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The United Nations warned Friday that renewed Russian strikes on Ukraine’s battered energy infrastructure could bring severe hardship and trigger further mass displacement. “If they were to target the energy sector again, this could be a tipping point,” said Matthias Schmale, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine. Such attacks, he added, could “tip the scale […]
NATO official believes Russia can make three concessions for Ukraine conflict to end Former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller believes that Russia can make three concessions to Donald Trump to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. Photo: мультимедиа.минобороны.рф by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, CC BY 4.0 In particular, she suggested using Germany’s post-war […]
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – On the last day of January, a woman took her son to see paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova at Polyclinic No. 140 in northwest Moscow. The boy, aged seven, had a problem with one of his eyes. The conversation that the boy’s mother alleged took place during an 18-minute encounter at […]
The EU has for the first time funded member states’ joint procurement of weapons, including missiles and ammunition, which will in part be sent to Ukraine. It had previously financed arms purchases for Ukraine ad hoc and from outside its budget. The European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager said the EU was investing €300 million to […]
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep, where we also had to Google “Who is Pete Hegseth?” Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: A Trump enforcer heads to the Defense Department, the president-elect reportedly asks Putin not to escalate in Ukraine, and the death toll in Sudan’s civil war may be even worse than […]
Ukraine released a video showing an attack on a Russian armored convoy. The brigade said a Leopard 2 tank and other weaponry destroyed tanks and other vehicles. Russia has suffered major tank losses in the war, but it hasn’t stopped it from advancing. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed […]
United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, a pro-Israel and Iran hawk, to serve as his defence secretary, lauding him as “tough, smart and a true believer in America First”. The 44-year-old’s nomination to lead the world’s most powerful military has come in for criticism from the […]
North Korean soldiers have begun fighting against Ukraine alongside their Russian allies, the US State Department said, after Pyongyang sent thousands of troops to Russia’s Kursk region to aid the Kremlin’s war efforts. “Today I can confirm that over 10,000 DPRK soldiers have been sent to eastern Russia, and most of them have moved to […]
Russia is building up infantry and armoured vehicles while stepping up aerial bombardments ahead of planned attacks along the southern front, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said. “The Russians have been preparing for some time, for several weeks, to conduct assault operations in several directions, specifically in the Zaporizhzhia direction,” Vladyslav Voloshyn told Agence France-Presse. […]
Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Belgium, Peru, and Brazil Press Statement Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson November 12, 2024 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Brussels, Belgium for meetings with his NATO and European Union counterparts to discuss support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s aggression on November 12-13. Secretary Blinken will then […]