Tag: Russia Ukrania conflict

• Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  No peace deal, but progress made during Trump-Putin meeting

  

  Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States failed to reach a conclusive understanding on peace in Ukraine, although some progress was achieved vis-à-vis a next face-to-face meeting, most likely to be held in Moscow after Putin switched to English in a rare move to invite Trump over the Russian capital for the next round of talks.

• Friday, December 20th 2024 - 21:11 UTC

  Argentine Embassy in Kyiv hit by Russian shelling

  

  Argentina's Embassy was among the six diplomatic missions hit Friday when Russia bombed Kyiv. The others were those of Albania, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal, and Montenegro. Besides the “relatively light” material damage, all staffers of the South American legation were reported to be unharmed.

• Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:57 UTC

  UK: Sunak pledges to reinstate compulsory service

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Sunday that if he wins July's snap elections he will bring back conscription whereby all 18-year-olds would be required to either join the military full-time or volunteer one weekend per month with community organizations such as the police or National Health Service (NHS).

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Putin no longer recognizes Moldova's independence - new invasion ahead?

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has repealed a 2012 decree recognizing Moldova as an independent country, thus sparking concern among western powers that a new invasion could be in the making, as Russia's Defense Ministry denounced that Kyiv was preparing an armed provocation in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 08:01 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced the initial tranche of sanctions on Russia

  

  Following the Prime Minister-s announcement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday 22 February designated the initial tranche of sanctions on Russia. The sanctions package targets oligarchs and banks associated with the Kremlin.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:56 UTC

   Russia-Nato war over Ukraine remains a distant possibility

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - On January 18 US secretary of state Antony Blinken said that “our assessment has been that (a Russian invasion of Ukraine) could happen any time between mid-January and mid-February”.

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro visits new populist friends, “strong man Putin” and Hungary's Viktor Orban

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to arrive in Russia on Tuesday for an official visit, which has been described at a highly awkward diplomatic timing, given the stand-off in Ukraine between Moscow and the Western alliance.