The Times, May 19, 2022 Event President Putin is deliberately choking off Ukrainian grain exports, which could trigger political unrest across Africa and the Middle East, western officials have said. Protests could sweep across developing parts of the world as a result of Russia’s “weaponisation” of the global food supply, they said. They added that talks… Read More Russian blockade of grain exports fuels famine fears
Sergei Lavrov the Russian foreign minister has provoked outrage in Israel by asserting that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish origins” and that Jews were the worst antisemites. Israel has been operating as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia as it has ties with both sides.… Read More Russia accuses Israel of supporting Kyiv ‘neo-Nazis’
The Telegraph, April 28, 2022 Event Vladimir Putin has warned the West that he will use nuclear weapons if any other country intervenes in his war in Ukraine. Speaking to politicians in St Petersburg, the Russian president said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for… Read More Putin threatens nuclear strikes if West intervenes
Boris Johnson pledges to send more arms during surprise visit to Kyiv The Guardian, April 10, 2022, wrote Boris Johnson has made a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, pledging a major new infusion of British arms and financial aid to help counter the expected deadly new phase in Russia’s military… Read More Pledges to send more military assistance to Ukraine and Russian warnings
Debkafile, March 17, 2022 Event: “Unacceptable and unforgivable,” was the Kremlin’s response to the US president’s branding of Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal,” on Wednesday, March 16. Incensed rather than cowed by sanctions and international condemnation, the Russian president is likely to double down on his war offensive against Ukraine – regardless of the… Read More Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict
President Joe Biden on Thursday called Vladimir Putin a “pure thug” and “murderous dictator,” his latest pointed attack against the Russian President as the war in Ukraine rages on. Speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day at Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is “a murderous dictator, a pure thug who… Read More Biden calls Putin a ‘murderous dictator’ and ‘pure thug’
March 2, 2022 Bombardment pulverises schools and hospitals as civilian deaths ‘pass 2,000’ amid claims Kherson has fallen. Russian forces shelled schools, hospitals and homes across Ukraine yesterday as President Putin’s invasion threatened to escalate into a long war of attrition. Moscow inflicted sustained rocket attacks on the city of Kharkiv after Ukrainian forces halted… Read More Russia-Ukraine war: Putin lays waste to cities
Antiochus Epiphanes & Putin even look the same! A common claim among experts in Russian politics is that the Kremlin “has many towers.” It is meant to suggest a kind of pluralism in the chambers of power in Moscow, with rival camps of liberals and hawks, oligarchs and generals, pulling the President toward fringe positions,… Read More Putin’s Moves Toward War in Ukraine Show How Dangerous He Has Become
In the article Liz Truss does not see any no evidence the Russians are withdrawing from border regions near Ukraine you can read that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss went visiting Kyiv to talk about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Russian foreign minister publicly taunted Liz Truss as “unprepared” yesterday, likening their face-to-face meeting on the… Read More Sergey Lavrov dismisses Liz Truss meeting as ‘like talking to a deaf person’
The US has accused Russia of planning to stage an atrocity that it can blame on Ukrainian forces as the pretext for an invasion. The “false flag” event could include the use of corpses, supposedly of Russians or Russian-speaking victims in Ukraine, as well as actors posing as mourners, the Pentagon said yesterday, with the… Read More Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
These days we can see the reflection of the Bible text where it is said that “the king of the south” will “push” at the king of the North (Daniel 11:36-39) Gog himself, the ruler of the Russian people – President Putin.… Read More President Biden threatened to impose personal sanctions on President Putin if Russia moves to invade Ukraine
Joe Biden has said he thinks Russia will make a move on Ukraine, warning Moscow it would face a “stiff price” for an attack yet suggesting that a “minor incursion” might be treated differently by the US and its allies. The US president’s comments at a White House news conference on Wednesday January 19, injected… Read More Biden predicts Russia will attack Ukraine but warns Putin of a ‘stiff price’
January 2, 2022 The world’s leading nuclear-weapons states — China, France, Russia, the U.S. and U.K. — banded together on Monday to issue a rare joint statement pledging to dial down the risk that an unwinnable nuclear war might ever break out. “We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be… Read More Nuclear-War Risk Minimized in Rare Statement by Weapon States
At the end of 2021 Iran’s reinvigorated space programme showed off a new rocket launch, sending a message to western powers in negotiations with Tehran over the future of its nuclear programme. State television showed what it said was the successful launch of a Simorgh (which translates as Phoenix) rocket, carrying three satellites. It took… Read More Iran shows off rocket launch to raise pressure in nuclear deal talks
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett touched down in the United Arab Emirates Monday December 13, in a historic visit, marking the first time an Israeli leader has publicly met the UAE’s de-facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Bennett took the opportunity to emphasize what he saw and, indeed, what… Read More Israeli prime minister makes historic UAE visit, stressing ‘new reality’ for region
In the turquoise waters of the Red Sea, Israeli, Emirati and Bahraini naval forces for the first time at the end of November rehearsed joint security operations with a US warship. It followed a war-game at a desert airbase just north of the Israeli port city of Eilat last month, which sent fighter planes from… Read More Iranian nuclear programme geared towards creating a bomb
In a move almost unthinkable only three years ago, Gulf Arab navies have held their first joint military exercise with Israeli warships, co-ordinated by the US Navy. The five-day drill in the Red Sea involved warships from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel and the US. It began Wednesday November 10, and included boarding, search… Read More First joint naval exercise by Israel and Gulf states signals Iran worries
On November 11, new satellite photos showed that Russia is once again massing troops and military equipment on the border with Ukraine. The United States has warned European allies that Russia could be plotting to invade Ukraine in a repeat of the 2014 annexation of Crimea. US officials have privately briefed their EU counterparts on… Read More Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
In October Israel hold a national war exercise to test emergency response on the home front during a large military conflict. The drill simulated rocket attacks by Hezbollah and Hamas as well as an eruption of nationwide violence by Israeli Arabs. Scenarios on the domestic front will including wide-scale rioting and and blocking of major… Read More Israel ready for war
The Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah has 100,000 trained fighters, its leader has said, sending a warning to rival groups and to its current political ally President Aoun. That figure, if accurate, would put the group ahead of the official Lebanese army in numbers — and even ahead of the British army. Hassan Nasrallah made the… Read More Hezbollah claims more soldiers than Lebanese army
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