The European Union moved last week to steal profits made on the 190 billion euros from Russian central bank assets seized in a Belgium bank to help Ukraine fund its war.
Tag: geopolitics
UKRAINIAN FORCES FACE NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN NORTH
The situation in Ukraine has gone from bad to worse as Russia increases attacks in the north.
WWIII: UKRAINE CONTINUES ASSAULT ON SOFT TARGETS IN RUSSIA
Ukraine carried out separate drone strikes last week on two oil depots inside Russia as it intensifies its effort to strike “soft targets” within Russia to prove to the West that it remains a solid investment to weaken the Kremlin.
PUTIN ISSUES WARNING TO WEST: OUR STRATEGIC FORCES ARE READY
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended this year’s Moscow Victory Day Parade and addressed the war in Ukraine—funded by the West—and said Russia’s “strategic forces are always at combat readiness,” referring to his nuclear arsenal.
CHINA CALLS OUT U.S. HYPOCRISY AFTER WASHINGTON IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS ON CHINESE COMPANIES OVER SUPPORT OF RUSSIA’S WAR
China lashed out at the U.S. after Washington announced new sanctions against Chinese companies that have helped Moscow as it wages war against Ukraine.
ZELENSKY ADMITS THAT UKRAINE HAS TO DEFEAT RUSSIA BEFORE JOINING NATO
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seemed to come to terms last week with the fact that Kyiv will not be joining NATO any time soon as it continues its war with Russia.
NATO HEAD: NOT TOO LATE FOR UKRAINE TO WIN
Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, said last week that despite challenges Ukraine can still pull out a victory over Russia because “more support is on the way.”
SUNAK’S CONSERVATIVES RECEIVE THUMPING IN LOCAL RACES AS U.K. ESCALATES WAR RHETORIC
Local elections in Britain have been an “unmitigated disaster” for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives as the Labour Party manages to seize seats that it hasn’t controlled in decades, which was seen as a clear referendum on Sunak’s paltry leadership since taking office after the Theresa May debacle.
U.K. GIVES UKRAINE GREEN LIGHT TO STRIKE TARGETS DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA WITH PROVIDED WEAPONS
David Cameron, Britain’s top diplomat, said last week that Kyiv should be able to use U.K.-provided weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia because Moscow is hitting targets inside Ukraine.
‘ERA OF PEACE IS OVER’ IN EUROPE, TOP UKRAINIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS
Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian foreign minister, said last week that Europe needs to come to terms with the fact that the “era of peace” on the continent is over and it is high time for countries to ramp up military production for war with Russia.