The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is considering all options in response to Iran's shipments of ballistic missiles to Russia, including the severance of diplomatic relations.
Gold remains steady near $2,513, weighed by a stronger US Dollar and upcoming inflation data. Silver holds at $28.23, facing rising demand and Russia’s supply challenges.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed that Iran had sent ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine, so new sanctions against Tehran are inevitable.
Russia is waging a “reckless” campaign of sabotage targeting European nations, while the entire world order found itself under the most serious strain since the Cold War.
In Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic, which is the leader in the number of volunteers who were killed in action on Ukrainian battlefields, officials do their utmost to recruit more soldiers for the war effort, fearing criminal prosecution.
The Ministers of Justice of Council of Europe member and observer states have adopted a declaration outlining a series of principles to address critical justice and accountability issues related to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Timely cooperation of all countries that want peace can stop Russian schemes to evade sanctions and close access to the components that Russia uses in missile production.
Monitors from the International Atomic Energy Agency recorded the presence of armed men and military equipment at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, seized by Russia.
Ukrainian prosecutors have refuted the reports being spun by the Russians claiming a Sudzha-bound Ukrainian convoy of military equipment was destroyed in Sumy region bordering Russia.
The Ukrainian delegation handed over to American senior officials a list of targets located deep inside Russia, which Kyiv would seek to hit with long-range ATACMS missiles if allowed to do so.
As many as 62% of Ukrainians do not trust China as a possible mediator in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, while 22% others would be ready to trust Beijing with such a role.
The Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine, Katarína Mathernová, echoes the opinion of EU High Representative Josep Borrell regarding the need to grant Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons, provided by Western partners, against legitimate targets inside Russia.