A senior US Treasury official said on Dec. 6 that Russia’s oil price cap at $60 a barrel had increased Western influence over Russia. The photo shows a crude oil tanker anchored near Nakhodka. (Reuters/Tatiana Meel) [ワシントン ６日 ロイター] – A senior US Treasury official said on Thursday that capping Russian oil prices at $60 … Read more
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that he agreed with the US view that Ukraine needs lasting peace, but that talks were not on the table at this time. Taken last December. (2022 REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo) (Reuters) – Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday he agreed with the United States that … Read more
Pro-Russian authorities in Kherson oblast, which Russia has unilaterally declared annexed, announced on Thursday they would begin evacuating people with reduced mobility from Kakhovka district as part of a larger resettlement of citizens east of the Dnieper. FILE PHOTO: Kherson, November 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer [２日 ロイター] – Pro-Russian authorities in Kherson Oblast, unilaterally annexed by … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said at a news conference Dec. 1 that the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are supporting Ukraine and participating directly in the war in Ukraine. Taken in November in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Supplied by the Ukrainian Army (2022 Reuters) (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said at … Read more
The US-made Patriot ground intercept system was needed to defend Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure under heavy attack by Russian forces, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleva said on Thursday. Taken in Mikoraiu in August. Photo provided (2022 Reuters/SES Ukraine/via REUTERS) [ブカレスト ３０日 ロイター] – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said Thursday that the US-made Patriot ground intercept system is … Read more
The Pentagon is considering Boeing’s proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap small precision bombs mounted on abundant rockets. FILE PHOTO: This photo was taken near Liapaya, Latvia September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins [ワシントン ２８日 ロイター] – The Pentagon is considering Boeing’s proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap small precision bombs mounted on rockets, which it … Read more
(Reuters) – Russia plans to spend nearly a third of its budget next year on defense and internal security. Budgets allocated to schools, hospitals and roads will be cut to finance the maintenance of military operations in Ukraine. Russia will spend nearly a third of its budget next year on defense and internal security, according … Read more
Germany said it was in talks with its allies to send a German Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine at Poland’s request. FILE PHOTO: October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner BERLIN/WARSAW (Reuters) – Germany said on Wednesday it was in talks with allies to send German Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine at Poland’s request. This … Read more
Amazon.com Inc. employees at locations around the world, including the United States, Germany and France, are expected to go on strike to coincide with Black Friday, the year-end shopping season. In the photo the Amazon logo. FILE PHOTO: Rowin Planck, Northern France March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol [ベルリン ２５日 ロイター] – Amazon.com Inc. employees in … Read more
Estonian President Aral Kalis (pictured left), who is visiting Canada, said on Monday that the only security Ukraine could get is membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which it will take some time but it will eventually come to the rice fields. He also met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right). (2022 REUTERS/Carlos … Read more