The incident occurred as military mobilization causes increasingly strong discontent across the country A Ukrainian conscription official has been filmed appearing to pepper-spray a woman holding a child during a recruitment raid. The mandatory military draft, which Kiev enforces to replenish combat losses in the conflict with Russia, is an…
The French president has pushed back against visa restrictions targeting several senior officials in the bloc amid a digital rules row US visa restrictions against several senior EU officials amount to “intimidation and coercion” aimed at undermining the bloc’s digital policies and sovereignty, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. On…
More than a third of respondents believe the Ukrainian leader should answer in court over the graft scandal in the energy sector, a survey suggests Four in ten Ukrainians believe that Vladimir Zelensky was implicated in a large-scale corruption scandal in the energy sector involving a former long-time associate, a…
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has weighed in on reports that Russia is seeking changes to a new US-drafted peace plan Any Ukraine peace talks should be held “behind closed doors” rather than through megaphone diplomacy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking to Russian business daily RBK on Wednesday, Peskov declined…
Decisions made in Brussels are increasingly not being carried out by member states, the Hungarian prime minister has said The EU is beginning to disintegrate as decisions made in Brussels are increasingly ignored by member states, now divided between advocates of war and of peace, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban…
Mark Rutte has a track record of blunders, scandals, and claims of “no active memory” during his time as Dutch PM, Rachel Marsden has noted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s alarmist claims about an imminent war with Russia should not be taken at face value given his dubious track record…
GLS Bank’s decision fits a pattern of similar measures targeting left- and right-wing political groups in Germany in recent years There is a “campaign of increasing repression” against dissenting voices in Germany, local communists claimed after a bank notified the party that its bank accounts would soon be closed. Earlier…
The Ukrainian leader said “may he perish,” while calling for fellow citizens to pray for peace Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky used his Christmas Eve address to wish for a certain unnamed man, presumably Russian President Vladimir Putin, “to perish,” before urging Ukrainians to pray for a greater wish – peace for…
Your guide to the questions the Western power elite don’t want to answer 2025 has yielded some extraordinary own goals that have exposed the posturing of Western politicians and left the EU isolated, irrelevant, and alone, pursuing policies contrary to self-interest. Unwelcome stories often cling to reality, like an alien…
Ranking Russia’s ten most important battles of the year by scale, impact, and outcome 2025 marked a year in which the Russian army liberated ten cities and towns from Ukrainian forces. As the year draws to a close, it’s worth taking stock not only of where the front line moved,…