The Netherlands has not yet made a decision to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, despite the fact that the country has led a coalition to train Ukrainian pilots, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said during a press conference, CNN reports. “The decision to deliver F-16s, that has not yet been made. Again, American permission…
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In order to disrupt the counter-offensive actions of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine, on May 27, 2023, the Russian occupiers began to implement a provocation with the use of chemical weapons in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia region, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. “The real victims of the enemy provocation…
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State Counsellor of the Romanian Prime Minister for Foreign Relations, Security and Strategic Affairs Iulian Chifu has said that Ukraine’s victory in the war against Russia will lead the latter to democratization. “Ukraine’s victory will also lead Russia to democratization,” he said during the 15th annual Kyiv Security Forum, organized by the Open Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation, on Friday.…
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From mayor to lawmaker and prime minister to president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose through the ranks to Turkey’s highest positions and then made them his own, bringing the country over the course of 20 years closer to one-man rule. On Sunday, Mr. Erdogan will try to secure another term as president, although only after the…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has congratulated the countries of the African Union on Africa Day and said that “Ukraine and Africa need each other more than ever.” “Congratulations to African countries on Africa Day. Ukraine has been and will continue to be a contributor to peace and development of the continent. Today, this is…
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Two U.S. Park Police officers used excessive force against two Australian journalists covering a George Floyd protest outside the White House in June 2020, according to an investigation by the Interior Department’s inspector general. The investigation, published Wednesday, found that the officers violated U.S. Park Police policies when one pushed a cinematographer’s camera with his…
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Chinese Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Ukraine Li Hui held a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday as part of a European tour, during which he discusses the Chinese plan for a peaceful settlement, European media reports. According to the EFE news agency, the diplomat was hosted at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held…
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MOSCOW — Meeting behind closed doors, a Moscow court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent accused of espionage, for more than three months, until Aug. 30. The refusal of bail and the extension of Mr. Gershkovich’s detention were widely expected, although Russia has presented no evidence to back…
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is confident that Russia will not win the war with Ukraine, according to the website of the German newspaper Welt on Tuesday. “A bitter chapter in the history of our continent… will end with a free Ukraine becoming a full member of the European Union,” Scholz said at the celebration of…
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The Russian Federation is creating a new strike aviation group codenamed Storm for ground attacks on Ukraine, according to a defense intelligence report published on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Monday morning. “Russia is highly likely creating a new ‘elite’ attack aviation group code-named ‘Shtorm’ to operate…
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