Category: 2. RussianAggression

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is distinguished chair in Russia and Eurasia policy and a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation Despite all the differences between president-elect… Continue Reading

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian energy group Gazprom is considering plans to axe 1,600 jobs — a record number — as the company struggles with plummeting gas sales in Europe and sanctions… Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. EU shipyards are repairing Russian ice-class tankers and offering them dry dock facilities, enabling Moscow to continue moving gas through the Arctic despite western sanctions on… Continue Reading

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Crude prices on Monday reached their highest level since August as Indian and Chinese refiners scrambled to find alternative supplies after tough new US sanctions targeting… Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on two of Russia’s largest oil producers, a major liquefied natural gas project, and more than 100 tankers in its “shadow fleet” in what U.S. officials say are the most significant economic measures yet against the… Continue Reading

Around 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 2,700 others injured in Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in a closed briefing Monday. The National Intelligence Service said it had participated in the interrogation of several North Korean troops who… Continue Reading

Kyiv, Ukraine —  Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Kyiv is ready to hand over North Korean soldiers to their leader Kim Jong Un if he can facilitate their exchange for Ukrainians held captive in Russia. “In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there… Continue Reading

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US president-elect Donald Trump intends to push Ukraine to lower its age of conscription in an effort to stabilise the country’s front lines ahead of direct negotiations… Continue Reading