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War in Ukraine
UK Politician Nigel Farage Says West ‘Provoked’ Putin to Invade Ukraine
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK’s Reform Party, said during a prime-time TV interview that the EU and NATO incited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with its eastward expansion.
June 21, 2024
Putin Threatens to Revise Nuclear Doctrine and Vows to ‘Go to the End’ in Ukraine
Speaking just days after securing a strategic partnership with Pyongyang, Putin warned that he would respond to Western countries “lowering the threshold” for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia.
June 21, 2024
Germany
Russia May Be Behind Attack on Diehl Arms Plant in Berlin Last Month – Bild
“Concrete evidence” of Russia's involvement in the fire at the plant was passed on to Berlin by a foreign intelligence service.
June 21, 2024
Putin
Moscow Ready to Negotiate with Kyiv Tomorrow, But Won’t Withdraw Troops – Putin
The Russian President speaking during a visit to Vietnam also said that “the negotiating conditions will change depending on the situation on the battlefield.”
June 21, 2024
War in Ukraine
Putin Does Not Rule Out Sending Arms to N.Korea, US 'Incredibly' Concerned
On a trip to Vietnam following a state visit to Pyongyang where Russia and North Korea signed a mutual defence pact, Putin also warned South Korea not to arm Ukraine.
June 21, 2024
Russia
FACT CHECK: Russian Lawmakers Falsely Accuse Ukraine of Crimes Against Children – Again
Accused by the International Criminal Court of abducting Ukrainian children, the Russian Duma has reproposed already debunked arguments accusing Ukraine of the same and worse.
June 21, 2024
War in Ukraine
International Human Rights and Mental Health Campaigner on Situation in Ukraine
Robert van Voren, a human rights advocate and the Director of the Andrei Sakharov Research Center, discusses his involvement in Ukraine's resistance to Russia's aggression.
June 21, 2024
Putin
Russia and Vietnam Vow to Strengthen Ties as Putin Visits
The Russian leader did not receive such a clear public declaration of support in Hanoi, but Vietnamese President To Lam indicated a desire to boost defence cooperation.
June 20, 2024
War in Ukraine
Belarusian Hoaxer’s Latest Wheeze Exposes Russia’s Denunciation Culture
In echoes of the Stalin era, Russian schools responded to an apparent request by regional education authorities to compile lists of “unreliable schoolchildren.”
June 20, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: June 20, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
June 20, 2024
Russia
EU Hits Russian LNG Sector in Fresh Sanctions
The new measures -- which should be formally adopted on Monday -- are aimed at further choking off Russian President Vladimir Putin's war effort against Ukraine.
June 20, 2024
UN
Russian Ministers Ejected from Conference Room After Diplomatic Faux Pas in Pyongyang
A live broadcast on North Korean state TV saw seven members of Putin’s delegation thrown out for unknowingly breaking protocol by entering before the “Supreme Leader.”
June 20, 2024
Putin
History, 'Bamboo Diplomacy' in Focus on Putin's Vietnam Trip
Vietnam and Russia have close ties going back to the 1950s, but Hanoi is not likely to give Putin the public pledge of "full support" on Ukraine that he received from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
June 20, 2024
Ukraine
Kherson: At the River’s Edge, Under Russian Shells
Despite constant shelling and bombardment, Kherson’s residents won’t leave. On the contrary, they are digging in to grow their businesses and get on with their lives
June 20, 2024
Putin
Is Russia Going to Supply North Korea With Weapons Due to Western F-16s Supply to Ukraine?
While Russian President Vladimir Putin said deliveries of F-16s to Kyiv violated unspecified “international obligations,” some have falsely connected it with Moscow’s new treaty with Pyongyang.
June 20, 2024
War in Ukraine
‘No Country Should Give Putin a Platform’ – Ukraine at War Update for June 20
Putin brings his East Asian tour to Hanoi; SBU detains Telegram informant in Kharkiv; French Senate group urges sanctions on Russian LNG; Shelling in Kherson kills one, injures others.
June 20, 2024
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