Japan Doubles Its Financial Aid To Ukraine To $600 Million
Japan will increase its financial aid for Ukraine to $600 million, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday, doubling the country's previous $300 million given in financial support. Kishida said the decision was made after Ukraine exp...
Any Negotiations With Russia Are “Suspended” Because Of Moscow’s Mindset, Ukrainian Official Says
Negotiations with Russia on resolving the conflict have been suspended, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. It was because "Russia is still in its stereotypical mindset," he said on Ukrainian television Tuesday, adding that...
Lavrov Says Finland And Sweden Joining NATO “Makes No Difference”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that NATO has "taken into account the territories of Finland and Sweden in its military plans for eastward expansion" for years, and therefore the two countries' accession to the alliance "makes no differen...
Putin: Some European Countries Cannot “Give Up” On Russian Oil
Some European countries cannot give up on Russian oil, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. "European countries continue to introduce new sanctions on oil and gas markets. All of this is leading to inflation, but instead of admitting their own m...
US Runs Bioweapons Programs Across The World, Says Russia’s Foreign Ministry
Ukraine’s biological warfare activities, carried out with assistance from Washington, are not unprecedented, they are part of the US’ bioweapons programs, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said Monday. "Biological warfare activities, bei...
I Will Inform CSTO Colleagues About Operation In Ukraine In Detail Putin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will inform the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states about the special military operation in Ukraine during the closed part of the summit that is currently taking plac...
Putin Vows Response To NATO Expansion In Finland And Sweden
Moscow will take measures in response to the expansion of NATO’s military infrastructure to the territory of Finland and Sweden, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "The expansion of military infrastructure to that territory will undou...
European Council President Commends Sweden On Decision To Join NATO
President of the European Council Charles Michel commended Sweden and the Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, on deciding to join NATO, calling it a “decision for the benefit of collective security and defense.” In a tweet on Monday, Mic...
EU Foreign Ministers Confident That Latest Sanctions Against Russia Will Be Ready Soon
The foreign ministers of Austria and Estonia have spoken about the prospect of an upcoming sixth EU sanctions package against Russia, with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg “confident” that the package will be “done in the next d...
President Kim Mobilizes North Korea’s Military In Response To Covid-19 Outbreak
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country's first officially acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has described as a "major national emergency....
