Russia uses hypersonic missile for first time in the war after Ukraine uses Western weapons to hit Russian territory. Russia has attacked Ukraine with a new hypersonic missile. Western leaders say it marks a dangerous new phase in the war. The Kremlin says it follows a decision by the White House to let Ukraine fire … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has promised Russia’s “irresponsible rhetoric” on nuclear weapons will not affect UK support for Ukraine. Ukraine has fired US-supplied longer-range missiles at Russian territory for the first time, the Russian government said, a day after the US gave its permission for such attacks. Earlier on Tuesday, President Putin approved changes to Russia’s … Read more
Russia targets Ukraine energy sites in ‘massive’ missile and drone attack Financial Times Russia hits power grid with one of its largest-ever attacks on Ukraine, foreign minister says CNN Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Al Jazeera English Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces launch ‘largest missile attack’ in months on vital energy supplies The Independent Russia targets … Read more
Marc Lamont Hill discusses the impact of a second Trump presidency on US foreign policy and global crises. As the US braces for a transition of power between President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump, both US geopolitical allies and adversaries wonder what direction American foreign policy will take under Trump. With tensions in the … Read more
SEOUL (Kyodo) — Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has confirmed his country’s military has engaged for the first time with North Korean troops, South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS reported Tuesday. Umerov told KBS in an interview on Monday local time that a “small-scale” engagement had taken place, without detailing when and where the fighting took … Read more
WASHINGTON — The United States is “concerned” by reports of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine, a White House spokesperson said Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week accused North Korea of transferring personnel to Russia’s armed forces, saying his intelligence agencies had briefed him on “the actual involvement of North Korea in the war” in … Read more
Dmytro Lubinets says he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Red Cross regarding alleged killings. Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organisations to respond to an allegation that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defence Ministry, said … Read more
Behind Trump’s Views on Ukraine: Putin’s Gambit and a Political Grudge The New York Times ‘It’s toast’: Bolton on US support for Ukraine if Trump wins | CNN Politics CNN H.R. McMaster says “I don’t really buy” that Trump could broker a settlement in Ukraine CBS News Donald Trump Ukraine Peace Plan Slammed by Ex-National Security Adviser Newsweek Letters … Read more
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state and that any conventional attack on Russia that was supported by a nuclear power would be considered to be a joint attack. Putin, opening a meeting of Russia’s Security Council attended by top officials, … Read more
Ukraine’s strike on a Russian missile storage facility in Russia’s western Tver region destroyed enough ammunition to impact Russian attacks for months, military analysts said. The Institute for the Study of War made the assessment in an update on Sunday, based on Estonian estimates. Last Thursday, Colonel Ants Kiviselg, the head of the Estonian Defense … Read more