US Speaker Pelosi backs Armenia over Azerbaijan border clashes
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has condemned Azerbaijan’s “illegal” border attacks on Armenia during a visit in a possible attempt to…
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Xi and Modi leave Putin isolated over Ukraine at summit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has publicly criticised Russia’s Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, saying we live in a period…
Xi to meet pariah Putin at Uzbek summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Vladimir Putin at a summit in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on his first…
G7 price cap on Russian oil designed to choke war funds
The G7 countries have pledged to cap the price of Russian oil to target Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund his…
Ukraine uses wooden decoy missile trucks to waste Russian missiles
Ukraine is using wooden dummies to defend its US-made Himars missiles. The fake kit has been hit by Russian missiles,…
Russian super yachts shelter from sanctions off Turkish coast
More than US$3 billion of Russian super yachts are believed to be in Turkish waters, avoiding international sanctions. Some Russian…
Ukraine uses Russian social media post to destroy Wagner HQ: claim
Ukraine has apparently used accurate US-made Himars rockets to destroy a Russian Wagner mercenary group headquarters, after a reporter for…
Turkey and Armenia ease tensions while Russia distracted by Ukraine war
Turkey is improving ties with Armenia while its ally Russia is distracted by its war in Ukraine. Turkey and Armenia…
Ukraine claims Russian weapons obsolete
A Ukrainian government report claims that Russia’s weapons are ineffective and far more vulnerable to small-arms fire than Moscow had…
Russia deploys Kuril troops to Ukraine war amid apparent manpower crisis
Personnel from Russia’s 18th Machine Gun and Artillery Division appear to have been moved across the vast country from their…
US claims Himars missiles destroy over 100 key Russian targets in eastern Ukraine
The US is claiming Ukraine has used the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars) supplied by Washington to destroy more…
Putin holds talks with Iranian and Turkish leaders
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi before…
Ukraine’s new US-made Himar missiles hammering Russian forces: claim
Security analysts claim US-made rockets which began arriving with Ukraine’s armed forces in June are providing a major battlefield boost…
Russian mother says Kremlin lying about soldiers killed in Ukraine
The mother of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine says the military authorities repeatedly told her he was alive until…
Putin promises to nuclear-arm Belarus
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin says he will send Belarus nuclear-capable Iskander-M missiles. “In the coming months, we will transfer to…
Russia faces debt default as sanctions block international payments
Russia is heading for its first default since 1998 as its deadline for a US$100-million debt payment is today (Sunday)…