighters, the newspaper claimed. The report, which was based on interviews with foreign …
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday slammed NATO and the EU for using the lowest means to pressure other countries. The statement came after Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Montenegro closed their airspace for the diplomat’s plane heading to Serbia. “The unthinkable has happened,” Lavrov said on Monday, when asked …
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Russian airstrikes have destroyed foreign-supplied tanks in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, Moscow said on Sunday. Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said during a regular briefing that Russian forces carried out airstrikes “on the outskirts of Kiev, destroying the T-72 tanks and other armored vehicles that were supplied by …
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The flow of foreign mercenaries into Ukraine has dried up, as the total number has almost halved during the conflict, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday. Speaking at a briefing, Konashenkov revealed that, according to MOD data, the number of foreign fighters in Ukraine has …
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Americans and other foreign fighters, who had come to help the Ukrainian military repel the Russian offensive and have now returned home, have spoken of their disappointment to the Washington Post. They lamented, among other things, a lack of equipment and weapons, and poor lines of communication. One of the …
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov declared on Saturday that Kiev “will still win” its conflict with Russia. Like other Ukrainian officials, Reznikov has placed his hopes in foreign-supplied weapons, particularly Harpoon anti-ship missiles provided by Denmark. In a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday, Reznikov thanked “several” countries for replenishing Ukraine’s …
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Russia made coupon payments on two outstanding Eurobonds in foreign currency on Friday, Reuters reported, citing a representative from Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD). The coupons on Eurobonds maturing in 2026 and 2036 were due to be paid on May 27. The country forwarded the two payments to the depository …
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Moscow plans to make foreign debt payments in rubles, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Wednesday. This comes after the US blocked Russia from servicing its debt to American bondholders. Volodin added that the country has all the necessary monetary resources for payments. “The US and the satellites …
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