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Estonian parliament demands no-fly zone over Ukraine

The Estonian parliament Riikokogu is appealing for a no-fly zone over Ukraine and has encouraged the EU and NATO to enhance Ukrainian alliances with the West. The statements approved by 90 MPs in the 101-seat parliament underscore the solidarity felt towards Ukraine and anger towards Russia. In its session on …

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Xi Jinping’s Faltering Foreign Policy

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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Glimmers of hope seen at talks as Russia’s onslaught goes on

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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