US President, Joe Biden has stated that supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion is “not only investment in Ukraine’s future, but in the future of every country that values the basic UN rules of sovereignty and territorial integrity that apply equally to all nationsbig and small.” Biden said this during his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly. “We strongly support Ukraine in its efforts to bring about diplomatic resolution that delivers just and lasting peace. …
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The Ukrainian government has told its critics stating the the country is being slow about the counter-offensive against Russia, to “shut up”. This is coming after Ukrainian soldiers spent three months on its counter offensive to reclaim a territory lost to Russia, The statement from Kyiv is the sharpest signal of Kyiv’s frustration at leaks from Western government officials that say its forces are advancing too slowly against well fortified Russian defences. After using hundreds of billions of …
Ukraine’s war with Russia must conclude before the country can join NATO, President Biden said in a CNN interview Sunday, July 9. Biden made the statement during a sit-down with Fareed Zakaria, saying there is no agreement within NATO on when to allow Ukraine to join the military alliance. Biden also noted certain issues with Ukraine’s eligibility, such as a lack of democratization. “I think we have to lay out a rational path for Ukraine to be able …
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of private military contractor Wagner Group, has marched his mercenary forces into the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in what many have described as a declaration of civil war on the Russian state. Read here Prigozhin had vowed to take all necessary steps to topple Russia’s military leadership, hours after the Kremlin accused him of “armed rebellion”. Here’s what is known about the leader of the Wagner Group; Born in 1961 in Russia, Yevgeny Prigozhin …
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 …
The Ukranian government has reacted angrily to French president’s comments that Russia must not be ‘humiliated’. Since the war began, Emmanuel Macron has kept a line of communication open with the Kremlin and flew to Moscow in February in a failed effort to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. In an interview with regional newspapers in France published Saturday, June 4, Macron said : “We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build …