Category: 2. RussianAggression

In the latest grim uptick of Russia’s nuclear weapons policy, President Vladimir Putin suggested on September 25 that the Kremlin could use nuclear weapons against any state attacking Russia if that country was supported by a nuclear power. If Russia were to launch a massive nuclear strike on… Continue Reading

For six gruelling days earlier this month a small team of experienced Ukrainian soldiers managed to withstand Russia’s relentless assault on their position on the eastern front. All aged under 40 and with two years of fighting experience, the six men held their ground despite a barrage of… Continue Reading

New York —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This meeting between the countries’ top diplomats comes amid growing U.S. concerns over Chinese… Continue Reading

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss U.S. support for the war in Ukraine. Republicans, meanwhile, denounced Zelenskyy’s visit to a Pennsylvania factory, calling it partisan. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara… Continue Reading

new video loaded: Biden Pledges More Weapons and Almost $8 Billion in Aid to Ukraine transcript Back transcript Biden Pledges More Weapons and Almost $8 Billion in Aid to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met with President Biden at the White House on Thursday as a part of an effort to… Continue Reading

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A Russian businessman who claimed he was entitled to a stake worth hundreds of millions of dollars in one of the world’s largest producers of fertiliser has lost a… Continue Reading

Five days before President Vladimir Putin announced that he would loosen the conditions under which Russia might use a nuclear weapon against an adversary, one of those very same nuclear weapons had a spectacularly explosive mishap. The Sarmat, Russia’s newest intercontinental ballistic… Continue Reading

A resident of Zaporizhzhya told RFE/RL it was a “miracle” that he survived a Russian strike on his home in the southern Ukrainian city. At least nine people were wounded on September 26 after the city was targeted for a fourth day in a row with glide bombs. The attack came before Ukrainian… Continue Reading