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Foreign ministers of five central European states met in Vienna and urged that lines of communication with Russia be kept open through the OSCE to facilitate a path to peace in Ukraine. The foreign ministers of Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia and Hungary met in Vienna on Wednesday in the so-called …

Moscow says US, UK had role in planning and executing of attack by providing spy plane, satellite intelligence to Kyiv. Russia accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and execute a missile attack on the Russian Black Sea fleet’s headquarters in the annexed Crimean Peninsula last week. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry …

UNITED NATIONS — Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of promoting Israel’s normalization of relations with Arab nations and circumventing the Arab Peace Initiative launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002, which calls for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before any diplomatic recognition of Israel. The statement by Russia’s …

ATACMS, a late Cold War-era American short-range ballistic missile, comes in two primary flavors. The first two variants of this missile were cluster munition dispensing models loaded with 950 and 275-300 submunitions and with maximum ranges of 165 kilometers (102 miles) and 300 kilometers (186 miles), respectively. The two missiles …

One of the war-time projects most treasured by the Ukrainian government is Ukraine’s TV marathon – a united news programming produced by the country’s biggest media outlets altogether, which broadcasts 24/7 on all major Ukrainian TV channels. Branded as “United News,” the TV marathon was launched at the very beginning …

In the days immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian government filed a case against Moscow in the UN’s highest court, the International Court of Justice. Ukraine accuses Russia of violating the Genocide Convention by falsely claiming its invasion was required because Ukraine’s government and military …

How is the Ukrainian counteroffensive faring so far? The Ukrainian military has been doing extraordinarily well given the limitations it faces in equipment and training as well as the ability of Russian occupiers to dig in and entrench their positions. In July, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that …

The U.S. Department of Defense is concerned about Russia’s growing artillery partnership with North Korea after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Hermit Kingdom earlier this month to sign new production contracts to support the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but U.S. officials and congressional aides don’t see the provision of …

By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Cuba and Russia are working together on the case of Cubans recruited to fight in the Russian military, Russia’s ambassador to Cuba told reporters on Wednesday, as evidence grows of a large-scale recruiting effort on the Caribbean island. The Cuban government this …

Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria. In a 47-page document submitted by …

Russia won’t be able to ditch critical Western technology any time soon, a recently published government document suggests. Officials are asking that the use of Western microchips be phased out by 2035, Russian daily newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday, citing a government document published on September 9. Russia has relied …

[1/2]The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on a network it said was helping procure sensitive parts for Iran’s drone program, and …

Zelenskyy thanks United States for wartime support Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska thanked the United State for providing military assistance and other forms of support in the face of Russia’s invasion in a speech at the National Archives in Washington D.C. Thursday. (Sept. 22) AP The …

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, tried to persuade the publisher of the Washington Post to fire its editor over coverage of the Russia investigation, that editor, Marty Baron, writes in a new book. “With no delay and without pause during his four years as president,” …

MOSCOW Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that France’s position on the Karabakh settlement is biased. In response to a question from an Anadolu reporter at a news conference in Moscow, Zakharova said Paris is pursuing its own interests in the Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization process. “It is obvious …

More and more people are demanding explanations from local officials. And they’re not satisfied with answers that claim all decisions are taken in Moscow. The Kremlin would like the current electoral cycle to showcase how Russians have rallied behind the leadership amid the war in Ukraine. The authorities have already …