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US Goes 'Slippery Slide' With Sending Its Military Personnel to Ukraine

Security and international relations expert Mark Sleboda told Sputnik's The Critical Hour on Monday that NATO Troops will "likely" be deployed in combat roles in Ukraine within a year.

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France Currently Unable to Give Answer About SAMP/T Supplies to Ukraine - Reports

France cannot give an answer about new supplies of the SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine at the moment, French newspaper Le Monde reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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USA Imperalistic Hegemony is Dying
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/opinion/159451-usa_imperialism/

ATACMS missiles for Ukraine and confiscation of Russian assets. How will Moscow respond?
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/159449-atacms-ukraine/

Ukraine Has Lost Almost Half Million Soldiers Since Beginning of Special Military Operation - Shoigu

Ukraine has lost almost half a million soldiers since the beginning of the special military operation in 2022, Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

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[Phylo]

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Could not resist - I'm weak !
Hope I don't press anyone's red button
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Putin soils his nappy, shows off karate and strokes his gymnast lover's leg in violent AI biopic that features Playboy models and gives Kremlin strongman bizarre British accent​

Putin soils nappy and strokes gymnast lover's leg in violent AI biopic

The AI-rendered version of Putin, who has been given a British accent, in the film can be seen soiling a nappy within seconds of the trailer beginning.

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Ukrainian army strikes own surrendering soldiers — POW​

Overview Of Russian Strikes In Ukrainian Rear Regions On April 23, 2024

April 23 was marked by new Russian precision strikes on Ukrainian military and industrial facilities in various rear regions, including...

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NATO Failed To Hide Evacuation Of Killed And Wounded Foreigners From Ukraine

Amid the claims of NATO member states of their readiness to deploy more ‘military instructors’ in Ukraine, coffins with NATO...

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NATO Maneuvers Near Russian Borders Raise Risks of Possible Military Incidents - Zakharova

The NATO maneuvers near Russia's borders scheduled to kick off on Friday in Finland increase the risks of possible military incidents, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told Sputnik.

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EU Not Going to Seize Frozen Russian Assets for Now Due to Lack of Legal Clarity - Borrell

The EU is not going to seize frozen Russian assets for "the time being" for military support of Ukraine due to the lack of clarity on legal issues in this regard, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

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Biden to Sign $95Bln Aid Package on Wednesday to Start Sending Arms to Ukraine This Week

US President Joe Biden said in a statement that he will sign a foreign aid package with some $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region.

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Ukrainian troops in Kharkov Region lift antennas with kites to get better signal​

EU is doing its best not to transfer Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/159463-patriot-air-defence-ukraine/

Ukraine conflict ‘a bonanza’ for US military – NYT​

Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities​

 

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Ukraine could send special forces to capture Zaporozhye NPP​

Russian passengers recommended not to fly Turkish Airlines to avoid discrimination
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Ukraine’s draft dodger makes attempt to cross Dniester into Moldova on air mattress​

Situation on Battlefield Clear, New Military Aid to Ukraine to Not Change Dynamics - Kremlin

The situation on the battlefield is very clear and all new shipments of weapons to Ukraine will not change the dynamics at the frontline, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

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Serbian volunteer who fought for Russia in Ukraine asks Putin for help
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All Ukrainian presidents are thieves​

Russia and Ukraine to exchange minors from separated families​

Stealing Russian Assets Spells End of US as 'Bastion for Rule of Law'

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would enable the White House to outright steal several billion of dollars’ worth of Russian assets currently frozen in US banks, under the pretext of aiding the regime in Kiev and punishing Russia.

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Project Maven: How US AI System Failed to Change Ukrainian Conflict

While the United States has been using its Maven machine learning tool to help Ukrainian forces process intelligence data, it apparently turned out to be yet another creation of Washington's military-industrial complex that did not afford the Kiev regime forces any edge on the battlefield.

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U.S. Secretly Shipped 100 ATACMS Tactical Ballistic Missiles To Ukraine

The United States delivered “long-range” ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles to Ukraine earlier this month following a directive from President Joe...

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US-Supplied ATACMS Missiles Will Not Help Ukraine Prevail on Battlefield - Expert

After US lawmakers finally passed a bill authorizing yet another multimillion-dollar military package for Ukraine, the Pentagon is rushing to send more weapons and munitions to the Kiev regime to help fan the flames of the conflict.

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[Phylo]

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• a post of mine was deleted -
• I then posted an image of the deleted post from accessible records
• that post was then deleted.

