Eurasia Press & News
The Pentagon could run out of money for weapons by midsummer. Move over, Treasury. You’re not the only one with an X-date. The $48 billion Ukraine aid package that Congress approved in December has about $6 billion left, meaning U.S. funding for weapons and supplies could dry up by midsummer. …
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May, 2023
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16 May
Ukrainian Soldiers Risk Their Lives to Keep Weapons From the Black Market
They can’t track every shell, but at a time of heightened scrutiny in Washington they know they can ill afford slips with the big ticket items. Rocket launchers, precision-guided missiles and billions of dollars’ worth of other advanced American weapons have given Ukraine a fighting chance against Russia ahead of …
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16 May
Germany Announces Its Biggest Military Aid Package Yet for Ukraine
The nearly $3 billion package is part of an effort by both sides to reset rocky relations, which have become increasingly important to maintaining European unity in backing the war. Germany on Saturday sent the strongest signal yet of its commitment to backing Ukraine in its battle against Russian occupiers, …
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16 May
Iran summons Iraq envoy to protest presence of ‘terrorist groups’
Tehran is not content with how its recent security pact with Baghdad is being implemented. Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran to “strongly protest” against the continued presence of groups it says conduct “terrorist” activities. The envoy was called in on Saturday to receive Tehran’s ire …
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16 May
Turkish intelligence operation eliminates senior PKK/YPG terrorist
A Turkish intelligence operation in northern Syria resulted in the elimination of a high-ranking PKK/YPG terrorist, security sources said on Saturday. Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) “neutralized” Haydar Demirel, code-named Bager Türk and the terror group’s so-called general manager of the Hol province in northern Syria, according to security sources …
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16 May
China’s Response to Türkiye’s Volatile Authoritarianism
China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while …
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16 May
Turkey’s Policies Are Unlikely To Change Even If Erdogan Goes – Analysis
The groups in the electoral fray are all a hodge-podge of ideologies. The only issue is whether Erdogan should stay or go. Turkiye held its Presidential and parliamentary elections simultaneously on May 14. According to the Anadolu News Agency, at 6.30 am on Monday, sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was …
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16 May
Black Sea Grain Initiative Suffers Setbacks – OpEd
The high-level four-party meeting (Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine plus the UN) in Istanbul has still not reached an agreement on extension for the Black Sea Initiative on the export of Ukrainian grain, which expires on May 18. On May 11, delegations from the parties to the Black Sea grain deal agreed …
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16 May
Sudan war complicates Russia’s port plans, strains Wagner ties in Libya
Events in Sudan would have perhaps gone unnoticed in Russian society, including by politicians and the media, if Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had not visited Khartoum two months before fighting broke out last week between Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohammed Hamdan …
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16 May
Britain Sending Hundreds More Missiles, Long-Range Drones To Ukraine
Britain said Monday it is sending Ukraine hundreds more missiles and attack drones in hopes of boosting Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s 14-month invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a staunch ally, for the new weaponry as they met at Chequers, Sunak’s official country retreat. Zelenskyy …
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