War in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, Sep 22, demanded President Vladimir Putin be held to account as he faced Russia in a Security Council session in which the United Nations catalogued a
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The release of 215 defenders of Mariupol, including ten foreign citizens who were in Russian captivity, in exchange for Viktor Medvedchuk and 50 Russians was sensational news. The contrast in the reac
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The Russian Federation will need at least three to four months to prepare its personnel for combat after the announced partial mobilization on September 21. Moreover, Moscow will have a problem equip
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Paragraph 7 of Vladimir Putin’s decree announcing partial mobilization across Russia, which has been classified, allows the country’s defense ministry to call up one million people. That’s according t
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the partial mobilisation of Russian forces and nuclear threats have triggered growing concern about a further escalation and increased suffering in the war a
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ten prisoners of war from countries including the United States and Britain have been transferred to Saudi Arabia as part of an exchange between Russia and Ukraine, the Gulf state said Wednesday. The
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The Russian authorities, pushed into a military and political corner by the recent victorious counter-offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, have nevertheless dared to take some d
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Since Russia’s start of a full-scale war with Ukraine, more than 20 attempts to set military registration and enlistment offices on fire have been recorded. At the same time, the number of railroad de
Sep. 22, 2022
Russia
More than 1,300 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitorin
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Amid the military victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the pro-Russian authorities in the four occupied regions of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – have declared their inten
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
G7 foreign ministers have said they will pursue further sanctions against Russia, following President Vladimir Putin’s move to mobilize reservists for the war in Ukraine. Ministers from the Group of S
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Pressure ratcheted up on President Vladimir Putin as his decision to send reservists to Ukraine triggered spreading protests and hundreds of arrests at home, and Western leaders tore into the Russian
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Western experts predicted Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new troop mobilization would prolong the war but not change the balance on the ground, and warned against downplaying his re
Sep. 22, 2022
Russia
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday Sep. 21 to prepare new sanctions on Russia and increase weapons’ deliveries to Kyiv after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first wart
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
The crime of aggression is often called the “mother of all crimes” or “the supreme international crime.” This is based on the concept that all other international crimes derive from the crime of aggre
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden took a big carrot to the Big Apple for his UN speech — and for the Russians, an even bigger stick. In an approximately half-hour address Wednesday to the UN General Assembly, Bi
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
British Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed Wednesday, Sep. 21, before the United Nations to keep up military aid to war-ravaged Ukraine until it triumphs against Russia. Truss became the latest Western le
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Key Takeaways Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announced “partial mobilization” will not materially affect the course of the war in the coming months. Putin did not explicitly threaten to use nuclea
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
On 21 September 2022, Russia’s Putin announced a ‘partial mobilisation’ to support operations in Ukraine. Russian Defence Minister Shoigu later confirmed this would involve the mobilisation of 300,000
Sep. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Ukraine on Wednesday announced the exchange of a record-high 215 imprisoned soldiers with Russia, including fighters who led the defense of Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks that became an icon of Ukrain
Sep. 22, 2022