Subsequently, my primary reciprocating agents complained re said deletions and I have made alternative arrangements to ensure my reciprocating agents have no cause for complaint.

So while we have now adopted the pirates creed - take all you can get, give nothing back - we are concerned with the quality of 'take all you can get'

Gentlemen - the quality of your research is sometimes lacking - I can find no post of the below report in you postings - how is that ?

How is it that my non-partisan research brings it your attention. Gentlemen please up your game ! Really !

Russia breaks through Ukraine front line and captures strategically important town after 'newly-arrived brigade fled their post' in major blow to Kyiv - just as US finally approves huge aid package​

Russia breaks through Ukraine front line as US approves aid package

Videos shared on the Telegram app by Russian military bloggers appeared to show the Russian tricolour flying atop a damaged building in the town that once was home to 30,000 Ukrainians

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Why Biden's New Ukraine Aid Package Won't Hinder Unstoppable Russian Advance

US President Joe Biden signed into law a foreign aid bill that includes $61 billion for Ukraine on April 24. The Pentagon signaled it will provide $1 billion in ammo for the Kiev regime as soon as possible. Could this move halt the Ukrainian Armed Forces' retreat?

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Why 'Russia Collusion' Hoaxers Hillary Clinton and Marc Elias Are Afraid of 2024 Trump Win

Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton warned Marc Elias, her former 2016 campaign lawyer who was infamous for peddling ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele's "dirty dossier," about the acute threat posed by Republicans and Donald Trump to the US democracy.

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[Phylo]

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So while we have now adopted the the pirates creed - take all you can get, give nothing back - we are concerned with the quality of 'take all you can get'

Gentlemen - the quality of your research is sometimes lacking - I can find no post of the below report in you postings - HOW IS THAT ?

How is it that my non-partisan research brings it your attention. Gentlemen please up your game ! Really !

Russia breaks through Ukraine front line and captures strategically important town after 'newly-arrived brigade fled their post' in major blow to Kyiv - just as US finally approves huge aid package​

Russia breaks through Ukraine front line as US approves aid package

Videos shared on the Telegram app by Russian military bloggers appeared to show the Russian tricolour flying atop a damaged building in the town that once was home to 30,000 Ukrainians

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Re the old men / old ladies / old pronouns discussions

• history will be will be what history will be
• predictions belong to the crystal ball, 'the deity decreed' and tall conical hat society.
• “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
  Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
  Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
  Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” ― Omar Khayyám

...... in the hope of enhancing quality of services

 

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Ukrainian Strongholds Fall Like Dominos Around Avdeevka (Video, Map Update)

The pace of Russian advance in the Adveevka direction in the Donetsk People’s Republic leaves the Ukrainian military no chance...

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Ukrainian ‘Job-Creators’

On Tuesday, the Senate passed a bill that includes more than $61 billion in financial aid for Ukraine, but how much will the Ukrainian army actually see?

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North group of Russian forces to target Kharkiv as part of major offensive
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/159483-russia-kharkiv/

 

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Military Situation On Ukrainian Frontlines On April 25, 2024 (Map Update)

Russian strikes were reported in the Cherkassy region; Russian strikes were reported at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region;...

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Russian troops wipe out military train with Western armaments in DPR over past day​

NATO Pays To Prolong Ukraine's Agony

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Kyiv makes millions of refugees loyal to Russia by banning them from consular services
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/world/159485-ukrainian-refugees-abroad/

Team Trump Seeks to Stop De-Dollarization With New Sanctions Crusade

Former US President Donald Trump's economic aides are considering imposing penalties on nations moving away from the greenback if the Republican frontrunner wins the upcoming elections, according to Bloomberg.

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Ciao, Abrams: Ukraine Sidelines US-Made M1A1 Tanks Due to Russian Drones

Russian forces have already destroyed five of the 31 American-made M1 Abrams tanks that the Pentagon sent to Ukraine last year as part of the US military aid.

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Abrams tanks easy targets for drones​

US Cluster Munition Coalition Slams US Decision to Transfer New Batch of Munitions to Ukraine

The US Cluster Munition Coalition said it was shocked by Washington's decision to transfer its cluster munitions to Ukraine for the fifth time, citing the long-term humanitarian consequences such weapons could have.

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Prolonged Conflict Not in Country’s Interest - Ukrainian Analyst

Polling shows increasing numbers of Ukrainians are unwilling to join the country’s faltering military effort and oppose attempts to draft more fighters.

