Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has marked a “major crisis point,” ex-German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday evening in her first public speech in around six months. The former chancellor has condemned what she described as Moscow’s “barbaric war of aggression” and voiced her support for Kiev. “I stand …
Read More »Russia sounds alarm on risk of direct conflict with US
Washington’s arming of Ukraine with heavier weapons increases the risk of direct US-Russia confrontation regardless of American statements about mitigating such a possibility, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday. The diplomat was commenting on the news that the US has decided to supply HIMARS multiple rocket launchers …
Read More »Top US general suggests how Ukraine conflict should end
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine would be a “logical choice” to end the conflict, General Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday. In an interview with Fox News, Milley was asked about likely outcomes of the fighting between Moscow and Kiev. “Now you’ve got …
Read More »EU predicts how Ukraine conflict will develop
The conflict in Ukraine is likely to last for a long time but will eventually conclude with peace talks between Kiev and Moscow, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. Borrell said in an interview with France Info that he expects the Russian military offensive to drag on. …
Read More »When Henry Kissinger gives advice on ending the Ukraine conflict, the West should listen
The ideologues who dominate today’s Western foreign policy establishment are largely responsible for escalating tensions with Russia to the point of military conflict in Ukraine. And now the grandmaster of realpolitik — that is, foreign relations shaped by pragmatism and on-the-ground truth rather than wishful thinking — has just delivered a rhetorical …
Read More »Ukraine-Russia conflict hits church
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) voted on Friday to declare independence and autocephaly from the Moscow Patriarchate, citing disagreements with Patriarch Kirill’s position on the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The UOC also proposed to renew talks with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), a breakaway entity whose establishment by …
Read More »US top brass warn of ‘conflict between great powers’
The likelihood of a military conflict “between great powers” is growing, the chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has warned. Speaking in front of cadets graduating from US Military Academy West Point on Saturday, Milley said that the “world you are being commissioned into has …
Read More »Ukraine conflict can spread out, France warns
French President Emmanuel Macron, citing recent incidents in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, sees a possibility of the Ukraine conflict spreading to neighboring countries. Speaking at a press conference with his Moldovan counterpart Maia Sandu on Thursday, Macron said that Russia’s “unacceptable aggression” against Ukraine “poses a threat to stability …
Read More »Reuters mocked over paintball image in Ukraine conflict report
The Reuters news agency has become the target of online ridicule after it published a report on the Ukraine conflict alongside an image of what appeared to be people playing airsoft. The report was released on Monday, stating that Ukrainian soldiers had driven off Russian forces in Sumy Region, with …
Read More »Crisis in Transnistria: Will the Ukraine conflict spread into other parts of Europe?
While the world’s eyes are on Ukraine, Transnistria is facing an explosive situation. De facto self-governing since the Soviet collapse, the small territory, which borders Ukraine, is internationally recognised as part of Moldova. A series of explosions shook the capital Tiraspol at the end of April, and shots have been heard near …
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