On a frigid winter morning, roughly 120 miles south of Berlin by train, hard work is underway to keep one of Germany’s most vital industries running. White plumes of steam rise up from a noisy, snow-dusted wonderland of pipes, compressors, storage tanks and buildings, crisscrossed by roads and train tracks over five square miles at…
MOSCOW — It could soon be an offense here to print any maps that don’t label Crimea and other parts of Ukraine as Russian territory. Political analysts say the new legislation is a symptom of the growing unease spreading through Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s government as the conflict continues into its second calendar year.
The Russian Football Union wants its teams to return to international competition after European football’s governing body, UEFA, banned Moscow from competitions since Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February. The Russian Football Federation, RFS President Alexandre Dyukov (pictured above) said on Friday, December 30 that the body has decided not to leave UEFA…
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the increasing military threat from China. The state department on Thursday, December 29 said the Volcano system and all related equipment would cost an estimated $180 million. In its announcement, it said the Volcano sale “serves U.S. national,…
US President, Joe Biden has welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, in the wartime leader’s first visit outside Ukranian territory since the beginning of Russia’s invasion 300 days ago. During the visit, the US Military confirmed that it will transfer the advanced Patriot air defence system to Ukraine for the first time…
Former UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has claimed France was “in denial” about the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, while accusing the German government of initially favoring a quick Ukrainian military defeat over a long conflict. In comments that are unlikely to be welcomed in European capitals, Johnson said that the attitudes…
Manchester City have been fined £260,000 by the Football Association for a pitch invasion at Etihad Stadium following their Premier League title win last season. Fans stormed the pitch to celebrate after City beat Aston Villa 3-2 on the final day in May to seal the title. Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen was assaulted during…
Ukraine has kick-started its football league’s season, with a ceremony paying tribute to those killed in the war and the soldiers who remain on the frontline. The opening-day game between Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv marked the first top-level football match played in the country since Russia’s invasion in February. Kyiv’s Olympic…
Talk that the international sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine are creating the conditions for a global famine are entirely false, according to two leading academics at the Yale School of Management. “‘There is this myth, particularly in developing countries, that the United States has somehow created a…
Latvian MPs have declared Russia a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ and described its war in Ukraine as a ‘targeted genocide against the Ukrainian people’. This was revealed in a statement passed in Riga today, August 11. It was stated that Russia is now ‘recognised as a state sponsor of terrorism, and calls on other…
Boris Johnson has made his second visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine. The British prime minister met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital of Ukraine today to offer a new military training programme which will see the UK train up to 120,000 Ukranian troops every 120 days under the new proposals. …
Joe Biden is currently continuing a foreign tour, appearing with the Prime Minister of Japan on Sunday. That went about as well as you’d expect, with Biden being asked about the US commitment to Taiwan. With Russia still invading Ukraine and seeming to gain ground over the last week, the topic of Taiwan and what…