Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said its operatives have killed a member of an international terrorist organization who was preparing bomb attacks on a synagogue and a Moscow subway station. The suspect, a native of a Central Asian country, was killed after he opened fire at officers who were …
Read More »Next NATO member may not be Ukraine – Rutte
The next nation to join NATO may not be Ukraine, the military bloc’s secretary general Mark Rutte told reporters on Thursday, commenting on Kiev’s request for an immediate invitation. Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky announced on Wednesday that getting a formal call into the US-led organization is a key part of …
Read More »Delivery of jets to Kiev was ‘illegal’ – NATO member
The previous government in Bratislava had no right to donate the Soviet-era MiG-29 warplanes to Kiev, State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Defense Igor Melicher has said. In March 2023, the interim government of Prime Minister Eduard Heger authorized the delivery of 13 MiG-29s, according to the Slovak national …
Read More »NATO member accuses Russia of exploiting migration
Russia has engineered the influx of migrants from third countries in order to undermine the EU, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday. He stressed the need to strengthen the border with Russia, which has been closed for several months. Petteri made the comments during a visit to Finland’s eastern …
Read More »NATO has at least three years to prepare for war with Russia – member state
Estonia believes that NATO has three to five years to prepare for a possible direct confrontation with Russia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told The Times on Monday. Last week German media claimed that Berlin was bracing for hostilities with Russia, which it projected could arise as early as summer 2025. …
Read More »Ukraine will bring war to EU – member
Conditions are simply not right for the European Union to consider membership for Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, commenting on the European Commission’s enlargement proposal unveiled in Lisbon. “By admitting Ukraine the EU would also get war, which obviously no one wants to happen,” Szijjarto said, …
Read More »NATO member tells US of new defense policy
Slovakia is seeking to review the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the United States to ensure that the deal remains “mutually beneficial,” and as a result will halt arms shipments to Ukraine, the newly-appointed Defense Minister Robert Kalinak has announced. “When things ain’t working out you need to fix it,” Robert …
Read More »China overtaking US – NATO member’s PM
The world is facing the biggest power shift in decades, with the US poised to lose its leading position to China, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday. This could result in a major conflict between Washington and Beijing unless the US accepts that it cannot be the “winner” …
Read More »EU member will defend nuclear cooperation with Russia, foreign minister tells RT
Hungary is set to continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Russia and remains opposed to any sanctions in this field, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RT on Monday. The country’s top diplomat made the remarks on the sidelines of the ongoing Atomexpo-2022 forum in Russia’s southern resort city of Sochi. …
Read More »EU member won’t support joint Ukraine aid effort
Hungary will not support European Union efforts to jointly raise aid funds for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia, the country’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. Speaking at a conference in Sofia on Monday, Szijjarto said Budapest had supported Kiev directly as a neighbor and would continue to do …
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