A long-feared Russian invasion of Ukraine appeared to be imminent Monday, if not already underway, with Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. A vaguely worded decree signed by Putin did not say if troops were on the move, and it cast the order as …
Read More »Special dispatch from Munich: Putin provokes dread and resolve
A sense of helplessness and dread hangs in the air over the Western leaders gathered here at the Munich Security Conference as the expectation grows that Russian President Vladimir Putin will unleash a military attack on Ukraine within days, if not hours. Balanced against that is a renewed and reinvigorated …
Read More »Putin escalates his Ukraine war with recognition of separatist republics
Almost exactly eight years to the day since he first ordered the invasion of Crimea, Vladimir Putin struck another blow in his war against Ukrainian statehood on February 21 by officially recognizing the two so-called separatist republics of eastern Ukraine as independent states. Putin announced his decision to recognize the …
Read More »Russia just ordered troops into Ukraine again. What happens next?
Weeks of dire Western warnings began to bear out on Monday when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into the two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine after recognizing their independence. Europe’s post-Cold War security order now hangs in the balance as many wonder whether those troops will stop at …
Read More »Chinese vessel lasing ADF aircraft
Defence can confirm that on 17 February 2022, a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches. The laser was detected as emanating from a People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N) vessel. Illumination of the aircraft by the Chinese vessel is a serious …
Read More »Pakistan’s acquisition of Chinese J-10C fighter jets significant for both sides: analysts
After alleged images of the J-10C fighter jet with the marking of the Pakistan Air Force recently emerged on social media and were widely circulated by media outlets, Chinese analysts on Sunday lauded the latest defense cooperation between China and Pakistan, saying that the move yields great significance to both …
Read More »Nuclear Ukraine: What Kiev’s threats to acquire world’s deadliest weapons mean
Kiev claims it could get an A-bomb, unless it receives Western protection against Russia Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his nation will have every right to become a nuclear power, citing a document signed by leading world states back when Kiev agreed to get rid of Soviet nuclear weapons …
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Политолог Дмитрий Суслов — о сценариях развития событий вокруг гарантий безопасности Содержание переданного 17 февраля российского ответа на американское письмо на требования Москвы по гарантиям безопасности, а также происходящее в российско-западных отношениях и вокруг Украины свидетельствуют о том, что скоро мы будем наблюдать одновременное продолжение дипломатического марафона сразу по двум …
Read More »Детям, которых сейчас грузят в автобусы в Донецке, угрожает опасность. Россия без колебаний может принести их в “жертву” ради повода к обострению
Позвонил только что бабушке. Сказал, чтобы даже не думала никуда эвакуироваться: никто ни на кого наступать не собирается. Но убежден, что президент должен в самое ближайшее время по всем национальным каналам сделать официальное заявление: Украина не планирует никаких наступательных действий на территорию ОРДЛО, нет никаких причин для эвакуации. Более того: …
Read More »Jogállamisági mechanizmus: tort ült az igazság
A magyar kormány újabb jogi csatát veszített el. A jogállamisági per időhúzásra jó volt, azonban amíg zajlott az eljárás, hozzáláttak a pénzcsapok elzárásához. Az ellenőrzés teljesen kicsúszott a kormány kezéből, most már a pénzügyi döntések elszenvedői lehetnek, befolyásolói nem. Rossz hír, hogy ez az egész országnak fájni fog. A jogállamisági …
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