The world is experiencing dramatic moments as a bloody war in Ukraine unfolds. A war in the heart of Europe. Putin’s authoritarian regime seeks to change the borders and the balance of power in Eastern Europe in a geopolitical game of terror. Having served at the KGB before becoming President, Vladimir Putin does not believe […]
MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian troops were closing in on the Ukrainian capital, more and more Russians spoke out Saturday against the invasion, even as the government’s official rhetoric grew increasingly harsher.
Radiation levels around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant have risen in the wake of it being seized by the Russian military on Thursday evening.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada, the United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday said they could act to exclude Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system in a further round of sanctions aimed at halting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday announced a first round of economic sanctions on Russia a day after Moscow recognised the Ukraine separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent.
By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States and its European allies are poised to announce harsh new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin formally recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, escalating a security crisis on the continent.
Russia is massing nuclear-capable missiles along with 30,000 troops in Belarus, NATO has warned, amid fears of a huge refugee crisis if Ukraine is invaded.
The Americans “really want” an immediate de-escalation with Russia, but dialogue is not possible with thousands of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border, a senior NATO source representing an EU member state in Brussels told EURACTIV.
It is undoudtable that China is the new rising world power with a long-term strategy of economic and political expansion. The geopolitically crucial area of Eurasia is a new field of competition as China seeks to revive the “Silk Road”, a trade route that leading to Europe and from there to the rest of the […]
The US has shared concerns that Russia could preparing for the possibility of a new military assault to justify an invasion of Ukraine, a government official said.
