Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine cease as transit agreement expires | Russia
Russian gas has stopped flowing to Europe through Ukraine, ending a key energy route that dates back to Soviet times and withstood three years of all-out war between the two countries. Ukraine cut off the shipping route after the agreement signed in 2019 expired in the early hours of New Year's Day. This marks a […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that his country will use 2025 to fight to end nearly three years of Russian aggression. The Ukrainian leader's speech caps a difficult year for the war-torn country, which has been fending off resource-rich Russian forces for nearly three years. “May 2025 be our year,” President Zelenskiy said in […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia vows to retaliate after state media reportedly blocked on Telegram in EU | Russia
Russia has vowed to retaliate after the EU's popular social media platform Telegram apparently blocked state media channels. According to media reports, on Sunday in several countries, including France, Belgium, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands and Italy, the channels of Rianovosti news agency, Russia 1, Pervikanal, NTV television, Izvestia newspaper and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper were turned […]
Azerbaijan president accuses Russia of ‘absurd’ plane crash cover-up, says flight was ‘shot down’
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev accused Russia of carrying out an “absurd” cover-up after Russian air defense forces allegedly “shot down” a passenger plane last week. Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized for this weekend's “tragic incident,” but the Kremlin has not officially said that Russian air defenses shot down the plane. At least 38 people […]
US government formally designates American teacher jailed in Russia as wrongfully detained
The State Department has announced that an American teacher arrested on drug charges at a Russian airport more than three years ago has been found to have been wrongfully detained by the U.S. government. Mark Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, is serving a 14-year prison sentence after being arrested at a Russian airport in […]
White House: Russia, North Korea treating troops as 'expendable' in conflict with Ukraine
White House National Security and Public Affairs Advisor John Kirby said Russia is treating North Korea's military as “expendable” by sending them into unrealistic ground operations in the war against Ukraine. . “It is clear that the military leaders of Russia and North Korea treat these forces as expendable and are ordering desperate attacks against […]
Fico Offers Slovakia as Peace Talks Venue for Russia and Ukraine
Slovakian Prime Minister Roberto Fico offered his country as a possible location for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, days after meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. In a Facebook post Friday, Fico said I wrote: “If someone wants to organize peace talks in Slovakia, we are ready and hospitable.” The “someone” in his […]
Bloodied Ukrainian Troops Risk Losing Hard-Won Land in Kursk to Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Five months after a shocking attack on Russia, Ukraine's military is bloodied and demoralized by the growing risk of defeat in Kursk. While this is an area that they want to protect at all costs, there are also areas that are questioning the value of the attack. all. The fighting is […]
North Korean Soldier Captured While Fighting for Russia Dies of Injuries
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) announced on Friday that a wounded North Korean soldier who was captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting for Russia in Kursk has died of his injuries. “We have confirmed through intelligence services of friendly countries that the North Korean soldier who was captured alive on December 26th died some […]
Russia being blamed for Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed hundreds of miles off course, killing dozens
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing more than 30 passengers, and aviation and Ukrainian authorities are blaming Russia for the deadly crash, reports say. . Kazakh authorities said the Embraer 190 passenger plane, which was flying from Azerbaijan to Russia, had 62 passengers and five crew members […]