The Russian offensive continues to intensify in eastern Ukraine, according to the kyiv authorities, who on Tuesday denounced “catastrophic destruction” in Lysychansk, a neighboring town of Severodonetsk, where about 570 people are taking refuge in the Azot chemical plant. The governor of the Luhansk region (east), Sergei Gaidai, reported “fighting in the Severodonetsk industrial zone […]
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US wants to use anti-Russia bloc against China
Lima, 05/26/2022 10:06 am The administration of President Joe Biden wants to turn the international bloc against the Russian invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious long-term threat to the global order from China, according to official sources. The sources said that the Secretary of State, […]
kyiv tries Russian soldier for war crimes in Ukraine
The trial of a 21-year-old Russian soldier for the murder of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian began in kyiv on Friday, the first war crimes trial against a member of the Russian military after 11 weeks of bloodshed in Ukraine. The soldier is accused of shooting a 62-year-old man in the head through the open window […]
The different scenarios of an eventual “victory” of Ukraine against Russia
The prospect of a “victory” of Ukraine versus Russiaunimaginable at the beginning of the conflict, resurfaces in Western discourse with the increase in military aid from various countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to kyiv, but what form could it take? Between a “status quo” with the current front and the hypothetical return […]
Russia continues to persecute Chechens in Europe, 20 years after the war
Its capital, Grozny, suffered the same fate as the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, leveled by Russian bombs. Twenty years later, Chechen refugees in Europe they continue to live in fear of Russia. Tens of thousands have fled Russia’s small Muslim-majority republic after two bloody wars. The last one, started by Vladimir Putin in 1999, led […]
EU seeks to sanction ex-gymnast ‘closely linked’ to Putin
Lima, 05/06/2022 03:04 am The European Union has proposed sanctioning Alina Kabaeva, a former gymnast who chairs the National Media Group and is reportedly closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a document seen by Bloomberg and people familiar with the matter. The list still needs to be approved by European governments and […]
The West walks a gorge in its handling of military aid to Ukraine against Russia
How far to go? in the war in UkraineWestern countries are advancing down a gorge, seeking to intensify their military aid to the kyiv government but guarding against direct intervention that would make them co-belligerents against Russia. Until now, if we base ourselves on the law of armed conflict, the countries of the North Atlantic […]
EU sees the resurgence of chemical weapons among “the most serious threats to peace”
The European Union (EU) assured that the resurgence of the use of chemical weapons in recent years constitutes “one of the most serious threats to peace and security”, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which took place on April 29, 1997. The event comes at a time […]
EU says it will not pay for Russian gas in rubles and does not rule out an embargo
The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stated that the gas contracts with Russia they will not be paid in rubles and added that he does not rule out the possibility of reopening the debate on a possible embargo of hydrocarbons. Also Vice President of the […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing grain during invasion, threatening global food security
Ukraine has accused Russia of stealing grain from territory it has occupied, an act it said increases the threat to global food security posed by disruptions to spring planting and the blockade of ports during the war. When asked about the accusations, the Kremlin said it had no information about it. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry […]