Tag Archives: Ukraine

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are planned to be held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, in the first half of November, with a focus on security issues after a peace settlement, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said …

  TASHKENT | Xinhua |  Ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains a top priority for the U.S. president, and Washington will continue seeking opportunities to facilitate an end to it, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said here Monday. Over the past nearly two years, the United States has repeatedly engaged …

    KIEV | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday evening that he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to meet in New York. “This meeting could change a lot. There is diplomatic momentum,” Zelensky wrote on X following a telephone conversation between the two leaders. …

  Here is why the latest chokehold could threaten a critical harvest and global food security   COMMENT | IRYNA SKUBII | While the world’s attention is fixated on the US blockade of Iranian ports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been subjecting Ukraine to a blockade …

COMMENT | FEDERICO FUBINI | Although one might be hard-pressed to find similarities between the wars in Ukraine and Iran, Donald Trump’s April Fools’ Day speech from the White House has brought the parallel into sharper focus. To be sure, Ukraine is a democracy (however imperfect) aspiring to European integration, …

Ukraine has become the world’s premier testing ground for AI weapons on Russian troops, foreign mercenaries   COVER STORY | AGENCIES | The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what …

   How attempts by America and her NATO allies to weaken Russia in this proxy war may wreck the alliance THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA |  As a new war rages on in the Middle East, we must not forget that it is four years since Russia invaded …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | As the Ukraine crisis marked its fourth anniversary on Tuesday, the conflict remains entrenched in a stalemate, with mounting human and economic costs and little immediate hope for a negotiated peace. While both Kiev and Moscow reaffirm their willingness to engage in dialogue, the reality …

    The exact number remains unclear, as Nairobi maintains that none of them travelled through official channels   Nairobi, Kenya | AGENCIES | Kenya says it will talk to Russia over growing reports that its citizens are being recruited to fight in the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the …

KIEV | Xinhua |  The next round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia will be held on Feb. 17-18 in Geneva, Moscow and Kiev confirmed on Friday. The Russian delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, citing Kremlin …