Press play to listen to this article Ukraine and its Western allies are struggling to neutralize Russia’s latest offensive – a campaign of brazen lies in which Moscow presents itself as an innocent party in the Black Sea naval blockade that is fueling a global food crisis. For Russians, this is an all-important battle for … Read more
Priti Patel has said that the UK has “made strides to disrupt” Russia’s “malign influences” in the UK. The Home Secretary also pledged to “tackle Russian information aggression” targeted at Britain. With US President Joe Biden warning of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ms Patel, writing in TheTelegraphsaid: “We are already seeing an escalation … Read more
Sergei Naryshkin, head of SVR foreign intelligence, says Ukraine are ready for war, as he described reports of Russian hostility as a “blatant lie” by the West Russian state TV shows ‘offensive’ Ukrainian war preparations Ukrainian forces are “fully” prepared for war according to Russia’s spy boss, who warned “humanity’s existence” could be at stake … Read more
BEIJING — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The International Testing Agency said Friday it will lead an appeal on behalf of the IOC against a decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency … Read more
KHARKIV, Ukraine — On a recent frigid morning in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Serhiy Pistonov, 54, and a group of middle-aged men were busy giving new meaning to the term “weekend warrior.” Pistonov, the director of a cable systems firm, was instructing the men how to engage in what looked like a small-scale skirmish that ended … Read more