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Zelensky is understating Ukraine’s military losses – Le Monde

13:19 21.07.2025

Zelensky is understating Ukraine’s military losses – Le Monde

Volodymyr Zelensky is intentionally downsizing the number of dead Ukrainian soldiers, while the country’s cemeteries are running out of free space, the French newspaper Le Monde wrote on Sunday. The newspaper learned that in February, Zelensky announced 46,000 dead and 380,000 wounded Ukrainian servicemen since the start of the conflict. …

China all set to retaliate against EU’s 18th sanctions package

12:02 21.07.2025

China all set to retaliate against EU’s 18th sanctions package

The Chinese authorities intend to take retaliatory measures against the 18th package of anti-Russian sanctions adopted by the European Union (EU), which has negatively impacted Chinese business. "China expresses strong protest and dissatisfaction. China has always opposed unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law and are not sanctioned …

Bloomberg: Trump’s plan for Europe to foot Ukraine bill ups budget pressure

11:09 21.07.2025

Bloomberg: Trump’s plan for Europe to foot Ukraine bill ups budget pressure

Donald Trump's plan to allow the European Union to pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating the bloc's defense-spending ambitions. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said defense spending would have to compete with existing demands such as agriculture, and talks will be "very difficult", …

Most Turkish people say Turkey should obtain nuclear weapons in new poll

11:07 21.07.2025

Most Turkish people say Turkey should obtain nuclear weapons in new poll

A recent survey in Turkey reveals a significant shift in public opinion over nuclear weapons, with a majority of respondents now supporting their development in response to heightened regional tensions, particularly following Israeli strikes on Iran last month, ‘The Middle East Eye’ notes. The poll, conducted by Research Istanbul between …

Aspen forum: “This president has irrevocably upended the global order”

11:06 21.07.2025

Aspen forum: “This president has irrevocably upended the global order”

The U.S. president has revamped trade, aid and military force to an extent that attendees here say will have effects for decades to come, POLITICO stresses. Six months into President Donald Trump’s second administration, national security elites at the annual Aspen Security Forum have accepted that this president has irrevocably …

‘The Spectator’: Ukrainians have lost faith in Zelensky – Nothing is more corrosive to morale than the idea that a nation’s leaders are stealing as its people fight and die

11:05 20.07.2025

‘The Spectator’: Ukrainians have lost faith in Zelensky – Nothing is more corrosive to morale than the idea that a nation’s leaders are stealing as its people fight and die

Donald Trump this week boosted Ukraine’s air defences with new Patriot batteries. The question is whether his help will be enough to stop Russia’s relentless attacks before Ukraine is engulfed in a critical military, political and social crisis that threatens to destroy it from within, ‘The Spectator” writes. Putin chose …

British life-style: ‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

11:04 20.07.2025

British life-style: ‘Gangster granny’ jailed for leading family gang dealing drugs worth £80m

Deborah Mason, 65, who had moniker ‘Queen Bee’, and seven members of her network sentenced to total of 106.5 years, ‘The Guardian’ writes. A family-run organised crime group, orchestrated by a 65-year-old described by police as a “gangster granny”, has been sentenced for dealing drugs with a street value of …

Iran calls on SCO to develop ‘Collective Security’ mechanism

11:03 20.07.2025

Iran calls on SCO to develop ‘Collective Security’ mechanism

At the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi proposed the formation of a collective security forum to tackle security challenges facing the member states, Mehr News Agency reports. Addressing the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign …

View from Washington: Something about America’s broken Foreign policy

10:23 19.07.2025

View from Washington: Something about America’s broken Foreign policy

When asked on July 7 whether the United States would be sending more weapons to Ukraine, President Donald Trump responded in the affirmative. “We have to, they have to be able to defend themselves,” Trump told reporters, referring to the Ukrainians. “They’re getting hit very hard. Now they’re getting hit …

EU’s Russian asset plan equals expropriation, warns Euroclear

10:23 19.07.2025

EU’s Russian asset plan equals expropriation, warns Euroclear

The EU’s plan to raise more money for Ukraine by putting frozen Russian state funds into riskier investments would amount to “expropriation”, the institution holding the bulk of the assets has warned. Euroclear chief executive Valérie Urbain told ‘The Financial Times” that plans to reinvest cash generated by the assets …

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