- 17 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUkraine
Germany’s IRIS-T SLM Air Defence System: A Shot In The Arm For Ukraine?
The Russia Ukraine War (RUW) is replete with instances of large and small-scale ground battles or duels, both in built-up and rural areas. While inputs emerging from this imbroglio differ…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
President Biden, Please Transit from the 20th to the 21st Century
Known for his courtesy and integrity, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr spent his formative years in the US Senate during a period when relations between the Cold War 1.0 contending powers,…
By Prof Madhav Das Nalapat
Lengthening Shadows of the Ukraine Crisis
Wars inflict lifelong misery on innocent population without discriminating young and old, women and children or nationality. Regardless of the outcome, they bear the brunt. This has been the story…
By Lt Gen CA Krishnan (Retd)
United States Outmanoeuvres Russia Once Again?
In a recent briefing, the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Avril Haines warned, “I would characterize it as the Russians aren’t winning, and the Ukrainians aren’t winning, and we’re…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Russian foreign minister briefs BRICS counterparts on situation in Ukraine
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday briefed his counterparts from India, Russia, South Africa and Brazil on the overall situation in Ukraine. The foreign…
EU top diplomat says if verified, Russia has suffered “impressive losses”
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that if numbers and reports are true, the Russian army has suffered "impressive losses" while invading Ukraine.…
Ukraine’s president replaces head of Territorial Defence Forces
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has replaced the head of its Territorial Defence Forces nearly three months into the war with Russia without giving a reason. The Defence…
NATO’s Stoltenberg says Russia’s Ukraine offensive not going to plan
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russia's offensive in Ukraine is failing and its operation in the Donbass region has stalled, NATO's secretary general said on Sunday. "Russia's war in Ukraine is not…
Russia forges new partnerships in face of West’s ‘total hybrid war’ – Lavrov
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow was the target of "total hybrid war" by the West but would withstand sanctions by…
Hungary’s new president condemns Putin’s ‘aggression’, plans trip to Warsaw
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's President Katalin Novak at her inauguration ceremony on Saturday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said her first trip would take her to Poland, in an…
Moscow-administered Kherson to ask to be included in Russia, UK says
(Reuters) - The Russian-imposed military-civilian administration in Ukraine's Kherson region said it will ask Russia to include it in the Russian federation, British defence ministry said on Saturday. If Russia…
China says confidence in UN rights body hit by vote to investigate alleged Russian abuses in Ukraine
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged human rights…
