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Putin
UK ‘Ramps Up Pressure on Putin’ With Biggest Sanctions Package Yet
UK PM Sir Keir Starmer announced the largest-ever sanctions package against Russia, targeting its shadow oil fleet intended to apply yet more pressure on Russia.
May 9, 2025
Europe
Kyiv’s EU Allies Greenlight Tribunal to Try Russian Leaders
EU foreign ministers gathered in Lviv on Europe Day to back a special tribunal targeting Russia’s leadership for the invasion of Ukraine.
May 9, 2025
Ukraine
Ukrainian Secret Services Break Up Hungarian Spy Ring
Budapest ordered its spies to find out whether ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine might support invasion by the Hungarian army. Communications was by Signal.
May 9, 2025
Kyiv
Run for Azovstal: Kyiv’s ‘Spartan Race’ Channels the Heroism of ‘Operation Sky’
The “Spartan Kyiv 2025” a charity obstacle race held in Kyiv inspired by the daring “Sky” operation, when Ukrainian pilots broke through to the encircled defenders of Azovstal.
May 9, 2025
War in Ukraine
What Putin Said on Victory Day – And What He Didn’t
Behind the red banners and military displays, the annual celebration also served as a platform to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here’s what Putin said – and what was left unsaid.
May 9, 2025
US
‘Total Marxist Like Pope Francis’ – MAGA Furious as Pope Leo’s Critical Posts on Trump, Vance Resurface After Vatican Vote
Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected by fellow cardinals to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics after a secret conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
May 9, 2025
Germany
80 Years After WW2: Where Does Europe Stand?
Russia marks its victory in the ‘Great Patriotic War’ with an annual military parade on 9 May. Europe’s commentators reflect in light of the current conflicts.
May 9, 2025
NATO
‘True Face of Iranian Regime’: Shahed Drone Displayed Inside US Congress
The Speaker of the US Congress and lawmakers condemn the Islamic regime for providing Russia with drones to attack Ukrainian civilians, call for full Iranian ‘nuclear disarmament’
May 9, 2025
