KYIV/KUPIANSK, Ukraine—Russian-backed forces have made some advances in eastern Ukraine, Britain said on Friday. A British intelligence update said forces led by the private Russian military company Wagner Group had captured the villages of Optyine and Ivangrad south of the fiercely-contested town of Bakhmut, the first such advance in more than three months. “There have…
Russia, Under Pressure in Southern Ukraine, Captures Villages in East
US Army Veteran From Idaho Dies While Fighting in Ukraine
An American army veteran who volunteered to fight in Ukraine has been killed in the Donbass region, his family has announced. Dane Partridge, a 34-year-old father-of-five from Rexburg, Idaho, flew out to Ukraine in April to help the country in its war with Russia, and was soon deployed to the front lines. He had kept his family…
Russia’s Gazprom Says Black Sea Gas Pipeline Could Replace Volumes Lost to Nord Stream ‘Terrorism’
Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom said Thursday that gas volumes that could potentially run from Russia to Turkey via the Black Sea may be comparable to that which was previously transported through Baltic pipelines that are no longer working following sabotage to the Nord Stream pipelines Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller made the comments to Russia’s Channel One,…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Can’t ‘Indefinitely’ Fund Internet for Ukraine
October 14, 2022
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Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said Friday that SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine, after a report said his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to cover the costs of the service that have helped Ukrainian forces with battlefield communications. Musk made the remarks in a post on Twitter as part…
NATO Chief Warns Russia Not to Cross ‘Very Important Line’
BRUSSELS—Russian President Vladimir Putin would be crossing a “very important line” if he were to order the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday, as both the military alliance and Russia are due to hold nuclear exercises in the next few days. NATO is holding its exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Noon,”…
European Union: ‘Russian Army Will Be Annihilated’ If They Use Nuclear Weapons
A top European Union official warned Russia’s military will be “annihilated” by Western forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine. “Any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer—not a nuclear answer, but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated,” European Union High Representative…
4 Countries Joined Russia in UN Vote on Ukraine Annexations
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday voted in favor of condemning the Russian annexation of four Ukrainian areas amid the ongoing conflict, with four countries siding with Moscow. Of the 193-member U.N. body, 143 voted in favor of a resolution to criticize Russia’s annexation and referendums last month. Thirty-five abstained, according to a photo posted…
UK to Send Air Defence Missiles to Ukraine
The UK will for the first time give Ukraine rockets that can shoot down cruise missiles, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) rockets will help protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure as “Russia’s latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further…
Russia Rebukes Germany, Denmark, Sweden for Not Including It in Nord Stream Probe
October 13, 2022
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LONDON—Russia said on Thursday it had summoned diplomats from Germany, Denmark, and Sweden to complain that representatives from Moscow and Gazprom had not been invited to join an investigation into ruptures of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “Russia will obviously not recognise the pseudo-results of such an investigation unless Russian experts are involved,” the foreign…
LIVE NOW: Panel: The Ukraine War and Its Impacts on Migration
A series of missile strikes this past weekend by Russia against Ukrainian cities, including Lviv, the western city that has been housing a large number of the internally displaced Ukrainians, has increased the likelihood of a new wave of Ukrainian migrants. But other factors—including potential energy disruptions in Ukraine this winter and in food and…
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