The G7 Justice concluded in Venice, under the Italian presidency. The commitment to Ukraine, the creation of the Venice Justice Group to address global challenges in the field of justice, the fight against organized crime, from drug trafficking to human trafficking: these are the main topics addressed in the two-day meeting which was held at […]
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THE TWO RED LINES: the breakthrough of Russian troops to the north-west would open a corridor between Kiev and Belarus, incorporating it, as a third country, directly into the conflict. Minsk would thus be able to provide fresh troops and weapons that could be decisive in taking Kiev. Russian provocative attacks on the Baltic countries, Moldova and Poland by Emanuela [...]
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by Emanuela Ricci Ukrainian power plants are the Russians' favorite target these days. The Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv power plants were hit with 34 missiles. The main Ukrainian private energy company, Dtek, was also seriously damaged. State operator Ukrenergo was forced to shut down its main line in the west of the country. Second […]
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The French military agree that miracles should not be expected because creating flight groups ready for combat and capable of facing the most experienced Russian pilots can take four or five years of Editorial Staff With an age between 21 and 23 ten years Ukrainian soldiers are training on [...]
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The Italian government has shown itself to be in favor of the supply of the valuable defense instrument to be agreed with the French government. In fact, it is necessary to produce new ones (4 new units are being acquired) as those supplied - 5 pieces - constitute the minimum allowed for national needs (next G7 in June, jubilee etc.) both [...]
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by Editorial Staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and American President Joe Biden agreed in a phone call last night on the supply of Atacms short-range ballistic missiles. Zelensky announced it in his traditional evening speech. Rbc Ukraine reported the news. “Today's result is that the agreements on Atacms for Ukraine [...]
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by Monica Constantin, journalist and Fulvio Oscar Benussi, journalist and member of the AIDR Foundation What do you think of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians? But when will the war in Ukraine end? Do you think there will be a third world war? These are the disturbing questions that the young people and children who attend our schools ask. The […]
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“The escalation of Washington's interference in a hybrid war against Russia will mark another American disaster similar to Vietnam and Afghanistan” by Editorial Staff The spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on her official telegram profile evoked Vietnam and Afghanistan after the United States House of Representatives gave the […]
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The Houthis in Yemen also recently announced the possession of hypersonic missiles (probably transferred from Iran) to conduct their maritime interdiction actions in the Red Sea. The range of the Fatah hypersonic missile is compatible with the distances separating Israel from Iran. by Pasquale Preziosa Iran is successfully engaging in […]
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by Editorial Staff Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu reportedly had a telephone conversation from which the possibility of holding talks on the conflict in Ukraine emerged. The Russian ministry reported this to the Tass agency: “Availability for dialogue on Ukraine has been noted. The starting points […]
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by Editorial Staff The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate as Russia intensifies its military campaign. Ukraine last week suffered perhaps its heaviest and most destructive attack with 190 missiles, 140 drones and 700 aerial bombs. Russia thus demonstrates to the West that it is highly resilient and persistent in its uninterrupted military campaign that [...]
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by Editorial Staff The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, writes the WP, flew yesterday, in great secrecy, to Ukraine to reiterate the full support of the United States, despite the fact that the US Congress is still deadlocked on additional funds to support the Kyiv's war effort. Sullivan reached Ukraine at a time […]
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The European Council underlines the "imperative" need for "strengthened and coordinated military-civilian preparedness" and "strategic crisis management in the context of the evolving threat landscape". It therefore invites the Council to continue the work and the Commission, together with the High Representative, to propose "actions to strengthen crisis preparedness and response [...]
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by Francesco Matera Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine by constantly bombing the occupied territories, demonstrating the stability of its arsenals, apparently inexhaustible and capable of replenishing themselves without interruption. Even if the population, in real life, begins to suffer from the war effort, according to Kremlin propaganda, the objectives remain [...]
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by Andrea Pinto The Germans, precisely those who were among the forerunners of cryptographic systems with the Enigma system used in WWII, committed a naivety that will cost them dearly in terms of reliability in the presence of the Allies. In essence they embarrassed the Western military and intelligence structure due to a shocking "superficiality" of their [...]
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by Francesco Matera The words of French President Macron on the sending of NATO troops to Ukraine aroused disbelief and amazement, so much so that all Western leaders were preparing to deny this possibility, while Putin raised the specter of the use of tactical nuclear bombs . A use that is foreseen and written clearly on the new […]
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For a credible peace, compromise could really make a difference, but triggering unpredictable scenarios because this marks the failure of the West in the face of the Russian dictatorship. by Andrea Pinto Despite Ukrainian efforts, Russia does not give up on the ground, indeed it continues to conquer important slices of territory in Donbass. If you help them and […]
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Speech at the Institute of International Affairs "Almost two years of Russian war on Ukraine have strategic implications for NATO and European defense, in turn influencing Italy's defense policy" said the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago in his final speech at the event organized by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), "The prolonged conflict and [...]
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by Editorial Staff Russia has stopped annual payments to the Arctic Council until it resumes “effective work” with the participation of all member countries, Russian state news agency RIA reported, citing the Foreign Ministry. Cooperation between the Western Arctic states of the intergovernmental body and Moscow has been suspended […]
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“Today I think of the thousands of Anglo-American boys who lost their lives 80 years ago after landing in Anzio” was how the Undersecretary of State for Defense Matteo Perego of Cremnago began his speech during the discussion in the Senate on the conversion into law of Legislative Decree 200 of 21 December 2023 containing urgent provisions for the extension [...]
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by Editorial Staff The Kremlin has proposed to the Duma an amendment to the penal code which includes as crimes aversion to government policies in the war against Ukraine, discrediting the armed forces and supporting foreign sanctions against the State. The amendment received the support of the majority of the Lower House of the Russian Federal Assembly and soon […]
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by Editorial Staff With the United States still having to unblock the military aid package in Congress and with the West which, more generally, has shown some weakness in continuing to support Ukraine, it is necessary, as far as possible, to take action. Even if the initiative will not significantly change the progress of the war which has been stuck for months, however [...]
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by Editorial Staff A predictable twist casts more and more shadows on the future of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The news is disruptive and in some ways worrying. The spokesperson of the US Security Council, John Kirby, warned the allies and Ukraine directly, who explicitly said in a press conference that the financing approved by [...]
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by Editorial Staff No new mobilization, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree regarding the assignment of citizenship to foreigners who sign a contract to serve in the Armed Forces. Next March's elections give Putin no other choice. This measure adds to the previous pardon granted to prisoners sent to the front, highlighting the commitment [...]
