Press play to listen to this article Germany's ruling Social Democrats are facing fresh pressure over their links to Moscow after accusations that a regional leader worked with Kremlin-backed energy giant Gazprom to undermine U.S. sanctions and spread Russian propaganda. The allegations center on Manuela Schwesig, a senior member of Chancellor Olaf

More weapons. More money. More sanctions. More commitments to provide security guarantees. Major Western allies on Tuesday promised Ukraine more of virtually every type of assistance, but they could offer no more assurances that any of it would stop Russia’s brutal new military assault in eastern Ukraine, or prevent the Kremlin’s armies from conque

Russia faced no military resistance annexing Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula after it invaded in 2014. And when the Kremlin grabbed a large chunk of the Donbas region via proxies, for many months, there was only a disorganized military challenge from Kyiv. With the most recent invasion, however, it has been a different story — and not only because of t

By Esther Webber April 19, 2022 7:41 pm LONDON — Boris Johnson tried to turn the page on a row over coronavirus lockdown-breaching government parties by reminding his MPs that he’s playing a major role in responding to the Ukraine war. The British prime minister — who was fined by police last week over a 2020 gathering held when it was illegal to m

Given the rapid daily increase in cross sanctions and logistical difficulties, Stellantis has suspended its manufacturing operations in Kaluga to ensure full compliance with all cross sanctions and to protect its employees. Stellantis condemns violence and supports all actions capable of restoring peace. About Stellantis Stellantis N.V. (NYSE / MTA

Benish GPS, one of the leaders in the IoT technology market, together with Axon, an American company engaged in the production of high-tech security equipment, handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine special equipment (chest video recorders) worth $ 4 million. The equipment will allow Ukrainian law enforcement officers to effecti

Adviser to the Head of the President's Office Oleksiy Arestovych stated that the enemies had serious problems with equipment and they began to deconserve samples that have been in museums for a long time He said this on the air of "FeiginLIVE". "They started noticing BTR-60 and Grad-1 equipment. It's 60's equipment. They took it out of museums. The

The Ukrainian army received Thales LMM Martlet multi-purpose guided missiles from the UK. These missiles are considered the most versatile in the world and are intended for use on helicopters, boats and land platforms, as well as as part of portable anti-aircraft systems.Thales LMM Martlet missiles are designed to destroy various ground, surface an...

Press play to listen to this article Kremlin-backed media outlets — crucial to Moscow's disinformation playbook — are learning the hard way that Western companies still control much of the internet's underlying infrastructure. And those services are increasingly off-limits to the likes of RT and Sputnik. Since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukrain

By Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif April 17, 2022 1:45 pm Europe can limit its dependence on Russian energy through diversification "in a relatively short time," Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi said in an interview with Corriere della Sera published on Sunday. “We no longer want to depend on Russian gas, because economic dependence must not become poli

Press play to listen to this article Russian troops fully withdrew from the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine earlier this month — now locals are assessing the death and ruin they left behind. “Tragically, we are finding civilian corpses every day. Bodies that show signs of being tortured, with tied up hands and feet, bodies that have been beaten

The military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received a batch of new vehicles from volunteers. Defenders received new pickups from the Italian car manufacturer Fiat. The International Charitable Foundation "Come Back Alive" bought the vehicles. A dozen cars worth almost 6 million 813 thousand hryvnias were handed over for the needs of a separat

Press play to listen to this article Millions of Ukrainian refugees have streamed into Eastern Europe over the past six weeks, their lives uprooted and loved ones left behind. Many will need specialist help to come to terms with the displacement and deal with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). For the ones who have lived

By Clea Caulcutt April 18, 2022 4:00 am Press play to listen to this article PARIS — Marine Le Pen’s proposal to ban the headscarf in public places is becoming a thorn in her campaign as she attempts to woo voters beyond her power base. If elected president of France, the hard-right leader wants to fine women wearing the headscarf in public places

According to SpecMachinery.com.ua, on April 13 in the Black Sea in the Russian missile cruiser "Moscow" hit Ukrainian cruise missiles "Neptune". Western OSINT journalists are publishing perhaps the first real photo of the Russian cruiser Moscow in the Black Sea lined up by Ukrainian Neptune missiles. This is stated on the OSINTtechnical page on Twi