par This Is Beirut, 16/05 00:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Thursday to meet with counterpart Xi Jinping as he seeks greater support from Beijing for his war effort in Ukraine and his isolated economy. This is Putin's first trip abroad since his March re-election and the second in just over six months to China, an economic lifeline for Russia after the ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/05 20:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that more powerful and advanced weapons could hasten victory for his troops fighting in Ukraine. The Kremlin leader also hailed recent advances on the battlefield, saying Russia's army was advancing on all fronts, as he urged Moscow to intensify and modernize its arms production at home. "We have ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/05 20:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The gunman who shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico multiple times and wounded him on Wednesday has been detained by the police, the country's president said. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was battling life-threatening wounds Wednesday after officials said he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt condemned by European ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/05 21:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States will back Ukraine until its security is "guaranteed," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday, hours after Russian forces claimed further advances in the northeastern Kharkiv region. Blinken's visit comes just weeks after the US Congress finally approved a $61-billion financial aid package for ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/05 13:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Thousands of people have been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, as Russia kept up constant strikes on a key town as part of a cross-border offensive, officials said on Sunday. The surprise Russian attack across Ukraine's northeastern border began on Friday, with Moscow's troops making small advances in an area from where ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/05 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from areas near the Russian border in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the regional governor said Saturday, a day after Moscow launched a surprise ground offensive. "A total of 1,775 people have been evacuated," governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media, adding that there had been Russian artillery and mortar ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/05 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Moscow said on Monday that it could launch strikes at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv's forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia. The statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry came after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said during a visit to Ukraine that Kyiv "absolutely has ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/05 18:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday, where his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron intends to advocate trade "reciprocity" and the search for a resolution to the war in Ukraine, in the face of a Chinese president who continues to show his support for Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on Sunday, on a state visit hosted by ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/05 17:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russia has added Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to its list of wanted criminals, a government database showed on Saturday. Zelensky appeared in the Russian Interior Ministry's "wanted" list, an online database of alleged criminals sought by the authorities. It stated that the Ukrainian leader was wanted "under an article of the criminal ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/05 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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France estimates that 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said in an interview published on Friday. Speaking to Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe, Séjourné said Paris estimated total Russian casualties, including the wounded, at 500,000 in the war, ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/05 15:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with The Economist published on Thursday, reaffirmed that he hasn't ruled out sending troops to Ukraine. He emphasized that such a decision would arise "legitimately" if Russia breached Ukrainian front lines and if Kyiv requested assistance. The interview followed a keynote speech he delivered ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/05 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States officials on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia's military and industrial capabilities, punishing companies in China and elsewhere that help Moscow acquire weapons for its war in Ukraine. In a sweeping package announced by the US Treasury Department, Washington targeted nearly 300 entities in Russia, ...