A Russian official said Saturday that the Western plans to provide Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter jets bring "colossal risks" after the US announced it would sign off on European countries delivering the aircraft. "We see that Western countries are still...
NATO to Draw Up Russia War Plans for First Time Since Cold War
NATO is drawing up plans on how to fight a war with Russia for the first time since the Cold War. According to Reuters, at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, alliance leaders will approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how to...
Ukraine Tells China It Won’t Cede Territory for Peace Deal
China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, was in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the prospect of peace talks and met with senior Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to...
Report: US Preparing for Ukraine War to Become a Frozen Conflict
The Biden administration is preparing for the war in Ukraine to turn into a frozen conflict for years or possibly even decades, similar to the situation on the Korean peninsula, POLITICO reported on Thursday. US officials have been discussing the possibility,...
NORAD Detects Russian Aircraft in Alaska’s ADIZ During US Drills
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Wednesday that it "detected and tracked" a Russian military aircraft operating in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 15. An ADIZ is an area that extends far beyond territorial waters and...
Russia Says Open to Ukraine Peace Proposals from Africa, Brazil
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow is ready to look at peace proposals for the conflict in Ukraine from African leaders and Brazil. "In both cases we responded to initiatives from Latin American and African friends that we were ready to...
Russia Hits US-Made Patriot Air Defense System in Kyiv
Russia's military said Tuesday that it hit a US-made Patriot air defense system in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a hypersonic missile, which was later confirmed by a US official. "A high-precision strike by a Kinzhal hypersonic missile system hit a US-made...
African Leaders to Present Peace Plan to Putin and Zelensky
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to host a delegation of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine. "My discussions...
Chinese Envoy to Start Peace Trip to Ukraine and Russia
A high-level Chinese envoy is set to begin a trip that will bring him to Russia, Ukraine, and several other European countries as Beijing hopes to broker a ceasefire to bring an end to the fighting in Ukraine. Li Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian...
Wagner Chief Denies Claims That He Offered Ukraine Russian Troop Positions
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, dismissed claims made by The Washington Post that he offered Ukraine Russian troop positions in exchange for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Bakhmut, calling the report "laughable." "Reading this is of...