The mission to help liberate Kursk Region took place under harsh conditions, with soldiers displaying remarkable bravery, forcing the enemy to retreat The Russian army is conducting a major counteroffensive in Kursk Region, which was invaded by Ukrainian forces in August 2024. In just the […]
Moscow’s troops have made sweeping advances against Kiev’s invasion force, retaking over 100 square kilometers The Russian Defense Ministry has announced the liberation of 12 villages across Kursk Region, reporting a rapid advance against Ukraine’s invasion force in the area. Over the past 24 hours, […]
People such as Danish PM Mette Frederiksen don’t want the conflict with Russia to end, the tech tycoon has argued European leaders who are pushing against a peace agreement in Ukraine want a perpetual state of war, tech billionaire Elon Musk said in a statement […]
People such as Danish PM Mette Frederiksen don’t want the conflict with Russia to end, the tech tycoon has argued
European leaders who are pushing against a peace agreement in Ukraine want a perpetual state of war, tech billionaire Elon Musk said in a statement on X on Thursday. His remarks come in response to a recent video of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arguing that peace in Ukraine could be more dangerous than the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Musk, who is also currently a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and has spoken out against continued military aid to Kiev, arguing that it could lead to an escalation and risk a nuclear confrontation.
Responding to a post featuring Frederiksen’s latest remarks, he argued that some European leaders “want the forever war” and asked how many more people will have to lose their lives.
“How many more parents with no sons? How many more children with no fathers? By their logic, it never ends,” Musk wrote.
Frederiksen, who stated last month that “peace in Ukraine is actually more dangerous than the war that is ongoing now,” told journalists earlier this week that “Ukraine has to win this war.”
She claimed that if Russia is allowed to win, it will continue to take military action against other European countries. “If we end this war now with some kind of a ceasefire, it will give Russia the possibility to mobilize more funds, people, and maybe to attack another country in Europe,” she said.
Her statements echoed comments by other EU leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, who has recently claimed that Russia poses a threat to the entire bloc and called for defense spending to be ramped up.
Russia has also rejected unsubstantiated claims that it intends to attack European or NATO countries with Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissing such statements as “nonsense” and fear mongering by EU leaders aimed at alarming citizens and raising defense budgets.
Moscow has warned that one of the key reasons for the Ukraine conflict was NATO expansion towards Russia, including the bloc’s promise that Kiev would eventually become a member.
Kiev is employing cyber operations to gather personal data on minors for recruitment purposes, the agency has warned Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) is working to collect personal information about Russian schoolchildren with the intent of recruiting them for criminal activities, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) […]
Kiev is employing cyber operations to gather personal data on minors for recruitment purposes, the agency has warned
Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) is working to collect personal information about Russian schoolchildren with the intent of recruiting them for criminal activities, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed on Thursday, adding that the effort is directed by the West.
According to the statement, the HUR aims to deceive educators into divulging their students’ personal data. This information would then be utilized by Ukrainian agents to enlist teenagers for “subversive activities that threaten Russian security and for sabotage within Russia,” the FSB said, adding that the infiltration was “directed by NATO special services.”
The alleged Ukrainian grooming operation was reportedly “contained” through collaborative efforts among the FSB, Russian military counterintelligence, and the civilian authorities. Darya Borisova, the head of the Avangard Center, whose messages were purportedly falsified by the HUR, urged Russian parents to educate their children on online safety measures to enhance national security against threats originating from Western nations via Ukraine.
The HUR was reportedly reorganized from scratch with CIA assistance following the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, transforming it into an anti-Russian tool for US intelligence. Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict into direct hostilities in 2022, the agency has allegedly orchestrated several high-profile attacks on Russian territory, including the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022, in which five innocent civilians were killed.
The FSB has previously reported that it apprehended multiple Russian citizens accused of conducting or planning sabotage operations on behalf of Ukraine, some of whom were minors. Ukrainian agents are said to employ various tactics for online recruitment, ranging from financial incentives and promises of future benefits to coercion, financial scams, and subsequent blackmail.
