Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged a quick probe into a Russian leak of secret talks about the Ukraine war. The German military has confirmed the talks were real, but couldn’t…
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German army chief wants more money for equipment.
Berlin (2/3 – 62.50). Lt. Gen. Alfons Mais says the €100 billion committed by the government last year is insufficient. Meanwhile, an association representing soldiers says the Bundeswehr turnaround needs…
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Kenes Rakishev offers an alternative to risky nickel and cobalt suppliers
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaThe massive international crisis of a truly planetary scale is looming. From one end the G7 countries are adamant to punish Russia and prevent it from scoring a victory in…
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“Special Military Operation” or War of Attrition?
Brussels, Frankfurt (28/9 – 28) The conflict in Ukraine has held the world’s attention for a year and a half; now that it has apparently settled into an extended slugfest…
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Ukraine War: Russia Executed 77 Civilians Detained by its Forces, UN Says
Russian forces summarily executed 77 civilians they had arbitrarily detained during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, a UN report says. Another male detainee died from torture, inhumane conditions and denial of…
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Putin Seeks to Project Sense of Normality With Calls to Central Asian Peers
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaRussian President Vladimir Putin reached out to counterparts in Central Asia on June 24 in an attempt to project normality amid an unfolding mutiny mounted by the Wagner mercenary formation,…
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Thirty-seven countries have imposed economic sanctions on Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The breadth of this campaign has few precedents in recent history. The sanctions covering…
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Ukraine Rejects Prabowo’s Peace Proposal
Brussels, London (6/6 – 60) Indonesian Minister of Defense and 2024 presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto delivered a peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which is being…
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Russia’s War in Ukraine ‘Starting to Feel Like Vietnam’ Says GOP Senator
by Cai Xiaby Cai XiaA Republican senator has said the war in Ukraine is beginning to ‘feel like Vietnam’ as he questioned United States policy in the region. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kanas, accused President Joe Biden of being…
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Insider job: Ukraine targets high-level double agents who helped Putin invade
Kyiv thinks traitors helped the Russians take Kherson and Chernobyl early in the war. PRESS PLAY TO LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE Ukraine is deepening a purge of double agents in…