• Stopped EU companies exporting defence, navy, transport and communications goods and services to Russia • Banned Russian media outlets Sputnik and Russia Today across the EU SWIFT Shortly after the initial invasion, the US, UK, EU and its allies agreed to ...
What Did Putin Say on Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Belarus? More Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Minister of Transport Vitaly Saveliev in Moscow, Russia March 25, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin sa...
For some time, Ukraine had been saying that in order to fend off Russia, it needed the heavy weapons which had been promised by Western allies. Within days of the arrival of the first US-supplied HIMARS rocket system, Ukraine was proudly proclaiming ...
In 1946, tensions between the US and Russia heightened with the start of the cold war. Both nations were the main driving forces on opposing ends. Both had claims to Eastern Europe after World War II, and a standoff would occur for the next 50 years. The US and the West thought that...
"We could have just sped up the invasion timeline," countered Reach. "No Russian president is ever going to allow Ukraine to become a U.S. aircraft carrier—meaning Ukraine becomes a platform for military capability that could threaten Russia. If they felt that scenario was playing out, t...
What Costs Can U.S. And Its Allies Impose On Russia?David Greene
It’s clear that a number of longstanding as well as new US friends and allies are less interested in being manipulated and are resisting that kind of hegemonic engagement. For example, South Korean isn’t really interested, others aren’t either, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore ...
They are the UK, US, France, China, and Russia. Other countries, including North Korea, India, and Pakistan, are believed to have nuclear weapons too - but they are not part of the NPT. The US and Russian nuclear capabilities are by far the biggest, with America having around 1,700 ...
US PresidentDonald Trumphas gone all in with his effort to strongarm Kyiv into peace negotiations with Russia, suspending US military aid toUkrainewith immediate effect. The move has sent shockwaves through the Western world and left Ukraine and its allies scrambling. ...
In any case, a glaring possibility exists that a peace deal, agreed by the US and Russia, is rejected by Zelensky, or that Putin doesn’t agree to peacekeepers. Europe’s support would then become essential, if Ukraine is to keep up a difficult war without an end date. That means ...