Ukraine broke records with a long-distance strike on Russia on Thursday, hitting a target 746 miles from the border.]]>
Kyiv watched as Russians massed on the border, but they weren't allowed to use long-range missiles provided by Washington.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has declared the United Kingdom a "party to the conflict" and warned that Russia would target British military sites and equipment, in Ukraine and beyond. This statement follows an interview given by Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron to Reuters, in which he stated Ukraine could use British weaponry to strike targets inside Russia. On May 6, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the British Ambassador in Moscow, Nigel Casey, to express "firm protest" arguing...
British ambassador called to the foreign ministry in Moscow
A widespread assumption in the foreign affairs community is that Russia would be unable to occupy Ukraine durably even if it won the war. Many believe that Moscow would find the cost of policing a large, hostile country like Ukraine too immense to bear. Therefore, defeating the Ukrainian state can only be a pyrrhic victory. […]
OpenAI unleashed an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution when the company launched ChatGPT for public use in late 2022. Since then, ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by OpenAI's large language models (LLMs), has dominated headlines and preoccupied the minds of executives running Twitter, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta, inspiring them to create their own generative AI projects.The maker of the most popular AI chatbot just announced a slew of new features coming to free ChatGPT users, most of...
Kharkiv region’s governor says Russia is attempting to stretch front line; Ukrainian commander responsible for north-eastern frontline replacedPutin removes Sergei Shoigu as Russia’s defence ministerRussia’s new defence minister Andrei Belousov has said that soldiers need better access to housing, hospitals and welfare benefits.Reuters reports:We rejected that at the time and I think the same applies to the different requests that are now being made. Continue reading
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that there should be no restrictions on the use of Western arms by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He compared such limitations to the preventive anti-Russian sanctions that Kyiv had requested from the West prior to the full-scale invasion. The Pentagon, however, continues to oppose the use of American weapons on Russian territory . During a discussion with Ukrainian journalists, Zelensky emphasised that the issue at hand is not an offensive by the...
Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, travelled to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian officials and review the latest developments in the war. International media reported on Tuesday, May 13th, that Blinken’s trip to Ukraine aimed to meet and discuss with the country’s senior officials and reaffirm Washington’s steadfast support for Kyiv. During his visit […]
Following France’s decision to deploy its forces in Ukraine and the escalation of conflicts between Kyiv and Moscow, the Russian ambassador in Kabul has stated that NATO is using Ukrainian territory for a “real confrontation with Russia.” Dimitri Zhirinov, the Russian ambassador in Kabul, stated on Monday, May 13th, in a statement, a copy of […]
The big U.S. aid package for Ukraine signed Wednesday allows the administration to seize Russian state assets located in the U.S. and use them for the benefit of Kyiv.
10% of the windfall profits will fund non-lethal aid to assuage EU member states that do not wish to fund armsThe EU has reached a deal to seize profits from Russia’s frozen assets to fund weapons and aid for Ukraine within months.EU senior diplomats meeting on Wednesday agreed a compromise on using the estimated €4.4bn windfall profits to aid Ukraine, smoothing over a dispute about taxation and management costs in Belgium, the country where most of the frozen assets are held. Continue reading