Shadow of war hangs over Orthodox Easter as Zelenskiy and Putin mark holiday | Ukraine
Orthodox Easter Sunday in Ukraine and Russia as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy claimed God “has the Ukrainian flag draped over his shoulders” and President Vladimir Putin attended a church service led by ardent supporters of Moscow’s invasion Worship has taken on a political tinge. President Zelenskiy noted that Ukraine has been at war with Russia for […]
Putin Did Not Order Death of Navalny, U.S. Intelligence Finds: Report
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. intelligence officials say they have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not order the killing of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February. This was revealed by an official familiar with the matter. U.S. officials believe that Putin was ultimately responsible for Navalny’s death and that he endured brutal […]
Putin likely didn’t order Navalny’s death, says US intelligence official: report
Russian President Vladimir Putin likely did not order the killing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a senior US intelligence official. told the Wall Street Journal on sunday. Navalny died in a Russian prison in February, and foreign leaders quickly pinned the blame on Putin for what appeared to be a political assassination. The official told […]
Putin Likely Didn’t Order Death Of Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny, US Intel Agencies Say
The Wall Street Journal reported that American intelligence agencies believe the killing of Russian opposition leader and dissident Alexei Navalny may not have been ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. reported that it was found to be high. Navalny’s death in February in a prisoner of war camp in Russia’s Arctic region prompted the United […]
Navalny’s death did not come as direct order from Putin: Report
U.S. intelligence agencies determined Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death was not the result of a direct order from President Vladimir Putin, according to a report. Sources familiar with the postmortem investigation told the Wall Street Journal that Putin did not issue an order for Navalny to be killed when he died and that the circumstances surrounding Nalvany’s […]
Why Putin needs Trump to win
In Ukraine, the capricious fortunes of the war tilted in favor of Russia. While the aggressor seizes military leadership, the Trumpified Republican Party is questioning both America’s commitment to a free Ukraine and our will to confront the new Russian imperialism. But for now, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has managed to solve the […]
Poland’s foreign minister says Putin should fear a war with NATO
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in a speech on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin should fear war with NATO because it would inevitably end in Russia’s defeat. “It is not we in the West who should be afraid of a conflict with President Putin, but rather the opposite,” Sikorski said in a translated […]
Biden needs to give Putin something to worry about
Russian President Vladimir Putin is doubling down on his war against Ukraine. In recent days and weeks, the Kremlin has telegraphed that the city of Kharkiv and Chassiv Yar in the Donbass region will be on Putin’s next list to be “liberated,” or reduced to a pile of rubble. Moscow continues to bomb both cities […]
Pence predicts Putin will target a NATO country if he’s successful in Ukraine
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called on members of Congress to help push for more funding to Ukraine, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin could target NATO members if Russia wins the war with Kiev. I predicted that it would. Pence: “My meeting with Vladimir Putin has shown me that if President Putin is […]
Trump Is ‘Palsy-Walsy’ with Putin
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Andrea Mitchell Report” that former President Donald Trump is “numb” toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. “What’s at stake is our democracy,” Pelosi said. “Thank you so much for your interest in Ukraine. Whether it’s in the courtrooms in Manhattan or in Gaza and elsewhere, you can’t […]