The UK will update its security and foreign policies to be “fully equipped” to tackle the challenges posed by China and Russia, Prime Minister Liz Truss has said. Truss, who is attending a United Nations summit in New York, highlighted the threats to the international order posed by authoritarian states and said the West must…
UK Will Be ‘Fully Equipped’ to Tackle Challenges From China and Russia: Truss
Ukraine Crisis Looms Large at Eurasia Summit
Leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states met in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Sept. 15 and 16, to discuss Eurasia’s current political, economic, and security trajectory. Russia plays a prominent role in the SCO, which was originally founded by Moscow and Beijing in hopes of counterbalancing US global influence. So it came…
5 British Nationals Among Hundreds Freed in Ukraine–Russia Prisoner Swap
September 22, 2022
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Five British nationals held by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine have returned to the UK after being released as part of a prisoner swap. The unexpected prisoner swap on Wednesday involved almost 300 people with 10 foreigners among them, including five British nationals, two U.S. nationals, as well as a Croatian, a Moroccan, and a Swedish…
Pepsico Ends Pepsi, 7UP Production in Russia Months After Promising Halt Over Ukraine
September 22, 2022
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NEW YORK/MOSCOW—PepsiCo Inc. has stopped making Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew in Russia nearly six months after the U.S. company said it would suspend sales and production after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Pepsi’s announcement came after Reuters visited dozens of supermarkets, retailers, and gyms in Moscow and beyond and found…
Biden Calls for More UN Support for Ukraine, Says US ‘Not Seeking a New Cold War’
President Joe Biden during Wednesday’s speech at the United Nations headquarters targeted Russia over its invasion of Ukraine as well as a recent Kremlin announcement to mobilize hundreds of thousands of more troops. “Ukraine has the same rights that belong to every sovereign nation. We will stand in solidarity with Ukraine. We will stand in…
Russia Calls Up Army as West Decries Annexation Plans
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21 ordered the partial mobilization of the Russian army, the first military call-up of its kind since the Second World War. The announcement came less than 24 hours after pro-Russian leaders in four Ukrainian provinces announced plans to hold referendums on leaving Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. The…
European Gas Prices Jump as Putin Vows Use of ‘All Available Means’ in Fight Over Ukraine
European natural gas prices spiked as Russia amped up its war rhetoric with President Vladimir Putin announcing a “partial mobilization” of the military beginning Wednesday amid accusations of Western “nuclear blackmail” and setbacks for Russian forces in northeast Ukraine. Benchmark Dutch TTF gas futures are trading at €206.935, which have risen more than 6.5 percent…
Russia Calls Up 300,000 Reservists, Says 6,000 Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
LONDON—Russia will draft 300,000 reservists to support its military campaign in Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday in televised remarks. In Moscow’s first update on casualty numbers in almost six months, Shoigu said 5,937 Russian soldiers had been killed since the start of the conflict. President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia’s first mobilisation…
Putin Mobilizes More Troops, Hints at Nuclear Weapon Use in Conflict Over Ukraine
September 21, 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sept. 21 accused Western powers of engaging in nuclear blackmail and put his country onto an enhanced wartime footing, ordering a partial military mobilization and vowing to use “all means available” in the event of a threat against Russia and its people. Putin made the remarks in a televised address,…
Russia Triggers Plan to Formally Annex Occupied Ukrainian Regions
KYIV—Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums on joining Russia this week. In the apparently coordinated move, Russian-backed officials announced planned referendums for Sept. 23–27 in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia provinces, representing around 15 percent of Ukrainian territory or an area about the size of Hungary….
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