LONDON/DUBAI—Russian President Vladimir Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader’s first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. In Tehran, Putin also held his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a NATO leader, Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, to discuss a…
A Savage Cost of War
July 19, 2022
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Commentary The chattering classes seem to have limited to two the scope of socially acceptable options for discussion on the Ukraine/Russia war: 1) to continue the war of attrition, or 2) to escalate the conflict by attacking Russia in a strategic manner, preferably with NATO engaging directly with Russian forces. So, war or more war. Those of…
Russia Says Peace in Ukraine Will Be on Its Terms, Strikes Multiple Targets
KYIV—A senior Russian security official said on Tuesday that peace in Ukraine when it came would be on Moscow’s terms as Russian forces struck targets across the country with missiles even as their ground offensive stuttered. More than two weeks have passed since Russia’s last major territorial gain—capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk—and Ukraine’s…
New UK Hub to Develop Anti-Drone Laser Weapons as Ukraine War Fuels Demand
A multinational defence firm will build a new weapons hub in Scotland to develop laser weapons that target small attack drones. The defence and intelligence technology firm Raytheon UK said the war in Ukraine has highlighted the threat posed by drones. “We’ve all seen that asymmetric threats like drones, rockets, artillery, and mortars are a…
Russia Fines Google $370 Million for Repeated Content Violations: Regulator
MOSCOW—Alphabet’s Google was fined 21.1 billion rubles ($373 million) on Monday by a Moscow court for a repeated failure to remove content Russia deems illegal, such as “fake news” about the conflict in Ukraine, Russia’s communications regulator said. Moscow has long objected to foreign tech platforms’ distribution of content that falls foul of its restrictions….
Russian Official Threatens ‘Doomsday’ If Ukraine Attacks Crimea
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine would be “faced with a doomsday” if the country launches an attack on Crimea. In a warning on Sunday, Medvedev was quoted by the state-run TASS news agency as saying that “some ecstatic bloody clowns, who pop up there with some statements now and then, are trying to threaten…
UK Regulator Finds Russian Channel RT in Breach of Impartiality Rules Over Ukraine War
Russian TV channel RT breached due impartiality rules on 29 occasions in four days following the invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s broadcasting regulator has found. Ofcom investigated RT news bulletins and a documentary broadcast between Feb. 27 and March 2, and found the RT’s coverage “failed to preserve due impartiality in relation to the conflict…
Russian Defense Ministry: Russia Targets Ukraine’s Long-Range Missiles
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered generals to prioritise destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery weapons after Western-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian supply lines. Nearly five months since President Vladimir Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces are grinding through the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine and now control around a…
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Fires Spy Chief and Top State Prosecutor
KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday abruptly fired the head of Ukraine’s powerful domestic security agency, the SBU, and the state prosecutor general, citing dozens of cases of collaboration with Russia by officials in their agencies. The sackings of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelenskyy, and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who has played…
Russia Says It Is Stepping Up Operations as More Rockets Hit Ukraine
KYIV—Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry said on Saturday, as rockets and missiles pounded the country in the latest of a series of bombardments that Kyiv says have killed dozens of people in recent days. In the latest strikes, missiles hit the northeastern town of Chuhuiv in…
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