Russia rejected claims from the West that it intentionally bombed a Ukrainian children’s hospital last week—just in time for Washington’s NATO summit—and called the attack that killed two and injured 50 nothing more than a “PR stunt built on blood.”
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – July 16 2024
RUSSIA SAYS U.S. DECISION TO PUT ADVANCED MISSILES IN GERMANY LATEST STEP TO NEW COLD WAR
Russia announced last week that it will respond “without nerves, without emotions” to the U.S. decision to deploy longer-range missile systems to Germany.
POLITICAL TURMOIL SPARKED BY ECONOMIC ANXIETIES, REPORT SAYS
Economic hardship in various countries across the globe has contributed to massive political unrest that has resulted in killings, violent protests, and material damage.
SPEAKER JOHNSON TELLS ZELENSKY UKRAINE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRIKE WHEREVER IT WANTS IN RUSSIA
House Speaker Mike Johnson met privately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine’s lost war against Russia.
POLAND CONSIDERS INTERCEPTING MISSILES OVER UKRAINE, NATO SAYS WARSAW IS ON ITS OWN
Radosław Sikorski, the anti-Russian Polish foreign minister who embarrassingly had to delete a post thanking the U.S. for bombing the Nord Stream pipeline, told reporters that Poland may begin intercepting Russian missiles over Ukraine.
NATO: CHINA IS A ‘DECISIVE ENABLER’ OF RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE
China was labeled a “decisive enabler” of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and, in doing so, “increases the threat Russia poses to its neighbors and to Euro-Atlantic security,” NATO members said during a summit last week.
BLINKEN SAYS F-16s WILL BE ‘FLYING THIS SUMMER’ IN UKRAINE
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this week that the first shipment of F-16 fighter jets will be sent to Ukraine and will be flying sometime this summer.