Economists have been predicting an implosion of President Vladimir Putin’s economic regime since the West hit Russia with sweeping sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. But three-and-a-half months into the war, Russia has been holding up — with Putin announcing Read more…
Five people have been killed by Ukrainian shelling of areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the DPR’s territorial defense claimed on Saturday, adding that 12 more have been injured. Among the victims were emergency workers who came to put Read more…
The fate of British fighters captured in Ukraine and sentenced to death as mercenaries is for the Donetsk People’s Republic to decide under international law, and Russia doesn’t care how that looks “in the eyes of the West,” Foreign Minister Read more…
The FBI and US Department of Commerce have launched a probe into claims of American-made computer chips being found in Russian military hardware in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Government agents have been visiting companies and asking about Read more…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Thursday seek urgent intervention of the United Nations (UN) and other relevant international organisations on the raging spate of insecurity across Nigeria and South-West in particular, insisting that Nigeria was in Read more…
Foreign volunteers fighting against Russian troops in Ukraine sounded the alarm Wednesday over two American fighters they say had been taken captive amid heavy fighting. Robert Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were serving with the Ukrainian military when they were taken Read more…
Russia does not believe a potential military operation by Turkey against Kurdish militias in Northern Syria would “contribute to stability and security” in the Arab Republic, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy on Read more…
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, Wednesday described the ruling of a United Kingdom commercial Court that there is no evidence of fraud in the OPL 245 transaction between Nigeria and JP Morgan Chase Read more…
Pope Francis on Tuesday again denounced Russia’s bloody war in Ukraine — and again suggested that perhaps Moscow was baited into invading the former Soviet republic. In an interview with Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica, the pontiff called for an immediate end Read more…
Taking up positions in cities is the Ukrainian military’s calculated tactic to minimize their own losses and maximize those of Russian forces, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed. In an interview with the New York Times Read more…
As many as 3,000 British nationals are fighting alongside Ukrainian troops against Russian forces, Britain’s The Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing a foreign volunteer unit commander. Mamuka Mamulashvili, who leads the so-called Georgian Legion, told journalists that a total Read more…
A military official in the Russian-backed separatist region of Donetsk issued a stark warning to the remaining Ukrainian fighters in the besieged city of Severodonetsk: “Surrender or die.” Eduard Basurin, the deputy leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, or the Read more…