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The amount of flowers grown by Russian companies has doubled since 2022 despite sanctions, Mikhail Mishustin has said Russia has overcome its dependence on the West with regard to flower farming, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday during a visit to one of the […]
The amount of flowers grown by Russian companies has doubled since 2022 despite sanctions, Mikhail Mishustin has said
Russia has overcome its dependence on the West with regard to flower farming, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Wednesday during a visit to one of the major enterprises in the industry. The country has doubled its production volumes in the years since Western sanctions were imposed, he said.
The prime minister was touring a greenhouse flower farming company in Moscow Region ahead of International Women’s Day. March 8 is celebrated in many countries across the world, and flowers are among the most popular gifts for the occasion in Russia.
The West “sought to deprive our women of flowers. They did not succeed,” Mishustin told journalists and company employees during his visit. He acknowledged that the restrictions which hit the national flower growing industry in April 2022, shortly after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, shocked everyone at first.
At the time, Russia imported 100% of its planting material for some of the most popular flower types, such as tulips or roses, according to RBK business news outlet. The EU restricted exports of flowers, bulbs, and seeds to Russia as part of its fifth round of sanctions.
Local producers eventually used the opportunity to increase their production volumes, Mishustin said. The government supported the industry with specialized credit lines and benefits, he explained, adding that the industry can expect further support in the future.
The US and its allies in the EU and elsewhere have hit Moscow with an unprecedented number of restrictions since the start of the Ukraine conflict. The sanctions have targeted everything from the banking sector to Russia’s international financial transactions, its oil and gas industry, as well as individual government members and entrepreneurs.
The restrictions failed to prevent the nation’s economic growth, with GDP increasing by 5.4% year-on-year as of the first quarter of 2024, according to the state statistics agency, Rosstat. Russia also increased the role of the ruble in its export settlements. The currency was used for more than half of the settlements for goods and services exported by Russia to other European countries by mid-March 2024.
A Lithuanian publishing house has recalled the US vice president’s novel in protest of Washington’s policy turn away from Kiev Lithuanian publishing house Sofoklis has taken US Vice President J.D. Vance’s book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ off the shelves in response to reports that Washington has halted […]
A Lithuanian publishing house has recalled the US vice president’s novel in protest of Washington’s policy turn away from Kiev
Lithuanian publishing house Sofoklis has taken US Vice President J.D. Vance’s book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ off the shelves in response to reports that Washington has halted military aid to Kiev. The White House has not directly confirmed the reports to date.
US President Donald Trump made the decision after his public altercation with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Washington last week. Speaking to the press afterward, Trump accused Zelensky of not wanting peace and trying to drag Washington into supporting the conflict long-term.
When asked about the pause of US aid to Ukraine, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Fox News on Wednesday that the president would consider reversing it “if we can nail down these [peace] negotiations.”
The publisher made its own announcement in a Facebook post on Tuesday: “After the US presidential administration suspended aid to Ukraine, the publishing house Sofoklis withdrew J.D. Vance’s book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ from sale until the US foreign policy towards Ukraine changes.”
Sofoklis suggested customers read books by Ukrainian authors and donate to Kiev instead.
Zelensky has called called his Oval office debacle “regrettable,” although he has not apologized over the spat. The Ukrainian leader has also offered to sign a minerals deal with the US cancelled after the Oval office shouting match.
Trump has touted the deal as a way for the US to “get back” the money it has spent on funding Kiev since the escalation of the conflict in 2022.
In addition, Zelensky has declared himself ready to work towards an immediate ceasefire, reversing his hardline position on peace talks. In the past, he said that Ukraine would fight as long as it takes, and that any talks would be on Kiev’s terms.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it finds a temporary ceasefire to the Ukraine conflict unacceptable, alleging that it would be used by Kiev to rearm. Russia insists on what it calls a permanent, legally binding solution that would address the fundamental causes of the conflict.
