His predecessor Vladimir Putin has warned the US that any attempt by the West to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine risks endangering humanity. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said efforts to use courts to investigate Russia’s actions would be futile and disastrous. Mr Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, told Telegram: “The idea of punishing a country that has one of the largest nuclear capabilities is absurd. And potentially a threat to the existence of humanity.” Russia and the US control about 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads, with about 4,000 warheads each, according to the Federation of American Scientists. Relations between Russia and the West have not been this low since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Meanwhile, Mr Putin’s troops are moving towards Donetsk amid his plan to seize the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, days after he declared a “great victory” in the neighboring Luhansk region. The governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said the Russians were “bombing everything in their path”.
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Russia will attend the G20 meeting today as war rages in eastern Ukraine
Russia is set to participate in the two-day G20 meeting starting today with ministers in Indonesia as the war in Europe escalates in eastern Ukraine. Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend along with other G20 ministers, and tensions over the Russian invasion are likely to overshadow the summit. Russia’s presence at the summit has been opposed because of its role in the invasion of Ukraine. “The country should not be allowed to use the G20 meeting as a platform given its war in Ukraine,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said before her arrival in Bali. “It is in all of our interests to ensure that international law is upheld and upheld. That is the common denominator,” Ms Baerbock said in a statement. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 05:39 1657165721
Zelensky says fighting for entire South, Donbass: ‘The most brutal confrontation’
Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops were fighting the “most brutal confrontation” in the whole of Ukraine’s Donbass region, as he shared the ground situation from the besieged country late Wednesday. “Ukrainian forces are currently advancing in several tactical directions, particularly in the south – in the Kherson region, in the Zaporizhzhia region. We will not give up our land – the entire sovereign territory of Ukraine will be Ukrainian. People need to know that,” Mr. Zelenskiy said. He added: “Therefore, if you have the opportunity to talk with people in the south of our country – with Kherson, Henichesk, Berdyansk, Melitopol and other cities and villages – spread the truth there. Use every opportunity to tell the occupied that we remember them and fight for them.” Zelensky said that “we are fighting for our entire south, for the entire Ukrainian Donbas – the most brutal confrontation is right now there, near Sloviansk and Bakhmut.” “We are fighting for the Kharkiv region. The conquerors must not think that their time on this earth is long and that the superiority of their artillery is eternal,” he said. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:48 1657164935
Russia is expanding its fleet in the Black Sea: Ukrainian officials
Russia has increased its presence by deploying additional units in the Black Sea, Ukrainian military officials said. The strengthening of the naval presence by Moscow was confirmed by Ukraine’s southern operational command, the Kyiv Independent reported. Russia has deployed an additional five missile carriers, two submarines and an amphibious assault ship, the Ukrainian military has announced. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:35 1657164315
Weapons from the West “are working powerfully,” says Zelensky
Artillery received from Western nations to help Ukraine in the ongoing Russian invasion “started to work in full swing,” Volodymyr Zelensky said late Wednesday. “Finally it is felt that the Western artillery – the weapons we received from our partners – began to work very strongly. Its accuracy is just as it should be. Our defenders are inflicting very noticeable hits on warehouses and other points important for the logistics of the occupiers,” Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly speech. He added that the bonus military prowess helped Ukrainian fighters “significantly reduce the offensive potential of the Russian army.” The occupiers’ losses will only increase every week, as will the difficulty of supplying them, Mr. Zelensky added. It also details the losses in the besieged country in the last 24 hours. “Today in Kharkiv, the Pedagogical University was destroyed by a Russian missile attack – the main building, lecture halls, university museum, scientific library. This characterizes the Russian invasion with 100 percent accuracy,” he said. Mr Zelensky said that when it comes to “the definition of barbarity, this strike fits the bill”. “Only an enemy of civilization and humanity can do such things – shoot missiles at a university, a pedagogical university,” he said. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:25 1657160400
Russia says Japan has an “unfriendly” attitude towards Moscow
Japan has taken an “unfriendly” position towards Russia, which does not help develop ties either in trade and economy or in the energy sector, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The east Asian island nation has joined its Western allies in imposing sweeping economic sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Moscow has also been disturbed by reports that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed capping the price of Russian oil at about half of the current level. “Japan is taking a very hostile position towards Russia. In any case, such a hostile attitude does not help facilitate trade and economic relations, including the energy dialogue,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We discussed Mr. Kishida’s proposal yesterday and said that this is only an initiative that was announced, no unified decisions were made,” Peskov said. “It’s doubtful that such decisions could be made, frankly speaking.” Commenting on Kishida’s reported comments, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that global oil prices could exceed $300-$400 a barrel if the price cap proposals are implemented. Liam James 7 July 2022 03:20 1657156800
Scholz says Germany must accelerate green transition due to war in Ukraine