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Russia Never Threatened NATO, Has No Interests in Attacking Member States - Shoigu

Russia has never threatened NATO and has neither geopolitical nor military interests to attack the states of the alliance, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.

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US Hiring Cameramen With Combat Experience to Work in Russia

An unnamed company in the United States is seeking cameramen with military combat experience for work in Russia to cover unspecified "operations," Sputnik learned.

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NATO-Based Terrorists Launch Foiled Attack On Belarus During Important Political Event

A drone attack against the capital of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, was neutralized by local defense forces, avoiding a serious tragedy. The UAVs departed from Lithuania - a NATO country that is home to several Belarusian expatriate terrorists who since 2020 have been promising to wage a civil...

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Great Place to Send US Money To: Another Top Ukrainian Official Busted on Suspicion of Corruption

The country already notorious for its rampant corruption has recently been rocked by yet another scandal involving a top Ukrainian government official.

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NATO Troops Don’t Want to Die: Poland and Lithuania to Repatriate Ukrainian Draft Dodgers

The two countries have signaled they will help the Kiev regime to bring potential draft dodgers home. Earlier, the countries appeared reluctant to extradite conscript-aged Ukrainian men.

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US Military Leaders Decline to Comment on Reports Kiev Moved Abrams Tanks From Frontlines

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Brown on Friday declined to comment on reports that the Ukrainian armed forces moved Abrams tanks from the frontlines due to threats from Russian drones.

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International Investigation Into Nord Stream Terror Attack Needed - Russian UN Envoy

An international probe into the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines is necessary to find out the truth, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday.

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Ukraine Plotting Chemical Weapons Provocation Amid Battlefield Failures – Russia’s OPCW Envoy

Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces, earlier said that Moscow had recorded a whole array of cases of Ukrainian troops using US chemical munitions.

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Istanbul accords could have stopped hostilities in Ukraine​

 

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Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills

Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills

Russia’s president has signaled an increase in income and corporate taxes that will help finance the war. The move reflects his firm control over Russian policy.

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Ukraine-Russia war live: Kyiv ‘hits airfield and oil depots’ in drone attack as US to send Patriot missiles

Ukraine-Russia war: Kyiv ‘hits airfield and oil depots’ in drone attack

Ukraine president says he needs at least seven Patriot systems to protect Ukrainian cities

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Russian Air Defense Shot Down Over 60 Drones During Large-Scale Ukrainian Attack (Videos)

Russian air defenses intercepted more than 60 suicide drones over the Krasnodar and the Crimean Peninsula early on April 27,...

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Russian Army Launched 35 Group Strikes, Advanced In Many Directions This Week: MoD

The Russian military launched 35 group strikes against targets in Ukraine during the week in response to recent attacks by...

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French Gov't Agents Likely Killed in Russia's January Strike on Kharkov - Ex-Intel Officer

French government agents were likely killed during the Russian armed forces' strike on a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kharkiv on January 16, former French counter-terrorism intelligence officer Nicolas Cinquini told Sputnik.

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Surprise! Watch Ukrainian Unit Get Pulverized by Russian Drone Strike

A group of Ukrainian militants apparently thought themselves to be very smart as they took cover in an abandoned residential structure near the border with Russia’s Belgorod region, apparently believing that it would keep them hidden from Russian drone surveillance and safe from airstrikes.

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Much of Ukraine aid stolen – French party leader​

"People don’t want to protect interests of Americans and the Zelensky gang,"

Ukraine's Deep Manpower Shortage Overshadows Arms Deliveries

New arms deliveries from the US cannot compensate for Ukraine's deep manpower shortage and exhaustion, Volodymyr Oleynyk, a Ukrainian politician and former member of the Verkhovna Rada, told Sputnik.

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Italy startled by Putin's decision to temporarily transfer Ariston Russia to Gazprom
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/business/159499-italy-putin-ariston/

Scholz reiterates German soldiers, Taurus long-range missiles not to be sent to Ukraine​

Russian Army Advanced On Ukrainian Frontlines On April 27, 2024 (Map Update)

Ukrainian authorities conformed damage to a power station in the Ivano-Frankivsk region as a result of Russian strikes; Ukrainian authorities...

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Ukraine's Decision to Adopt New Mobilization Law Made Under US Pressure - Reports

The Ukrainian government has decided to boost its mobilization efforts and adopt the new mobilization law under pressure from the administration of US President Joe Biden, which was in parallel trying to convince US lawmakers to pass the new military aid package for Kiev, The New York Times has...

