Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg has become the first international leader to visit Number 10 since Rishi Sunak became prime minister. Ahead of the meeting on Wednesday, Sunak said, “NATO is the cornerstone of our security and the security of our allies.” Stoltenberg also met with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in London, with talks…
Sunak Promises Further Support for Ukraine During First Meeting With NATO Chief
Envoy Reiterates ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claim as Russian Security Chief Visits Iran
November 9, 2022
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Moscow’s ambassador to the United States on Nov. 9 repeated claims that Kyiv intended to stage a nuclear “provocation” involving a “dirty bomb” with the aim of blaming the fallout on Russia. Quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency, Anatoly Antonov alleged that Ukraine would “make the provocation look like the use of a tactical nuclear…
Family Says Saskatchewan Farmer Killed Fighting in Ukraine
The family of a Saskatchewan farmer who served with the Canadian military in Afghanistan says he has been killed fighting in Ukraine. Joseph Hildebrand, 33, died recently in Ukraine, said his brother Jake. The family was notified by some other people in his unit. “He was a good man with strong values who stood up for what he believed,” Clayton Hildebrand, his third cousin, said Tuesday….
Ukraine Says Russia Forces Pillage, Occupy Kherson Homes Ahead of Battle
KYIV—Ukraine accused Russia of looting empty homes in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict will be one of the war’s most important battles. In recent days, Russia has ordered civilians out of Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian…
Iran Acknowledges Drone Shipments to Russia Before War, Kyiv Claims Tehran Is Lying
Iran acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used them to target power stations and civilian infrastructure. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said a “small number” of drones had been shipped a few months before…
Kremlin, White House Tight-Lipped Following Reports of ‘Secret Talks’
The Kremlin has declined to comment on a recent report in the western press that a top U.S. security official held a number of secret phone conversations with high-ranking Russian officials. “We have nothing to say about this publication,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Nov. 7. One day earlier, the Wall Street Journal…
Ukraine Says Nuclear Plant Again Cut Off From Grid After Russian Shelling
KYIV—Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was operating on back-up diesel generators on Thursday after being disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid by Russian shelling, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company said. Energoatom said the last remaining high voltage lines connecting the plant to the Ukrainian grid had been damaged in Wednesday’s shelling, and that Moscow…
Putin Endorses Evacuation of Parts of Ukraine’s Kherson Region
FRONTLINE WEST OF KHERSON, Ukraine/KYIV—Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia’s retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine. “Now, of course, those who live in Kherson should be removed from the zone of the…
IEA Says Europe Must Act Now to Avoid Winter 2023 Gas Shortages
November 4, 2022
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OSLO—Europe needs to act now to avoid a natural gas shortage next year given the loss of Russian supply and expectations Chinese demand will increase, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday. The European Union has succeeded in filling storages to 95 percent ahead of this winter, 5 percent or 5 bcm above their…
UN Security Council Blocks Russian Calls for Ukraine Biological Weapons Probe
November 3, 2022
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Calls by Moscow for a formal inquiry into claims that the United States is running a covert biological weapons program in Ukraine were thwarted at the UN Security Council after the United States, the UK, and France all voted against the proposal. In the vote, which took place on Nov. 2, only Russia and China…
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