Russian President Vladimir Putin has for the first time commented on the destruction of Kakhovka dam in Kherson region. He accused Ukraine and its Western backers of banking on dangerous escalation. Speaking to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by phone on Wednesday, the Russian head of state cited as an …
Read More »NATO state labels Russia ‘supporter of terrorism’
Lithuania’s parliament, the Seimas, unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday accusing Russia of genocide and terrorism in Ukraine. The “large-scale armed aggression” launched by Russia against Ukraine on February 24 amounts to “genocide of the Ukrainian people,” the document said. “The Russian Federation, whose military forces deliberately and systematically bomb …
Read More »Captured Ukrainian officer labels US-supplied Javelins ‘useless’
The US-made Javelin anti-tank systems have been praised for their effectiveness by Washington officials and have been turned by Western Media into a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance in the conflict with Russia. But a commander of the Ukrainian marines, who ended up being captured during the fighting for Mariupol, has …
Read More »Russia labels German state broadcaster ‘foreign agent’
Germany’s state-sponsored broadcaster Deutsche Welle is now considered a “foreign agent” under Russian law after the Ministry of Justice in Moscow included it on the register on Monday. “Following the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the Russian Ministry of Justice included Deutsche Welle into the register …
Read More »Biden labels January 6 riot ‘attempted coup’
President Joe Biden has said that Donald Trump supporters wanted to subvert the will of voters when they stormed the US Capitol building in Washington last year. The speech came as investigators subpoenaed Trump allies. “That’s why we’re here today: to stand against the forces in America that value power …
Read More »Russia labels assault on consulate in Ukraine a ‘terrorist act’
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called it a “terrorist act.” The bottle containing a flammable liquid started a fire and jeopardized the security of the diplomatic mission, to said in a damning statement on Friday, adding that this “dangerous incident” was an “outright violation” of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular …
Read More »Macron labels Johnson ‘a clown’ – media
According to the weekly satirical newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné, French President Emmanuel Macron made some highly controversial and undiplomatic remarks about British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a meeting in Zagreb in late November. Le Canard Enchaîné claimed on Wednesday that Macron said Johnson is apologetic for the …
Read More »Biden labels Nicaragua’s election a ‘pantomime,’ vows to hold Ortega’s govt accountable
The people in the Central American country of some 6.5 million went to the polls on Sunday, with the 75-year-old socialist leader Ortega looking to secure his fourth consecutive and fifth overall five-year term in office. The Nicaraguan leadership “orchestrated… a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and …
Read More »Aussie PM Morrison labels social media ‘coward’s palace’ as he mulls further crackdown on IT giants
“Social media has become a coward’s palace, where people can just go on there, not say who they are, destroy people’s lives and say the most foul and offensive things to people, and do so with impunity,” Morrison said on Thursday. Online trolls and all those who disseminate toxic content …
Read More »CNN’s ‘national treasure’ Jim Acosta labels Fox’s Tucker Carlson ‘human manure spreader,’ blasts ‘American Taliban’ on the right
Acosta’s latest issue with Carlson stemmed from a segment on the Fox series questioning the vetting process for and motivation behind the thousands of Afghanistan refugees being taken into the US following the military withdrawal. “Over on Fox, human manure spreader Tucker Carlson has floated yet another race baiting conspiracy …
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