[ad_1] Representative Image New Delhi: A tweet posted by Ukraine’s defence ministry purportedly showing an image of Goddess Kali over a blast fume triggered online outrage following which the post was deleted. The Twitter handle @DefenceU posted the image with the caption “Work of Art”, triggering angry reactions from manyContinue Reading
[ad_1] An alleged video of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s conversation was shown on Russian state television and reported by Bloomberg News. | (Francis Chung/POLITICO Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke on the phone early this year with someone posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Fed confirmed — an embarrassingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Father Mykola Danylevych, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church, answered the phone before quickly hanging up. “I told you to call me on an encrypted line!” Danylevych, like his fellow high-ranking clergymen at the church, are in a state of paranoia and panic – their church, the biggestContinue Reading
[ad_1] LUXEMBOURG — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday implored EU foreign affairs ministers to move faster on their promises to supply Kyiv with ammunition. But his plea came as officials were given new details showing the EU still has a long way to go to meet its lofty pledges.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ukraine’s farmers played an iconic role in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion, towing away abandoned enemy tanks with their tractors. Now, though, their prodigious grain output is causing some of Ukraine’s staunchest allies to waver, as disruptedContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. GOOD MORNING and happy Easter! This is Nick Vinocur, bringing you Playbook from an unusually sunny Brussels. We sometimes poke fun at the grisaille around here, but this week the country outdid itself: glorious sunshine for days in the Ardennes,Continue Reading
[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 billionContinue Reading
[ad_1] The ISW’s report comes following claims of Russian progress earlier this week. The U.K. Defense Ministry said Saturday that paramilitary units from the Kremlin-controlled Wagner Group had seized most of eastern Bakhmut, with a river flowing through the city now marking the front line of the fighting. The assessmentContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — As the distant howl of air raid sirens echoes around them, a dozen Ukrainian soldiers clamber out of camouflaged tents perched on a hill off a road just outside Kyiv, hidden from view by a thickContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Beijing’s top envoy to the EU on Wednesday questioned the West’s call to help Ukraine achieve “complete victory,” on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s possible arrival in Brussels. Fu Cong, the Chinese ambassador to the EU,Continue Reading