Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow was facing some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts. Kyiv has been saying for weeks that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to order … Read more
US President Joe Biden seemed to confirm on Wednesday that sending Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine is being actively discussed, even as the White House insisted nothing has been decided yet. “Yes,” Biden said, when asked about the Bradleys during a trip to Kentucky. Bloomberg News interpreted that as confirmation of their December 29 … Read more
Paris will transfer its domestically-made AMX-10 ‘light tanks’ to Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to send Kiev non-Soviet armor, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. News of the transfer was broken by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who wrote on Twitter that he had “a long and detailed conversation” with French President Emmanuel Macron. Zelensky … Read more
France’s president Emmanuel Macron has pledged to provide Ukraine with armoured combat vehicles to help in the war against Russia. The Elysée palace declined to detail how many of its AMX-10 vehicles will be sent, nor the timing of the deliveries, but it cast the move as a sign of how Macron wanted to “amplify … Read more
A UK intelligence firm linked to the Crimean Bridge bombing is reportedly deploying the software to plan attacks and killings A private company linked to terrorism in Ukraine is providing the British military with illegally-gathered smartphone data to aid the planning of attacks and targeted killings, The Grayzone reported on Tuesday. According to files leaked … Read more
‘Phone signals allowed Kyiv’s forces to “determine the coordinates of the location of military personnel” and launch a strike’. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Unauthorised use of cell phones by Russian soldiers led to a deadly Ukrainian rocket attack on the facility where they were stationed, according to the Russian military, as it raised the … Read more
The killing of scores of Russian conscripts in a Kyiv-led missile attack on their barracks in occupied eastern Ukraine has rekindled recriminations in Moscow over the conduct of the war — and raised fresh questions over the military’s capacity to learn from its mistakes. Russia said 89 of its troops were killed when precision rockets … Read more
Opposition MPs call for the resignation of German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht over her “embarrassing” New Year’s Eve message Germany’s defense minister, Christine Lambrecht, has landed in hot water after publishing a New Year’s Eve greeting in which she touched upon the ongoing conflict in Ukraine against the backdrop of festive fireworks in Berlin. The … Read more
The war in Ukraine is a sensitive topic in Uzbekistan. The government says it’s neutral and reporting on state-controlled media is minimal, but people are gradually being allowed to vent against Putin Source link
Newly installed Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Israel is formulating a “responsible” policy toward Ukraine Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has signaled that Tel Aviv will be making fewer public statements regarding the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, but confirmed that its “significant” humanitarian aid to Kiev will continue. “We will do one thing for sure–in public, … Read more