Ukraine's foreign minister says if Russia is "serious" about de-escalation, it "must continue diplomatic engagement and pull back military forces it amassed along Ukraine's borders"
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated that the alliance would support Ukraine should Russia invade but not send troops.
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🇸🇯 Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Store said creating uncertainly is a Putin trademark. “The fact you get different readings of will there be an invasion or not is what the Russian president wants to happen,” he said in an interview. “He wants there to be ambiguity”
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"People who speak Russian in Ukraine are far freer than people who speak Russian in Russia." 🔗 The Washington Post Article 🔍 Join the @WesternAlliance
Additionally: Putin’s defense minister last month called Ukrainian nationalists “nonhumans.” Putin’s intel chief has described “Russophobia” in Ukraine as the outgrowth of a Western propaganda campaign dating to jealous European scribes who besmirched Ivan the Terrible.
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The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin’s Ear
Three reactionary security officials dedicated to “traditional values” and restoring Soviet glory will figure prominently in the decision whether to invade Ukraine.
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🚀 Today's North Korea missile test: 800km range and 2,000km altitude Context of prior big missile tests in North Korea: July 2017 ICBM test – 933km range, 2802km altitude August 2017 ICBM test - 998km range, 3724km altitude Nov. 2017 ICBM test - 960km range…
Bloomberg: A senior U.S. official said North Korea has yet to respond to offers for talks, reiterates the U.S. is ready to meet anytime at any place without preconditions.
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As China replants its own forests, it is destroying the world’s
“Without timber of its own, China has sought it abroad. Forests around the world are being razed to feed the ever-increasing appetite of China’s factories and consumers.”
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“Without timber of its own, China has sought it abroad. Forests around the world are being razed to feed the ever-increasing appetite of China’s factories and consumers.”
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As China replants its own forests, it is destroying the world’s
China under President Xi Jinping is ostensibly dedicated to creating an “ecological civilisation.” According to Xi, that civilisation is supposed to include healthy forests. In October, he to…
'Russia further boosted troop levels on the Ukrainian border this weekend, adding to President Vladimir Putin’s options should he decide on a military incursion, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said'
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Pentagon Says Putin Still Adding Russian Troops Around Ukraine
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🇩🇪⚡The head of the German Navy resigned late Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia.
Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Schönbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect.”
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Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Schönbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect.”
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German Navy chief resigns following Ukraine comments
Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht accepted the resignation and appointed Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach's deputy as interim naval chief.
⚠️ US, Russia face off at UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis
Ambassadors to the United Nations from the US and Russia traded verbal blows Monday during the first public meeting of the UN Security Council since the crisis in Ukraine came to a head.
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Ambassadors to the United Nations from the US and Russia traded verbal blows Monday during the first public meeting of the UN Security Council since the crisis in Ukraine came to a head.
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US, Russia face off at UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis
Ambassadors to the United Nations from the US and Russia traded verbal blows Monday during the first public meeting of the UN Security Council since the crisis in Ukraine came to a head.
China is the highest threat to the US economy, which has already reached a new level, FBI Director Christopher Ray
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 A fifth plane from the United States arrived in Kiev, which delivered 84 tons of ammunition to Ukraine
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US battling to swing Thailand away from China
Chinese submarines and American stealth fighter jets are both on the menu for Thailand’s military-aligned government.
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Chinese submarines and American stealth fighter jets are both on the menu for Thailand’s military-aligned government.
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US battling to swing Thailand away from China
NONG KHAI, Thailand – You can see China’s inexorable southern thrust along the Mekong River where tall, fanciful, Chinese buildings sprout on the Laos side of this sleepy northern border, spa…
🇺🇸⚡The White House said on Monday that it had developed "specific sanctions packages" to strike at Russian "elites" who are "in or near the inner circle of the Kremlin" should President Vladimir Putin order an invasion of Ukraine.
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🇺🇦 UKRAINE – Almost 30 trucks with humanitarian aid from Poland arrive in Kyiv
Note: UK, Poland and Ukraine formed a new military alliance against a possible Russian invasion.
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Note: UK, Poland and Ukraine formed a new military alliance against a possible Russian invasion.
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Almost 30 trucks with humanitarian aid from Poland arrive in Kyiv
More than 120 tonnes of humanitarian aid from the Government of Poland have arrived in Kyiv. — Ukrinform.
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🇺🇸⚡US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Europe later this month to meet with NATO allies amid tensions with Russia over its military buildup near Ukraine, a Voice of America reporter wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
Austin will attend a NATO defense ministerial on Feb. 16-17.
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Austin will attend a NATO defense ministerial on Feb. 16-17.
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Vladimir Putin's Ukraine obsession
Russian President Vladimir Putin has an obsession that is so close and yet so far: to return Ukraine to Moscow's fold, in the name of Russia's greatness.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has an obsession that is so close and yet so far: to return Ukraine to Moscow's fold, in the name of Russia's greatness.
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Vladimir Putin's Ukraine obsession
Russian President Vladimir Putin has an obsession that is so close and yet so far: to return Ukraine to Moscow's fold, in the name of Russia's greatness. For many Russians of his generation, who were
BOOM – State Department spokesman- Yes, it is time to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US Embassy in Kiev will provide financial assistance to US citizens who wish to leave Ukraine on commercial flights.
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