Beijing “respects” the actions of the Russian government amid the “ongoing crisis situation” in Ukraine, China’s President Xi Jinping told President Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president has “thoroughly informed” the Chinese leader about the reasons that Read more…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would remain in the nation’s capital amid the Russian invasion, an actor turned politician encouraging his country to stay strong in a time of war. Zelensky released a short video address early Friday local Read more…
Moscow is willing to negotiate terms of surrender with Kiev regarding the ongoing Russian military offensive currently taking place in Ukraine, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. According to Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his preparedness Read more…
Germany’s former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has described himself as a personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called on Thursday for the war in Ukraine to end as soon as possible and for Europe’s remaining ties with Russia not Read more…
The special military operation will be aimed at “defending” people living in the newly-recognized republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The United Nations called for cessation of hostilities, and for Russia to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Read more…
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his decision to recognise two breakaway regions in east Ukraine as independent, NATO member and Black Sea neighbour Turkey swiftly criticised the move, but stopped short of announcing any punitive measures. Turkey is in Read more…
The head of Russia’s spy service stammered over his words as President Vladimir Putin pressed him on whether he supported the decision to recognize two Kremlin-backed separatist regions in Ukraine as independent states. A video of the exchange showed the Read more…
Russia will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said on Wednesday. He warned Ukraine against attempting any “adventures” in the Donbass, after Moscow recognized the two republics as Read more…
If Russia further invades Ukraine, the Biden administration could deprive it of a vast swath of low- and high-tech U.S. and foreign-made goods, from commercial electronics and computers to semiconductors and aircraft parts, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more…
Russia and China have agreed on a new deal that will see Russia supply 100 million tons of coal in the “coming years” to its southern neighbor. Sergey Mochalnikov, the head of the Russian Energy Ministry, announced the deal on Friday. The new deal will add to Read more…
President Putin has unilaterally declared that two chunks of Eastern Ukraine should be considered independent states in a dramatic escalation that many fear could lead to all-out war. In an address to his nation on Monday, the Russian president formally announced “the Read more…
Jordan’s monarch, King Abdullah II, has been named in the leaked trove of data from Credit Suisse bank, as the holder of at least six accounts where he has housed millions of dollars in personal wealth, The Guardian reported on Read more…