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U.S. Intelligence: Russia's invasion of Ukraine is imminent
U.S. intelligence warns European allies of the growing likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, CBS News reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
According to the US military, the beginning of the Russian military operation will depend on the weather conditions. It can start within a few weeks, when the cold weather sets in.
Tens of thousands of Russian troops are amassed on the border with Ukraine, and unlike the April build-up, this time Washington is not inclined to …
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Poland threatens to completely close the border with Belarus
Poland is considering the possibility of serious sanctions against Belarus, including the closure of the border for cargo and trade transit, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a joint press conference with the Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas.
"We are considering imposing increasingly serious economic sanctions, including the closure of the Polish-Belarusian border," he said, stressing that everything will depend on the actions of the Belarusian authorities. "We want to give …
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Kremlin notes positive achievements in Russia-USA relations
Moscow and Washington have reached positive achievements in the negotiation process, although a number of difficulties remain in relations between the tow countries, said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on air of Radio Rossiya.
As an example, Zakharova pointed out to the joint draft resolution of Russia and the United States against the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes. "I think that a couple of months ago, if I had said …
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Finland considers building barbed wire fence on the border with Russia
The Finnish authorities are discussing a possibility of building a fence on the border with Russia. The length of this border stretch is more than a thousand kilometers.
According to the newspaper Yle, the issue was brought up by the former Minister of the Interior and an MP from the opposition Coalition Party Kai Mykkänen who spoke in favor of building barriers on the eastern border to prevent migrants from entering the country.
The politician pointed out that Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia …
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Lukashenko threatens the West with nuclear war
If a conflict is unleashed on the territory of Belarus, NATO and Russia will be drawn into it, said self-proclaimed president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with the BBC, part of which was published by Belarusian state agency BelTA .
According to Lukashenko, the West has not yet paid the Belarusian people for the losses that they suffered in the Second World War but it is already trying to unleash a new war.
"You understand that if you unleash a war here in Belarus , NATO …
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Turkey to build plant and service center for Bayraktar drones
The Turkish company Baykar Defence will build in Ukraine a plant for production and modernization of Bayraktar TB2 drones and also a center for their testing, maintenance and personnel training, said the CEO of Baykar Defence, Haluk Bayraktar.
"We have many projects at the implementation stage," Bayraktar said.
He noted that the first successful test of cooperation was the production of the Akinci drone with an engine built by Ivchenko-Progress. After that, Turkish companies began to …
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U.S. congressmen propose not to recognize Putin as president of Russia after 2024
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have drafted a resolution demanding that Russian President Vladimir Putin not be recognized as legitimate president of Russia if he remains for the fifth term in 2024.
Amendments to the Russian Constitution, introduced in 2020 which are "waiving the term limit" for Putin, were approved "in violation of the laws of the Russian Federation and the commitments of the Russian Federation under the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe …
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Russia offers China to mine coal in Siberia
Russia wants to invite Chinese investors to the develop mineral deposits in its territory, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at a meeting of the intergovernmental Russian-Chinese commission on energy cooperation.
"Thanks to joint efforts, cooperation in the energy sector is progressively developing and has reached an unprecedentedly high level," he stated following a meeting in Moscow with Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Han Zhen.
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Putin blames the West for ruining relations with Russia
Russia's relations with NATO countries have become "distressing", the possibilities of cooperation with the European Union are "narrowing", interaction with the United States is "in an unsatisfactory state" after the expulsion of Russian diplomats, which made it impossible for Russian embassies to function normally, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the board of the Foreign Ministry.
Not so long ago, relations between Russia and Western countries, including the United States, " …
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DPR military commander: Ukraine is advancing into Donbas
The pro-Russian militants may lose control over the key area in the Donbas - the Avdiivka industrial zone, believes the DPR military commander Alexander Khodakovsky.
"If now we lose this industrial zone, then several other directions will be immediately threatened: Yasynuvata, the village of Spartak. The enemy will come close to our main line of defense. They will get an advantage due to a significant number of dead zones, which we simply cannot protect, "said Khodakovsky in an interview with …