KYIV (Reuters) – A modest industrial park in northern Ukraine. Engineers led by two former Microsoft executives are building military drones that can fly long distances and carry heavy payloads. To fill a large gap with Russia, the Ukrainian government says it is expanding its drone program for both long-range reconnaissance and striking enemy targets. … Read more
The Russian government may seek damages for the September 2009 explosion of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline linking Russia and Europe. A gas leak from Nord Stream 2 on the Danish island of Bornholm in September last year. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow may seek damages for the September blast of Nord Stream, a natural … Read more
On March 13, Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili (pictured) urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to refrain from interfering in internal affairs. FILE PHOTO: Berlin, September 2023. REUTERS/Christian Mang (Reuters) – Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili on Wednesday urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky not to interfere in his country’s internal affairs. Zelensky thanked protesters for raising the Ukrainian … Read more
KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Oksana Minenko is a 44-year-old accountant living in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson. She said she was detained and tortured many times during the Russian military occupation of the city. On January 12, Oksana Minenko is a 44-year-old accountant living in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson. He says he … Read more
Vilnius/Warsaw (Reuters) – A giant transformer built in Ukraine in the 1980s and now disused is being dusted and ready to leave here in Lithuania. He will probably head to Romania in the next few weeks and from there return home to Ukraine. On December 21st, a giant transformer, built in Ukraine in 1980 and … Read more
UPINI, Poland (Reuters) – In 2018, the Tukaczuk family left the Polish city of Krakow for the clean air of the countryside and moved to the village at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. On December 8, the Tukaczuk family left the Polish city of Krakow in 2018 and moved to Oupini, a village at … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – Russia is weighing three options, including banning oil sales to some countries, to counter oil price caps set by the West on Dec 7, 2020. FILE PHOTO: Vladivostok, Russia, March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel [７日 ロイター] – Russia is considering three options, including banning oil sales to some countries, to counter oil … Read more
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince seized the opportunity of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week to consolidate his position as a leader in the Middle East and launch a unique diplomacy that distances him from the United States I’m trying to show you the route. Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown … Read more
TBILISI (Reuters) – A month has passed since Russia announced the completion of the partial mobilization of its troops to invade Ukraine. But many Russian men who fled to neighboring Georgia to escape the call-up say they are in no hurry to return home. On November 28, one month after Russia announced the completion of … Read more
(Reuters) – Russia plans to spend nearly a third of its budget next year on defense and internal security. Budgets allocated to schools, hospitals and roads will be cut in order to fund the maintenance of military operations in Ukraine. Russia will spend nearly a third of its budget next year on defense and internal … Read more