US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Kiev for talks with Ukrainian officials. Pentagon chief has stated Russia cannot block Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Moscow has warned Kiev joining the bloc goes beyond ‘red lines’.
Washington needs Kiev for adversarial relations with Moscow as well as its total deterrence, a Russian official claims. The source, however, has described the alliance as ‘fragile’.
British military personnel are to be mobilized within days to drive truck drivers, in response to fuel shortage across the UK, according to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
Several gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on a car carrying a senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. The advisor was not harmed, while his driver suffered gunshot wounds.
An Iranian diplomat has expressed readiness for talks with the Ukrainian officials at any time and any place about the outstanding issues surrounding the January 8 downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran, including the black boxes and compensation for the families of victims.
