Arrogant Macron wants to bait Russia with his ‘military trainers’
French President Emmanuel Macron caused a stir recently when he announced he was considering sending hundreds of troops – in the guise of “military trainers”…
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NATO must control Kremlin desire to re-occupy its “near abroad”
The Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, was one of those who put in for the position of secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a position…
The seven deadly contradictions of the Ukraine war
We owe one of the most insightful observations about human reasoning to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Zelensky cancels visit to Spain as Russia attacks from the Northeast
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky has cancelled his visit to Madrid, scheduled for Friday, May 17, according to sources within the Spanish Royal House.
‘Sending troops to Ukraine logical,’ Estonian top security advisor says
Madis Roll, Security Policy Advisor to the Estonian President Alar Karis, said that although his country was not planning on sending troops to Ukraine, it would…
If Russia takes Ukraine, there will be 30 years of insurgency
Look for some good news now on Ukraine – and I mean good in whatever terms it can be used on that wrecked country -- and you may end up in a room with Dr.
Russia intensifies Ukraine energy infrastructure strikes
Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian critical infrastructure facilities in a major airstrike early on May 7, causing serious damage at three…
France, five other EU countries defy EU boycott of Putin inauguration
"We are not at war with Russia or the Russian people, and we have no desire for regime change in Moscow," said France's President Emmanuel Macron, who sent French…
Russia ‘preparing covert bombings, arson, and infrastructure attacks in Europe’
Moscow has targeted Europe for years, but until now, has mainly limited itself to cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns
Russians flaunt captured Western military equipment
In the Russian capital, people are being treated to a show of the spoils of war.
Russians who fled abroad return in boost for Putin’s war economy
As many as a million Russians fled abroad in the first year of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Hope, reloaded: How the new US aid package will help Ukraine
Despite what some sceptics say - particularly the multi-polarity types who often sound like Sputnik or RT propaganda - the $60 billion Ukraine aid package really…
Kyiv says passports to be issued exclusively in Ukraine for military-age men
The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations on mobilisation, has approved rules under which passports for military-age men can be issued only inside…
The West cannot afford defeat in Ukraine: Kyiv is fighting an imperialist Russian ideology that must be seen to have lost for Europe to return to peace
Four years before he became president in 1981, Ronald Reagan announced his Cold War policy: “We win, they lose.
Russia has no future and China will seize this opportunity: It may not look like it now, but the two powers are destined for future conflict
The current policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be a demonstration of strength, but in reality, it is a symptom of Russian weakness.
‘Russia trying to sabotage European railways,’ says Czech transport minister
Czech Republic transport minister Martin Kupka said Russia was trying to sabotage European railways by hacking into their signalling systems.
French and Russians feud after ministers’ phone conversation
French and Russian officials are slinging accusations at one another in the wake of a high-profile phone call between both countries' defence ministers.
If Russia succeeds in its aggression against Ukraine, the moral implosion of the West will result. Trump is beginning to get this
The Western alliance responded vigorously to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and thoroughly debunked the Sino-Russian background chorus of the time that the Western…
Russia ‘could attack NATO troops in Ukraine without triggering wider war’: German parliament report
In an unpublished analysis widely reported by the German media, researchers claim there is no legal issue if an individual NATO country, such as France, decides…
Ukraine switches off power exports as Russian attacks hit home
Amid a continued Russian bombardment on Ukraine's energy infrastructure that has seen its top power producer DTEK lose 50 per cent of its capacity, Kyiv sharply…
Poland says Russian missile enters its airspace as Kremlin targets Ukraine
Russia violated Poland's airspace with a cruise missile launched at targets in western Ukraine, Poland's armed forces said. "On March 24 at 4:23am (03.
EU leaders blast Russia after Kremlin declares ‘state of war’
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov justified what is a change of rhetoric by saying that Western support of Ukraine had morphed his country's so-called "special military…
The West’s limits: We should back Ukraine to the hilt with money and weapons, but – no Macron – this is not an existential war for Europe
The collective flight of reason triggered by Emmanuel Macron’s bombshell suggestion last month about a possible Western military intervention in Ukraine is only…
Czech mates ease Ukraine’s shell shortage after EU falls short
Czech President Petr Pavel said much-needed artillery rounds for Ukraine should start to arrive within weeks following Prague's successful initiative to source 800,000…
Une autre grande idée, monsieur le président? European history may be facing a hinge moment – and Macron’s proposal could just turn it in the West’s favour
Judging by the bellows of discontent from his allies, French President Macron blundered badly with his suggestion that NATO countries may need to deploy combat troops…
EU must give Ukraine ‘whatever it needs’ to defeat Russia, MEPs say
The European Union and its Member States must hand Ukraine "whatever it needs" in order to win its defensive war against Russia, the bloc's Parliament has declared.
Moldovan region of Transnistria appeals for Russian ‘protection’
Pro-Russian rebel leaders in Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova, have pleaded to Russia for "protection".
Zelenskyy: 30k Ukrainian troops now dead but country will fight on
Over 30,000 Ukrainian troops have died defending the country from Russia's recent invasion, says Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ninety per cent of Europeans no longer think Ukraine can beat Russia
Nine in ten Europeans no longer believe Ukraine can beat Russia in the current war, finds a report published February 21.
Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine ‘shot dead in Spain’
A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his helicopter last year was found dead in an underground garage in Spain last week, his body riddled with bullets,…