Category: Russia-Ukraine War

Xi’s Meeting With Putin Covertly Aims to Prolong Ukraine War, Weaken US: Experts

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is aimed at furthering the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) designs against the United States, according to analysts. Xi’s March 20 to March 23 visit to Moscow is his first to the country since Putin’s February 2022 invasion and comes on the heels of Beijing’s brokering…


Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Russian-Occupied Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the port city of Mariupol, his first trip to the Russian-occupied territory. Mariupol is in the Donetsk region, one of four largely Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Putin in September moved to annex in an action rejected as illegal by most countries at the United…


Putin Visits Crimea on Anniversary of Its Annexation From Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on Saturday on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. Putin was greeted by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and taken to see a new children’s center and art school on what the official said was a…


Russia Extends Grain Deal for 60 Days, Wants to See Progress on Concerns

MOSCOW—Russia has notified all parties to the Black Sea grain deal that the agreement has been extended for 60 days and reiterated it would not consider another extension until its concerns have been addressed, Moscow said on Saturday. Earlier, Turkey and the United Nations said the deal had been extended but did not say for…


Biden Cheers Putin Arrest Warrant but Admits It’s Mostly Virtue Signaling

President Joe Biden said on Friday that he thinks it’s “justified” that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes while admitting that the move is mostly symbolic as neither Russia nor the United States recognize its jurisdiction. “I think it’s justified,” Biden told reporters…


Biden Agrees With Putin Arrest Warrant but Admits It’s Mostly Symbolic

President Joe Biden said on March 17 that he thinks it’s “justified” that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes, but he admitted that the move is mostly symbolic because neither Russia nor the United States recognizes the court’s jurisdiction. “I think it’s justified,” Biden…


International Arrest Warrant Issued for Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been formally accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and faces an arrest warrant, which the Kremlin considers illegitimate. ICC president Piotr Hofmanski said in a video statement Friday that an arrest warrant has been issued for Putin for the “alleged war crimes of deportation of children from Ukrainian occupied…


Xi Jinping to Meet Vladimir Putin In Moscow Next Week

Chinese and Russian officials have announced that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in an apparent show of support amid the conflict in Ukraine and as East-West tensions sharpen. The Kremlin said in a statement that Xi’s visit would strengthen strategic cooperation between the two countries…


Slovakia Joins Poland in Sending MiG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine

The Slovak government on Thursday announced that it would send its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the second NATO member to do so. Slovakia joined Poland in this action. Warsaw announced on March 16 that it would send MiG-29s to Kyiv. Both NATO members and Eastern European countries are neighboring Ukraine….


Poland to Become First NATO Member to Send Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Poland announced on March 16 it will send fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to do so. “When it comes to the MiG-29 aircraft, which are still operating in the defense of Polish airspace, a decision has been taken at the highest levels,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda at a press conference….