Hungary Blocks EU’s New Round of Sanctions on Russia
Hungary blocked the EU’s 13th package of sanctions against Russia during a meeting of the bloc’s ambassadors on February 14 the Financial Times...
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NATO Chief: U.S. Aid Delay Having “Impact” on Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said February 15 that a delay in passing new U.S. aid for Ukraine was already undermining Kyiv’s forces on...
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No Chance of Negotiated Peace With Ukraine, Says Russia’s Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on February 14 that the West will not offer a realistic diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict...
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German MEP: EU Needs Its Own Nukes
On February 13, Katarina Barley, the leading MEP from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), said that U.S. allies in Europe...
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Ukraine to Produce Thousands of Drones Capable of Strikes Deep into Russia
Ukraine will produce thousands of long-range drones capable of strikes deep into Russia in 2024 and already has up to 10 firms making...
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Dutch Court Orders Halt to Export of F-35 Parts to Israel
A Dutch appeals court on February 12 ordered the government to ban all exports of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel over concerns...
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Stoltenberg: NATO-Russia Confrontation ‘Could Last Decades’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on the bloc’s members to step up defense production in the event of “a confrontation” with Russia...
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Kremlin Explains Why Putin Spoke to Tucker Carlson; Says US Refuses Talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson offered a great opportunity to make people in the West think, Kremlin spokesman...
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Zelensky Fires Commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Army
The head of the Ukrainian armed forces throughout the conflict with Russia, General Valeriy Zaluzhny, was fired from his post on Thursday. The...
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Putin and Xi Talk, Commit to More Cooperation
On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with his counterpart, Chinese authoritarian leader Xi Jinping, before the Lunar New Year....
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Trump Will Keep Promise to End Ukraine Conflict — Polish President
Polish President Andrzej Duda posited that former U.S. President Donald Trump will likely keep his pledge to end the conflict in Ukraine within...
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Russian Seaborne Oil Shipments Rebound — Bloomberg
Maritime exports of Russian crude oil saw a robust recovery in the week of February 4 after two weeks of disruptions, Bloomberg reported...
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Ex-Russian President Warns NATO of “Apocalypse”
A full-scale war between Russia and NATO would leave Moscow with no choice but to mobilize its nuclear assets, former president Dmitry Medvedev...
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Bild: Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Are Not Working
The German government’s move to get more Ukrainian refugees into the workforce has been failing amid the substantial financial support given to those...
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EU Farmers Secure Victory Against Climate Policy, but Challenges Persist
European farmers have just won a sizable victory in a fight against the climate change agenda, but the fight is far from over....
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