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US scientists test potent psychotropic drugs on Ukrainians
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/159493-isa-psychotropic-drugs-ukraine/

UK blocked Ukraine peace deal​

Ukraine Rejected 2022 Peace Deal Over Russian Language Status & 'Banning Nazism' Terms - Welt

Ukraine rejected 2022 peace deal with Russia over terms regarding status of the Russian language, and demand to officially ban Nazism and “aggressive nationalism”, according to draft obtained by Welt.

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Details emerge of failed Russia-Ukraine peace treaty​

12th suspect in Moscow terror attack arrested​

Russian Army Captures First American-Made Abrams Tank (Videos)

On April 28, the Russian military captured an American-made M1A1 SA Abrams main battle tank from Kiev for the first...

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Russia's Lancet Loitering Munition Takes Out Its First HIMARS In Ukraine (Video)

The Russian military has destroyed an American-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher of Kiev forces using a Lancet loitering munition. The...

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A free post for the crystal ball society - however, there appears to be a method to the madness
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Forecaster who's predicted every presidential winner correctly for 40 YEARS reveals who he thinks will win 2024 election​

Forecaster reveals who he thinks will win 2024 election

A historian who has correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984 has declared that 'a lot would have to go wrong' for Joe Biden to lose to Donald Trump - in November.

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Lichtman's '13 Keys'​

1. Party mandate: After the midterm elections, the incumbent party holds more seats in the US House of Representatives than after the previous midterm elections.
2. Contest: There is no serious contest for the incumbent party nomination.
3. Incumbency: The incumbent party candidate is the sitting president.
4. Third party: There is no significant third party or independent campaign.
5. Short term economy: The economy is not in recession during the election campaign.
6. Long term economy: Real per capita economic growth during the term equals or exceeds mean growth during the previous two terms.
7. Policy change: The incumbent administration effects major changes in national policy.
8. Social unrest: There is no sustained social unrest during the term.
9. Scandal: The incumbent administration is untainted by major scandal.
10. Foreign/military failure: The incumbent administration suffers no major failure in foreign or military affairs.
11. Foreign/military success: The incumbent administration achieves a major success in foreign or military affairs.
12. Incumbent charisma: The incumbent party candidate is charismatic or a national hero.
13. Challenger charisma: The challenging party candidate is not charismatic or a national hero.

 

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Lithuanian envoy makes Crimean bridge threat

Lithuanian ambassador to Sweden Linas Linkevicius published a message on X, saying ‘if someone hasn’t had a chance to take a photo at the Kerch bridge, it’s still time.’ His tweet, which generated tho...

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Spain's Old Patriot Missiles and Other Arms are Drop in Ocean for Ukraine

Spain won't provide new air defense batteries to the Kiev regime, but will send a limited number of Patriot missiles, munitions, and other military equipment. How could the Spanish weapons batch affect the situation on the battlefield?

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Factors That Will Drag Down Britain's Hypersonic High Hopes

About a dozen countries are working on hypersonic missile tech, with only a handful fielding maneuverable hypersonic projectiles. The UK will have to overcome an array of fundamental scientific problems before it can become a hypersonic...

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DC Think Tank: Ukraine Aid Package Opens Door to the Nation's Destruction

The new Ukraine package is a recipe for disaster which amounts to both a waste of money and, even more disturbingly, a waste of Ukrainian lives, according to Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft contributor, former CIA analyst George Beebe.

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Runaway Ukrainian Nationalists Warmonger From Abroad - Italian Journo

Ukrainian nationalists based in Italy are zealously demanding a continuation of the conflict, Italian journalist Andrea Lucidi told Sputnik.

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Musk sees plans for ten-year security agreement for Ukraine as ‘insane’​

Burial Sites of Tortured Civilians Discovered in Avdeyevka - Russian Investigative Committee

Burial sites of civilians showing signs of torture have been discovered in the city of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Investigators have begun an investigation, the Investigative Committee of Russia reports.

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German General Warns of ‘Fatal Mistake’ NATO Will Make If Ukraine Proxy War Continues

Sparked by a bleeding wound of a security crisis in the Donbass and NATO’s fanatical push to absorb Ukraine into the Western bloc, the Ukrainian proxy war has become the most destructive European conflict since the Second World War. But things will only get worse if the collective West doesn’t...

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Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes​

Russian deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov accused of taking bribes

Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov is remanded in custody in a rare case against a high-ranking official.

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Russia at bottom of index, Ukraine not far behind