Avoidable errors have left Ukraine at the mercy of the Kremlin December 13, 2021 Cast your mind back to 2012 and the US Presidential election. Apart from the striking civility of political debate even a decade ago, what’s most memorable about the campaign is Barack Obama’s savage putdown to Mitt Romney’s foreign policy credo. “The 1980s called – it wants its foreign policy back,” said the President. Romney’s crime [...]
Biden rules out military action in Ukraine despite deepening Russia tensions December 10, 2021 US president Joe Biden ruled out using American troops to defend Ukraine earlier this week, despite the looming threat of a Russian invasion.
Russian invasion of Ukraine could rival WW2 warns UK military chief December 8, 2021 The new head of Britain's armed forces has compared a full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine to the second world war as tensions escalate.
Russia says Black Sea incident was ‘blatant provocation’ by Britain June 23, 2021 The Russian Foreign Ministry has called the passage of a British warship in the Black Sea that was within earshot of fire from Russian guns “blatant provocation”. UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace has since denied claims from the Russian ministry that Britain’s ambassador had been summoned over the incident. “As I speak now, our ambassador has [...]
Put-in the diary: Biden to meet Russian President in June May 25, 2021 Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva for face-to-face talks next month. The meeting will be the first since Biden took the Presidency in January 2021. The White House said the conversation would touch on “the full range of pressing issues,” with relations between the two sour. Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had a [...]
MI6 boss: UK warned Putin he would pay ‘huge price’ if he invaded Ukraine April 26, 2021 The UK and the US sent a warning to Vladimir Putin that he would pay a “huge price” if Russia invaded Ukraine, according to MI6 boss Richard Moore. Russia this week pulled back more than 100,000 soldiers that were positioned on the Ukraine border after concerns Putin was about to launch an invasion. In the [...]
Ukraine bans Russian men from entering country as tension continues to grow November 30, 2018 Ukraine has banned Russian men aged between 16 and 60 from crossing the border into the country as tensions between the two continue to rise. It comes after three Ukrainian ships and their crews were seized by Russia in the Black Sea last weekend, leaving several Ukrainians injured. Parts of the country became under marital [...]
Ukraine introduces martial law as it warns of possible Russian invasion November 27, 2018 Ukraine has imposed martial law on parts of the country vulnerable to an attack by Russia following the naval clash between the two countries on Sunday. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said there was an “extremely serious” threat of a Russian land invasion after Russia injured six Ukrainian sailors at the weekend and seized three of [...]
Is Donald Trump right that Nato is obsolete? January 17, 2017 Mary Dejevsky, a writer and broadcaster, says Yes. Nato was an alliance of the Cold War and became obsolete as soon as the Soviet Union was dissolved. The West’s failure to disband it – or at the very least rename it and reform its purpose – in response to the demise of the Warsaw Pact [...]
European Union extends sanctions against Russian-annexed Crimea June 17, 2016 The European Union has paved the way to extend its sanctions programme against Russia today, announcing the ban on doing business with the Russian-annexed parts of Crimea will stay in place for another year. Sanctions were imposed on Russia in the aftermath of its invasion of Crimea and the ensuing instability in Ukraine. Today's decision bans all [...]