US President Joe Biden addressed the American people Thursday night from the Oval Office, as he spoke about conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. While warning that ‘chaos will spread,’ the president pleaded with Congress to pass what’s expected to be $100 billion in new funding, which is already being met with resistance by Congressional Republicans, wary of giving any new money to Ukraine. In his 15-minute address, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin and the terror group Hamas, …
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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must have killed” Wagner boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and that there can be no peace negotiation with Putin on Ukraine. Writing in a Daily Mail op-ed on Saturday, August 27, Johnson speculated about Prigozhin’s last moments, just days after a plane believed to be carrying the Wagner boss crashed in a field northwest of Moscow while en route to St. Petersburg. The ex-British PM claimed that …
Russia has placed International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan on its wanted list after the court indicted President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes, according to reports on Friday, May 19. Khan’s photo and personal information are visible on the Interior Ministry’s search database, according to reports but the ministry’s listing does not specify which crime Khan is accused of. The Hague-based ICC had announced an arrest warrant for Putin and his children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova …
Russia’s military has started using a fearsome new battle tank in a bid to crack down on stubborn Ukrainian defences according to the Russian RIA state news agency. The T-14 Armata have yet to participate in any direct assault operations but have been refitted with additional side armour on their sides, and their crews have undergone “combat coordination” training in Ukraine. The vehicle’s arsenal of weapons is remotely controlled by the crew from an isolated armoured capsule located in …
The Russian government has denied persistent rumours about the failing health of Russian president, Vladimir Putin. There has been increasing unconfirmed media speculation that Putin, who turns 70 this year, may be suffering from ill health, possibly cancer. Western intelligence agencies have been taking a close interest in Putin’s mental and physical health because he gave the order to launch the ill-planned invasion of Ukraine and he has sole authority over the use of Russia’s vast nuclear arsenal. But Russian Foreign Minister …
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday February 27, took an “unprecedented” post-Cold War action by ordering his nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert as international tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spiraled. The Russian President claimed he took the decision due to “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The move means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the threat that the tensions could boil over into a nuclear war. In giving it, the Russian leader …