According to a source, Vladimir Putin has shocked Kremlin officials by ordering a nuclear war evacuation drill in the midst of heightened tensions with the West. It also claimed that the Russian death toll in Ukraine was higher than Kiev’s estimates, with over 17,000 casualties in 23 days of fighting. According to a new account, … Read more
The stakes in Ukraine are higher now than at any other point during the month-long conflict. According to the Daily Telegraph, US President Joe Biden agreed today that the US would be willing to use nuclear weapons in “extreme circumstances,” a significant shift from the country’s recent policy of reducing its nuclear potential. Fears are … Read more
The stakes in Ukraine are higher now than at any other point during the month-long conflict. According to the Daily Telegraph, US President Joe Biden agreed today that the US would be willing to use nuclear weapons in “extreme circumstances,” a significant shift from the country’s recent policy of reducing its nuclear potential. Fears are … Read more
Russia has approximately $132 billion (£100 billion) in gold reserves, which Putin is said to have been stockpiling since 2014 in anticipation of Western sanctions in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. On Thursday, G7 leaders announced that they were cracking down on Russia’s gold reserves in an attempt to prevent Putin from exploiting this … Read more
The West has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the US, EU, and UK have imposed harsh sanctions on Russia. Nonetheless, Putin’s war rages on, with at least two “powerful” explosions hitting the outskirts of Lviv earlier today. Maksym Kozytsky, the city’s governor, said there were two missile strikes, but other reports said three loud … Read more
Throughout its month-long invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has faced logistical challenges. There have been numerous reports of Russian troops running dangerously low on food and other supplies as they face fierce Ukrainian resistance. Now, it appears that Russia’s leader has ordered schoolchildren as young as eight to assist in feeding the country’s struggling … Read more
According to reports, Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, was killed in a strike by Ukrainian forces. He was the Commander of the Southern Military District’s 49th Combined Arms Army. So far, the Russian side has not confirmed the death. According to a service member, on the fourth day of their deployment, Lt. Gen. Yakov Rezantsev … Read more
According to reports, Vladimir Putin’s regime is “under serious threat for the first time ever” since he took power. Professor Mark Galeotti, an honorary professor at the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, believes the Ukrainian conflict has “turned into a disaster” and that “everyone is looking for other people to … Read more
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had vanished from public view a little more than a month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Russian forces remained stalled in several areas. As the war progressed, he ‘vanished’ in mid-March, sparking widespread speculation about his whereabouts. Many speculated that the official was punished by the Kremlin for Russia’s slow … Read more
Western officials have grown increasingly concerned that the Kremlin may resort to chemical warfare in order to overcome the fierce resistance faced by its troops following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to UK intelligence sources, Russian troops are struggling to achieve key military objectives, with their invasion “largely stalled on all fronts.” Putin’s claims of … Read more
On Thursday, March 17, the country’s former president warned the US that it had the power to put the world’s preeminent superpower in its place and accused the West of fomenting a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart. It comes as Russian troops’ invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, has come to … Read more
President Joe Biden was chastised on Jeremy Vine by guests Anthea Turner and Matthew Stadlen for appearing to suggest that the United States would “respond in kind” to Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. President Biden made the remarks during a press conference on Thursday during the NATO emergency summit. Ms Turner told Jeremy … Read more
Finland could face massive cyber attacks and even a Russian invasion if it attempts to join NATO, according to the country’s president. Should Helsinki request membership in the Western military alliance, President Sauli Niinisto said Moscow would send a “robust” military force into the country and “destabilise Finnish society” through cyber hacking. ‘Even some critical … Read more
Moscow’s hopes of storming Kiyv in a matter of days were dashed when its armed forces encountered fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces. The Kremlin quickly changed strategy in an attempt to gradually encircle key cities and strangle resistance forces within them. However, as the conflict enters its fourth week, Western officials say the Kremlin’s backup … Read more
