If the US Congress fails to pass a bill which includes funding for Ukraine this year, the chances of it doing so at a later point will fall significantly, NBC News has reported, citing sources on Capitol Hill. A clash on supplemental spending is expected after the Thanksgiving recess.
Moscow has managed to turn the tables on the west when it comes to sanctions placed on Moscow, the Kremlin has announced, arguing that a myriad of restrictions failed to crash the Russian economy.
Mikhail Podoliak, the most senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has stated that the delivery of Western arms to Kiev should happen much faster.
Brussels might not initiate formal membership talks with Kiev at next month’s summit and could reschedule the matter for March 2024 instead, Reuters has reported, citing an unnamed senior EU official.
Ukraine has received fewer artillery rounds since Israel launched its military operation against the Gaza Strip, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He added that competition for munitions between countries has intensified, particularly for 155mm shells.
The Relations between Russia and the United States are hanging by a thread, with Washington to blame, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced in a statement on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
The next generation of Ukrainians or their offspring may end up fighting if Ukraine’s conflict with Russia becomes ‘frozen’ at this stage, but Kiev is working to prevent such an outcome, President Volodymyr Zelensky told a group of visiting journalists in the capital. He also confirmed Ukraine has “already lost too many people” in the conflict with Russia.
France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over the chemical attacks in 2013 near Damascus, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case announced Wednesday. Damascus has rejected any involvement in the gas attack.
It would be a big mistake to perceive the restraint of Iran and other countries on the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as "the green light" to any action in the Gaza Strip, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated in an interview with RT.
A conflict is brewing between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country’s top military brass over the former’s reluctance to admit that Kiev’s counteroffensive against Russia has ground to a halt, Aleksey Arestovich, a former aide to the Ukrainian leader, has told El Mundo.
Russia and Ukraine may never sign a formal peace treaty ending the current conflict, Kirill Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, wrote in an op-ed, pointing to Moscow and Tokyo, which never signed a comprehensive peace treaty after World War II due to territorial disputes.
Washington’s abilities to provide help to the Kiev authorities are becoming smaller from day to day but the country is still providing the military assistance asked for by Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated at a briefing.
The European Union has authorized at least €27 billion in direct military assistance to Ukraine since last year, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated, touting the aid as the “highest figure ever reached".
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided whether he would run for his fifth presidential term in 2024, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is eager to negotiate with former US President Donald Trump directly just in case the Republican frontrunner retakes the White House in 2024, an insider source in Kiev has told Ukrainian outlet Strana.
The rapid rise of the BRICS is transforming the global economy, with the group’s share of world GDP in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) set to rise well beyond of that of the Group of Seven (G7) major advanced economies, Bloomberg has reported.
A number of European Union countries that previously insisted they’d completely quit purchasing Russian gas are still receiving the fuel from the country, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller has said in an interview with the Russian state broadcaster Rossiya-1.
Demonstrators have rallied worldwide in solidarity with Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, condemning the high rate of civilian casualties in Israeli attacks and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
There is no victory in sight for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. He added that the bloc must be ready to support Kiev for an extended period, and potentially substitute US military aid if it wants to stop Moscow from prevailing.
The European Union will not meet its goal of supplying 1 million artillery shells to Ukraine before next March, Bloomberg has reported. Officials previously vowed to ramp up ammunition deliveries through direct transfers and deals with private industry.
Russia’s victory in the conflict with Ukraine would affect NATO’s security as well, the US-led bloc’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has stated. NATO will continue to support Kiev with weapons and ammunition to avoid such a “dangerous” outcome, he stressed.
Ukraine will not stop fighting Russia until it takes back all the territories it considers its own, President Vlodymyr Zelensky told Reuters in an interview. Withdrawal of US support would hardly affect Kiev’s policies in this regard, he added.
The European Union promise of negotiations with Ukraine on eventual membership in the bloc is a shallow ruse, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed, using a ‘dangling carrot’ metaphor.