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Russia's unprecedented massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, in response to Kiev's launch of attack drones on Russian regions on its western border in the Belgorod area and near the capital Moscow. Mykolaiv, Odessa and Dnipro were hit simultaneously: one person died and several were injured. The debris of a […]
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by Andrea Pinto Russia has launched a massive attack in Ukraine, firing 120 missiles, 36 Shahed-class drones, unmarked devices and sending at least 20 strategic bombers into the air. The targets included civilian buildings and strategic locations: there were numerous victims and damage. The Ukrainian response was immediate with 70 [...]
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by Editorial Staff yesterday the news of the alleged poisoning of the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budanov, and his wife Marianna, apparently hit "with heavy metals. Ukraine's Defense Ministry said such substances are not commonly used in daily life or military affairs, suggesting possible intentional poisoning. Ukrainian officials have indicated [...]
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by Andrea Pinto Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine by constantly bombing the occupied territories, demonstrating the stability of its arsenals, apparently inexhaustible and capable of replenishing themselves without interruption. Even if the population, in real life, begins to suffer from the war effort, according to Kremlin propaganda, the [...]
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According to data reported by WP, Ukraine, to date, has received the monster amount of 350 billion dollars. The political party headed by the Republicans pushed the US Congress to freeze funds in support of Ukraine to avoid a shutdown, i.e. the blocking of the country's administrative activities. It is a measure […]
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The biweekly newspaper Time tells a strange story. A 6.000-year-old Cuban found himself sleeping next to Russian soldiers in a trench in Ukraine, more than XNUMX miles from home. According to the story, the Cuban boy accepted an advantageous offer posted on WhatsApp for a job in the construction sector [...]
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The war continues. Ukraine announces its own weapons production while Putin enlists Cuban volunteers
(by Andrea Pinto) Vladimir Putin on the day of the celebrations for the annexation of the former People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, through the Tass agency, congratulated the residents on this "truly decisive" annual anniversary , historic and fateful." Ukrainian President Zelensky, in response, participated in the International Forum [...]
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Ukraine's military forces said they attacked two Russian patrol ships operating in the Black Sea and destroyed the sophisticated S-400 "Triumf" surface-to-air missile defense system in Russian-occupied Crimea. Some military analysts have described the loss of such equipment as "tactical failures" on Russia's part.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia despite warnings from Washington not to favor a deal to send weapons to Putin. Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday aboard his private train, accompanied by senior officials from the defense and military industry and the Foreign Minister.
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(by Andrea Pinto) While the Ukrainian attacks by drone in the Crimea and in the western part of Russia continue, Volodymyr Zelensky retracts the feeble openings on a possible path to peace, questioning the cession of some territories in Crimea. Referring to the recent assassination attempt on the head of Wagner Prigozhin, Zelensky thus retracted [...]
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The Ukrainian counter-offensive is proving to be less effective than Kiev had hoped for and Ukraine must accept the fact that it will fail to achieve the main objectives it has set itself. This is supported by US intelligence according to which it is practically impossible for the Ukrainian army to be able to reach the city of Melitopol occupied by the [...]
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A US official said the US had approved sending F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine to defend against Russian invaders. The planes will be supplied at the end of the pilot training phase, scheduled for the beginning of 2024. Since the beginning of the conflict, Ukraine has asked on multiple occasions [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) During the hot days of mid-August, the chief of cabinet of the NATO secretary general, a certain Stian Jenssen, publicly launched an apparently inadmissible proposal to turn the Russian-Ukrainian conflict around: "Kiev should cede some territories to have quick and easy access to NATO”. The contents of the sentence, once […]
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The German newspaper Die Welt has published an article where it reveals that Moscow relies on international shipping companies to transport its oil and many of them fly the Greek flag. A business that Athens does not want to give up and which yields about a quarter of its budget to Russia, compared to about [...]
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A new NATO with 300 thousand men always ready and the secret pact of the CIA with Russia and Ukraine
(by Massimiliano D'Elia) On 11 and 12 July in Vilnius the 31 NATO countries will meet to try to relaunch the role of the Alliance, following the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is evident to everyone that by now the founding principles of the Atlantic Pact are no longer current because the threats do not come only from the East but also from […]
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The long discussion that lasted until about 1:15 in the night, far beyond what was expected, was not enough for the leaders of the Twenty-seven to adopt the paragraph of the conclusions dedicated to immigration. In the afternoon session, instead, Ukraine was discussed with the intervention of President Zelensky via video link. In […]
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Red Square and Lenin's Mausoleum have been closed to visitors due to events, Ria Novosti reports, citing the press and public relations department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. "Security measures have been strengthened in Moscow, the most important sites are subjected to greater security", as well as [...]
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Putin counters the Ukrainian counter-offensive by raising the bar of the conflict. On the one hand he complains about the shortage of ammunition and drones and on the other he intensifies the bombing, hitting Ukraine in a radial pattern. The other day he signed a decree incorporating the Sea of Azov into Russian territory, threatened not to renew the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain and made […]
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The alarm was raised by US intelligence to American firms that supplied Iran with technological components which were then used to build the fearsome Shahed drones used by Russia in the war against Ukraine. However, Iran does not only receive its supplies from Western countries, through anonymous civilian companies, but also from China, India and South Africa. A trade in components […]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) A few weeks ago, Russian paramilitary groups (the Legion of Freedom and the Russian Volunteer Corps) conducted a cross-border incursion from Ukrainian territory towards the Russian region of Belgorod. After freeing some villages, albeit for a very short period of time, located on the border, the fighters were [...]
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Milley: “F-16s are not the miracle weapon”. Crosetto on the pilots: "we can't train them in Italy because we don't have the F-16s". The F-16 fighters that have been promised to Ukraine are not the "miracle weapon". This was stated by the head of the American Joint Staff, Mark Milley, speaking remotely at a meeting of the international group that coordinates aid [...]
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The question and answer between Moscow and Kiev to establish the paternity of the clashes in the Russian region of Belgorod is alive. Yesterday, the first messages spoke of Ukrainian forces having penetrated Russian territory and grappling with the forces of Moscow. After a few hours, the Russian partisans of Freedom of Russia and [...]
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Yesterday the turning point, the US Administration announced that it will give allied countries the green light to transfer the F-16s to Ukraine. A necessary approval because to start the delivery of the F-16, designed and built by Lookheed Martin and General Dynamics, the approval of the country holding the project and the construction of the aircraft was required. To date […]
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Zelensky wants 50 F-16s. Announced the birth of a coalition ready to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced yesterday that they want to form a coalition willing to deliver the F-16s to Ukraine. According to some rumors reported by corsera, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Romania and Greece could join. The F-16 to date is the only aircraft capable of operating in a context such as the Ukrainian one. For […]
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General Pasquale Preziosa, former head of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory spoke this afternoon to TGCOM24 on the crisis in Ukraine. The general analyzed the recent "dense" and "intense" Russian missile activity, specifying that the Patriot defense system worked (according to reports from the Ukrainians) against the dreaded Khinzal [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Volodymir Zelensky was on a "diplomatic" pilgrimage to Europe, making short stops in Italy, Germany, France and England. One way to announce to the countries that support the Ukrainian war effort the beginning of something important, definitive and which once started does not foresee a return but only the abyss dictated by the uncertainty of [...]
