Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned about the dangers of carrying out nuclear operations near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as Russian forces said they were forced to respond to repeated drone attacks by the Ukrainians.
There were quite a lot of what Donald Trump might describe as “bad things” taking place in Washington over the past week, to include the worsening of relations with China shortly after what appeared to be an agreement had been reached over tariffs.
By Paul Craig Roberts The latest news on the war front serves to introduce today’s column: The Ever-Widening War With Putin focused on useless “peace talks,” Ukraine (or Washington or NATO) attacked four Russian Air Force bases and destroyed a number of strategic Russian bombers. The BBC reports: “In an operation said to have taken......
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania last week to celebrate the deployment of his forces inside the country, stating that the brigade represents Berlin’s commitment to securing the Baltic states because their security “is also our security.”
Nicușor Dan, the newly elected president in Romania, said in an interview last week that his win was a mandate from his country to turn to the West and support Ukraine, the European Union, and NATO after presidential elections in Bucharest were canceled in December over allegations of Russian influence.
I have been wondering if the Trump regime’s peace negotiations are sincere. The plan revealed by Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg indicates that the negotiations are not sincere.
On 30 April, the U.S. and Ukraine closed an agreement giving the U.S. access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.
According to the statement from the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday afternoon, the newly created U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund recognizes the "significant financial and material support."
The U.S. and Ukraine signed a long-term minerals deal that was seen as an incentive for Washington to stay committed to Kyiv’s war effort against Russia because of future revenue-sharing tied to the country’s natural resources, with one Ukrainian lawmaker stating that the deal hides “indefinite obligations” between Kyiv and the U.S.