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Dominic Cummings: “Zelenskyy’s no Churchill and Ukraine’s corrupt”

10:03 11.05.2024

Dominic Cummings: “Zelenskyy’s no Churchill and Ukraine’s corrupt”

Boris Johnson’s former top adviser Dominic Cummings launched a sweary attack on Western support for Ukraine, writes POLITICO. In an interview with the I newspaper, Cummings — who led Britain’s Vote Leave Brexit campaign and spectacularly fell out with Johnson in 2020 — declared that the West “should have never …

UnHerd: Ukraine is running out of battlefield options

10:56 10.05.2024

UnHerd: Ukraine is running out of battlefield options

As the Polish analyst Konrad Muzyka — a reliable commentator in a war dominated by grifters and propagandists — has observed, “the situation looks very bad and is not expected to improve in the coming weeks,” adding that “we have reached the point where the situation on the front is …

Over 60 national delegations confirm their participation in 2024 BRICS Games in Russia

10:54 10.05.2024

Over 60 national delegations confirm their participation in 2024 BRICS Games in Russia

Over 60 countries are set to participate in the 2024 BRICS Games in Kazan this year, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, TASS informs. "A spectacular sporting event is set to take place in mid-June in Kazan, where the BRICS Games will be held from June 11 …

Western press preoccupied: “Russia to hold drills on tactical nuclear weapons in new tensions with West”

10:53 10.05.2024

Western press preoccupied: “Russia to hold drills on tactical nuclear weapons in new tensions with West”

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to carry out combat drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, ramping up his confrontation with the West, Bloomberg writes. The army will carry out exercises in southern Russia to “practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons,” the...

Press international: Russia celebrates Victory in World War II

10:48 10.05.2024

Press international: Russia celebrates Victory in World War II

Russia wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world, writes ‘The Washington Post’. Even though few veterans of what Russia …

Vladimir Putin on the Victory Day: “The fate of the Motherland, its future depends on each of us”

18:29 09.05.2024

Vladimir Putin on the Victory Day: “The fate of the Motherland, its future depends on each of us”

The Western elites’ policy of instigating new conflicts are an element of revanchism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square on Thursday, TASS informs. "Revanchism, the mockery of history and the striving to justify current followers of Nazism are part of the Western …

Bloomberg: There’s been a consolidation of Russian society behind the Army

9:46 09.05.2024

Bloomberg: There’s been a consolidation of Russian society behind the Army

Russians are learning to live with the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin is using Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II to reshape Russia, combining strident nationalism involving a potent mix of Soviet-era and imperial nostalgia with an intensifying crackdown on traitors. As a result, Putin faces little domestic pressure …

ATACMS missiles won’t change the game in Ukraine

9:44 09.05.2024

ATACMS missiles won’t change the game in Ukraine

America’s ATACMS long-range missiles were a potential ‘game changer’ to the war in Ukraine to some, a potential source of escalation to others. Now, with no real sense that either has proved true following Zelensky’s confirmation they were used for the first time, what does that tell us? – writes …

Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills citing British and French 'provocative statements'

9:42 09.05.2024

Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills citing British and French 'provocative statements'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered tactical nuclear weapons drills in response to what the defense ministry has described as provocative statements and threats from the West, notes Newsweek. Moscow will carry out the drills "in the near future" to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to perform combat …

NYT: Xi bristles at criticism of China over the war in Ukraine

10:39 08.05.2024

NYT: Xi bristles at criticism of China over the war in Ukraine

President Xi Jinping of China, on a two-day visit to France, spoke out firmly against criticism of his country for its close relationship with Russia during the war in Ukraine, saying that “we oppose the crisis being used to cast responsibility on a third country, sully its image and incite …

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