Germany must implement a green energy transition faster because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding that Russia is using energy as a political weapon. “Energy policy is not only a matter of price. Energy policy is also security policy,” Mr Scholz said at an event organized by the Renewable Energy Association. “That’s why we now need to turbocharge the expansion of renewables,” he said. Germany agreed with other EU countries to ban imports of Russian oil from December, with the oil banned after February 5, 2023. Last month Russia shut down the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany for scheduled maintenance, but Berlin fears that Moscow will not turn the pump back on. Liam James July 7, 2022 02:20 1657149600
Russia blocks oil pipeline to Europe citing ‘environmental concerns’
A court in Russia has ordered a 30-day shutdown of a pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan to Europe over environmental violations, Russian media reported. The ruling by a court in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk cited the results of a recent inspection of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Kazakhstan’s leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told EU Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday that Kazakhstan “is ready to use its hydrocarbon potential to stabilize the situation on the global and European market.” European Union countries are turning away from Russian natural gas in response to the war in Ukraine, but officials fear Moscow will cut off supplies before replacement sources are found. Russia has already cut supplies to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that serves Germany and France and has reduced the flow of natural gas to other countries, including Italy and Poland. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called for contingency plans to prepare for a full cutoff from Moscow. Liam James 7 July 2022 00:20 1657146017
Ukraine is blocking Russian advance on Donetsk, officials claim
Ukraine has so far repelled an attempted Russian advance in the north of the Donetsk region, but the city of Sloviansk and other populated areas there have been hit by artillery and rockets, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Russia and separatist proxies were already in control of the southern part of Donetsk province when they largely completed their takeover of neighboring Luhansk region on Sunday by seizing Lysychansk, much of which now lies in ruins. Moscow says the full push of the Ukrainian military from the two regions is central to what it calls a “special military operation” to ensure its own security, a more than four-month offensive that the West calls an unprovoked war. The provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk make up Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern, heavily industrialized region that has become Europe’s biggest battleground for generations and over which Russia wants to wrest control from separatists it backs. Ukrainian officials reported heavy fighting as Russian forces tried to push south into Donetsk from Luhansk and towards Sloviansk. “We are holding back the enemy at the border[Luhansk/Donetsk[“LuhanskGovernorSerhiyGaidaitoldUkrainianTV[Λουχάνσκ/Ντονέτσκ[»δήλωσεοκυβερνήτηςτουΛουχάνσκΣέρχιΓκαϊντάιστηνουκρανικήτηλεόραση[Luhansk/Donetsk[border”LuhanskGovernorSerhiyGaidaitoldUkrainianTV He said Russian regular and reserve forces had been sent there in an apparent attempt to cross the Siverskiy Donets River, and that two small settlements just inside…
title: “Ukraine War Update Russia Today Putin Expands Black Sea Fleet With Carriers Submarines " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Leslie Mader”
Russia has boosted its naval presence in the Black Sea by adding five missile ships, two submarines and an amphibious assault ship, officials of Ukraine’s Southern Operations Command said. It comes almost a week after Russia said it was withdrawing from a strategic outpost on the Black Sea’s Snake Island – a crucial gain it had made within days of invading Ukraine – as a “gesture of goodwill”. In Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said the arsenal sent by Ukraine’s allies and Western nations “started to work in full force” against Russian forces. “Finally it is felt that the Western artillery – the weapons we received from our partners – began to work very strongly. Its accuracy is just as it should be. Our defenders are inflicting very noticeable hits on warehouses and other points important for the logistics of the occupiers,” Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly speech. And, for the first time since the invasion, Russia will send Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the G20 meeting starting today in Indonesia, despite opposition from other nations within the group.
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Russia will attend the G20 meeting today as war rages in eastern Ukraine
Russia is set to participate in the two-day G20 meeting starting today with ministers in Indonesia as the war in Europe escalates in eastern Ukraine. Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend along with other G20 ministers, and tensions over the Russian invasion are likely to overshadow the summit. Russia’s presence at the summit has been opposed because of its role in the invasion of Ukraine. “The country should not be allowed to use the G20 meeting as a platform given its war in Ukraine,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said before her arrival in Bali. “It is in all of our interests to ensure that international law is upheld and upheld. That is the common denominator,” Ms Baerbock said in a statement. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 05:39 1657165721
Zelensky says fighting for entire South, Donbass: ‘The most brutal confrontation’
Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops were fighting the “most brutal confrontation” in the whole of Ukraine’s Donbass region, as he shared the ground situation from the besieged country late Wednesday. “Ukrainian forces are currently advancing in several tactical directions, particularly in the south – in the Kherson region, in the Zaporizhzhia region. We will not give up our land – the entire sovereign territory of Ukraine will be Ukrainian. People need to know that,” Mr. Zelenskiy said. He added: “Therefore, if you have the opportunity to talk with people in the south of our country – with Kherson, Henichesk, Berdyansk, Melitopol and other cities and villages – spread the truth there. Use every opportunity to tell the occupied that we remember them and fight for them.” Zelensky said that “we are fighting for our entire south, for the entire Ukrainian Donbas – the most brutal confrontation is right now there, near Sloviansk and Bakhmut.” “We are fighting for the Kharkiv region. The conquerors must not think that their time on this earth is long and that the superiority of their artillery is eternal,” he said. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:48 1657164935
