Ukrainian forces will be pushed further back from Russian territories in response to the West’s decision to provide Kiev with longer-range weapons, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. Ukraine’s foreign sponsors are getting more bogged down in the conflict with every step, he told the media on Thursday, and Russia …
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Russian precision attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure are a necessary response to Ukrainian sabotage on Russian soil, including the bombing of the Crimean Bridge, President Vladimir Putin has told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The two leaders spoke on the phone on Friday at Berlin’s request, according to a statement released by …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has commented on Ukraine’s “counteroffensive” and warned about consequences for Kiev’s attempts to stage “terror attacks.” So far, Moscow has shown “restraint” in its reaction, but that may change, the president warned on Friday at a press conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit …
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The United States, South Korea and Japan have vowed to “maximize” their response to North Korea’s next nuclear test, according to a senior security official in Seoul, amid repeated predictions that Pyongyang is preparing for another trial. Speaking to reporters following a high-level meeting between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo on …
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China has denounced the visit of a Lithuanian official to Taiwan and vowed a resolute response to the move, which it describes as an affront to the ‘One China’ principle, according to a statement by a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday. Last week, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced …
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced but heavily anticipated landing in Taiwan on Tuesday, plunging US-China relations to a new low. Despite warnings from other top Washington officials, Pelosi has now become the highest US official to visit the island in 25 years – but the situation is …
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China has reportedly raised the stakes in its row with Washington over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan, saying it may respond militarily if the California Democrat goes through with the visit. The latest warnings were privately issued to members of President Joe Biden’s administration, the Financial …
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NATO will drastically boost the number of its rapid-response combat forces, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. “We will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,” Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of the bloc’s summit in Madrid, Spain later …
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The US Department of Justice has announced it will investigate law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after witness reports painted a troubling picture of police’s response to the incident which left 19 children and two teachers dead. A DOJ spokesman announced the probe on …
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Lawmakers in Moscow approved the first stage of a bill on Tuesday allowing authorities to provide a “prompt symmetrical response” to countries that restrict the activities of Russian media. The State Duma, the lower house of the country’s parliament, said in a statement that the legislation would give the prosecutor …
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