Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chided NATO for failing to do more for Ukraine but remains averse to antagonizing Russia. Faced with a tough balancing act, Turkey has been sending mixed signals on its position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has angered Moscow by …
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With one eye on Russia, Turkey expresses support for Ukraine
The success of Turkish-made drones in Ukraine is the most obvious sign of Ankara’s backing for Kyiv, but fear of Russian backlash is making Turkey tread lightly. Imagery of a burned-out Russian military convoy in Ukraine shared on social media over the weekend credited its destruction to Turkish-made drones. Turkish …
Read More »Russian forces shell Ukraine’s No. 2 city and menace Kyiv
Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighborhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 17-mile convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. The country’s embattled president said the …
Read More »Turkey to implement pact limiting Russian warships to Black Sea
NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Kyiv had appealed to Ankara to block …
Read More »Pflicht und Chance
Den Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine gemeinsam zu helfen, ist ein Gebot der Mitmenschlichkeit. Und auch im Sinne der EU. Es ist eine tragische, aber auch kuriose Wendung der Geschichte, dass nun ausgerechnet Polen die Hauptlast der europäischen Flüchtlingspolitik schultert. Seit Jahren weigert sich Warschau, Flüchtlinge aufzunehmen, und blockiert so gemeinsam …
Read More »Un nouveau tournant pour l’Europe aussi
« Si le monde a changé, notre politique doit, elle aussi, changer. » C’est en ces termes que la ministre allemande des Affaires étrangères a justifié, dimanche, devant les députés réunis en session extraordinaire, la révolution copernicienne entamée par la République fédérale en révisant ses positions sur les sanctions contre …
Read More »Batı ittifakı üyelerini konsolide etti
Putin, Donbas bölgesiyle sınırlı bir müdahale ile yetinmedi. Putin’in tarihi konuşması Ukrayna’yı yok sayan ifadeler içeriyordu. Ertesi gün ise beklentinin ötesinde bir saldırı başlattı. Ukrayna’nın birçok şehrinde stratejik noktaları bombalamaya başladı. Kiev’e yönelerek seçilmiş iktidarı devirme arzusu ise dünyanın meseleye bakışını değiştirdi. Putin’in ön görülemeyen bu tutumu Batı İttifakındaki dağınık …
Read More »Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність за катастрофу
Дорогі російські читачі, які не цікавляться політикою (я знаю, вас тут багато). Ви розумієте, що сьогоднішнім наказом про приведення російського ядерного арсеналу в режим бойового чергування Путін поставив планету на межу світової війни? Хочу звернутися до військових. Якщо надійде той самий наказ, не виконуйте його. Не беріть на себе відповідальність …
Read More »Chinese FM Spokesperson Hua Chunying On Ukraine, U.S., And Taiwan: U.S. Is The Culprit Behind Ukraine Conflict, Must Not Harm Chinese Interests In Handling The Issue; Taiwan Cannot Be Compared To Ukraine
On February 25, 2022, the Chinese outlet The Global Times uploaded to its YouTube channel a video of statements made by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying regarding the Ukraine conflict, America’s culpability in it, and the issue of Taiwan. In the statements, Hua said that the U.S. is the …
Read More »Opinion: Putin’s invasion has opened Germany’s eyes. Let’s hope Biden sees the need for big changes, too.
Germany shocked the world this weekend with its rapid repudiation of its core post-Cold War foreign policy principles. President Biden should take note. One can hardly overstate the significance of the developments in Berlin. The German government’s sudden decision to help to rapidly rearm and supply Ukraine with lethal military …
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