Ukraine plans to carry out artillery strikes on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Friday, and then accuse Russia of causing a disaster at the site, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The predicted attack will be timed to coincide with the ongoing visit to Ukraine by UN …
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has issued a plea for peace in Kosovo amid rising tensions with Pristina. However, he also vowed to fight to the death if ethnic Serbs in the self-proclaimed republic are targeted for another pogrom. “The atmosphere has been heated up, and the Serbs will not suffer …
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Washington is not planning to return the assets confiscated from Russian businessmen as part of the latest sanctions imposed on Moscow over the military operation in Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Thursday. “Our goal is not to give them back,” Sullivan said at the Economic Club …
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of trying to create a pretext for launching “a large-scale attack on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.” Speaking on Thursday at a government meeting, Pashinyan said that Baku “first dumps theses on a diplomatic or public platform,” and “ascribes some promises to Armenia,” claiming later …
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Ukrainian sources claim the Russian government has plans to reappoint former president Viktor Yanukovich, ousted twice in 2004 and 2014. The outlet Ukrayinska Pravda reported on Wednesday that a Ukrainian intelligence source placed the former leader in Minsk, where peace negotiations recently took place between the Russian and Ukrainian camps, …
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The highest UN court has confirmed it received an application by Ukraine asking it to launch proceedings against Russia under the so-called “Genocide Convention.” Accusing Moscow of “planning” to commit acts of genocide against Ukranians, Kiev denied accusations that it itself has waged genoicide against the people of Lugansk and …
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The recent actions of Russia are all indications that Moscow is planning to launch a “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine, and there has been no sign of any potential de-escalation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. Speaking to German broadcaster ARD, Stoltenberg insisted that a military incursion could be …
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British spies believe that Russian-backed agents and saboteurs are hatching a plan to stage uprisings across Ukraine in the wake of an all-out invasion, according to the latest slew of allegations handed to the media by anonymous officials. The Guardian reported on Sunday that UK intelligence is claiming that Moscow …
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US President Joe Biden’s administration was still scrambling to organize the evacuation of allies from Afghanistan mere hours before the Taliban took over Kabul in August, leaked notes from a White House meeting indicate. Axios obtained the notes from a White House Situation Room meeting on August 14, 2021, which …
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Sweeping sanctions are reportedly being developed which would hit the Russian energy sector if Moscow orders an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, with the EU and the UK said to be drawing up plans for punitive measures with the support of Washington. On Thursday, The Financial Times reported that sources involved …
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