Russia’s military build-up on the Ukrainian border threatens a war that will be hard to stop once it starts. Russian servicemen conduct operations during Command Post exercise of the Airborne Force at the Opuk base in Crimea. (Photo by Igor Rudenko/Sputnik via AFP) What does Russia want from Ukraine? This is one of the vital…
UK spy agency also ‘green spying’ on world’s biggest polluters and drawing on the inspiration of James Bond. Richard Moore, 57, is the 17th “C” in the 112 years of the Secret Intelligence Service — MI6’s actual name. He is still its only member whose identity is made public. Credit: Handout. The message was dire,…
Service members of the Russian airborne forces line up before boarding Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes during drills at a military aerodrome in the Azov Sea port of Taganrog, Russia April 22, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Stringer Service members of the Russian airborne forces get wait before boarding Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes during drills…
Greetings from Tyler, The pope is once again proving that he embraces communism as “perfect Christianity.” He says the disciples shared all things in common, and there you go. That is his justification for communist leanings. He should have sung harmony on John Lennon’s Imagine record. But it’s doubtful he can sing. Even Lennon reportedly outgrew his…
Russian Armed Force is reportedly deploying its Iskander (NATO Reporting name: SS-26 Stone) missile systems with R-500 extended-range ground-launched cruise missiles in areas near Voronezh, which’s 250 kilometers away from the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Luhansk regions. Open-source intelligence specialist at Janes Thomas Bullock identified Russian Iskander missile systems that have moved or are…
Ukrainian servicemen take up positions on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region last month. The United States is expressing concern about what it called ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine amid reports of a buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border and in Crimea. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by…
More than 60 years of stubborn diplomatic stalemate stemming from the Second World War doesn’t appear likely to end. Tourists in October on the Yankito Plateau on Iturup Island, the largest one of the Kuril Islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories (Yuri Smityuk/TASS via Getty Images) The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan…
Melinda Simmons stressed the need to extend sanctions against Russia and also noted the readiness of Western countries to provide Ukraine with not only humanitarian aid but military support as well. Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to Ukraine Melinda Simmons – RBC-Ukraine Melinda Simmons, Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to Ukraine,…
Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s main rival as he runs for re-election in November. WASHINGTON – A Republican-led U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s main rival as…
Hunter Biden, son of former US Vice President Joe Biden. WASHINGTON – Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a time when Biden was engaged in Ukraine policy as…