Bratislava is ready to block a planned EU loan for Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is voted out of office in the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. It would be a justified means of compelling Kiev to resume Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba …
Read More »Another Ukrainian fighter jet taken out by Russian strike (VIDEO)
Russia has claimed a third successful tactical missile strike on a Ukrainian airfield this week, with a MiG-29 fighter jet said to have been eliminated on the ground in Dnepropetrovsk Region. The latest reported Iskander strike hit the Dolgintsovo airfield, located some 10km east of the city Krivoy Rog. The …
Read More »Germans told to prepare for another war with Russia
Germany should be ready to respond to a possible Russian attack, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has warned. He said that to prepare for such a scenario, Germany and its NATO allies must commit to strengthening their military capabilities. In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF on Monday, the defense …
Read More »Bloody red line: Israel risks dragging another Arab country into war
The 14km border that separates Gaza from Egypt has been used for years by militants in the enclave to smuggle weapons, technology, money, and personnel. To stop that from happening, Israel is now mulling the possibility of reoccupying it. It’s been more than a hundred days since Israel kicked off …
Read More »Another EU state sees truckers block Ukraine freight at border
Hungarian truckers on Monday staged a demonstration near a checkpoint at the border with Ukraine and are slowing down any trucks attempting to go in or out of the country. The protesters are demanding that Brussels introduce quotas on Ukrainian freight trucks entering the EU. According to the M1 TV …
Read More »EU top diplomat tells Israel ‘one horror does not justify another’
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged Israelis to not be “consumed by rage” over the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, arguing that one act of violence can not warrant another. Speaking during his first visit to Israel since the war between Israel and the Palestinian militants broke out …
Read More »US preparing another $2 billion in arms for Ukraine – Bloomberg
The Pentagon is set to unveil another $2 billion in military aid for Ukraine, hoping to bolster the country’s air defenses as Kiev launches its much-touted counteroffensive against Russian forces, Bloomberg News has reported. The announcement is likely to come later this week, the outlet said on Thursday, citing unnamed …
Read More »Another aircraft crashes near Ukraine’s border
An Su-34 fighter jet crashed in Bryansk Region, Russia near the Ukrainian border, minutes after reports that an unidentified helicopter also went down in the area, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, citing sources. The agency provided no details on casualties, saying the authorities are working to clarify the situation. …
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 special …
Read More »US shoots down another ‘unidentified object’
A US fighter jet has brought down an unidentified object in Canadian airspace, on orders from President Joe Biden and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The incident marks the third time the US has destroyed a flying object in the region in recent weeks. In a statement on Saturday, the …
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