This document was signed following Ukraine’s agreement to transfer all nuclear weapons from the Cold War to the Russian Federation, making Ukraine a non-nuclear power. Prior to this, Ukraine had physical possession of the world’s third-largest nuclear stockpile. In addition to Ukraine, the ...
For Russia, Ukraine is of high strategic importance to its survival and sovereignty. World War II taught Russians an important lesson in this regard: When Nazi German troops occupied Ukraine, Moscow eventually lost access to the Black Sea and the Caucasus. Therefore, if Ukraine were to join NAT...
Also, Arab public opinion did not accept the Western narrative about the causes of the war in Ukraine. Was it the result of Russian propaganda, or were there more profound reasons? Washington strongly pressured its Middle Eastern allies to move away from their...
The speech, made in front of around 1,000 lawmakers and officials, faith leaders, diplomats and journalists, covered a wide range of topics, from Russian foreign policy goals and the war in Ukraine to demographic issues, such as Russia's low birth rate, and economic development. As was t...
Dual sourcing is set to become even more important, in light of the war. Russian exports represent about 2 percent of the $19 trillion in annual global trade, but much higher portions of some key commodities—base metals, as mentioned earlier, and energy sources, fa...
Both Ukraine and Russia have appeared to ramp up the scale and scope of their attacks ahead of Trump's return to the White House. Ukraine said it launched it's biggest attack of the war against Russian military bases, and appeared to make extensive use ...
The report authors even calculated the extra planet-warming pollution created byairlines rerouting flightsto avoid Russian and Ukrainian airspace. “If you look at the environmental costs of what’s happening in Ukraine, that war is a catastrophe when it comes to carbon emissions,” James Appathur...
Strikes on energy infrastructure come a day after Ukraine said it had carried out its biggest attack of the war on Russian military bases Analysis: No surprise Ukraine ramping up strikes on Russia before Trump return Big picture: What you need to know this week ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed Moscow has no interest in expanding the war beyond Ukraine to the likes of Poland and Latvia.
Russia preparing for long war, Ukrainian military says Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank on a road in eastern Ukraine on November 24, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Anatolii Stepanov | Afp | Getty Images Russia is digging in for a long war in Ukraine and still wants to conquer...