COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of sabotaging Russia-built natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany, a charge vehemently denied by the United States and its allies.
An eight-year-old girl has suffered life-altering injuries after being stabbed up to 74 times in refugee accommodation.
The former head of the German Federal Intelligence Service claims Russia stood “to gain the most” from sabotaging Russian gas pipelines to Germany bypassing Ukraine and Poland.
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Czech capital of Prague to demand an end to sanctions against Russia on Wednesday,
Swedish authorities have reported a new fourth alleged leak as some fear that the damage to the pipelines may be beyond repair.
The head of the German opposition has claimed that a number of migrants from Ukraine are engaging in so-called “welfare tourism” in his country.
Germany’s economics minister has publicly admitted that much of the nation’s economy has already been reduced to a “burning” fire by the ongoing energy crisis ahead of what is expected to be a cold winter for many in the country.
For Ukrainian and Russian military planners, the clock is ticking, with the approach of winter expected to make fighting more complicated.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia’s foreign minister on Sunday sought to play down the importance of an agreement with Russia after the Balkan state that is seeking European Union membership faced criticism for signing it.
Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at the United Nations on Saturday that his nation would not take sides in the Ukraine conflict following months of criticism for purchasing large amounts of Russian oil.
Invoking history ranging from the U.S. war in Iraq in the early 2000s to the 20th-century Cold War to a 19th-century U.S. policy that essentially proclaimed American influence over the Western Hemisphere, Lavrov portrayed the U.S. as a bully that tries to afford itself “the sacred right to act with impunity wherever and wherever they want” and can’t accept a world where others also advance their national interests.
(AFP) – Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for voluntary surrender and refusal to fight with up to 10 years imprisonment and replaced its top logistics general after a series of setbacks to its seven-month war in Ukraine.
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has courted controversy on the eve of the Italian elections by saying that Russian president Vladimir Putin was “pushed” into war with Ukraine.
The Prime Minister of Estonia has warned that her country faces blackouts if Russia disconnects the three Baltic states — all NATO and EU members — from its grid amid the ongoing Russo-Western sanctions war.
The UK government has removed a ban on the use of fracking in England, with the country’s Energy Secretary telling the house of commons that the move is “just good common sense”.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a partial military conscription in a speech on Wednesday in which he accused the West of “nuclear blackmail” and trying to “destroy” Russia.
Supporters say that former WNBA star Brittney Griner is facing harsh conditions in the Russian prison where she is serving 9-1/2 years.
Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion of the country to Sweden are increasingly leaving the Scandinavian country, claiming that barriers to work and language issues are preventing them from supporting themselves. Around 45,000 Ukrainians have applied for refugee status in
There is little to no chance of the UK signing a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States anytime soon, Prime Minister Liz Truss has admitted amid rocky relations between the two powers.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Sunday he is requesting “at least $12 billion” in aid for Ukraine in a stop-gap spending bill.
Russia has complained that the failure to invite its representatives to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is “blasphemous” and “profoundly immoral”.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s home city of Kryvyi Rih has been flooded after Russian strikes against hydraulic structures burst a major dam.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
Ursula von der Leyen, the German defence minister turned unelected leader of the European Commission, said the European Union will not be “complete” until Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans are absorbed by it.
Much of Ukraine, particularly in and around the region of the second city of Kharkiv (Kharkov), was plunged into darkness after missile strikes on energy infrastructure.
A senior figure within Britain’s Conservative Party has demanded that Liz Truss recalls parliament to deal with the ongoing cost of living crisis after the Queen is laid to rest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that his nation has now taken back over 3,000 square kilometres (~74,000 acres) from Russia within the last two weeks.
Ukraine is reportedly on the precipice of a major victory, with its counter-offensive around the eastern city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) unexpectedly putting the Russian army on the back foot.
A record number of people in Finland’s army reserve have switched to civilian service this year following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Officials claim the trend does not pose difficulties for the country’s national defence.
Ukraine claimed a military breakthrough against Russian invaders as the U.S. unveiled another $2.8 billion in military aid.
Over half of the Spanish public believes that the country will face an energy crisis thus winter due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
BRUSSELS (AP) – Weapons stocks in the European Union are running low as member countries continue to sends arms and ammunition to Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat warned Monday as he urged EU nations to better coordinate their spending on military materiel.
Ukraine’s First Lady’s message to Britons facing crippling energy bill hikes and a cost of living crisis is that while they might be “counting pennies”, her county is counting casualties.
Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the runaway favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative (Tory) Party leader and Prime Minister next week, has promised “immediate help” with soaring energy bills – but refuses to outline specific policies.
Tens of thousands of ‘Czech Republic First’ protesters are on the streets of Prague demanding their government adopt a neutral posture in the Ukraine war as energy prices go out of control.
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said the government will support Ukrainian for “as long as they need us” even if voters oppose it.
The EU has reportedly been meeting its natural gas needs with imports from China, which has been purchasing surplus gas from Russia.
Exports in the UK have warned that homes being left without heating as a result of surging energy prices will kill British children.
The Spanish army is urgently seeking to purchase winter clothing after giving its entire stock of cold-weather uniforms away.
