Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military drill in September
Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...
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Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Brought Iran and Belarus Closer Together
Belarus and Iran have developed a growing strategic partnership since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...
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Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine and says Europe must be responsible for country’s security
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic and that the US will no longer prioritize ...
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Ukraine still on 'irreversible path to joining NATO' Starmer tells Zelenskyy
Ukraine is still on an "irreversible path" to joining NATO, Sir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The UK and Ukrainian leaders spoke on the phone early on Friday, according to Downing ...
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Belarus unlikely to enter Ukraine war, says Latvian counterintelligence
Belarus is unlikely to enter Russia's war against Ukraine anytime soon, as doing so could seriously undermine the country's ...
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Putin may attack a NATO country from Belarus as early as next year, Zelenskyy says
Around 100-150,000 troops are being trained to aggravate the situation on the Belarus direction,” Zelenskyy said. “I am not sure if they will attack Ukraine, but they will attack. Maybe ...
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Hegseth expected to push NATO and EU to take more responsibility for Ukraine
Notably, the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels will be chaired by the United Kingdom. Under the Biden administration, the gatherings were convened by the US, which founded ...
New York Post8d
Ukraine returning to pre-2014 borders, joining NATO are ‘unrealistic,’ Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday it is “unrealistic” to expect Russia to return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine or approve of Kyiv’s accession to NATO as part of a ...
Politico8d
Trump says he and Putin will negotiate to end the war in Ukraine
“As we both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine,” Trump wrote. “President Putin even used my very strong Campaign motto of, ‘COMMON ...
The Hill7d
Trump really can achieve lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine — here’s how
President Trump has stated that he has begun to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end the war between Ukraine and Russia “immediately.” Yet to do so, he will need to think ...
The Washington Post8d
Hegseth calls Ukraine’s peace goals ‘unrealistic’ in meeting with allies
BRUSSELS — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday called Ukraine’s desire to recover all of the territory it has lost to Russia since 2014 an “unrealistic objective,” pledging that ...
The Washington Post7d
Trump’s call with Putin alarms Europe and shocks Ukraine
KYIV — President Donald Trump’s phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin has deeply rattled Kyiv and its European partners, intensifying long-held fears that Ukraine could be excluded ...