Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday received North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un’s pledge to fully support what Kim called Russia’s “sacred struggle” against Ukraine.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking his first foreign leader meeting since North Korea’s border
On Wednesday while in Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinker pledged another $1 billion in aid to Ukraine, declaring that the U.S. is “determined to
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend in Russia and is hopeful that the Black Sea Grain Initiative can
Saudi Arabia and Russia have announced that they will continue the production cuts which they put in place in July. While Saudi Arabia will evaluate
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he is planning on visiting Russia prior to going to India for the next G20 meeting in
Meta, parent company of Facebook, has released a report alleging that China and Russia conducted mass misinformation campaigns across multiple platforms. The report says that
Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed that effective immediately all remaining Wagner mercenaries and other Russian private military contractors must swear an oath of
With the conclusion of its most recent summit, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc has formally invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia,
Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday. The report from the TASS
In South Africa, leaders from the BRICS (Brazil, Russian, India, China, South Africa) bloc have gathered for the 15th summit, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lithuania has temporarily closed two of the six border checkpoints it shares with Belarus as tensions between the two countries are on the rise. Lithuania
NATO member Turkey has yet to comment on Russian forces stopping and boarding a Palau-flagged commercial vessel near Turkey’s territorial waters. On Sunday a Russian
Poland’s Defense Ministry has announced that it is sending 10,000 troops to the border area with Belarus after the August 1 incident in which Poland
Over the weekend Saudi Arabia hosted 42 countries which gathered to discuss how to bring an end to the nearly 18-month war between Russia and
A joint Russian-Chinese battle-group approached the U.S. coast off Alaska last week in the largest foreign naval operation to ever approach U.S. waters. Sen. Dan
Niger’s military junta has officially sought help from the Wagner Mercenary Group over the weekend. The request came from coup leader General Salifou Mody while
Russia has continued military strikes against Ukrainian grain storage with Russian forces launching Iranian-made “Shahed” (Martyr) drones from the Black Sea at the Odesa region
Poland’s government said that its airspace was violated by two Belarusian military helicopters on Tuesday. While the Polish military at first denied the violation, it
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting over the weekend in Nigeria has issued a statement saying that the bloc will “take all
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he is still open to peace talks with Ukraine after meeting with some African leaders in St. Petersburg. Both
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted senior Russian and Chinese delegates in Pyongyang during the annual Armistice Parade which celebrated the 70-year truce with
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced another $400 million in additional military assistance for Ukraine on Tuesday, including air defense missiles, armored vehicles and
Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Oblast, home to the key port of Odesa, says that Russia has attacked grain warehouses along the Danube River
Russia has continued targeting the Ukrainian port of Odesa, first targeting port infrastructure and now targeting warehouses used to store food before export. The most
Russia has continued what the defense ministry called “retaliatory strikes” days after the Kerch Bridge that links southern Russia and Crimea was damaged by seaborne
Wagner Group mercenaries are training Belarusian special forces at the Brest military range just 3 miles from the border of NATO-member Poland, according to the
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that his country can’t arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he attends an economic summit there next month. The
Overnight Russia struck the key Ukrainian port of Odesa less than a day after pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Ukrainian southern military
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced that Russia is withdrawing from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the U.N. and Turkey, which allowed the
Russia has taken one stop closer to introducing its central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly of the Russian
On Thursday President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing the Pentagon to call reservists to active duty “for effective conduct” of U.S. military support
A senior Pentagon official said on Thursday that Ukraine has received U.S. cluster munitions. This is part of an $800-million security package sent to Kyiv
While Ukraine did not get a clear timetable for NATO membership after the group’s annual summit, the embattled country did receive security pledges from the
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi, tasked with researching the Twitter Files, said a new report issued by the House Weaponization of Government Committee has taken the
As the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, gets underway, the question of Ukraine membership is at the forefront of discussions. While some experts say that
On Friday Kitco reported that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are set to launch of a new gold-backed currency and are expected
A senior Biden administration official said the U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine after being pressured by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the controversial
Alexander Vindman, former National Security Council Director for European Affairs and prominent figure in the first impeachment of President Trump, former Russia ambassador Michael McFaul,
The U.S. Air Force has released a video which shows Russian SU-35 “Flanker” fighter jets flying dangerously close to three American MQ-9 Reaper drones operating
Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia according to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko who said, “As for Prigozhin, he’s in St. Petersburg. He is not
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has released a statement saying that the recent drone attacks on Moscow “would not be possible without the help provided to the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend issued a warning based on Ukrainian intelligence that “Russia is technically ready to provoke a local explosion at
Dr. Sean McFate says that Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin’s alleged aborted “coup” shows that “Putin’s control is brittle…it also shows that Putin is much more
NATO countries in Eastern Europe are alarmed with the deal struck between Wagner and the Kremlin for CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin and many of his mercenaries
Even as Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Russians for unity in the face of Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short lived “demonstration of protest,” and Prigozhin
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced during a trip to Lithuania that Germany will permanently station 4,000 German troops in the country after Vilnius had
Denmark has started training Ukrainian pilots on F-16’s and the retirement of Denmark’s F-16 fleet has begun two years early, according to Defense Minister Troels
The fallout from the aborted revolt of Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group has yet to play out. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian
Over the past week, Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated at multiple appearances that Russia is still willing to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine. Putin
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