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Putin’s Loose Talk About Nuclear Weapons Threatens Russia and Putin Himself
Staunton, November 24 – Loose talk by Vladimir Putin and others in Moscow about using nuclear weapons has not only united the West in ways that nothing else, including Russian aggression in Ukraine, could, but it is spreading fear among those near Putin about their future prospects in such a brave new world, according to […]
Ukraine Live Day 280: 3 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Over Last 24 Hours
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Peskov Says Ethnic Russians In Latvia Would Revolt If Radical Nationalists Came to Power
Staunton, November 21 – During a BBC interview in which he said Moscow wants “a 100 percent guarantee” that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary also said that if radical nationalists came to power in Riga and if Brussels recognized that as it did in Ukraine, then “Latvian citizens […]
Proper Response to Kremlin is to Make Ukraine a NATO Member Now
Staunton, November 18 – Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, says that Russian wants to receive “a 100 percent guarantee” that “no one will think about Ukraine entering NATO.” The only proper response to that outrageous example of imperial overreach is to offer NATO full membership in the alliance immediately. To do otherwise at this […]
Ukraine Live Day 275: 3 Civilians Killed, 4 Wounded – Including Two Children – In Bakhmutka Shelling
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Ukraine Live Day 266: Russian and Separatist Tanks on the Move in Ukraine
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If Putin Goes Nuclear in Ukraine, the West Won’t Respond in Kind, Ex-Polish Defense Official Says
Staunton, November 7 – In a comment the Warsaw newspaper Fakt described as extremely disturbing, Romuald Szeremietiew, a former Polish deputy defense minister, says that if Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine or in the Baltic region, the West likely would not react in kind. His suggestion follows the Kremlin leader’s incautious and outrageous […]
Ukraine Liveblog Day 255: Russian Gas Deal In Doubt
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Ukraine Liveblog Day 249: Heavy Shelling And Movements Of Armour Reported In Donetsk
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