European markets lurched after Ukraine used long-range US missiles to attack deep inside Russia for the first time and the Kremlin announced an updated nuclear-weapons doctrine. Polish stocks and the zloty currency led a wider transatlantic selloff as investors used the Eastern European country’s assets as a proxy for escalating risk. Traditional haven assets including…
Russian strikes continue in Ukraine, marking 1,000 days since the invasion – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s been 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. A day after the U.S. approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles against Russia, a Russian strike killed seven people in the country’s Sumy region. The U.S. gave permission for the…
North Korean troops in Russia help Putin beyond sheer manpower needs — they help him at home, too. The ISW wrote on Sunday that Pyongyang’s deployments help Putin avoid another mobilization, for now. Yet, given Russia’s current casualties, that only sustains the war for about three months, ISW said. North Korea’s manpower injection for the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via video link at the Constantine Palace in Strelna on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia September 20, 2024. Alexander Kazakov | Via Reuters Changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine have been drawn up and will be formalized as necessary, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, signaling again…
Volodymyr Zelenskiy is addressing a special sitting of the European Parliament tomorrow to mark 1,000 days of Russia’s invasion. But despite all of Europe’s pledges to back him “as long as it take,” behind the scenes the Ukrainian president is under intense pressure to consider new ways to get to the negotiating table with Vladimir…
President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to fire U.S.-made and supplied missiles deeper into Russia — a major policy shift announced over the weekend after months of intense lobbying by Kyiv — has drawn a furious response from Moscow. While there was no immediate reaction directly from the man who launched the nearly three-year war…
President Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike targets inside Russia, in a major foreign-policy about-face being reported by multiple American media outlets. Previously, the US had insisted the weapons it supplied Kyiv could only be used to attack Russian military assets occupying Ukrainian territory, with one…
North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations. The analysis is one of several on the evolving partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North…
In the telephone call on Friday, Scholz exhorted Putin to “end” his war on Ukraine and to “withdraw troops.” The conversation lasted for about an hour and was the first direct exchange between the two leaders in nearly two years, German media reported. “The Federal Chancellor urged Russia to be prepared to negotiate with Ukraine with the aim…
Scholz on Friday spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin for about an hour in what constituted the first direct exchange between the two leaders in nearly two years, according to German media reports. Asked in the Süddeutsche Zeitung interview if he’s afraid of a deal over Ukraine’s head between Trump and Putin, Scholz…