French President Emmanuel Macron briefed his US counterpart Joe Biden on Sunday evening on his talks with Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, in a call that reportedly lasted only 15 minutes on Sunday evening. The White House said only that the two presidents “discussed ongoing diplomacy …
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Washington is again amping up predictions that a Russian invasion of Ukraine will proceed at any moment, this time based on “intelligence” reports that Moscow has already given military commanders orders to proceed with the attack, US media outlets claimed on Sunday. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he …
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No new sanctions can possibly deter Russia from doing what it wants, because Moscow has experience dealing with them for many years already, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, on Friday, the Russian leader claimed Moscow cannot possibly …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched strategic drills on Saturday, and is following the exercises from the situation center in Moscow, along with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. The drills involve both nuclear and non-nuclear weapons, and are being held amid the escalation in eastern Ukraine and continuing tensions with NATO. The …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine must begin talks with the two breakaway regions in the country’s war-torn east to put an end to fierce fighting that has escalated in recent days. Speaking following talks with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, Putin said that Kiev needs to …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will take direct command of scheduled ballistic missile training on Saturday, which will see the country’s military test its nuclear capabilities, Moscow has confirmed. Officials released a statement on Friday, writing, “on February 19, under the supervision of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces …
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Fifteen years ago in Munich, Vladimir Putin shook the West with a sharp attack on its efforts to bend the world to its will. The West chose not to listen. As the clouds of war gather over Europe, one has to ask if that was wise. With US officials anonymously …
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Red arrows raced across the territory of Ukraine on a map published by the British Defence Ministry on Thursday to illustrate the possible “axis” along which the alleged Russian invasion might unfold, any day now. “Russia retains a significant military presence that can conduct an invasion without further warning,” the …
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Fierce fighting that has killed thousands of people in eastern Ukraine, home to a large number of ethnic Russians, constitutes a genocide, President Vladimir Putin has claimed as parliamentarians push for the Kremlin to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk. Speaking on Tuesday at a press conference at the …
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