Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine

[ad_1] Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes to Ukraine, which Kyiv says it urgently needs to repel the Russian invasion, which has become a brutal war of attrition in…

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Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut

Zelenskyy digs in against calls to quit Bakhmut

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Doubts are growing about the wisdom of holding the shattered frontline city of Bakhmut against relentless Russian assaults, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is digging in and insists his top commanders are united in keeping up an attritional defense that has dragged on…

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over child deportations from Ukraine

ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over child deportations from Ukraine

[ad_1] The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians accuse Russia of attempting genocide against them and seeking to destroy their identity — partly through deporting children to Russia. Putin is “allegedly responsible…

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US accuses Russia of downing drone over Black Sea

US accuses Russia of downing drone over Black Sea

[ad_1] Moscow: A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone was brought down over the Black Sea, after what its European Command (EUCOM) described as “an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” by two Russian jets, media reports said. The “Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance” platform was “operating within international airspace” when the airplanes approached, EUCOM said in…

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EU nears deal to restock Ukraine’s diminishing ammo supplies

EU nears deal to restock Ukraine’s diminishing ammo supplies

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The EU is finalizing a €2 billion deal to jointly restock Ukraine’s dwindling ammunition supplies while refilling countries’ stocks, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.  The plan has two major elements. First, the EU will spend €1 billion to partially reimburse countries that…

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Who blew up Nord Stream?

Who blew up Nord Stream?

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Nearly six months on from the subsea gas pipeline explosions, which sent geopolitical shockwaves around the world in September, there is still no conclusive answer to the question of who blew up Nord Stream. Some were quick to place the blame squarely at…

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