NATO is launching a new initiative to protect its eastern European members following Russia’s violation of Polish airspace, NATO Secretary, Gen. Mark Rutte, says. The new mission will “bolster our posture even further along our eastern flank and will involve a range of assets from several NATO members, said Rutte, …
Read More »
RUSSIAN officials, a military commander and a nongovernmental organisation (Mother of Kremlin-backed Chechen) have been sanctioned by the UK over the kidnapping and forced re-education of Ukrainian children. The sanctions follow reports that Moscow has forcibly deported almost 20,000 Ukrainian children to Russia and Russian-held territory in Ukraine since the …
Read More »
Russian forces have struck Ukrainian troop positions near Kramatorsk, a key city in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Monday. The ministry stated that the attack targeted an industrial site in the village of Shablinka, northwest of Kramatorsk, as well as a nearby forest. …
Read More »
The foreign ministers of the world’s leading economies (G7) have urged Russia to engage in genuine peace negotiations without preconditions. The Russian side has maintained that fulfilling preconditions is essential for any meaningful and lasting solution to the crisis in Ukraine. The ministers held a telephone meeting for an hour …
Read More »
Russian Air defense forces intercepted and destroyed a total of 39 Ukrainian drones between Sunday night and Monday morning, the Russian Defence Ministry said. Overnight, 32 drones were downed across multiple regions, including seven over Belgorod, five each over Bryansk and Kaluga, and four over Crimea. Additional interceptions occurred in …
Read More »
Russia has launched a telecommunications satellite into space on behalf of Iran. Among them are two Russian Ionosfera-M satellites and the Iranian telecoms satellite Nahid-2. The state news agency TASS reported on Friday that a Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region, carrying 20 satellites. …
Read More »
Relations between South Africa and the United States are at their most fragile in years after American lawmakers advanced a bill seeking to reassess bilateral ties, citing Pretoria’s alliances with Russia, China, and alleged support for Hamas. On July 22, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 34–16 to approve the ‘US-South Africa …
Read More »
RUSSIA and Ukraine are preparing for a third round of negotiations to discuss draft memoranda on a possible settlement, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. “We are conducting direct negotiations with representatives of the Kiev regime,” Peskov told reporters. “It is necessary to hold a third round and begin …
Read More »
A 59-year-old man died after suffering severe injury in an overnight Russian drone attack in eastern Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, regional military governor Serhii Lysak reported on Telegram on Thursday. Four others were injured, he said. The Ukrainian Air Force reported attacks by 104 armed and decoy drones, with 88 of …
Read More »
US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said that Washington is reportedly getting frustrated with Ukraine and Russia as both warring parties are playing with time. Russia and Ukraine engaged in their first direct talks in three years on May 16 in Turkiye’s city of Istanbul, agreeing to submit a detailed …
Read More »
