Ukrainian sniper Oleksandr Matsievsky was captured by Russians in the first year of the full-scale invasion. Later, a video emerged showing him smoking his last cigarette in a forest, apparently next to a grave he had been forced to dig. “Glory to Ukraine!” he says to his captors. Moments later, shots ring out and he…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy “terrorist” groups that posed a threat to Syria’s survival, namely ISIS and Kurdish fighters. “Daesh, the PKK and their affiliates – which threaten the survival of Syria – must be eradicated,” he told journalists while returning from a Cairo summit, using an Arabic…
Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told her Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Friday. “Security, especially for Kurds, is essential for a free and secure future for Syria,” she told journalists after meeting Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, warning of the dangers of any…
US President Joe Biden approved $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan on Friday, the White House said, as the Democrat prepares to leave office ahead of the January inauguration of Donald Trump. The United States does not officially recognize Taiwan diplomatically but it is the self-ruled island’s strategic ally and largest supplier of weapons….
Barbara Leaf also revealed that she had told Ahmed al-Sharaa, a US-designated terrorist, that Washington would no longer pursue the $10 million bounty on his head Iran will have no future role in Syria, the top US diplomat for the Middle East said Friday, hours after meeting the leader of “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) in Damascus. Senior…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other politicians will Saturday visit the scene of a bloody car-ramming that targeted visitors to a Christmas fair in an old market city. Police arrested a 50-year-old at the site of the assault in which two people were killed and 68 injured when an SUV plowed through the festive crowd in Magdeburg…
Israel’s military said Saturday it had failed to intercept a “projectile” launched from Yemen that landed in Tel Aviv, with the national medical service saying 16 people were lightly wounded. Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi militia have repeatedly launched missile attacks against Israel since the war in Gaza began more than a year ago, most of which…
“It is very important to talk about these statements by the president in the context of the question he was asked,” Dmitry Peskov pointed out When Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a “technological duel” between the Oreshnik system and Western air defenses, he was responding to a question about the vulnerabilities of the new Russian…
The German Chancellor Scholz claimed he intended to “make clear” to the Russian leader the need for his contribution to ending the conflict and withdrawing troops. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that he intends to continue to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the hope that in this way he will contribute…
The restart of transit via the Ukrainian gas transportation system is possible at a request of the European Commission if this is not Russian gas, Denis Shmygal said. Ukraine will terminate Russian gas transit at 07:00 a.m. local time as the five-year contract will end, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said. “We understand at…
According to Russia’s Defence Ministry, attempts to conduct attacks against facilities on Russian soil were thwarted Overnight, air defenses downed 19 unmanned aerial vehicles in the skies over four Russian regions and the Black Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. “Last night, attempts by the Kiev regime to conduct terrorist attacks against facilities on Russian soil…
Acting Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein said earlier that the town of Rylsk, located some 120 kilometers west of Kursk, had come under Ukrainian fire. Moscow will raise the issue of Ukrainian strikes on the town of Rylsk in the Kursk Region at the UN Security Council meeting that will take place on Friday at…
The Russian leader also agreed with Sergey Mironov, head of the “A Just Russia – For Truth” faction in the Duma, who said that “the birth rate is insufficient, because the matter concerns extinction” Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the statement that a war has been declared on the “Russian world,” echoing the remarks…
Marine Le Pen told the newspaper that she believes US President-elect Donald Trump can get Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky to hold talks and a diplomatic solution will be found. Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Rally parliamentary faction, believes that the West is pushing Ukraine to continue the conflict with…
The prime minister was asked about this during his speech to the Patriots for Europe faction of Members of the European Parliament, which took place before the EU leaders’ meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky during the ongoing European Union summit in Brussels to discuss his…
