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March 17, 2022 Eurasia
The bombing campaign of Russia in Ukraine has certainly left a devastating blow to Ukrainians, with thousands of Ukrainian soldiers killed and hundreds of civilians shelled over the span of almost three weeks worth of fighting. The total number of those killed by Russian bombs in Ukraine is difficult to …
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March 17, 2022 Eurasia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an emotional appeal to Congress on Wednesday for air cover against invading Russian forces as the U.S. unleashed a new wave of military support for his embattled country. “Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into a source of death for thousands of people,” he told …
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March 17, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watches Russian forces flounder in Ukraine, he may be rethinking his own ambitions — or concluding that Turkey is in a better spot than ever. Turkey’s diplomatic isolation was the focus of excited punditry in recent years. But today, Ankara is running out of …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey’s position over the Russian invasion of Ukraine has resonated as a pro-Western shift in Ankara’s foreign policy, but Erdogan needs to go the extra mile. Turkey is no longer the isolated country it was 21 days ago. The ruthless Russian invasion in Ukraine that began Feb. 24 has changed …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia
President Biden announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will send cutting-edge armed drones to Ukraine as part of an additional $800 million aid package to support the war and humanitarian effort. “The world is united in our support for Ukraine and our determination to make (Russian President Vladimir) Putin pay …
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March 16, 2022 South East Asia
Regardless of whether Beijing had advance warning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s decision to issue a statement last month outlining a “no limits” partnership with Moscow was arguably the single biggest foreign policy blunder of his nearly ten years in power. Russian President Vladimir Putin will …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia
Russian forces fired at a convoy of civilians fleeing Mariupol • Russian forces shot and killed 10 people waiting in line for bread in Chernihiv Russian forces bombed a theater where civilians were sheltering in the encircled port city of Mariupol on Wednesday, the city council said. It said the …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia
Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering and rained fire on other cities Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. There was no immediate word on deaths or injuries in what …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia
U.S. President Joe Biden will travel next week to Brussels, where he will join an “extraordinary” NATO summit set to take place on March 24 — one month after Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Biden’s travel plans hours after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg …
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March 16, 2022 Eurasia
NATO will map out ideas for adding substantially more military force to member countries on the alliance’s eastern flank, top officials said Tuesday on the eve of a meeting of defense chiefs. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivered remarks as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was en route to NATO headquarters in …
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