Seoul and Washington have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine. Pyongyang has denied the deployment, and Kim did not mention it in a speech to battalion commanders carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. The US and the West are using the conflict in Ukraine […]
“These guys, Biden’s administration, is trying to escalate the situation to the maximum while they still have power and are still in office,” Butina told Reuters. “I have a great hope that (Donald) Trump will overcome this decision if this has been made because they are seriously risking the start of World War Three which […]
India, the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer, has become the top buyer of discounted Russian sea-borne oil shunned by Western countries since Ukraine’s invasion began in early 2022. Before that, India bought little oil from its long-running defense partner, Russia. New Delhi has repeatedly defended its purchases from Russia as necessary to keep prices […]
“In continuation of the development of Iran-Russia scientific and technological cooperation, two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, will be launched to a 500 km orbit of the earth on Tuesday, Nov. 5, by a Soyuz launch vehicle,” Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said in a post on X. The development of Kowsar, a high-resolution […]
But the Kremlin leader struck a hardline tone, warning the West it was an “illusion” to think Russia could be defeated on the battlefield and that any peace deal would have to recognize Russia’s control of swaths of Ukrainian territory. Putin was speaking at the end of the BRICS summit in the city of Kazan […]
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, as Kyiv has alleged. But he said it remained to be seen what they would be doing there. “There is evidence that there are DPRK troops in Russia,” […]
Georgy Zinoviev, the top Russian envoy to Seoul, told Yonhap that he met with South Korea’s first vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun earlier on the day, according to the news agency. South Korea’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. South Korea’s spy agency said last week that North Korea had […]
The Republican former president has frequently criticized Zelenskiy on the campaign trail, repeatedly calling him “the greatest salesman on Earth” for having solicited and received billions of dollars of U.S. military aid since the war broke out in 2022. Trump has also slammed the Ukrainian leader for failing to seek peace with Moscow, and he […]
He was speaking days after visiting several European capitals to press his case for more military and financial help in the war against invading Russian forces. “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like in North Korea,” Zelensky said in his address. It is no longer just about transferring weapons. It is actually […]
A ministry report said the villages of Zolota Nyva and Zoryane Pershe had been brought under Russian control. The communities have an estimated population of a few hundred residents each. The two villages lie to the north and south of Kurakhove, one of the focal points of military activity on the eastern front. Official Ukrainian […]
