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Ukraine

The NATO-Ukraine Sea Breeze exercise could ultimately help create the circumstances...

By Scott Ritter* Jun 30, 2021 NATO and Ukraine have carried out joint naval exercises for 24 years, but the current drill comes at a time...

Ukraine Deploys Turkish Drone With Smart Munitions in Black Sea War...

by Rick Rozoff Posted on June 30, 2021 Photo from Daily Sabahie During this year’s Sea Breeze military exercise in the Black Sea hosted by the...

Raw materials: the missing link in Europe’s drive for batteries

By Frédéric Simon Nov. 9, 2020 While Europe is rapidly catching up with China on investments into batteries for electric cars, it is still lagging...

Netherlands Claims Russian Fighter Jets Created Dangerous Situation for Dutch Ship...

by Tim Korso Jun 29, 2021 The incident apparently happened the day after a Russian warship and fighter jet were forced to fire warning shots in...

Geneva Rendezvous

By Israel Shamir June 23, 2021 The Geneva rendezvous of two presidents remains an enigma. Why did they meet at all? They agreed that nuclear war...

The British navy’s Crimean cape caper ends up like the Bornholm...

By John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Jun 26, 2021 The British Embassy’s Press Office has stopped answering its telephones in Moscow.  It is also refusing to respond to...

Ukraine gaining access to NATO’s waiting room ‘remains to be seen’...

14 Jun, 2021 US President Joe Biden has poured cold water on claims by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that NATO has “confirmed” Kiev’s membership...

Boris Johnson admits he is provoking Russia. Maybe he believes it...

Johnson says HMS Defender voyage ‘entirely right’ as Moscow warns against repeat Boris Johnson said the destroyer was taking the shortest route between two points...

Fractious EU summit rejects Franco-German plan for Putin talks

Bloc to explore sanctions instead, as gathering also holds ‘emotional’ debate over Hungary’s LGBT laws By Jennifer Rankin 25 Jun 2021 A Franco-German plan to restart talks with...

British PM Boris Johnson personally ordered warship into Crimean waters, ignoring...

25 Jun, 2021 The British government signed off on a plan to sail a battleship through disputed waters off the coast of Crimea, over the...