China’s Xi Jinping lands in Moscow as Russia’s Vladimir Putin wages Ukraine war
Xi’s trip to Russia comes after the International Criminal Court on Friday issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest on war crimes charges.
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U.S. drones have resumed flying over Black Sea after Russian intercept: officials
An RQ-4 Global Hawk flew a mission to the region on Friday, officials said, with one adding that it was the first such drone flight since the Tuesday incident.
Russian pilots involved in U.S. drone incident to be given awards. Why?
Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a U.S. drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the Defence Ministry announced Friday.
China’s Xi Jinping to visit Russia’s Vladimir Putin as Beijing seeks bigger global role
China has refused to condemn Moscow’s aggression and sought to project itself as neutral in the conflict even while Beijing declared last year that it had a friendship with Russia.
Poland plans to give Ukraine a dozen fighter jets as Kyiv pushes for more weapons
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for western supporters to share fighter jets, NATO allies have expressed hesitancy.
U.S. releases video of drone encounter with Russian jet. Here’s what it shows
That the two countries’ top defence and military leaders were talking so soon after the encounter over the Black Sea underscored its seriousness.
How a Canadian dairy plant became a symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers
Ukrainian farmers were initially hesitant to sign on, since the co-operative model conjured memories of state-run operations under the Soviet Union.
Russia-U.S. relations in ‘lamentable state’ amid drone incident, Kremlin says
The U.S. military said on Tuesday that a Russian fighter plane had clipped the propeller of one of its spy drones as it flew over the Black Sea in international air space.
Ukraine will continue to defend Bakhmut, president and military vow
General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the defence of Bakhmut was of “paramount strategic importance.”
Odds Finland joins NATO before Sweden are increasing, Swedish PM says
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO last year but have faced objections from Turkey, which says the two countries harbour members of what it considers terrorist groups.