NATO is seeking to avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia and does not have a comprehensive approach to countering the Kremlin’s hybrid warfare, according to a former Alliance official.
The Kondensat Oil Refinery in Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan region will process Russian crude oil and supply up to 70% of its gasoline and diesel fuel output to Russia.
Russia’s total combat losses in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to August 25, 2026, amount to approximately 1,479,300 personnel, including 1,230 over the past 24 hours.
Russia is losing the war it unleashed, and its economy is becoming increasingly strained by spending, sanctions, and Ukrainian strikes, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk said.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree allowing critical infrastructure facilities in Russia whose owners fail to take adequate measures to protect them, including against drone attacks, to be placed under temporary “external management.”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree allowing critical infrastructure facilities in Russia whose owners fail to take adequate measures to protect them, including against drone attacks, to be placed under temporary “external management.”
More than 50 countries called on Russia to agree to a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire and resume negotiations aimed at achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s accession to the European Union would be the best security guarantee for it, while NATO membership would strengthen the security of the entire Alliance and serve as an important deterrent to Russia.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has proposed adopting additional European sanctions against Russia as early as this Fall.
EU countries should use frozen Russian assets to pay for the damage inflicted on Ukraine while also cutting off the sources of revenue that finance Russia’s war machine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Su-33 and MiG-29 fighter jets, as well as an Orion unmanned aerial vehicle, were damaged at the Vityazevo airfield in Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on August 23.
South Korea’s Ministry of Defense said North Korea continues to prepare for an additional deployment of troops to Russia, but has detected no signs that such a deployment is imminent.
Russia has violated international law and undermined European security by launching its war against Ukraine, making a return to normal relations with Russia impossible as long as this aggressive war continues.