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenaries would have wanted to reveal the location of the Russian troops to the Ukrainian government. The news was reported yesterday by the WP, according to a leak of some US intelligence documents. Wagner's soldiers were at the forefront of the bloody Russian offensive to take the city [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) The Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelensky used a safe Airbus of the Italian Air Force to reach Rome. Most likely the Ukrainian delegation moved by train to reach a NATO base in Poland close to the border. From there our Airbus, escorted by Italian fighter jets, flew to reach Rome. […]
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Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Russian Victory over Nazism. In Moscow there will be the usual military parade to remember the fallen heroes of the Second World War.
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“Preparations for the counteroffensive are in the final straight,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksy Reznikov said in a television interview, “I don't just hope, I believe it. I am convinced that much has been done to make the counter-offensive successful. Because if our generals are not confident, it would be useless to go forward. Everything has to be […]
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The island of Christiansö in the Baltic Sea is the Danish outpost in front of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline, which made world news due to a sabotage that took place on 26 September last. The Danish police are examining several hypotheses. Meanwhile, off Christiansö, a boat specializing in underwater exploration continues to collect clues, escorted by a navy ship [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Putin's propaganda in support of the special military operation in Ukraine is centered on historical reasons, dating back to the empire of Peter the Great and on the narrative of the dangerous enlargement of NATO to Russia's borders. of NATO towards Russia is a thesis studied by many international observers and analysts who, [...]
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The person responsible for the leak of hundreds of classified Pentagon documents may be a young racist gun enthusiast who worked at a military base and was trying to impress an Internet chat group with his revelations. The Washington Post interviewed a teenage member of the group, who described the man, denoted by […]
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A secret dossier has ended up on the net, a classified document summarizing the American and NATO commitment to the war in Ukraine. A lightness in the American control systems or the will to divulge what you want the enemy to know in order to confuse him? The fact is that the dossier speaks of about 100 soldiers [...]
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Yesterday Moscow announced its intention to deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus (those with short range ed). Work on the buildings that will house the weapons will end next July. The US Administration, through one of its officials, interviewed by Reuters, made it known that there are no indications that Russia is preparing to [...]
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(by Francesco Matera) Italy has sided with Ukraine without ifs and buts, as witnessed by the recent trip of the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Kiev. Days ago the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani leaked the news that the Russian Wagner brigade from Libya [...]
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The head of Lithuanian military intelligence said Russia has enough resources to continue the war in Ukraine for another two years at the current intensity. "The resources that Russia has right now would be enough to continue the war at the current intensity for two years," Lithuanian intelligence chief Elegijus Paulavicius told reporters. […]
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The Russian army continues its "pounding" war characterized by continuous and incessant waves of bombing in various areas of Ukraine which in vast areas of territory has been completely razed to the ground. Whole villages have been reduced to a pile of rubble that has swallowed up their inhabitants, regardless of gender or age. Many observers […]
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A strong explosion was heard in Kolomna, a city in Russia in the Moscow region 113 km southeast of the capital. The first images have started appearing on social media.
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(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday in Moscow senior Chinese officials, led by the highest exponent of the Foreign Commission of the Communist Party of China, Wang Yi met Vladimir Putin confirming a friendship without limits. Observers and press releases specifically speak of friendship and not of a real pact not to make the […]
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In Ukraine, alarm is growing about a new imminent large-scale Russian offensive. Moscow has begun deploying ships and submarines with tactical nuclear weapons in the Baltic Sea and is amassing fighter jets on the border with Ukraine, according to intelligence sources. But the US is holding back: we have no evidence. For now no jet of the to Ukraine The supply of […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The Washington Post has revealed the American moves "under the table" to try to turn the Ukrainian conflict around. Under consideration by Congress the use of the "1202 Program" which provides for the use of US special forces directly on the ground to assist the Ukrainians in raids and in counter-information, or to lead the Kiev military from [...]
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After meeting with British officials, the Ukrainian leader went to Paris to meet Macron and Scholz. The request is to have fighter planes and long-range missiles as soon as possible. Italian premier Giorgia Meloni was not invited. Nor had the French president told her anything about [...]
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NATO will continue to strengthen its partnership with Japan during the war in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Japan, where he will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "The war in Ukraine is important for all of us, we are very grateful for the support that Japan [...]
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In the usual evening message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky launches another request to thank all the countries that are helping Kiev: “Weapons on the battlefield. A weapon that protects our sky. New sanctions against Russia. But we must also work even more actively to create a court on the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. Only […]
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After weeks of controversy and resistance, Western leaders speak on the phone, confirm their support for Kiev and reaffirm their commitment to provide military aid to the Zelensky government. The United States will send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Germany has formalized its willingness to send its Leopard tanks, initially [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The war in Ukraine, in the last few hours, is taking a different direction. We would be playing all out with the intention of leading Putin to mild advice, or rather preparing to face a very long war that some analysts associate with the Korean war. The Pentagon, a few hours ago, announced that it will increase by [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Since the beginning of January, Russian propaganda has changed its narrative. In Russia, newspapers and TV are explicit about the war: "We are defending ourselves from external aggression". The military special operation turned into all-out war as the West effectively entered the war on the side of Ukraine. […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Yesterday the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto on the television show Che tempo che fa announced that the "sixth decree on arms to be sent to Ukraine is being prepared, there will be, I think it will be shared by almost the whole Parliament and will give Ukraine the opportunity to defend itself against air attacks. It means missiles that [...]
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Italy will send further aid when the sixth decree is approved. He's already done five. Let's say that both Ukraine and other countries are satisfied with the help that Italy has provided and will continue to provide".
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Today in Remstein in Germany the Western summit to decide strategies and new military supplies to Ukraine. Yesterday the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev thundered: "The defeat of a nuclear power in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of an atomic war". Germany, meanwhile, hesitates and [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) We are almost a year after the conflict that broke out in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. A conflict that is putting a strain on the stability of the world economy due to a series of factors, one of which is the energy supply of the countries most dependent on Russian gas and oil. A long war, exhausting and [...]
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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor, Francesco Talò. The American request concerns the military supplies of the allies. As Repubblica writes, according to diplomatic sources in Washington, the United States is pressing Rome to provide the anti-missile shield to Ukraine as soon as possible, necessary for [...]
