A man killed in a US drone strike in northwestern Syria earlier this month may not have been a senior Al-Qaeda leader as the Pentagon previously claimed, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing US officials. The Pentagon has so far refused to name the target of the attack. However, …
Read More »Kremlin not worried about ICC warrant for Putin – spokesman
The International Criminal Court is a puppet of the collective West and Russia finds it hard to imagine any country would dare enforce its writ against a sovereign nuclear power, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on Wednesday. The Bosnian Serb outlet ATV asked Peskov about the ICC …
Read More »US ‘uneasy’ about China’s peace plan for Ukraine – media
There is a “sense of unease” in the White House about the consequences of its dismissal of the Chinese peace plan for Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed official in the administration of President Joe Biden. In February, the US publicly brushed off the roadmap for peace presented …
Read More »Kiev skeptical about fighter jets promised by NATO country
Ukraine’s military has voiced doubts after Poland vowed to transfer some of its MiG-29 fighter jets, saying the aging aircraft is a welcome addition but will be of limited help, while demanding “modern” US-made planes instead. Polish President Andrzej Duda announced the upcoming weapon transfer on Thursday, noting that Warsaw would send four “fully …
Read More »Seymour Hersh shares concerns about what US could do next in Ukraine conflict
The United States could get directly involved in the Ukraine conflict if it sees that Kiev’s forces are on the back foot, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh suggested on Tuesday. Speaking at an event in Washington, DC hosted by the Committee for the Republic, a non-profit organization, Hersh noted that …
Read More »Dogs of war: Here’s why the Ukraine conflict could be about to spread to another European country
For the past several weeks, Eastern Europe has been on the verge of a new war. Moldova risks returning to active conflict with the self-proclaimed republic of Transnistria – a separatist region, with a slavic majority, which broke away from Chisinau during the collapse of the USSR. Ukraine has a …
Read More »Official rebuffs claim about explosions near Europe’s biggest nuclear plant
Moscow has no heavy artillery systems stationed near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), situated close to the frontline with Ukraine, Renat Karchaa, an adviser at Russia’s national nuclear operator Rosenergoatom, said on Thursday. He was responding to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Mariano Grossi, who said on Sunday …
Read More »Poll reveals how Americans feel about Ukraine aid
A third of Americans believe that the US has gone too far in its support for Ukraine in the present conflict, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. This is a sharp increase from late February, days after the conflict broke out, when just 7% said so. According to …
Read More »Russia warns West about ‘consequences’ of arming Ukraine
Western countries whose weapons are being used by Ukrainian troops to kill civilians in Donbass will face legal consequences, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations has warned. Speaking at the UN Security Council on Friday, Vassily Nebenzia said HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and M982 Excalibur guided artillery shells were being …
Read More »EU refuses to apologize for deleted post about Ukrainian casualties
The European Commission says it sees “no need to apologize” to Ukraine for a now-deleted statement made by its president, Ursula Von Der Leyen, who claimed the Ukrainian military had suffered 100,000 fatalities in its conflict with Russia. “We explained on social media the reasons and the context in which …
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