Finland joined the NATO military alliance on April 4, dealing a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country’s membership doubles Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Finland had adopted neutrality after its defeat by … Read more
Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group on April 3 claimed it had captured the city hall in Ukraine’s eastern town of Bakhmut, giving it “legal” control, but Kyiv said its forces still held the town. The battle for Bakhmut has raged for months with Wagner supporting Russian troops and Ukraine warning the fall of the town would … Read more
Russia said on Thursday that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports was only being “half-implemented”, raising doubts about whether it would allow an extension of the deal that is due to expire next week. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AP Russian government officials will be banned from using most foreign words when carrying out their duties, according to an amended law on the formal use of Russian that President Vladimir Putin signed on February 28. Since launching the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Mr. Putin has … Read more
A Ukrainian war crime prosecutor inspects a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kherson. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian shelling on December 15, 2022, killed two people in the southern city of Kherson, the Ukrainian presidency said, in the latest such bombardment since Kyiv’s forces … Read more
Rescuers work at the site of a building destroyed by a Russian drone attack, as their attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 14, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region on December 14 as their air defence system intercepted and … Read more
Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection and natural resources, speaks at the Ukraine Pavilion during the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, on November 14, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. | Photo Credit: AP Russia must take responsibility for the environmental damage caused by its invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said on November … Read more
The Russian Defence Ministry said General Sergey Surovikin had been appointed “commander of the Joint Grouping of Forces in the areas of the special military operation”. The Russian Defence Ministry said General Sergey Surovikin had been appointed “commander of the Joint Grouping of Forces in the areas of the special military operation”. Russia on Saturday … Read more
After a short correction, the US dollar gains back strength, soaring near to July’s two-decade high with broad effects on global financial markets. The US Dollar has been appreciating against other currencies since mid-2021, but the most rapid rate of the increase happened since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The dollar index, which measures the … Read more
Stating that inflation has affected even rich countries like the United States, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said BJP workers should not have any “guilty conscious” about it. He was speaking before a gathering of party workers in Pune. “There is debate going on about the rising inflation….During COVID-19 pandemic, the entire economy was … Read more