Russia is expanding its fleet in the Black Sea: Ukrainian officials
Russia has increased its presence by deploying additional units in the Black Sea, Ukrainian military officials said. The strengthening of the naval presence by Moscow was confirmed by Ukraine’s southern operational command, the Kyiv Independent reported. Russia has deployed an additional five missile carriers, two submarines and an amphibious assault ship, the Ukrainian military has announced. The general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine, in its war briefing early Thursday, said: “In the waters of the Black and Azov seas, the enemy maintains four sea-based cruise missile ships ‘Caliber’ ready to launch missiles at infrastructure facilities on the territory of of Ukraine”. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:35 1657164315
Weapons from the West “are working powerfully,” says Zelensky
Artillery received from Western nations to help Ukraine in the ongoing Russian invasion “started to work in full swing,” Volodymyr Zelensky said late Wednesday. “Finally it is felt that the Western artillery – the weapons we received from our partners – began to work very strongly. Its accuracy is just as it should be. Our defenders are inflicting very noticeable hits on warehouses and other points important for the logistics of the occupiers,” Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly speech. He added that the bonus military prowess helped Ukrainian fighters “significantly reduce the offensive potential of the Russian army.” The occupiers’ losses will only increase every week, as will the difficulty of supplying them, Mr. Zelensky added. It also details the losses in the besieged country in the last 24 hours. “Today in Kharkiv, the Pedagogical University was destroyed by a Russian missile attack – the main building, lecture halls, university museum, scientific library. This characterizes the Russian invasion with 100 percent accuracy,” he said. Mr Zelensky said that when it comes to “the definition of barbarity, this strike fits the bill”. “Only an enemy of civilization and humanity can do such things – shoot missiles at a university, a pedagogical university,” he said. Arpan Rai7 July 2022 04:25 1657160400
Russia says Japan has an “unfriendly” attitude towards Moscow
Japan has taken an “unfriendly” position towards Russia, which does not help develop ties either in trade and economy or in the energy sector, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The east Asian island nation has joined its Western allies in imposing sweeping economic sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Moscow has also been disturbed by reports that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has proposed capping the price of Russian oil at about half of the current level. “Japan is taking a very hostile position towards Russia. In any case, such a hostile attitude does not help facilitate trade and economic relations, including the energy dialogue,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We discussed Mr. Kishida’s proposal yesterday and said that this is only an initiative that was announced, no unified decisions were made,” Peskov said. “It’s doubtful that such decisions could be made, frankly speaking.” Commenting on Kishida’s reported comments, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Tuesday that global oil prices could exceed $300-$400 a barrel if the price cap proposals are implemented. Liam James 7 July 2022 03:20 1657156800
Scholz says Germany must accelerate green transition due to war in Ukraine
Germany must implement a green energy transition faster because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, adding that Russia is using energy as a political weapon. “Energy policy is not only a matter of price. Energy policy is also security policy,” Mr Scholz said at an event organized by the Renewable Energy Association. “That’s why we now need to turbocharge the expansion of renewables,” he said. Germany agreed with other EU countries to ban imports of Russian oil from December, with the oil banned after February 5, 2023. Last month Russia shut down the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany for scheduled maintenance, but Berlin fears that Moscow will not turn the pump back on. Liam James July 7, 2022 02:20 1657149600
Russia blocks oil pipeline to Europe citing ‘environmental concerns’
A court in Russia has ordered a 30-day shutdown of a pipeline carrying oil from Kazakhstan to Europe over environmental violations, Russian media reported. The ruling by a court in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk cited the results of a recent inspection of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium. Kazakhstan’s leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told EU Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday that Kazakhstan “is ready to use its hydrocarbon potential to stabilize the situation on the global and European market.” European Union countries are turning away from Russian natural gas in response to the war in Ukraine, but officials fear Moscow will cut off supplies before replacement sources are found. Russia has already cut supplies to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that serves Germany and France and has reduced the flow of natural gas to other countries, including Italy and Poland. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called for contingency plans to prepare for a full cutoff from Moscow. Liam James 7 July 2022 00:20 1657146017
Ukraine is blocking Russian advance on Donetsk, officials claim
Ukraine has so far repelled an attempted Russian advance in the north of the Donetsk region, but the city of Sloviansk and other populated areas there have been hit by artillery and rockets, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Russia and separatist proxies were already in control of the southern part of Donetsk province when they largely completed their takeover of neighboring Luhansk region on Sunday by seizing Lysychansk, much of which now lies in ruins. Moscow says the full push of the Ukrainian military from the two regions is central to what it calls a “special military operation” to ensure its own security, a more than four-month offensive that the West calls an unprovoked war. The provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk make up Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern, heavily industrialized region that has become Europe’s biggest battleground for generations and over which Russia wants to wrest control from separatists it backs. Ukrainian officials reported heavy fighting as Russian forces tried to push south into Donetsk from Luhansk and…
