Russia’s prime minister to meet with Xi in China Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets with China’s President Xi Jinping in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty Images Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to China on Tuesday, Moscow said Monday. Mishustin … Read more
Thu, Dec 14 20238:38 AM EST European Central Bank holds rates, trims growth forecasts A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The … Read more
Hungary’s Orban set to oppose Ukraine EU accession talks as summit kicks off Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (R) attend European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium on December 14, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Talks are reportedly underway between European Union leaders over the enlargement … Read more
Russia likely shifting drone launch locations in a bid to thwart Ukrainian attacks: U.K. Russia is highly likely dispersing the launch capabilities of its attack drones in an effort to thwart Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence said Wednesday. In an intelligence update, the U.K. noted that Russia had launched at least … Read more
Kremlin says it’s closely monitoring Biden-Zelenskyy meeting TOPSHOT – Pedestrians walk past a New Year decoration stylised as the “Kremlin Star”, bearing a Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on January 02, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) Natalia Kolesnikova | … Read more
Ukraine’s parliament approves minorities bill, seen as key for EU talks The Ukrainian parliament on Friday approved three bills necessary to start European Union accession talks, including one on national minorities’ rights, a critical demand from Hungary which opposes Ukraine’s EU bid, officials said. Lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on Telegram messenger that members of parliament … Read more
The hardest part of Ukraine’s winter period is ahead, intelligence official says Utility man on the platform of a cherry picker truck repairs electricity on January 15, 2023 in Dnipro, Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images News | Getty Images The hardest part of the winter period is yet to come, an Ukrainian intelligence … Read more
Russia increasingly turning to domestically produced drones, UK says Russia has almost certainly augmented Iranian-supplied Shahed one-way attack drones, or uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAVs), with similar weapons made in facilities in Russia since mid-2023, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. “Russia is now almost certainly attempting to incorporate improvements to the OWA UAV designs … Read more
Fri, Dec 1 202310:27 AM EST ‘We have a new phase of war’: President Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays visits the soldiers in the Kupiansk frontline on November 30, 2023 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu | Getty Images “A new phase of war” had been entered as winter has begun, President Volodymyr … Read more
