It would be unfair to state that Russia’s war against Ukraine only began with the invasion of February 24, 2022. However, the scale, intensity, and direct challenge to international law that the invasion represented demands that we recognize 2022 as the true point of no return: when the war becameContinue Reading
JEDDAH: Ukraine on Tuesday (Mar 11) backed a US proposal for a 30-day general ceasefire with Russia, with the United States in turn agreeing to lift restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing, a joint statement said. After talks in Saudi Arabia, the two sides also agreed to conclude “asContinue Reading
KYIV: Kyiv will propose an aerial and naval ceasefire with Russia during talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Mar 11), a Ukrainian official told AFP on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has floated the proposal as a way to initiate talks to halt more than three yearsContinue Reading
I forget which comedian it was who joked, “A friend will help you move house; a good friend will help you move a body.” My mind, of late, has been preoccupied with broken friendships and impending doom. Perhaps it’s to be expected given the events since Donald Trump’s inauguration justContinue Reading
Separately, three people were killed and seven others wounded in a drone attack early on Saturday in the town of Bogodukhiv, the military head of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said. Russia fired two missiles and 145 drones at Bogodukhiv, Ukraine’s air force said. “SHOCKING” The latest air raidsContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States has “paused” intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a dramatic breakdown in relations between Kyiv and the White House, CIA director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday (Mar 5). President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a public falling-out in the Oval Office last week, followedContinue Reading
On February 28, what should have been a routine diplomatic event in the Oval Office of the White House turned into a debacle. As media cameras broadcast the event live, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance berated and belittled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The world witnessed howContinue Reading
The EU is struggling to find some wiggle room between an increasingly hostile United States and an increasingly assertive China. A flurry of bilateral meetings and summits in Europe is a clear sign of feverish diplomacy, if not panic, mostly as a response to the whirlwind of developments triggered byContinue Reading
The head of Myanmar’s besieged military junta is traveling to Russia at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, who he is slated to meet with tomorrow. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s trip was announced on Saturday in Myanmar state media, with the Global New Light of Myanmar describing it asContinue Reading
PARIS: France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday (Mar 2). In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that such a truce would not,Continue Reading