“This is a significant political statement! SwAF Korpen has been updated.” The Gulfstream IV aircraft was seen taking off from Linking airport and flying towards the western Belarus city of Grodno. It was flying at a speed of 836 kilometres per hour at an altitude of just under 12,000 metres. Despite the fact that Sweden … Read more
According to the most recent press briefing by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russia may be willing to accept Ukraine adopting a “neutral” non-aligned military status, allowing Kyiv to keep its army. Journalist Kevin Rothrock, who translated Mr. Peskov’s note, tweeted: “Seemingly very good news: Moscow signals that it might accept Austrian/Swedish-style neutrality in Ukraine.” Specifically, … Read more
Ukraine’s counter-attacks have thrown Russia’s invasion into disarray, with at least 117 tanks belonging to Vladimir Putin’s forces captured and reports that more than 500 may have been destroyed. With unconfirmed figures claiming that Ukraine has lost 74 tanks, its gains mean that it would now have more tanks than at the start of the … Read more
Ukraine has warned that Russian troops have stolen “unstable” nuclear samples after ransacking a lab at the Chernobyl power plant. According to The State Agency of Ukraine, Putin’s men are then believed to have destroyed the £5 million lab, which was full of nuclear waste and located in a radioactive exclusion zone. The agency, which … Read more
UKRAINIAN troops have pushed Russian forces out of Kyiv, indicating that Vladimir Putin’s shambolic invasion is collapsing. Ukraine is on the verge of a major victory after retaking towns and defensive positions up to 21 miles east of the capital. Putin’s troops have suffered from low morale after the tyrant’s promised quick victory turned into … Read more
PRESIDENT Zelensky said 16,000 Russian troops were killed as his troops prepared to retake the first city taken by Putin. In his nighttime address, Ukraine’s leader, 44, said his troops had delivered powerful blows to Moscow’s forces and urged the Kremlin to negotiate an end to the war. But he vowed that no Ukrainian territory … Read more
Ukraine has accused Russian troops of using phosphorus bombs, which are incendiary weapons that are prohibited against civilians but permitted against military targets under an international treaty. Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymr Zelensky, have claimed that phosphorus weapons, which leave a distinctive white trail in the sky, were used against a village in the Lugansk … Read more
Russia’s “bragging” about its nuclear weapons is fueling a dangerous arms race, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday at the Doha Forum. Zelensky also urged Qatar, which hosts the annual gathering of international political and business leaders, to increase natural gas production in order to counter Russian efforts to use energy as a weapon. … Read more
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised the spectre of something previously considered almost unthinkable: the use of a small nuclear weapon during a European conflict. AFP examines the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin would authorise a “tactical” nuclear strike against a country with which he has repeatedly claimed to be “one people.” Why is … Read more
The threat of nuclear war has hung over a president’s crisis diplomacy like it hasn’t since the Cold War. As President Joe Biden meets with NATO leaders, calls for a cease-fire in Ukraine are becoming more urgent than ever — not only to alleviate widespread human suffering, but also to reduce the risk of a … Read more
In 2017, Russian state media depicted how the Kremlin would end up with US metropolitan areas in an alternate reality. Tensions with Russia were not as high at the time as they are now. The US threatened Russia in a television “exercise” and named the targets of the attack. Russian state television stated that the … Read more
A brutal cabal of bloodthirsty generals is running VLADIMIR Putin’s botched but vicious invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s top commanders face a slew of charges, including deliberately running down and killing protesters with tanks and shelling civilians indiscriminately. As Putin’s planned quick invasion of Ukraine appears to be backfiring, the Russian army has resorted to increasingly … Read more
According to John Ciorciari, associate professor of public policy and director of the Weiser Diplomacy Centre, Putin has managed to “shatter the myth” of his invincibility as a “grand chess master.” He went on to say that Putin “appears quite isolated from his senior advisors and military leaders,” which is “a dangerous place to be” … Read more
CNN’s Ivan Watson reports from inside a children’s ward in Ukraine and speaks to an 11-year-old girl who was shot in the face by a Russian soldier. More to follow….
