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CBS News Senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs has provided some clarity on the mysterious US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft that flew to Moscow earlier today.
Georgia has officially declined to join the latest EU sanctions against Iran, citing national interests — a striking break from Brussels even as Tbilisi pursues EU candidate status.
The Kremlin says it is ready for dialogue with Washington and open to new ideas for ending the conflict in Ukraine, but will not compromise on Russia’s core aims.
Ukraine’s challenge to Zelensky implodes as the protest organizer calls off the demonstrations after sacked Defence Minister Fedorov demands wartime elections — a step even his own supporters refused to back.
The agenda of depopulation of Slavic Christians in the Ukraine region continues.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is demanding Kyiv establish a legal mechanism for wartime elections, warning that allowing Russia to dictate the timing of Ukrainian democracy would be a strategic defeat — and slamming the prioritization of political loyalty over competence.
Standing aboard the missile cruiser Varyag during Pacific Fleet exercises, Putin called Western seizures of Russian shadow fleet tankers “piracy” and threatened to detain Western commercial vessels anywhere his navy operates — including the Pacific.
Lavrov warned Monday that Russia has the right to treat Britain as a direct war participant after Ukrainian forces used British-manufactured drones to strike fuel refineries deep inside Russia. The Russian embassy in London warned of ‘consequences.’