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Two men tell of the work they say they have been doing to support Ukrainian intelligence during the war.
The US president blocked numerous sanctions on Russia two days before they were due to take effect.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the midst of his spat with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, saying “a lot depends on America” as he earlier warned Washington not to side with Moscow in Europe’s worst conflict since World War II. The wartime leader spoke to the US officials as both Russia and Ukraine hit each other’s energy sites, with Moscow leaving thousands without power and Kyiv carrying out the largest drone attack on St Petersburg since...
Ukraine's president says communication between Washington and Kyiv 'virtually nonstop', despite a spat with Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.
A suspected drone exploded over Lithuania after triggering an alert that forced residents in northern and central areas to seek shelter for an hour on Sunday morning, the president and other defence officials said. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said later it regretted the incident in Lithuania’s airspace, adding that it may have resulted from Russian electronic warfare diverting drones off course. The object flew into Lithuania’s airspace from Poland, Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas...
Ukraine says speed limits on Starlink are still hampering military efforts to fight off Russian drones, days after a surprise network slowdown that Kyiv called deliberate and Washington denied ordering.
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's second-largest city Saint Petersburg killed at least one person and hospitalised another five on Sunday. The attack – which also sparked fires at an oil refinery and depot – comes as Kyiv accused Russia of violating Washington's "energy ceasefire" dozens of times.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s decision to waive sanctions and tariffs on Russia would last 60 days, as the move drew bipartisan criticism and raised fears in Ukraine that Washington could ease further restrictions on Moscow.
From US threats to cut off intelligence support for Ukraine to a waiver of tariffs on Russian exports and a diesel deal that could help Russia fund its war, it has been a damaging week for ties between Kyiv and its most important ally, Washington. US President Donald Trump, frustrated by high energy costs he blames partly on Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, has repeatedly criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A disruption of US-provided satellite internet services raised...
Putin placed Tarkett, Ontex and three packaging units under temporary management in mid-October. Here is how the rule works and what owners can do. The post Russia Puts Tarkett, Ontex Under State Management appeared first on The Rio Times.
US support at risk as Trump-Zelenskyy relations nosedive.
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President Trump waived new Russia tariffs before they took effect on 18 October, but the threat stays legally available and could reach Brazil's fertiliser. The post Russia Sanctions Waiver Leaves Latin American Buyers Exposed appeared first on The Rio Times.
Bloomberg News Russia economy and government editor Anthony Halpin and White House correspondent Jeff Mason tell Bloomberg This Weekend that President Donald Trump’s waiver of new Russia sanctions could offer Moscow economic and diplomatic opportunities while adding pressure on Ukraine. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that waived sweeping US sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia's energy revenues, marking a new low in Washington's ties with war-torn Ukraine. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
Many delegates to the International Monetary Fund’s steering committee walked out of a meeting on Saturday when Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov addressed the group in Russian, three sources familiar with the matter said. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has roiled the International Monetary and Financial Committee, preventing it from reaching consensus statements in the years since. There were deep divisions again at this week’s annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank...
Seeing what looked like a brown blob in a tree while driving through Siberia’s Irkutsk region, 36-year-old Daria Tyurneva pulled over, curious to get a better look. She was not expecting to find a bear cub, perched on a branch, several metres up. “We stopped, without turning off the engine or taking off the gear, because we knew the mother could be somewhere nearby,” Tyurneva said, showing a phone video she recorded of the bear. Her sighting was one of several to spook Russians in recent weeks,...
US President Donald Trump has waived more sanctions on Russia in a bid to ease energy prices.
US president's executive order comes two days before sanctions deadline and a week after diesel deal with Putin.
Trump says parts of a new law that aims to punish Moscow for its war against Ukraine are against US national interests.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest. Named after late South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, the measure had sought to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fuelling the war against Ukraine. The move comes a week after Trump stunningly said the US had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia to try to bring down...
Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Speculation is growing that Russia will seek a prisoner exchange following the recent detention of a Japanese journalist for alleged spying in Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. Some believe that the detention of the Hokkaido Shimbun reporter is linked to the handover to Germany this month of a Russian hacker detained in Japan in May. Germany had asked Japan t...
Speed curbs limited Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian attacks on Tuesday night.
As transatlantic relations confront renewed geopolitical uncertainty, former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves delivers a pointed assessment of Washington's shifting approach to Russia's war on Ukraine and the profound implications for European security. At the heart of his analysis lies a fundamental question: can Europe develop the political unity, strategic independence and military capabilities necessary to defend its interests in an increasingly unpredictable international order? Ilves response: "If there's any time for Europe to begin to act as Europe and not as being strictly self-interested, then this is the time for it."