Speculation rises over Russia prison swap including Paul Whelan
Online trackers monitoring Russian prisoner movements have raised the alarm about a possible prisoner swap with Western countries, with the unknown whereabouts of several high-profile prisoners, including American prisoner Paul Whelan. In addition to Whelan and British Russian prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza, at least seven other prominent Russian dissidents have been unexpectedly transferred in recent days. […]
Harris says Israel has right to defend itself as Iran, Russia and Lebanon condemn IDF strike on Hezbollah
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Russia will use cryptocurrency to handle backlogged payments to allies amid Western sanctions: reports
Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst General Jack Keane discusses the US intercepting Russian and Chinese aircraft, reports that Ukraine is asking China to help end the war, and France’s rail network coming under arson attack. Russia may turn to cryptocurrencies as the latest way to circumvent tough international sanctions that are battering its economy as […]
Russia has overrun 2 more eastern Donetsk villages, Ukrainian troops report
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces have seized the villages of Vovche and Prokhres in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. After Russia claimed to have thwarted a drone attack, Ukrainian security services targeted an electricity substation in Russia’s Kursk region, causing a blackout. The villages are about 20 miles northwest of Avdiivka, which Russia captured in […]
Russia Docks 3 Warships in Havana, Continuing Parade of Naval Ships to Cuba
Three warships from Russia’s Baltic Fleet arrived in Havana, Cuba this weekend for a four-day “working visit” to the communist country, reportedly due to conclude on Tuesday. Russian state news agency TASS report On Saturday, three Russian Baltic Fleet warships, identified as training vessels, SmolnyPatrol boat Neustrahimyand offshore oil tankers Erinya — During the four-day […]
Biden administration says it has replenished strategic oil reserve after Russia war drawdown
The Biden administration said it was replenishing 180 million barrels of oil it had drawn from the Strategic National Petroleum Reserve in response to soaring prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Energy Department announced purchases of 4.65 million barrels on Friday, bringing total purchases since the 2022 cuts to more than 40 million barrels. […]
NORAD intercepts bombers from China, Russia off Alaskan coast
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Wednesday that its fighter jets intercepted Chinese and Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska. NORAD NORAD said on Wednesday it detected and tracked two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). NORAD said Canadian and […]
Ukraine Says It Is ‘Willing and Ready’ for Dialogue with Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Chinese Communist Party diplomats in Beijing on Wednesday that his country was “willing and ready for dialogue and negotiations with Russia” — a stark departure from the situation under President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government, which has repeatedly refused to consider direct negotiations. Russia has engaged in colonial adventurism in Ukraine […]
Top US general urges Russia not to give Houthis anti-ship missiles
Russia’s prospected interest in sending anti-ship missiles to the Houthis, an Iranian-backed militant group, threatens to “broaden the conflict,” the top U.S. military officer warned. “We’d prefer them not to do that,” Gen. C.Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday at the Aspen Security Forum. “They’re a sovereign nation, they’ll […]
Russia Brags Sanctions Helped It Avoid Microsoft Crash
Russia’s Ministry of Digital Communications said on Friday: Thanks to Russia’s resistance to Western sanctions, the global IT outage did not affect Russian airlines or banks. “At present, we have not received any reports of system failures at Russian airports,” the ministry said. Claimed. “The Microsoft situation reaffirms the importance of import substitution of foreign […]