What a difference a few decades make. Rheinmetall, Germany’s behemoth arms maker, announced last week that it will begin the production of gun barrels in the U.K. as part of a new defense agreement between London and Berlin—Europe’s two top military spenders.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that the Western idea that it could inflict a strategic defeat on Russia is a “mere illusion” and grossly underestimates the country’s unity, spirit, and history, according to RT.
Russia’s envoy to the UN accused the West of training Ukrainian saboteurs in how to effectively target nuclear sites inside Russia, and warned that such an escalation could result in a “radiation nightmare” in Europe, according to RT.
Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, seemed unfazed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s so-called “victory plan” and said it seemed more like a hodgepodge of “incoherent slogans” and “bloody foam on the lips of a neo-Nazi killer.”
The Biden administration announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with another $425 million in weapons support as Kyiv loses more ground to the Russians and as winter looms in the region.
The U.S. is prepared to provide the Group of Seven [G7] with about $20 billion in interest from Russian assets that have been frozen since the start of the Ukraine War.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s so-called “victory plan” is nothing more than an effort by Kyiv to escalate war against the Russians that focuses on using long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia…
China on Monday conducted its largest military exercise ever off the coast of Taiwan to warn the island against seeking independence under Taipei’s new president Lai Ching-te, who Beijing has called a “troublemaker.”
Russia struck four vessels in the Odessa port area of the Black Sea within the last week, raising new concerns about commercial shipments in the region.
Russia announced last week that it has pulled its ambassador to the U.S. and the outgoing diplomat warned the West, again, of the growing risk of nuclear confrontation between the countries.