James Scott Rhys Anderson has been accused of crimes against civilians in Kursk Region, officials have said A Russian court has sentenced a British citizen to 19 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary as well as committing a “terrorist act” in […]
James Scott Rhys Anderson has been accused of crimes against civilians in Kursk Region, officials have said
A Russian court has sentenced a British citizen to 19 years in prison for fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary as well as committing a “terrorist act” in Kursk Region.
In a statement on Wednesday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, “took direct part in the armed conflict on the territory of the Russian Federation for material compensation.”
The suspect, it added, invaded Russia’s territory together with Ukrainian forces last November. Anderson “committed crimes against the civilian population” in Kursk Region, the committee said, accusing the Briton of causing significant property damage and attempting to destabilize the government’s activities. Officials have not provided any further details on the specifics of the charges.
According to the committee, Anderson is expected to serve his first five years in prison and the remainder in a maximum-security penal colony.
The suspect previously claimed that Ukrainian commanders had forced him to enter Russia, adding that they had taken away his identification papers and cell phone. He also stated that he had served in the UK military as a signals operator between 2019 and 2023 before deciding to join Kiev’s foreign legion. According to Anderson, once he arrived in the country, he was mainly involved in training local military personnel.
The United Kingdom’s Foreign Office has vowed to provide all the necessary support to Anderson but has not commented on the specifics of the charges or the trial proceedings.
Russian authorities have consistently prosecuted foreign mercenaries fighting for Ukraine, warning that any troops supporting Kiev would be considered “legitimate targets.”
In January, a Russian court sentenced retired US Army Ranger Patrick Creed to 13 years in prison for serving with Ukraine’s armed forces between 2022 and 2023.
The Asian country’s prime minister has said Moscow will soon win the conflict Myanmar fully supports Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine and is confident in Moscow’s victory, the Asian country’s prime minister, Min Aung Hlaing, has said. He made the remarks during a meeting with […]
The Asian country’s prime minister has said Moscow will soon win the conflict
Myanmar fully supports Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine and is confident in Moscow’s victory, the Asian country’s prime minister, Min Aung Hlaing, has said.
He made the remarks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday, stressing that the conflict was instigated by the West.
According to Min Aung Hlaing, the world is moving toward a multipolar order, led by Russia, while the Ukraine crisis has unfolded as a direct result of Western countries’ efforts to resist this shift.
“I am confident that every country must defend itself, its sovereignty, its people, and its interests,” Myanmar’s leader said. “We understand Russia’s situation, and we fully support it in its special operation in Ukraine. And I am certain – I can say this: victory will be yours soon.”
Russia has repeatedly argued that the Ukraine conflict was provoked by NATO’s expansion toward its borders.
Last year, Putin outlined his conditions for peace negotiations with Kiev, which involve the complete removal of Ukrainian troops from all Russian territories, including the four former Ukrainian regions that joined Russia in 2022. He also demanded that Ukraine legally commit to never joining NATO or any other Western military bloc.
Following the escalation of the crisis in February 2022, General Zaw Min Tun, a representative of Myanmar’s military authorities, stated that Russia was “taking necessary actions to preserve and strengthen its own state sovereignty” and, as a great power, was “ensuring a balance of global forces that helps maintain peace worldwide.” The South-East Asian nation has since refused to back Western sanctions on Russia.
During his meeting with Min Aung Hlaing, Putin noted that relations between Russia and Myanmar are “indeed developing steadily,” noting bilateral trade rose 40% last year.
The two countries have agreed to boost economic ties and signed a deal on the construction of a small-scale nuclear power plant in Myanmar. Russian state nuclear energy giant Rosatom said the plant will have an initial capacity of 100 megawatts, with the potential for future expansion.
The Russian president also announced that a military contingent from Myanmar will participate in the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
