Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow’s response to a build-up of NATO forces in Poland will be proportionate, Interfax news agency reported citing a Russian diplomat. “A response, as always, will be proportionate and appropriate, intended to neutralize potential threats to the security of the Russian Federation,” Interfax quoted Oleg Tyapkin, the head…
UK Defence Chief Meets Zelenskyy on Surprise Trip to Ukrainian Capital
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made a secret visit to Kyiv to hold discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on providing further military aid to Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The purpose of the visit, which took place earlier this week, was for Wallace to “hear first-hand how the operational needs of Ukraine’s…
Putin Says Russia Will Not Mothball Oil Wells Despite West’s Import Ban
June 10, 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russian companies will not block off their oil wells despite the West’s efforts to lessen its dependence on energy supplies from Moscow. The United States introduced its embargo on Russian imports in March just days after Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine, while the European Union agreed…
Intense Fighting Reported in Ukraine’s Bombed-Out Sievierodonetsk
KYIV—Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting and under day and night shelling in Sievierodonetsk, officials said, as Russia pushes to control the bombed-out city, the key to its objective of controlling eastern Ukraine. Sievierodonetsk and its twin city Lysychansk, on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, are the last…
Two Britons, One Moroccan Sentenced to Death by Court of Russian Proxy in Ukraine
LONDON—Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. The court found the three men—Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun—guilty of…
Two Britons, Moroccan Risk Death Penalty After Guilty Pleas in Donetsk Court: Russian News Agency
Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s RIA news agency reported. Video published by RIA showed Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun in a courtroom cage…
Ukraine Eyes Billions in Euros From Europe Electricity Exports
June 10, 2022
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KYIV—Ukraine hopes to make 1.5 billion euros from electricity exports to the European Union by the end of the year and earn more in the future after obtaining the right to export its energy there, a Ukrainian energy ministry adviser said on Wednesday. Former Soviet Ukraine’s electricity grid began planning to decoupling itself from the…
Russian Parliament Votes to Break With European Court of Human Rights
June 10, 2022
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LONDON—Russia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a pair of bills ending the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) jurisdiction in the country. Parliament’s lower house, the Duma, approved two bills—one removing the country from the court’s jurisdiction and a second setting March 15 as the cut-off point, with rulings against Russia made after that date not…
2 Britons and a Moroccan Captured in Ukraine Sentenced to Death by Pro-Russian Court
Two British nationals and one Moroccan who were captured by Russian forces in Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday, Russian news agencies reported. British and Ukrainian national Aiden Aslin, 28, British national Shaun Pinner, 48, and Saadoun Brahima, a young Moroccan national, were all sentenced to death after pleading guilty to the charges, according to Russian state news agency…
Ousted Ukrainian Official Breaks Silence, Admits She ‘Exaggerated’ About Mass Rapes by Russian Forces
A top Ukrainian official who was ousted over unsubstantiated claims that Russians were committing mass rape admitted she “exaggerated” but did so to convince the West to send more weapons to Ukraine. Lyudmila Denisova, who had served as the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, was recently removed by the Ukrainian Parliament over what they said were…
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