US President Joe Biden has reacted to Moscow’s announcement that Russian had begun to leave the Ukrainian border after military exercises, telling reporters on Tuesday that the US has “not verified” the information. Biden continued to insist an invasion of Ukraine could still happen, saying at the brief White House …
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Washington is becoming increasingly concerned by China’s moves to side with Moscow on security issues on the European continent, the Pentagon has warned amid weeks of standoff across the border between Russia and Ukraine. Speaking in a briefing on Monday, defense spokesman John Kirby set out his view on the …
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Despite frequent claims to the contrary, the far right is alive and kicking in Ukraine today. Ranging from militant nationalists to white-power-loving neo-Nazis, extremists have a significant presence. Even if they don’t run the country, they wield a disturbing amount of political and cultural influence and, in particular, have infiltrated …
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A close ally of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that the chances of a Russian incursion happening on the date a number of media outlets predict are close to zero, just hours before Russia’s armed forces announced that they are beginning to withdraw from nearby Belarus. Speaking as part …
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Russian long-range MiG-31K interceptors and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, carrying hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, have landed at Khmeimim airbase in Syria, the Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday. The aircraft are set to take part in massive naval exercise staged by Moscow in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. Footage released …
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Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has visited Moscow and met with President Vladimir Putin for the first time since taking office, to discuss energy security and the possibility for de-escalating the ongoing crisis around Ukraine. Putin hosted Scholz on Tuesday, where the two met for just over three hours, according to …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his support for diplomatic efforts to put an end to the conflict in the Donbass, despite calls from his country’s parliament for the Kremlin to consider recognizing two breakaway regions of Eastern Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in …
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Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, has reached a settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who had accused the senior British royal of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, according to a court filing in New York on Tuesday. The 61-year-old Duke of York agreed to pay …
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American intelligence believes that former MP Oleg Tsaryov could be made leader of a Ukrainian puppet regime after a successful Russian invasion causes the Kiev government to fall, Britain’s Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Citing an anonymous source in a Western intelligence agency, the outlet suggested that Tsaryov, who served …
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