Moscow’s words are ’empty’: Europeans pressure US to toughen stance on Russia
At a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, US allies doubt Russia’s intentions to end the war in Ukraine and demand more action in response.
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February 26, 2025 New set of sanctions against Russia
By Martin Banks EU member states have adopted a wide-ranging new package of economic and individual restrictive measures against Russia.
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EUROPE
February 15, 2025 EU says Russia is the big threat, but US Vice President Vance disagrees
“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the USA,” JD Vance said.
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WORLD
February 12, 2025 “Russia has crossed all red lines” – MEPs told
By Martin Banks The Chair of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has addressed a formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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GREEKS ABROAD
January 6, 2025 Ukraine in new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region
Ukraine has launched a counter-attack in Russia’s Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says. As officials in Ukraine also suggested an operation was under way, Moscow said it had met the attack with artillery and air power. Ukrainian forces entered Kursk region in August, seizing a chunk of territory. Russian forces have pushed them back […]
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December 18, 2024 Russia detains Uzbek man over general’s killing in Moscow
Russia’s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was […]
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November 19, 2024 Erdogan at G20 summit says Russia has to protect itself
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Russia had to take steps to protect itself, after being asked about Russia lowering the threshold for a nuclear strike, adding NATO should review the Russian statement carefully.
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November 16, 2024 Zelensky says war will ‘end sooner’ with Trump as president
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election. He did not say whether Trump had made […]
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EUROPE
October 8, 2024 Fresh warnings of “Russia’s reckless and irresponsible behaviour”
By Martin Banks The EU has voiced fresh concern about what it says is “Russia’s intensifying campaign of hybrid activities against the EU, its Member States and partners.”
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EUROPE
July 24, 2024 EU Parliament text condemns both Russia and Orban
By Martin Banks With Russia’s war against Ukraine raging on, MEPs have reconfirmed their view that the EU must continue to support Kyiv “for as long as it takes until victory.” A new resolution sets out the newly-elected European Parliament’s first official position on Russia’s “war of aggression” against Ukraine. It restates the continued support […]