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Ukrainian military intelligence says that Russia is ready to order the mobilization of as many as 500.000 conscripts in January, in addition to the 300.000 already called up last October, thus sending a signal: Putin has no intention of ending the war. Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence, told The Guardian that the conscripts [...]
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Using a cell phone can cost you your life. It's not a paradox, but when you're at war, sending a single message over the data network can give the enemy your exact location on the battlefield leaving you vulnerable. The United States and its allies have watched with some concern [...]
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Zelensky met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Schumer clarified that, according to the Ukrainian leader, failure to approve the aid that Congress is considering could cost lives. The Democrats are united in wanting to support Kiev, while among the Republican ranks there are [...]
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Zelensky, connected remotely, pleaded with G7 members to continue with support for the armed forces and the Ukrainian people as they grapple with the harshest winter ever. Over 40 percent of the power plants have been destroyed by Russian bombing which has never stopped hitting the strategic centers of [...]
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The Minister of Education and Merit, Prof. Giuseppe Valditara, took part today in the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education of the European Union, discussing with his counterparts in this first appointment in Brussels. During the meeting, the Council recommendation on pathways to educational success was adopted, with the aim of reducing early leaving from education and […]
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"Cooperation on security in the Western Balkans - challenges and lessons from the pandemic to the war in Ukraine" More than 70 speakers from 40 countries and over one hundred sector experts took part in Rome, on 17 and 18 November, at the High School of Police, at the 7th Annual Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference, [...]
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Something is moving in the face of the defeat of the Russian army. Raising the bar of war or favoring negotiations? This is the dilemma that is shaking the chancelleries of half the world and making the White House troubled. The Kremlin has sent, in fact, important signals to the US, opening Putin-Biden face to face at the G20 [...]
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Weapon-of-destruction attacks on civilians and infrastructure, together with the absence of adequate and continuous humanitarian corridors, make the conflict in Ukraine a serious humanitarian emergency now within Europe. (by Vincenzo Gaglione) On February 24, 2022, with an invasion by the Russian armed forces, actually preceded already in the first months of 2021 [...]
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The Baltic Pipe, the new gas pipeline that will connect Norway, Denmark and Poland, was inaugurated on 27 September. The project started in 2013 and cost 267 million euros. It is a strategic infrastructure that connects to another gas pipeline, Europipe II, which extracts natural gas from the [...]
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"Putin in recent days has launched the usual nuclear blackmail, we have already heard it in the past, we must, however, only interpret the signals that come to us from Russia". General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and now president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, told TG4. The general continues: "Putin raised [...]
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As Ukraine celebrated its 31 years of independence yesterday, Russia, without mercy, attacked the country with ferocity by hitting a railway station. To spoil the party, Moscow launched a missile attack on a railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the meantime, Washington has circulated the news that Moscow is preparing a referendum [...]
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General Pasquale Preziosa was interviewed by the prestigious American magazine Defense.info, on current issues involving new world actors in the economic, social and military fields. Particular attention was paid to the new strategic documents of NATO and the EU, considered already "past" and not suitable for modern challenges. The point of view of [...]
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Yesterday Vladimir Putin in Koubinka, a town near Moscow, during an international arms fair boasted those in possession of the Russian army. Although some Western services have pointed out that Russia revealed its weaknesses during the war in Ukraine, the Russian president promised his allies "the most modern weapons of [...]
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With the first so-called “Aid” decree, converted into law on July 15, 2022, an allocation was made for financial support in favor of Ukraine. In implementation of this rule, today the Minister of Economy and Finance Daniele Franco and the Ukrainian Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko finalized the financing agreement. Resources (200 [...]
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The dossier on Ukrainian wheat could be resolved shortly, as confirmed by the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: "a matter of days and there will be a new meeting, an opportunity to define the details and review the points on which an agreement has already been reached. reached up". It is important that the agreement is reached as soon as possible for [...]
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War of energy and wheat (by Massimiliano D'Elia) In the end Putin is probably succeeding in his crazy plan, which is not so crazy: to undermine Western democracies that for years have rested on the conviction of lasting peace guaranteed by NATO and the United Nations. Less convincing, however, is the Union's ability to influence [...]
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Russia is moving to "downsize" a natural gas joint venture, putting the investments of Shell and two Japanese energy companies at risk. A decree issued last Thursday by President Vladimir Putin concerns Sakhalin-2, a project in the Russian Far East that serves as an exporter of liquefied natural gas to Japan. The decision […]
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The invasion of Russia against Ukraine inevitably favored the creation of a new world order. It forced Sweden and Finland to abandon their almost centennial neutrality to move towards NATO and accelerated the accession process of Ukraine, Moldova and Macedonia to the European Union. It also favored the approach of a new economic bloc and [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday in Brussels perhaps an important page was written for Europe which, with the war on its doorstep, with a stroke of the back, decided to accept the status of candidacy to become members of the Union a Ukraine, Moldova and Macedonia. The only reservation was left to Macedonia which was [...]
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The West imposes sanctions on Russia, Putin "hangs down" and throws himself into the arms of Xi jinping. It is the same Chinese president who at the remote summit of the BRICS countries publicly spoke of the injustice of the sanctions applied to Russia: "it has been proven that they are a boomerang, they transform economic relations over years". Xi continues: "this crisis [...]
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Mario Draghi does not intend to deviate the course and modify international commitments. Italy, the premier is convinced, will once again respond to the requests for help coming from Volodymyr Zelensky and the people of Kiev. "If Ukraine does not defend itself, there can be no peace", the premier reiterated on more than one occasion [...]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday sent another video to talk to his people: "the Black Sea will be safe and ours, everything will be rebuilt, Russia does not have enough missiles to break the Ukrainians' will to live". Meanwhile the Kiev Parliament has banned the import of Russian books and newspapers and [...]
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Russia opens to a peace intervention by the Pope. Poland is wary of a mission in Kiev by the Scholz-Macron-Draghi trio. Ukraine, on the other hand, presents a shopping list at the meeting of defense ministers to be held today at NATO in Brussels. On the ground, Severodonetsk is practically surrounded and the connections with Lisichansk are [...]
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The Russian newspaper Izvestia revealed Turkey's plan to resolve the Ukrainian wheat issue. It will be the Turkish navy to mine the Black Sea and then escort the Ukrainian ships in neutral waters. The goal is to free up almost 53 million [...]
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"The Russian presidential decrees of May 25 and May 30, which simplify the process of granting Russian citizenship and issuing Russian passports to Ukrainian citizens of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, as well as Ukrainian children without parental care and legally incapable people of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions [...]
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Vladimir Putin is ill with cancer and escaped an assassination attempt in March. These are the conclusions of a secret report by the US 007 after the rumors that have been running around in recent weeks, according to what 'Newsweek' reveals, citing three executives from three different American intelligence agencies. In detail, the informants of [...]
