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West prevented Ukraine peace deal in 2022 – Top Russian negotiator

Russias lead negotiator in the 2022 peace talks, Vladimir Medinsky, has alleged that Western interventionparticularly from the United States and the United Kingdomprevented Ukraine from signing a peace agreement with Moscow in the early days of the conflict. Speaking on RTs The Sanchez Effect,...

Germany plans major bunker expansion as war readiness deadline looms

Germany is fast-tracking the expansion and modernization of its civil defense infrastructure, with officials warning that the country must be ready for war with Russia by 2029. Ralph Tiesler, head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), is urging the government to...

Trump to attend NATO summit in The Hague

US President Donald Trump will attend a NATO summit in The Hague later in June where his demands to ramp up defense spending will dominate the agenda, the White House said Tuesday. Trump has long criticized NATO partners for not paying their fair share and had not previously confirmed he would...

Ukraine warns US withdrawal would be catastrophic, says top Zelensky aide

Ukraine cannot afford the loss of U.S. military support in its war against Russia, presidential adviser Mikhail Podoliak said in an interview with Le Point on Friday. He emphasized that American aid is essential for Ukraines defense and for European stability, as U.S. support under President Donald...

Germany sends troops to another country first time since WWII

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania this week to inaugurate Berlins brigade to help protect the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Its the first permanent foreign troop deployment from Germany since the Second World War, reports NDTV. On his visit on...

Macron says Ukraine cannot reclaim all lost territory, urges political settlement

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Tuesday that Ukraine is unlikely to recover all of the territory it has lost to Russia, including Crimea and regions annexed since 2014, and called for a political resolution to end the war, reports AFP/ Ynetnews. The war must end, and Ukraine must...

Russia says Western Europe's Ukraine strategy ended in 'complete fiasco'

Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Grushko said on Monday that Western Europes efforts to defeat or isolate Moscow through the Ukraine conflict have failed completely. Speaking to TASS, Grushko accused the UK, France, and Germany of aiming to prolong the war instead of seeking peace. These...

Ukraine should agree to Putin’s proposal of talks ‘immediately’ – Trump

US President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Russian President Vladimir Putins proposal for direct peace talks with Ukraine, just one day after joining European leaders in a call for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, reads an Washington Post report. The shift has alarmed allies and Kyiv, who...

Global military spending hits record $2.7 trillion in 2024, sharpest rise since Cold War

Global military expenditure soared to an all-time high of $2.7 trillion in 2024, marking the sharpest annual increase since the Cold War, according to a report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report highlighted rapid defense spending growth,...

German anti-Russia propaganda reaches Nazi-heights — RT

Germanys media and political discourse have seen a sharp escalation in anti-Russian rhetoric, with analysts warning of propaganda techniques reminiscent of the Nazi era. Citizens across NATO-aligned Europe and especially in Germany are being inundated with highly repetitive and emotionally...

Finland to keep border with Russia closed indefinitely

Finland announced Wednesday that its eastern land border with Russia will remain closed indefinitely, citing ongoing security concerns related to what it describes as instrumentalized migration. The country initially shut its border in late 2023 following a surge in arrivals from nations such as...

Top Russian diplomat explains why Moscow trusts Donald Trump

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has explained why Moscow trusts Donald Trump over US President Joe Biden in handling the Ukraine conflict. In a recent interview with Kommersant, Lavrov pointed out that, unlike the European Union and the UK, Trumps administration sought to understand the root...

Russian missile strike kills 12, injures 50 in Kryvyi Rih of Ukraine

A Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday has killed at least 12 people and injured over 50, according to Ukrainian officials. The attack, which targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region, included three children among the victims, marking another brutal assault on...

No substitute for NATO, says former British PM Boris Johnson

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Europeans should not be deluded into thinking there is an alternative defense framework to NATO. In an article for the Daily Mail on Friday, he stressed the need for European nations to increase their defense spending. This follows a report...

European nations reassessing troop deployment in Ukraine – FT

European nations supporting Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia are reportedly reconsidering the idea of sending ground troops, according to the Financial Times. This shift follows recent discussions among military planners from 31 countries, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer,...

NATO state considering tripling army size to 200,000

The Netherlands is considering a significant expansion of its military forces, with plans to potentially increase its defense personnel from 75,000 to 200,000, according to reports by Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Friday. Currently, the Ministry of Defense employs about 75,000 personnel,...