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Kyiv Post intel source confirmed that Ukrainian hackers were behind the large-scale disruption of Russian airports and state government resources Wednesday.
Jun. 12
War in Ukraine
The words of Russia’s own propagandists need to be taken as statements of intent rather than rhetorical hyperbole. They also show how they need the West’s ambivalence to win.
Jun. 12
Europe
Ukraine’s GDP will rise if hostilities “continue throughout 2024 and subsequently moderate,” while Russia’s growth is projected to fall.
Jun. 12
War in Ukraine
Nearly 80 percent of respondents left Russia after 2014, the year Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Of them, 44 percent fled after the full-scale invasion.
Jun. 12
War in Ukraine
G7 leaders hope to agree a deal on using the profits from the interest on 300 billion euros ($325 billion) of frozen Russian central bank assets to help Kyiv.
Jun. 12
War in Ukraine
Moscow said it had no interest in joining the meeting and so was not invited by hosts Switzerland, while Kyiv wants to get some concrete outcomes from the meeting to take forward to a second summit.
Jun. 12
Russia
There are growing concerns that Russia is attempting to influence the outcome of the upcoming US elections, as it did in 2016. The lack of action to prevent Moscow’s plan has startled experts.
Jun. 12
Russia
The drills would focus on joint training of Russian and Belarusian armed forces units for the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons.
Jun. 11
War in Ukraine
Now the veterans -- some of whom swapped their life savings for what they thought would be lucrative, non-combat jobs -- are desperate to come back home.
Jun. 11
Russia
The explosion took place in the factory’s rocket fuel center, where authorities said a 59-year-old man is among the victims. Investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances.
Jun. 10
US
The Kremlin’s spin doctors and useful idiots in the West are having a field day with the disgraced former US Marine’s last-minute setback en route to St. Petersburg.
Jun. 10
Russia
Putin is removing from power the political and military figures that lost his trust in 2022 and 2023.
Jun. 10
War in Ukraine
The strengthening of the European commitment to Ukraine was the big story of the week.
Jun. 9
War in Ukraine
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Jun. 9
A live broadcast on North Korean state TV saw seven members of Putin’s delegation thrown out for unknowingly breaking protocol by entering before the “Supreme Leader.”
Jun. 20