Tag: Ukraine

Catholic Bishop Reacts to Hillary Clinton Lumping US Anti-Abortion Laws With Soldiers Raping Women in Ukraine, Iran

A Catholic Bishop in Texas has criticized comments made by former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Dec. 2 in which she lumped abortion rights in the United States along with soldiers raping women in Iran, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Clinton made the comments to PBS while she was attending the Women’s Voice Summit at the Clinton…


Kyiv Slams French Proposal to Address Russian Security Fears Over the Expansion of NATO

Kyiv has decried a French proposal to provide Russia with “security guarantees” aimed at addressing the latter’s longstanding concerns over further eastward expansion by the NATO alliance. According to Ukrainian officials, Moscow—not NATO—should provide security guarantees. “[The] civilized world needs ‘security guarantees’ from [the] barbaric intentions of post-Putin Russia,” Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian…


G7 Price Cap on Russian Oil Kicks In, Russia Will Only Sell at Market Price

BRUSSELS—The Group of Seven price cap on Russian seaborne oil came into force on Monday as the West tries to limit Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine, but Russia has said it will not abide by the measure even if it has to cut production. The price cap, to be enforced by the…


Russia Says Oil Price Cap Won’t Stop It From Financing Ukraine War Effort

LONDON—Russia said on Monday that a Western price cap on its oil would destabilize global energy markets but would not affect its ability to sustain what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was preparing its response to Friday’s move by the G7 and allies, which was aimed…


Moscow Rejects Biden’s Demand for Full Territorial Withdrawal

The Kremlin has rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s condition for holding bilateral talks—namely, the full withdrawal from Ukrainian territories incorporated by Russia two months ago. “President Putin was, is, and will be open to contacts for talks,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Dec. 2. “Certainly, the preferred path for securing our interest is…


Putin Is Open to Talks and Diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin Says

MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Joe Biden suggested he was prepared to speak to the Russian leader. Biden, speaking beside French President Emmanuel Macron, said the only way to end the war…


Russia Threatens to Ignore Oil Price Cap and Charge Buyers Regular Prices or Cut Them Off, Says Russian Foreign Minister

Moscow threatened to ignore the oil price cap set by the West and said that Russia will continue to charge buyers regular prices, or they cut them off. The Russian government would not follow the cap level that the European Union (EU) and the G-7 has proposed on Russian oil prices since and would prefer…


Putin’s Spy Chief Says He Discussed Ukraine With CIA Director

Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview published on Wednesday that he discussed nuclear issues and Ukraine in a meeting earlier this month with U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns. The two men met in Turkey on Nov. 14 in the highest-level face-to-face contact between the two sides since Russia invaded…


US, France Vow to Hold Russia to Account on Ukraine

WASHINGTON/KHERSON, Ukraine—The presidents of the United States and France said they would hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine and the European Union reached tentative agreement on an oil price cap to squeeze Moscow’s export earnings. Western powers are trying to rally support for Ukraine, which is reeling from missile and drone attacks…


EC Backtracks After Putting Ukraine’s War Dead at ‘More than 100,000’

The European Commission (EC) appears to have backtracked on claims that the Ukrainian military has sustained upward of 100,000 dead since the conflict with Russia began more than nine months ago. The 27-member commission is the executive body of the European Union, a staunch supporter of the Ukrainian war effort. In a statement issued on…