NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the US-led alliance aims to strengthen Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table, but added that any peace deal would involve compromises, including of territory. Stoltenberg spoke at the Kultaranta Talks in Finland, following a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. While …
Read More »No stable peace without Russia – Moscow
No peace agreement that excludes Russia can be successful in the long run, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, said on Saturday. Naryshkin that any attempts to sideline Moscow in international politics are doomed to fail. “Russia is a traditional guarantor of international peace and security. No …
Read More »Ukraine to ban ‘War and Peace’
Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ and other works that supposedly glorify the Russian military will no longer be taught in Ukrainian schools, Kiev’s ministry of education announced on Tuesday. Tolstoy’s internationally recognized masterpiece joins other classic Russian books banned in Ukraine long before the current conflict. “All these will be completely excluded …
Read More »Ukraine’s volunteer fighters trained to ‘find mental peace’ – NYT
Ukrainian soldiers are trained to ‘find mental peace’ on the battlefield and practice meditation while the conflict rages in their country, the New York Times has reported, citing one of Kiev’s military commanders. According to the outlet, dozens of members of the volunteer Territorial Defense Forces take part in the …
Read More »Moscow casts doubt on rumored Ukraine peace plan
Russia doesn’t believe that a Ukraine peace proposal, which the Italian government reportedly shared with Kiev and Western allies, could be a viable solution to the ongoing crisis, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said in an interview with RT Arabic. The document does not appear to be the potential breakthrough that some …
Read More »Alexandra Wigreiser: How peace is slowly returning to the devastated Donbass city of Mariupol
The term ‘a return to peace’ may be a cliché, but it’s the simplest way of putting things. Back in April, when it became quieter in Mariupol, the first sign of something approaching normality was the emergence of traders and money changers. Humanitarian aid had already come in, and people were …
Read More »Kremlin comments on reported peace plan for Ukraine
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the reported plan for a peaceful resolution in Ukraine, which, according to Italian media, Rome presented to UN leaders and Western allies earlier this month. Russia has not received the plan through the proper diplomatic channels and therefore cannot possibly comment on it, the …
Read More »Kissinger gives deadline for peace settlement in Ukraine
There is a small window of opportunity to wind down the armed conflict in Ukraine and find a peace settlement, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has told a gathering of Western elites in Davos, Switzerland. Beyond that, Russia may break from Europe for good and become a permanent …
Read More »Italy proposes peace plan for Ukraine – media
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has presented a peace plan for Ukraine to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, La Repubblica reported. The plan, which would see Ukraine and Russia declare a ceasefire and resolve their territorial disputes under the supervision of international monitors, faces several stumbling blocks, including Kiev’s insistence …
Read More »Finns & Swedes won’t benefit from NATO membership – Nobel Peace Prize nominee
NATO membership won’t make Finland and Sweden more secure, but would likely see them fighting somebody else’s wars and hosting American bases, Dr. Jan Oberg, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and director of the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, has told RT. “It’s a disastrous decision,” Oberg said …
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