The US believes that Israel could achieve its military objectives in Gaza without an invasion of the city of Rafah, which Washington will not support, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. The statement was made on Friday at a news conference following a summit of G7 foreign ministers on …
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President Vladimir Zelensky has indicated that a return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders is no longer a precondition for holding peace talks with Moscow, even as he continues to push forward with his so-called peace formula, which has been dismissed by the Kremlin as absurd. Zelensky banned all negotiations with the …
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Russia will utilize its nuclear arsenal only if faced with an existential threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, warning that continuous talk about such weapons lowers the threshold for actually using them. The president made the remarks during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in response to a …
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Beijing will “absolutely not” renounce the right to use force in reunifying with Taiwan, the country’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, said on Thursday, as cited by the South China Morning Post. At the same time, the Defense Ministry voiced hopes for peaceful reconciliation while warning against foreign interference on the …
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Russia remains ready for peace talks with Ukraine but these should take place with no preconditions and ought to account for realities on the ground, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said. “There have already been negotiations” between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Minsk and Istanbul, several weeks after …
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has taken the German leadership to task over its reluctance to provide tanks to Ukraine. He said Berlin would end up on the wrong side of history unless it gave the green light to such deliveries. On Friday, Berlin reiterated its unwillingness to send Leopard …
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Berlin has no immediate plans to send German-made Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine, Lars Klingbeil, co-leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is part of Germany’s ruling coalition, has said. Despite announcing the delivery of 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and a US-made Patriot air defense battery to …
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Russia is holding talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on establishing a safe zone around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, a senior diplomat has disclosed. Moscow has accused Kiev’s forces of constant shelling and has warned of a potential disaster. “In terms of setting up a physical and …
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Sweden will not permit NATO to position nuclear weapons on its soil, Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told local news outlet TT on Friday, clarifying comments made earlier this month by the country’s defense minister. “It is still the long-term Moderate Party position” to forbid nuclear arms on Swedish soil, …
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stressed that Moscow’s position on negotiations with Ukraine remains unchanged. This follows allegations made by a German official who recently claimed that Moscow was unprepared to hold talks. “We are still open to negotiations, we have never refused them, we are ready to …
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