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(by Paolo Giordani) Almost 100 days after the beginning of what Moscow calls a "special military operation" (the post-Soviet version of the British understatement almost always has ironic implications), the hypothesis of a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of "serious" negotiations still appears remote, for various reasons. The first and most evident is that not only [...]
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To date, the effects of the war in Ukraine will produce a reduction in GDP of 24 billion real euros for the current year, which corresponds to a loss of average purchasing power for each Italian family of 929 euros. On a territorial level, the most penalized families will be those residing in Trentino Alto Adige (-1.685 euros), [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) The military conduct, corroborated by the aggression by Russia against Ukraine, causing enormous suffering to the civilian population and the destruction of public and private structures, up to the point of razing some Ukrainian cities to the ground, was considered by the international community as falling within the context of a real war. This last word is [...]
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The problem of blocked wheat in Ukraine and Russia requires swift responses. With Ukrainian Black Sea ports closed by the Russians since the invasion began, and over 20 million tons of grain locked in silos, Westerners have appealed to Moscow to defuse a food crisis that has now gone global. The [...]
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Password in the Kremlin? Reinforce the western side. By the end of the year, over two thousand new weapons will be deployed in the western regions with 20 new warships. NATO is expanding and Moscow's response to the "growing military threats" from the West is not diplomacy but continuous and progressive armament. To worry [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Yesterday before flying to Korea, President Biden met with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, after which he started the work of the Congress for the ratification of the request of Finland and Sweden to join the Born. The only knot to untie to achieve the entry of [...]
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“Italy, through its support for Ukraine and assuming an Atlanticist and pro-European position, has obtained credibility as a reliable interlocutor in the search for peace at the international level. That is why I reaffirm my support for Draghi so that the government continues to move unambiguously in this direction. We must prevent the humanitarian crisis from continuing to worsen, reaching [...]
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The collaboration and partnership between the State Police and Rai is consolidated to ensure safety during the conduct of international events. The hackers tried to infiltrate the opening night and the final. The activation of an operations room dedicated to the Eurovision event in which CNAIPIC technicians and police specialists [...]
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“In Italy and in Europe, people want an end to these massacres, this violence, this butchery. People think what we can do to bring peace ”. "We must use every channel for peace, for a ceasefire and the start of credible negotiations". "What is happening in Ukraine has led [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) At the end of March, the troops of the Russian Federation had withdrawn from the surrounding area of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, leaving many Ukrainian corpses scattered on the streets, some of which were shot, execution style, others tied up before suffering death, still others were hit by tanks. [...]
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Biden signed a law to speed up the supply of arms to Ukraine inspired by a 1941 measure that allowed the United States to arm the British army against Hitler. The 'Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act' had been approved by an overwhelming majority by Congress ten days ago, but Biden wanted to sign it, not surprisingly, today, on [...]
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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on the eve of the great parade to celebrate the victory over Nazism, addressed the message of good wishes to all the countries of the former Soviet bloc, including Ukraine, and to the two separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk: "As in 1945, the victory will be ours ". "Today our military, like their ancestors, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) The British secret services are certain: the Russian military is one step away from humiliating defeat in Ukraine, they have already lost 25 percent of their war capacity. The findings from the bulletin published yesterday from London tell us that the Ukrainians, thanks to weapons and Western know-how, are [...]
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Serghei Lavrov the other evening on Rete4 during the transmission of the White Zone by Giuseppe Brindisi narrated the Moscow rhetoric on the war in Ukraine. Arousing the indignation of Israel and the world Jewish community when he said that Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jew, leads a country infested by Nazis, because "in my opinion Hitler also had origins [...]
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Russia is running out of precision missiles and its arms factories are failing to meet demand. The sanctions are having, albeit slowly, a clear impact on Russian war industrial production. Now Moscow is forced to transport its missiles from distant parts of the country to the Ukrainian front. "The […]
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THE RUSSIAN VETO PARALIZES THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS TAKES PART (by Giuseppe Paccione) Much has been said about the institution of the right and the power of veto, that is, the right to prevent the adoption of any resolution with one's negative vote, which constitutes the distinction between States [...]
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In the hearing of Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini at Copasir - Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic - "the contents of the second interministerial decree authorizing the transfer of military means, materials and equipment to the governmental authorities of Ukraine, on which the Committee agreed with the Government in the affixing of the [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Diplomacy is already working on redesigning Ukraine's new borders, while UN Secretary General Guterres first met Putin and then Zelensky to mediate and bring acceptable proposals from the contenders. At the base there would be the hoped for neutrality of Ukraine with a UN force of interposition with functions of "Peace Keeping". [...]
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The reception of students at the center of the interview The reception in Italian schools of Ukrainian students fleeing the war and didactic continuity with respect to the path started in their own country. Psychological support and the recovery of sociability also thanks to dedicated activities in the summer. These are the themes at the center of the meeting that [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Two antennas were hit in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory, the country has put the security forces on alert. An ammunition depot went up in flames early this morning near the village of Staraya Nelidovka in the Belgorod region of western Russia, near the border with […]
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Corriere della Sera reported that the Moscow Defense Ministry announced that eleven Italian professional fighters would have died in combat on Ukrainian territory. Russia has labeled them as mercenaries, like the other 50 compatriots who would have joined the International Battalion under the orders of the state [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) With unprecedented speed, the international community immediately responded to the demands of the Kiev authorities regarding the responsibility for international crimes committed on its territory by Russian troops and non-state actors flanking the special military operation wanted by Putin. This effort which is needed [...]
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Moscow and Kiev let it be known, by means of press releases, that they have begun debating a draft negotiation that, to tell the truth, no one has yet seen. In Istanbul, the Ukrainians claim to have given their counterpart a draft agreement that many consider to be "waste paper" because it is not acceptable to the Kremlin. The spokesperson [...]
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British intelligence has informed the government of the beginning of a new phase in Ukraine marked by a war of attrition that could last several months. A spokesman for Downing Street said this, correcting the shot with respect to forecasts according to which Moscow, in the event of an initial failure, would risk finding itself soon without sufficient resources [...]
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the head of the Russian navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, met with the crew members of the sunken cruiser Moskva. Yevmenov reassured the sailors: "you will continue to serve the Russian navy". The Russian Defense Ministry released a 26-second video showing Yevmenov and two other officers in [...]
