More video of intense combat has emerged on social media. At one point, a Ukrainian soldier is almost killed when a captured Russian detonates a grenade. Sometimes the spoils of this war are antiques, like this old bolt-action rifle Ukrainian forces captured along with another...
All airports in Moscow are now operating normally after being temporarily closed down today. Earlier, we reported on a statement from Russia's aviation watchdog that said all four airports in the capital had been suddenly closed, with no reason given (see 13.18 post). It ...
Ukraine succeeding against Russia in the war has become a question of U.S. credibility, Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's foreign minister, told CNBC. "The success of Ukraine is now a matter of U.S. credibility. And if U.S. support for Ukraine were to stop, I think U.S. allies around the...
This represents the third long-term contract QatarEnergy signed for delivery to Europe with portfolio players over the past year, as the continent seeks to secure long-term LNG supply to replace Russian gas following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war. IPEX: Global spot index maintains down...
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Situation Report: Baltimore is burning, IEDs and drones in Ukraine, the F-35 gets dinged again, and lots morePaul McLearyForeign Policy
Last year, a US intel report said China was providing technology and equipment to Russia that was increasingly important to Moscow’s war. Despite its close ties with Moscow, Beijing has also attempted to promote itself as a peace broker in the conflict — a position reiterated by Wang in ...
Today Xi is expanding China’s military at a pace the world hasn’t seen in a century – since before World War Two. Long-time China analyst Steve Tsang, author of “If China Attacks Taiwan,” once told me that Xi’s military build-up is, by comparison, larger than Nazi Germany and...
The poll was conducted after differences between the two leaders had apparently broken into the open over the prosecution of the war. CNN’s Joshua Berlinger contributed to this report
It said such a focus could give rise to lose-lose dynamics, a downward spiral that endangers cooperation and undermines the existing global order. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: "Today's global order is not working for everyone. … Our world is facing existential challeng...