A senior researcher at a Finnish think-tank has claimed that Russia may try to flood Finland with migrants in retaliation for joining NATO, as some reports suggest the country may announce an application to the alliance soon.
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Kyiv (Kiev) for a sit-down meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) – Slovakia’s Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad says the United States will deploy a Patriot air defence system in his country next week.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia is seeking explanations from NATO on why its jets have allegedly shadowed Serbian passenger planes flying back from Russia.
The chief spokesman for the Kremlin has admitted that Russia has incurred “significant” losses during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The top brass of the United Kingdom’s military have reportedly drawn up plans to ship armoured vehicles to Ukraine to combat Russia.
Czechia has reportedly become the first NATO country to send tanks to Ukraine in an apparent escalation between the West and Russia.
Sunday, Ali Velshi, host of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” called on NATO to get involved in stopping Russian President Vladimir Putin from engaging in “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine.
Poland’s national conservative prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecky, has publicly upbraided the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over his negotiations with Vladimir Putin, insisting they have achieved nothing.
The left-wing party Labour Party has called for post-Brexit Britain to sign onto a security pact with the EU, citing the war in Ukraine.
BEIJING (AP) – China’s ambassador to the U.S. says that of all parties concerned in the Ukraine, only China has Russia’s ear.
U.S. President Joe Biden has earned a rebuke from the once-admiring British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for his “dangerous” remarks on Russian regime change.
President Biden’s call for regime change in Russia could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin to escalate war tensions with NATO.
Biden said of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a speech on Saturday that “this man cannot remain in power.” The White House and other U.S. officials rushed to clarify that Biden wasn’t actually calling for Putin to be toppled.
Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Joe Biden’s speech on Saturday in Warsaw, in which he endorsed regime change in Russia, by saying President Vladimir Putin could not remain in power was a “horrendous gaffe.”
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has criticised America’s President Joe Biden for calling Vladimir Putin “a butcher” and saying he “cannot remain in power”, warning that the chances of a ceasefire and peace through diplomatic means are undermined by such escalating rhetoric.
China’s state-run Global Times on Friday slammed NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for criticizing China’s support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey told reporters Friday that joining other NATO countries in sanctioning Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine was impossible because his economy is simply too dependent on Moscow.
President Joe Biden wore a mask on Friday during his visit with troops deployed in Poland.
Moscow has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being the most “active participant” in the “race to be anti-Russian”.
President Joe Biden boasted Thursday of his popularity in Europe after meeting with leaders of NATO in Brussels.
President Joe Biden assured the world NATO would respond if Russian President Vladimir Putin used chemical weapons.
President Joe Biden repeated the infamous “very fine people hoax” on Thursday evening in Brussels, Belgium, falsely claiming that his predecessor praised neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
The White House on Thursday cast U.S. President Joe Biden as a man leading the free world as he began a series of summit meetings in Europe with the promise to “hold Russia accountable” for its invasion of Ukraine.
Poland ordered the expulsion of 45 Russians whom the government identified as spies using their diplomatic status to operate in the country.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that countries like Sweden and Finland could be fast-tracked for membership.
The White House has previewed what lies ahead for President Joe Biden when he departs for Europe on Wednesday. It said meetings, summits, talks, and one-to-one diplomacy will feature in a hastily arranged visit framed against Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine.
Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons expressed support for a no-fly zone in Ukraine during the debate on Monday night.
The Marine Corps has identified the four Marines who died in a training flight crash in Norway as part of Exercise Cold Response.
Russia’s fight in Ukraine is aimed at America and “global liberal elites,” according to Russian ultra-right ideologue Alexander Dugin, who has been called everything from “Putin’s brain” to “Putin’s Rasputin,” as well as “the most dangerous philosopher in the world.” He also warned that a Russian defeat would spell the end of the world.
LONDON (AP) – Britain is accusing the Russian state of being behind hoax calls to two government ministers by an imposter posing as the prime minister of Ukraine.
President Joe Biden has added Poland to his Europe trip this week as Russian forces continue to escalate their nearly month-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Urgent talks with NATO and other allies are planned to feature on the diplomatic foray.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine would be a “blatant and brutal violation of international law.”
Four U.S. Marines were killed Friday when the Osprey aircraft they were operating during a NATO military exercise crashed in Norway.
OSLO, Norway (AP) – The prime minister of Norway says four U.S. service members have died in a plane crash during NATO drills.
BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese diplomat says NATO should stick to what he claimed was a promise not to expand eastward.
Invoking Cold War rhetoric, Ukraine’s President Zelesnky criticised the left-wing government of Germany for prioritising economics over peace.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Britain’s defence secretary says his country will deploy a missile defence system to NATO ally Poland in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Poland’s de facto leader has called for NATO to launch a “peacekeeping mission” in Ukraine during a trip to the country’s capital of Kyiv (Kiev).
The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered Russia to immediately cease hostilities in Ukraine, take no further steps into the country and prepare for sternly mediated peace talks. Moscow ignored the globalist organization and continued military operations.