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The pressure of the Russians on the city of Mariupol is getting harder, "If they continue to resist, they will all be eliminated". According to what was announced by Interfax, which quoted the spokesman of the ministry Igor Konashenkov, this is the message sent by the Russian Defense Ministry to the Ukrainian resistance barricaded in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, after [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) As was shown, the international community, with broad support from the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, by adopting resolution A / ES-11 / L.1, condemned the aggressive act Russian vis-à-vis Ukraine. The threat or use of military coercive action contrary to the UN Charter is clearly illegal, under international law [...]
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Putin: "The Ukrainians have pushed the negotiations into a dead end, it is they who have created difficulties in bringing them to an acceptable level and the military operation will go on until there are acceptable negotiations". According to the Kremlin, Ukraine would not have respected the agreements reached with Russia in Istanbul and Ukraine would be used as one [...]
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Aleksandar Vucic's Serbia, even if it condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, winks at Putin: it has not aligned itself in imposing sanctions on Moscow and there is strong pro-Russia sentiment on the part of the population that has dropped several times in the square in support of the special operation in Ukraine. All this net of a feeble [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) For a month and more, the international community has been witnessing the overturning of the status quo of the international legal system since the beginning of the invasion of Russian troops, which have crossed the borders of Ukraine, a sovereign, independent and member of the United Nations. Clearly, there was no lack of broad condemnation by States and international organizations of the Russian aggressive conduct and [...]
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Kremlin spokesman Peskov said yesterday that “the operation could be completed in the near future. It continues, we are achieving our goals. Substantial work is being carried out both militarily, in terms of the progress of the operation, and through the negotiations that are being negotiated with the Ukrainian counterparts “. Everyone looks to May 9 when [...]
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Yesterday Italy aligned itself with its Western partners by expelling 30 Russian diplomats who worked at the Russian Embassy in Italy. Berlin expelled 40, while France and Spain, respectively 35 and 25. The other countries of Europe follow: Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark. The spokesperson for the Moscow Foreign Ministry, Maria [...]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the night, in a heartfelt video, talks about the Russian forces that would be gathering in the south to attack the Donbass massively. Today negotiations should resume and perhaps the opening of the desired humanitarian corridor in favor of some 200 civilians trapped in Mariupol, before the final Russian attack. Western intelligence and [...]
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“According to the orientation expressed by eminent Constitutionalists, the sending of Italian defensive weapons to the Ukrainian army falls within the provisions of our Charter, since it extends aid to the attacked countries. And Ukraine, according to the UN ruling, is a country attacked by the Russian Federation. A decisive detail to define the government and parliamentary steps ". Senator Marinella declares it [...]
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The Ukrainian military intelligence agency yesterday published a list with the names, addresses and passport numbers of 600 Russian citizens, alleged agents of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The FSB is the Russian internal security and counter-intelligence agency and its staff also operate in the former Soviet republics, including [...]
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Yesterday President Biden at the NATO summit said that if Russia uses chemical agents such as those launched in Syria "we will respond and the nature of the response will depend on the nature of their use". For the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, "Russian rhetoric aims to look for pretexts to prepare for the use of arms [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) Now that Moscow has launched an aggressive attack on a sovereign and independent state like Ukraine, a member of the United Nations, a subject of international law and with an international personality, the international community has found itself unprepared to confront with the consequences of the most serious crisis of the security architecture in old Europe since [...]
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The United States to help Europe for the energy crisis and for independence from Russian gas, this is the proposal of the CEO of JpMorgan, Jamie Dimon. For Dimon, sources close to the dossier explained to ANSA, a plan modeled on the historic aid package launched by the United States in 1948 to contribute to the reconstruction of Europe is urgently needed [...]
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Will it be propaganda or a (likely) tip-off from Russian intelligence passed under the table to the Ukrainian intelligence agency? Ukrainians argue that a conspiracy is underway by senior Russian government officials, with the aim of ousting (perhaps even by killing) President Vladimir Putin and fostering a negotiated agreement with the West. They thought about prudence [...]
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“Touching, in every passage, the intervention of President Zelensky whom I witnessed today in the Montecitorio courtroom. Equally intense was the demonstration of solidarity and assistance that President Draghi expressed in the name of the Italian people. It is evident that this posture, in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, imposes on Italy the need to search for sources of supply of [...]
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(by Giuseppe Paccione) For weeks we have been discussing the issue of procuring military tools in favor of the Ukrainian military forces that must defend themselves from the aggression of Russia, which began on 24 February. Some member states of the Atlantic Alliance have already sent weapons, others have ensured this supply as soon as possible, such as the United States which has guaranteed [...]
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The repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the food market and the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans at the heart of the EU Agriculture Council The situation of the agri-food market following the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the identification of measures aimed at guaranteeing food security in the 'EU in the aftermath of the crisis: these were the central points of the EU Agriculture Council [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Moscow has announced that for the first time in Ukraine it has used the Kinzhal, hypersonic ballistic missiles with nuclear or conventional capability that are launched by a modified Mig-31. It is one of the six "next generation" weapons cited by Putin in his speech on March 1, 2018. A demonstration to the world that hypersonic technology [...]
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According to Interfax reports, Moscow warns that it has used "another hypersonic missile against Ukrainian military targets". While 'The Kyiv independence' accuses the Russian military forces of having transferred "thousands of Ukrainian civilians" to "camps" where their cell phones and documents are "checked" and then "deported to remote cities of Russia". But on Telegram, the authorities [...]
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The Russian Defense Ministry announced that a Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile was used in a special operation in Ukraine. As reported by the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry, Brigadier General Igor Konashenkov, the operation took place yesterday and saw the use of "Kinzhal missiles" which "destroyed a large underground deposit with missiles [...]
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A covert program run by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which began shortly after the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014, is said to be helping Ukrainians repel the Russian military advance. According to Yahoo News, the CIA began training Ukrainian special forces personnel, starting in 2015, when the Kremlin took away Crimea [...]
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The Financial Times revealed a hypothesis of an agreement between Russia and Ukraine, a 15-point plan that provides for the neutrality of Ukraine and the renunciation of joining NATO, in exchange for guarantees on its safety by the United States, Great Britain and Turkey. Ukraine would continue to have its own army but with [...]
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On Cusano Tv to 'The Entrepreneur and the Others', General Pasquale Preziosa, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and today president of the Eurispes Security Observatory, treated the question of the war in Ukraine with disarming lucidity, giving a most studied version of the global situation. An analysis that differs from that written on [...]
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Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is appropriate to learn more about the state apparatus that allows the modern Tsar, Vladimir Putin, to keep the whole world in check. Against a GDP of just over 1700 US dollars (year 2020), Moscow spends around 4 percent each year on military spending (70 [...]
