The Biden administration has dismissed reports of American Javelin missiles sent to Ukraine being sold online to third parties, calling it Russian propaganda. Reports of the sale first circulated on social media. One Twitter account posted a screenshot of a website on the dark web listing Javelin FGM-148 missiles for sale at $30,000 per piece….
Washington Dismisses Javelin Missile Sales by Ukrainians as Dark Web Russian Disinformation
The Origins and Purposes of the Ukrainian War
Commentary It’s time for a comprehensive fact-check on the origins and purposes of the Ukrainian war. The underlying issue is the ultimate disposition of the 14 republics apart from Russia that seceded from and produced the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. Russia has never acknowledged the legitimacy of those secessions,…
Germany Faces 5 Billion Euros a Year Hit From Russian Gas Sanctions: Newspaper
June 6, 2022
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BERLIN—Russia’s sanctions against Gazprom Germania and its subsidiaries could cost German taxpayers and gas users an extra 5 billion euros ($5.4 billion) a year to pay for replacement gas, the Welt am Sonntag weekly reported, citing industry representatives. In May, Russia decided to stop supplying Gazprom Germania, which had been the German subsidiary of Gazprom,…
UK to Send Ukraine Long-Range Rocket Systems to Counter Russian Artillery Attacks
June 6, 2022
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The UK will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems to help the country defend itself against Russian long-range artillery attacks, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced. The cutting-edge M270 weapon system can strike targets up to 50 miles (80 kilometers) away with “pinpoint accuracy” and will offer a “significant boost in capability” for the Ukrainian…
Russia’s Lavrov Calls Decision to Block Plane ‘Unprecedented’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday described as “unprecedented” a move by three eastern European countries to block his plane from traveling to Serbia, adding that he had yet to receive an explanation for their decision. He said that he would instead invite his Serbian counterpart to visit him in Moscow, adding: “The main…
Don’t Close the Embassy, US Ambassador Tells Russia
June 6, 2022
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LONDON—Russia should not close the U.S. embassy despite the crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine because the world’s two biggest nuclear powers must continue to talk, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday. President Vladimir Putin has cast the invasion of Ukraine as a turning point in Russian history: a…
Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk Ebbs and Flows Through City Streets
KYIV—Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces raged in the streets of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday in a pivotal battle for advantage in eastern Ukraine, the provincial governor said. The Ukrainian defenders had over the weekend regained control over about half the city just as the Russians appeared on the verge of…
Russia Strikes Kyiv for First Time in Weeks as Battle Rages in East
KYIV—Russia struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles early on Sunday for the first time in more than a month, while Ukrainian officials said a counter-attack on the main battlefield in the east had retaken half of the city of Sievierodonetsk. Dark smoke could be seen from many miles away after the attack on two outlying…
Putin Warns Russia Will Strike New Targets If US Gives New Missiles to Ukraine
June 5, 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned Russia will strike new targets if the United States supplies long-range missiles to Ukraine. Giving new weapons to Kyiv only aims to “drag out the armed conflict for as long as possible,” Putin told state-run media. After long-range missiles are sent to Ukraine, Moscow will draw the “appropriate conclusions”…
Burger King Caught in Complex Legal Web, Preventing Russia Exit
June 4, 2022
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NEW YORK—For at least a decade, Burger King’s formula for European expansion has relied on a joint venture partnership, including a master franchisee, to open and operate new locations. But now the fast-food chain has a whopper of a problem in Russia. It hasn’t been able to exit its partnership or close its roughly 800…
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