MOSCOW / TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the armed rebellion of the Wagner group in phone talks with the Qatari emir and Iranian president. In a statement on its website, the Kremlin said Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani supported the Russian leadership against the rebellion during the phone talk with [...
Vilnius, Lithuania (AFP): NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said the weekend mutiny by mercenary troops in Russia has shown that President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a “mistake”. “We are monitoring the situation in Russia. The events over the weekend are an internal Russian matter, and yet another demonstrat...
Beijing, China (AFP): A security crisis in Russia has compounded fears in China that its strategic partner is not as stable as before, analysts say. China has emerged as Russia’s most important ally since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. During a March summit in Moscow, presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin declared that their...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Wagner mercenaries were returning to base on Sunday as their mutinous leader agreed to go into exile after President Vladimir Putin was forced to accept an amnesty deal. The agreement appears to end the immediate threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army could storm Moscow, but analysts said Wagner’s revolt...
TORONTO (AA): The US, France, the UK, Albania and Ukraine have demanded that the United Nations investigate the “growing military cooperation” between Russia and Iran. In a press briefing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US envoy to the UN, said on behalf of the nations that the cooperation has allowed Moscow to continue its “br...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that treason against his rule threatens Russia with civil war, as Moscow’s military launched an operation to tackle a revolt by the Wagner mercenary group. The rapidly escalating events mark the most serious challenge yet to the Kremlin chief’s long rule, and RussiaR...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): The Russian army has said that it had repelled several attacks on the southern Ukrainian front, where fighting sharply intensified this week amid expectations of a major Kyiv offensive. The statement came after Russian war correspondents reported “active combat” in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. “Over...
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP): Russia accused Ukraine at the UN’s top court Thursday of destroying a key dam with artillery strikes. It also alleged that Kyiv was led by neo-Nazis — a claim Moscow has used to try to justify its invasion. Moscow’s comments to judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) came as […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Moscow said Wednesday that a Ukrainian “sabotage” group had blown up a section of the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia before the start of the offensive. The 2,500-kilometre pipeline is part of the international talks on allowing grain exports from Ukraine amid the conflict with Russ...
GENEVA (AA): The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine jeopardizes the lives of thousands of civilians, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office has said. “The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam puts thousands of civilians in danger, leaving many with no homes and in dire humanitarian need,” OCHA Ukraine said on T...