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A condemnation of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine is contained in a letter signed by 4 teachers, academics, students, graduates and staff of the prestigious 'Lomonosov' Moscow State University, the oldest in Russia. 'We categorically condemn the war our country has waged in Ukraine', the document states. Meanwhile, Maria Ovsiannikova, the woman [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Putin's army thought that, as happened in the Crimea, taking Ukraine would be child's play, a quick and painless operation. In fact, the massive use of troops and vehicles in Ukraine was narrated to Russian public opinion as a "special operation", without ever uttering the word "war". But already after a few days the [...]
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The Russian air attack at dawn, near Lviv, targeted a military base (Ivano-Frankivsk) just 25 kilometers from Poland and seems to be a direct message from Russia to NATO and the EU. At the base there is also the International Center for Peace and Security (Ipsc) where the exercises were held last September [...]
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In a small town in western Ukraine, intelligence officers crowd around a cluster of screens. The interface of the Russian government websites appears, from where files are downloaded as hackers try to identify any possible weaknesses in the infrastructure. This is the new "top secret" headquarters of the Cyber Intelligence Division of the [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Many NATO countries, including Italy, are sending weapons to Poland in support of the Ukrainian resistance. From information, osint would be the Rzeszow Jasionka airport (100km from the Ukrainian border), the one used to send Western aid to Ukraine. The airport is located close to the E40 motorway which leads directly to Kiev. At the airport there are [...]
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According to US military experts, a wide range of Russian military equipment, which has fallen into the hands of Ukrainian forces since February 24, could prove to be a "gold mine" for US and Western intelligence agencies. As the war enters its third week, there is well-founded information that Ukrainian forces have come into possession [...]
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The systems of the International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia have stopped transmitting data; yesterday there was a similar interruption from the Chernobyl site: the IAEA says it is "worried". Meanwhile Zelensky believes "that the threat of nuclear war is a bluff" by Putin. "Bombing a children's hospital is proof [...]
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The director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, in a hearing in the US Congress, said that Putin would be ready to double his forces on the ground because at this point in the conflict he cannot lose the war and above all his face both inside and in the front. to the International Community: "We assess that Putin feels afflicted by the fact [...]
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"The TV is fucking us and we drink it." Thus a Russian soldier, Valera, imprisoned by the Ukrainians while talking on the phone with his family at home. The scene is filmed by the military in Kiev and expertly broadcast online to counter Putin's propaganda which, in Russia, tells another version of the war. Vara [...]
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The European Parliament voted with a very large majority the resolution condemning the Russian aggression and proximity to Ukraine which also contains the commitment to grant the country the status of candidate country for EU membership. The text obtained 637 votes in favor, 26 abstentions and 13 against. Among the opponents, several MEPs of the de La group [...]
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Since darkness fell in Kiev, the sirens have continued to be activated repeatedly, warning the population of possible Russian bombings. The bloody war continues, although a faint hope can be nurtured today with the meeting between the delegations from Kiev and Moscow scheduled on the border with Belarus. Belarusian President Lukashenko [...]
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"This war will last a long time" and "we must prepare": French President Emmanuel Macron said today during a visit to the Agricultural Fair. Macron has ensured that weapons will be sent to Zelesky while Biden has sent 350 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Russian para are trying to leave Kiev without light, but they were [...]
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"In this morning's speech to the Chamber of Deputies by the Prime Minister Mario Draghi concerning the disclosure on the Ukrainian crisis, we perceive a turning point on Italian energy that we have not witnessed for over ten years" the statements of the President of FederPetroli Italia - Michele Marsiglia during the intervention. As Federpetroli Italia we perceive a will [...]
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(by Luca Fiorletta) A siren rings in the heart of Eastern Europe and reminds the Western world that war really exists, that it is not just an exotic or distant fact: its reality is such because it belongs to the human being and the man, you know, has always been the same. Not even the pandemic of our day [...]
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The West is compact in imposing sanctions on Russia, while on the ground the battle is pressing by the hour, with deaths and injuries registered. The Moscow bulletin reports 74 military targets destroyed, including 11 runways. According to the Ukrainian presidency, "more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and about 10 civilians have been killed". Another 18 victims, including [...]
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Strong explosions were reported in Ukrainian cities in Odessa, Kharvik, Mariupol, Lviv and in the capital Kiev, where the Russians attempted to take control of the airport. Navigation in the Sea of Azov blocked. Russian tanks, with the 'Z' mark on the sides, would have entered Ukraine from numerous points along the border, including from Belarus and [...]
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Today at 04.00 the rhetoric of diplomacy was replaced by war, Vladimir Putin launched 'the special military operation in Ukraine. The announcement came during a live broadcast where Putin said his goal is to demilitarize but not occupy Ukraine. Then he turned to the West: "Anyone who tries to interfere or threaten us, he must [...]
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Last night Putin went to the facts, on live TV he recognized the independence of the two separatist republics of Lugansk and Donetsk, signing a decree and two collaboration treaties. Late at night the first Russian armored vehicles entered Donetsk, as a peacekeeping force, or to defend pro-Russian citizens from reprisals by the Ukrainians. Every […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) First night of quiet in the Donbass, after days of high tension with sabotage, bomb blasts and the first tests with the artillery attacks of both sides. The tension has risen because diplomacy has not achieved the desired results and because Moscow cannot afford, for a long time, to [...]
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The very latest on the crisis in the Donbass About 40 thousand refugees have fled the Donbass and arrived in the Russian region of Rostov. This was reported by the Interfax agency citing Alexander Chupriyan, interim minister for emergency situations. “More than 40 thousand people, who had to leave the neighboring regions, arrived in Russia. At this point […]
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The situation hangs by a thread, Moscow continues to move its troops to the eastern borders of Ukraine while Kremlin diplomacy is said to be working on a 10-page response to the US security proposal. Yesterday was the German Chancellor Scholz who facilitated dialogue between [...]
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Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, in a hearing in the Defense Committees of the Chamber and Senate, on 8 February last reported on the crisis in Ukraine: "Italy could send up to two thousand soldiers, but further activities will obviously be subjected to parliamentary confrontation," together with any further moments of discussion in relation to the evolution of the crisis ". To […]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The invasion of Georgia in 2008, the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the "peace" interventions in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2021 and in Kazakhstan in January of this year, the intervention in Syria in 2015 in support of Bashar Assad, in Libya in 2017 to protect Khalifa Haftar and the Wagner mercenaries scattered from Cyrenaica [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) Conventional attack with aviation bombing and invasion with armored vehicles or simply massive cyber attacks, followed by a coup? The hybrid war has probably already begun, thousands would be fake social accounts that have been making propaganda for the Russian separatists of the Donbass for months. It would therefore be [...]
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(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Luckily the Tap is there. Remember an old proverb: "the mouse with only one hole lives little and badly". Thus the Tap gas pipeline, opposed some time ago by a part of Italian politics (M5S), is today perhaps the best initiative that our country could pursue, demonstrating unusual foresight. The Tap that [...]
