Europe
Poland
Erstwhile moderate Dmitry Medvedev outdoes himself with another of his twisted commentaries on the likely outcome of a French “interventionist contingent” coming to Ukraine.
Mar. 20
Drones
Comments by troops fighting on the Dnipro left bank agree with the view of analysts that masses of UAVs make movement dangerous for both Ukrainian and Russian forces.
Mar. 20
Putin
Putin opponents gathered in Kyiv this week to discuss future action after Putin’s sham election.
Mar. 19
Tanks
Among the Russian military equipment destroyed by the Ukrainian Special Operations attack were two self-propelled artillery pieces and two towed howitzers.
Mar. 19
War in Ukraine
Considering how much kerchief-twisting there was about it in the first place, and how they are doing in the war right now, handing over top-end NATO tanks to Ukraine doesn’t look like a great idea.
Mar. 19
War in Ukraine
Tallinn protested against what it termed as Moscow’s “anti-security hybrid operations” against Estonia and expelled a Russian diplomat over “interference” in judicial processes.
Mar. 19
Putin
The picture of stability Russian President Vladimir Putin cultivates was shattered by bombs and explosions as the war in Ukraine reaches the doorsteps of common Russians.
Mar. 15
EU
As part of the efforts to get Europe to produce more, Brussels pushed through a 500-million-euro program earlier this year aimed at ramping up its capacity to make ammunition.
Mar. 15
Russia
“If Russia wins, the life of the French will change. We will have no more security in Europe,” Macron said.
Mar. 15
Russia
Moldova said Moscow is illegally printing votes in breakaway Transnistria for the upcoming Russian presidential election. Moscow said it was merely enabling Russian citizens to vote in the region.
Mar. 15
France
“Those who say ‘let's not support Ukraine’ do not make the choice of peace, they make the choice of defeat,” Macron said.
Mar. 14
NATO
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has set an “ambitious deadline” to get Biden’s bill, and the $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, passed by the House of Representatives before the Easter vacation.
Mar. 14
Germany
Germany's largest manufacturer of military equipment had already announced an agreement with a Ukrainian company in February to build artillery shells in Ukraine.
Mar. 14
Putin
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Mar. 14
NATO
Victory in the March 15-17 contest will allow Putin to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030, longer than any Russian leader since Catherine the Great in the 18th century.
Mar. 14