Sanctioned goods make way to Russia through Poland
An investigative report by German tabloid Bild alleges that an illegal parcel network is being used to bypass international sanctions by shipping prohibited goods to Russia via Poland. According to…
Russia, imitating IDF tactics, injures children with quadcopter
Russian FPV drones injured and hospitalised three children and a teenager during attacks in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region, according to officials. The quadcopters struck near residential areas on Sunday evening,…
Ignoring Trump, Europe to boost offshore wind farms
EU energy ministers meeting in Hamburg agreed with industry leaders to scale up North Sea offshore wind to 100 GW, aiming to lower energy prices and accelerate deployment toward a…
Ukraine in dire need of more air defences
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 1,700 drones, 1,380 guided bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, crippling heating and electricity supplies in Kyiv during freezing temperatures.…
US using economic carrot in Ukraine peace talks
At a secluded coastal venue far from a Kyiv still under Russian fire, U.S. envoys spent two intense days shuttling between Ukrainian and Russian delegations to bring them back to…
Ukraine peace talks go into second day
An unnamed White House official told NBC News that the trilateral meeting between the United States, Ukraine, and Russia that started in Abu Dhabi on Friday was productive and that…
Europe exposed to US on energy supplies
Analysis shows that Europe’s decision to replace Russian gas with US liquefied natural gas has left the EU and UK increasingly dependent on American energy supplies, giving Donald Trump significant…
Russian minister visits Cuba following Trump threats
Russia’s interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in Cuba on Tuesday as Washington stepped up pressure on the communist island, which US President Donald Trump said “is ready to fall.” Earlier…
Peace talks behind the scenes in Davos
Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin’s top negotiator and close confidant, is expected to travel to Davos this week to meet members of US President Donald Trump’s delegation, potentially complicating a planned…
Russia’s energy onslaught prompts call for ‘appropriate decisions’
The Kremlin claimed on Thursday that Ukraine is running out of options to end the war as it faces its worst energy and heating crisis since Russia’s full-scale invasion, following…