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The crisis in Ukraine keeps the international community in suspense with Putin who seems to be screwing up on his own propaganda. While on the one hand NATO, the US and the EU are determined to maintain their position, the various European countries, in no particular order, speak with Putin trying to lead him to take, with conviction, the only path [...]
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Ukrainian security forces arrested alleged Russian operatives who were preparing a riot in the capital to destabilize the situation. On Monday 14 February the Duma will instead decide on the recognition of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. Meanwhile, six Russian warships, which left in January from the ports of Severomorsk, on the Sea of [...]
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After the White House warning of the imminent dispatch of troops to Eastern Europe, the Ukrainian chief of staff called for calm. He was echoed by Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov who, in front of parliament, said: "There is no need to pack up, to date, there is no reason to believe [...]
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Winds of war are in the air in Eastern Europe with Washington and Moscow tightening up their positions by the hour. "Russia cannot ignore the activity of NATO and the risk that the Ukrainian armed forces will stage provocations in the Donbass is now higher", thundered Vladimir Putin's spokesman, [...]
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Russia is really ready to invade and the first city to fall could Mariupol, halfway between Crimea and Donbass, a territory occupied by pro-Russians since 2014. In addition to US intelligence, the number one of the White House, Biden, also announced it during a press conference when he talked about a minor raid by the Russians. [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) A message appeared on most Ukrainian institutional computers: “Ukrainians, all your personal data has been deleted and it will not be possible to get them back. Be afraid, and expect the worst ". Thus the servers of important ministries such as that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Education were violated. Late yesterday [...]
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The Times reports Putin's fear that the United States could deploy hypersonic missiles in Ukraine. "We are extremely concerned about the US global missile defense systems, we think they may be deployed close to Russia," Putin said yesterday at a meeting with his senior officials. Putin stated that [...]
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Yesterday, the Russian state aviation authority - Rosaviatsia - reported that a Russian Aeroflot airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Moscow was forced to change altitude over the Black Sea because a NATO CL-600 reconnaissance plane flew crossed its route. The state airline said that [...]
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Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Poland for a long-planned visit that marks the start of a tour of European countries before her farewell from public life. To mark the scene a shadow that shakes and not a little the internal debate in Poland: the unconditional support of Germany for the Russian North gas pipeline [...]
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Three hours of talks between foreign ministers and diplomats following the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Corsera reports Putin's satisfaction expressed on his return home: “Biden, skilled and prepared, is concentrated, he knows what he wants. He flew from one continent to another, with the jet [...]
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"The troops have proved capable of guaranteeing the defense of the country". Thus the Russian Defense Minister Serghej Shoigu, who spoke yesterday at the military exercises organized in Crimea with the participation of dozens of ships, hundreds of warplanes and thousands of men. "The goal has been completely achieved and Russia withdraws [...]
read moreThe Black Sea is becoming the busiest and hottest sea in the world these days. Russia, after having deployed about 100 men on its western border close to Ukraine, is now also moving by sea to tighten Kiev in a deadly grip after the growing resurgence of separatist activists. Fifteen warships [...]
read moreMoscow must "ease tensions", this is the message that Joe Biden wanted to send to Putin after the siege of the Kremlin troops deployed close to the borders with Ukraine. At least 100 thousand units would be employed on the western borders by Moscow. Biden phoned the Kremlin tenant proposing a meeting in the coming months in a [...]
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Pompey: The sanctions against Russia remain in force until Moscow has returned the Crimea to Ukraine
Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, reiterated that US sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow "returns control of Crimea to Ukraine". “Five years ago - explained Pompeo - the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine fueled an escalation in Russian aggression. The world […]
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According to a cybersecurity company and the European Union, Russia "would have prepared the way" for the seizure of the Ukrainian navy ships, launching a major cyber attack on government sites and disinformation to public opinion. A private cybersecurity company claimed that Moscow would launch a series of cyber attacks against servers [...]
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(Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) In the same hours as European leaders were returning home after the Brexit summit in Brussels, while trying to reach the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, three Ukrainian warships were hit and seized by the Russian armed forces in the sea of Azov on the Kerch Strait (northern part of [...]
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Two Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea, Berdyansk and Mariupol, have been blocked by Russia as ships are prevented from leaving and entering, Ukraine's infrastructure minister Volodymyr Omelyan said. Overall, 35 ships were prevented from carrying out normal activities. The Ukrainian minister on Facebook also said [...]
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Two gunboats and a Ukrainian tug were captured by Moscow forces, two sailors injured. Riots triggered by nationalists in front of the Russian consulate in Lviv High tension between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea. Moscow closed the Kerch Strait, the only maritime connection with the Sea of Azov, after [...]
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Flight MH17 that flew in the skies over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was shot down by a missile from a Russian military base. This was established by investigators working on the international investigation into the accident of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which exploded in the air, causing the death of about 300 passengers and 15 members [...]
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Kazakhstan Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev said on Monday that Kazakhstan has no doubts about the importance of the Minsk platform for the solution of the Ukrainian crisis and is ready to support the implementation of the agreements reached in that country. On Friday, the president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, said that, during his meeting [...]
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The site of the Washington State Department, taken by the news "interfax Ukraine," announced that Tillerson, US Secretary of State on January 21 will be in London, where he will meet British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the counselor Mark Sedwill for national security, to discuss cooperation and issues relating to [...]
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Naftogaz, Ukraine's leading oil and gas company, has filed a complaint with an International Arbitration Tribunal in which it is claiming $ 5 billion in compensation from Russia for losses incurred as a result of the illegal seizure of assets belonging to to claim five billion dollars from Russia [...]
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The president of the Russian Senate, Valentina Matvienko, said that Russia is opposed to the US proposal of a UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Ukraine, controlled by pro-Russian separatists and not seeing any logic. Yesterday in Kiev, the representative of the US State Department for Ukraine, Kurt Walker, reiterated his [...]
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The laying of the railway arch of the controversial bridge that will unite Crimea with Russia has been completed. The Guardian reports it, explaining that the 6000-ton arch was positioned at a height of 35 meters above the sea in an operation that involved hundreds of workers. This is a key step in completing the [...]
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Colonel Stepan Poltorak discussed with his American counterpart James Mattis the prospects for expanding US material and technological assistance to Kief's army, as well as implementing military reform in the country. "I discussed with the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis the existing security situation in [...]
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The decision to withdraw the troops of the Russian Federation from Donbass, the eastern area of Ukraine, has already been taken and will have to go into effect. This was stated by the Deputy Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Juri Hrijmcha, to the broadcaster “5 Channel” commenting on the results of the meeting between the United States Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker and the adviser to the Russian President Vladislav Surkov. [...]
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