Ukraine wants conflict with Russia to end this year – foreign minister

More sanctions under US leadership could change Moscow’s course, Kiev’s top diplomat has claimed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has claimed that stronger Western pressure on Russia could bring the conflict to an end this year.  Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland on Monday, Sibiga said that “Ukrainian…

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The country’s population is “gradually returning to old linguistic practices,” Elena Ivanovskaya has said The use of Russian is regaining ground in daily life in Ukraine, especially among younger generations, despite government measures to restrict its use, Kiev’s language ombudsman has said. In an interview published on Monday by RBK-Ukraine,…

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The president has said the move was made to defend people living on ‘ancestral Russian land’ Moscow is proud to have accepted four former Ukrainian regions into Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said. The Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, voted…

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Russia is not interested in “sending drones to swarm us,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in igniting a global conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Sunday, replying to claims that Moscow could send drones against the EU nation. Just a…

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The veteran politician and his wife were briefly held at Gatwick Airport under the Terrorism Act Politician George Galloway has accused UK counter-terrorism officers of interrogating him and his wife about their political views and trying to obtain confidential information. The pair were detained at Gatwick Airport on Saturday after…

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125 people crossed from France on a single small vessel over the weekend A small boat carrying 125 people crossed the English Channel from France to the UK on Saturday, the largest number ever recorded on a single vessel, Bloomberg has reported, citing the Home Office. The previous record was…

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Brussels used the same tactics to sideline opposition in Moldova as it did in Romania, Diana Sosoaca has told RT The European Union has swayed Moldova’s parliamentary elections in the same way it did in Romania’s recent presidential race; by sidelining opposition candidates, Romanian MEP Diana Sosoaca told RT on…

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