Kiev could “certainly” launch “pre-emptive” missile strikes on neighboring Belarus, Secretary of Ukraine’s security Council Alexey Danilov said Tuesday. “If necessary, if the Commander-in-Chief makes such decision, it will be made,” Danilov told Ukraine 24 broadcaster. The threat comes amid repeated allegations of Belarusian troops allegedly taking part in the …
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Ukraine’s Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov has warned against “inappropriate” speculation concerning an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine, while casting doubt on the evacuation of civilians from Donbass. Reznikov told the Ukrainian 1+1 broadcaster on Sunday that at this moment “no strike group has been formed” by Russia on Ukraine’s borders. …
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The recent actions of Russia are all indications that Moscow is planning to launch a “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine, and there has been no sign of any potential de-escalation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. Speaking to German broadcaster ARD, Stoltenberg insisted that a military incursion could be …
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There are no orders for a military “liberation” of Donbass, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Alexey Danilov said on Friday, as the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk began evacuating civilians to Russia citing the threat of Ukrainian attack. “I can tell you there are …
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Kiev was quick to point fingers at Moscow after multiple government websites as well as popular banking services went down in Ukraine on Tuesday, allegedly due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The Ukrainian authorities have yet to provide any evidence for the origin of the ongoing cyber …
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Billionaire George Soros, the founder of the Open Society Foundations, gave a speech this week to the conservative Hoover Institution in which he compared China under President Xi Jinping to Nazi Germany and called for regime change in Beijing. Soros said in his speech, “Xi Jinping has done his best …
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An American military official was present for an Israeli drill preparing for an attack on Iranian nuclear sites using “dozens” of warplanes, according to a report by Tel Aviv’s Kan broadcaster. Held in mid-January, the classified exercise envisioned a “massive” strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and played out multiple scenarios, …
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No new information has been revealed that has increased fears of an immediate Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs has said, as worries over a potential war in Eastern Europe remain high. Speaking on Monday after talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Josep …
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Florida resident Walter Hickox is earning praise on social media over a video of him fighting off a bear trying to enter his home. This marked the second bear attack in one week in the state, officials said. “Not a lot went through my head at the moment, other than …
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The Syrian northeastern city of Hasaka has seen large-scale clashes between Kurdish-led militias backed by the US, and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists since Thursday evening. The terrorists had sought to break into a major prison in the south of the city, where IS members are among thousands of …
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