Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would press on with plans for a prisoner swap with Moscow, although he expressed doubts about a successful outcome, while his military leaders denied Russian claims that its forces had for the…
Category: 1. Russia
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Central Asian Leaders Groom Their Offspring As Successors With Moscow Meetings
When Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoev travel to Moscow to meet senior Russian officials, it’s just another series of meetings between leaders with deep ties. But a series of recent meetings that involved their…
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Renault Considering Making Drones in Ukraine
French automaker Renault said Sunday that the government had asked it to look at making drones in Ukraine, but it had not yet made a decision.
“We have been contacted by the defence ministry….
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Russia scored a diplomatic victory with its proposal to return the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers
Russia has scored a diplomatic victory with its proposal to return the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the YouTube channel Dialogue…
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Russia made a mistake regarding Ukraine in the 1990s
Russia made a mistake in the 1990s by believing that the brotherly Ukrainian people ‘would not go anywhere,’ said former Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepasin.

‘As for Ukraine, we thought it would not go…
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A journalist from the Netherlands criticised Ukraine for refusing to accept the bodies of soldiers
After inspecting a refrigerated truck containing the bodies of deceased Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, Dutch journalist Sonya Van Der Ende called the Ukrainian side’s refusal to accept them a ‘crime of the Kiev…
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The United States expects a multi-purpose strike on Ukraine – Reuters
The United States believes that Russia’s response to the terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be a significant multi-purpose strike, writes Reuters.

‘The US believes that the response [to the…
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Wagner Replaced by Russia’s Africa Corp in Mali, Diplomatic Sources Say
The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday.
“Officially, Wagner is no longer present in Mali. But…
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Protests against the introduction of the euro are taking place in Bulgaria
In the Bulgarian capital, people are protesting against the introduction of the euro, demanding the resignation of the government and the holding of a referendum.

A large-scale protest against the replacement of the…
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Zakharova asked whether the refusal to collect the bodies was Zelenskyy’s decision
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wondered whether the Ukrainian side’s decision not to collect the bodies of the dead Ukrainian soldiers was Vladimir Zelenskyy’s personal initiative or whether…
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