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Mocking Liz Truss over her failed premiership on social media, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated a now-famous lettuce for outlasting the outgoing Tory leader’s time in office.

Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán criticised those clamouring to scrap Russian gas, saying they offered no realistic alternative, only criticism.

Outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was “giving aid and comfort to the enemy” by saying if Republicans retake the House, they would reconsider aid to Ukraine.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become something of a proxy battlefield for drones from Turkey and Iran. Ukrainian defense forces have made spectacular use of Turkey’s Bayraktar drones, which have become one of the hottest military products in the world, while Iran is (not very) secretly believed to be supplying Russia with its Mohajer and Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Far-left Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the audience at a climate change event on Tuesday that he believed the escalation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was “accelerating” the “energy transition” away from fossil fuels and towards a zero-carbon electric grid.

Surging energy costs driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are not just hitting domestic consumers across Europe. Small to medium manufacturers are also feeling the financial pinch with many looking to relocate to ensure their future, a report Tuesday sets out.

Pope Francis offered prayers for “battered” Ukraine Wednesday, enumerating the atrocities suffered by the Ukrainian people at the hands of the Russian army.

Germany is walking into the same trap with China as it did by over-relying on Russia for its energy, Germany intel leaders warned.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday said Chinese shipbuilders are “working around the clock” to build ships that can transport liquified natural gas (LNG) to Europe, which is desperate to acquire more of the fuel after losing its supply from Russia.

A former Russian ambassador to Washington D.C. is claiming that Joe Biden is desperately pushing the Russians to free Brittney Girner.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday denied reports that Russian forces are using Iranian-made drones as part of their intense bombing campaign in Ukraine.

The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said during a visit to Riyadh this weekend that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is interested in joining the BRICS coalition, a trade and security organization led by Russia and China.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will publish an anthology book featuring his wartime speeches from the past year, to be released in early December, the Penguin Random House subsidiary Crown announced on Monday.

The Russian military has once again targeted key infrastructure installations in Ukraine, including in the capital of Kyiv (Kiev).

A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, reports claim.

Hunter Biden reached a $40 million real estate deal in 2012 with Russian billionaire and wife of the former mayor of Moscow, Yelena Baturina, while President Joe Biden was vice president.

The European Union will establish a mission to train around 15,000 Ukrainian troops and donate another 500 million euros ($485 million) in aid to support Kyiv against Moscow. 

A leading Belarusian political activist has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for opposing President Alexander Lukashenko´s regime.

Four Russian nationals were arrested after they were seen taking pictures that are subject to a ban on photography in central Norway.

Residents of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) woke up to a swarm of so-called ‘kamikaze’ drones raining down on the city on Monday morning.

WNBA player Brittney Griner is concerned after living in a Russian prison for nine months that she may have to serve the entirety of a nine-year sentence, and that the Biden administration may not be able to negotiate her early release.

Liberal guests on Bill Maher’s comedy show downplayed the risk of nuclear escalation in the Ukraine vs. Russia war for control of the Donbas region.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are allegedly on the ground in Ukraine training Russian forces in the use of “kamikaze” drones.

The plenary assembly of the European Bishops has called for Russia to lay down its arms and desist in its invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers will lead fighter jets from Belgium, Germany, and 12 other countries across Europe’s skies on nuclear exercises Monday, amid reports Russia had increased the number of strategic bombers close to its border with NATO-member state Norway.

Kyiv’s Catholic Bishop, Vitaliy Krivitskiy, told Italian television this week that Russia’s war on Ukraine has descended into terrorism with the direct targeting of the civilian population.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has personally thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying Kyiv with another “security aid package” worth $725 million.

(AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was “doing everything right” in its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine despite a string of embarrassing defeats against Kyiv’s forces, who will receive $725 million in new U.S. military assistance.

China’s state-run Global Times did not think highly of the Biden administration’s latest National Security Strategy (NSS) document, hyperbolically claiming the entire world was immediately gripped by “a strong sense of unease and concern” because American national security will “come at the expense of the security of other countries.”

The EU’s top diplomat said that the Russian military would be “annihilated” if Vladimir Putin launches a nuclear strike in Ukraine.

A declassified document has shown the German government determined that energy security “won’t be jeopardised” by reliance on Russian gas.

Russian forces are making “tactical advances” in the Donbas following a long run of bad news for their “special military operation”, according to British intelligence.

As tensions remain high, the Finnish Defence Forces are preparing to evacuate residents along the Russian border in case of war.

Two constituents confronted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for her voting to send billions in American taxpayer money to fund the war in Ukraine against Russia, a move they say could lead the United States into a nuclear war. 

Russian media on Thursday boasted that Moscow stands ready to become a primary supplier of arms to Saudi Arabia if the Biden administration makes good on its threats to cut back on military sales to the Kingdom.