From restaurant to trench: Iraqi “contract soldier” describes hell of Russian forces
Khalaf said he was detained in Russia for lacking a work permit and offered a brutal choice.
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Russia recruits elderly in covert sabotage campaign across Ukraine and Europe
Across Ukraine and Europe, Russian intelligence is manipulating the vulnerable, pensioners and minors into carrying out sabotage.
“They won’t do this,” says Ukraine’s energy chief as Slovakia threatens power cut
A Russian gas transit deal expiring in January 2025 has sparked threats from Slovakia to cut power exports to Ukraine, but alternative suppliers are already lining up.
Poland stands ready for Ukraine power backup if Slovakia cuts supply, Bloomberg sources say
Slovakia's Russian oil imports via Ukraine's Druzhba pipeline may face potential suspension if Bratislava cuts electricity supplies to Kyiv.
Slovak PM Fico blackmails Ukraine with power cuts over Russian gas transit ban
After Ukraine's transit ban, the pro-Russian Slovak PM has earlier visited Russian President Putin, trying to secure gas supplies.
US-Germany Nord Stream 2 agreement — a victory for Russia
At the same time, European gas storage levels are at only 53 percent of their capacity, or nearly…
Russia threatens to dispatch weapons to Donbas if U.S. clears military aid package
“I believe that if the United States allocates $300 million for military aid to Ukraine, it will open…
Moscow wields Russian again as hybrid weapon against its neighbors
At the end of last week, Eleonora Mitrofanova, Moscow’s ambassador for special assignments, said that “the Russian language…
Kremlin official: Moscow can’t sit by when ethnic Russians are “oppressed and persecuted” in former Soviet republics
Speaking in Russian-occupied Crimea, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko on Friday gave the clearest sign yet that the…
Putin convinced that whatever he does, Obama won’t respond militarily, Borovoy says
Vladimir Putin is acting in Syria as he has in Ukraine on the basis of his conviction that…
Expert: Gazprom’s new scheme to “suffocate” Ukraine and blackmail the EU
Gazprom has started a game with goals to deprive Ukraine from gas in its strategic reserves, disrupt gas…
Yatsenyuk: The failure of Europe to provide gas to Ukraine via reverse flow is result of blackmail by Gazprom
Kyiv calls on the European Council to gather for an emergency meeting and take a decision on preventing…