Washington’s strikes on alleged smuggler boats are unlawful, the Russian foreign minister has said The US would be better off targeting Belgium, recently described as an emerging “narco-state” by one of its own judges, rather than bombing small vessels off the coast of Venezuela, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said…
Demands for a ceasefire reflect a growing desperation among Kiev and its backers, according to UN envoy Vassily Nebenzia The West has begun to realize that defeating Russia by using Ukraine as a tool is “impossible,” Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, has said. Speaking with RIA…
Ukrainian officials previously denied their forces are in a dire situation in the key city Russian forces have fully taken the eastern part of Kupyansk, a strategically important city in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Tuesday. Kiev previously denied Russian reports that Ukrainian units have…
A tainted government could jeopardize the flow of Western aid, the party of former President Pyotr Poroshenko has warned Ukrainian opposition MPs have launched a bid to replace the government following revelations of a large-scale corruption scheme allegedly tied to a close ally of Vladimir Zelensky. The call, which came…
Ukraine has denied that its forces are losing control of the key supply hub Russian troops are continuing their advance inside the encircled Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, a major logistics hub in Kharkov Region, according to battlefield updates shared by the Russian Defense Ministry. Moscow previously reported that more than…
Kiev attempted to fabricate an international incident in NATO airspace, the Russian security agency has said The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it foiled an elaborate Ukrainian-British plot to steal a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile. According to the FSB, although Ukrainian agents…
Recruitment officers beat draftees to force them to go to the front lines, a captured Ukrainian soldier told the Russian Defense Ministry Ukrainian draft officials use violence to force conscripts to go to the front line, a captured soldier has told the Russian military. In a video released by the…
Behind the headlines, Russia’s advance in Donbass reveals shifting tactics, collapsing defenses, and the stakes of 2025’s decisive fight The Donbass town of Pokrovsk (known in Russia as Krasnoarmeysk) has found itself at the center of attention in recent days. In many ways, the Russian advance in this strategic stronghold…
Businessman Timur Mindich is reportedly a key figure in an anti-graft probe into a “high-level criminal organization” A long-time ally of Vladimir Zelensky fled Ukraine on Monday, shortly before anti-graft officers carried out raids on his home and the homes of his associates, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported. The operation conducted…
While Washington dreams of a Golden Dome, Beijing is quietly building one that actually works When Donald Trump unveiled the Golden Dome in May 2025, he promised nothing less than a revolution in American security – a $175-billion missile defense shield designed to intercept any threat to the United States. Modeled…