Parties involved
Russia
June 29, 2022
Top Russian legislators question Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
Norway is violating the Svalbard Treaty from 1920, says Deputy Speaker in the Russian Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev following the Nordic country's unwillingness to facilitate transportation of Russian goods to the archipelago.
June 28, 2022
Russia Launches New Missile Attacks on Ukraine
Russia targeted more Ukrainian civilian sites with missiles on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported, a day after a deadly strike on a shopping center in the city of Kremenchuk that killed at least 18 people.
June 28, 2022
Russian Superyacht Seized by US Arrives in San Diego Bay
A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego Bay on Monday.
Ukraine
July 13, 2022
Russia's plans are defeated by a few Western weapons: Ukraine holds its own and Europe's defenses
American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems have changed the situation on the battlefield in less than a month. Thanks to them, at least a dozen rear depots of the Russian military flew into the air. And the day before, with just one precise blow, the Ukrainian military eliminated almost all the deputy commanders of the 106th airborne division of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk region.
July 11, 2022
Zelenskyy pushes to grant Poles special status in Ukraine
A bill that would give Poles special status in Ukraine was submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his parliament on Monday when Poland commemorated the anniversary of the World War II-era massacre carried out by a nationalist Ukrainian formation.
June 29, 2022
Zelenskyy Calls Russia ‘Terrorist State’ After Latest Attacks on Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russia a “terrorist state” on Tuesday and urged the United Nations to send a commission to investigate a deadly missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk.
Poland & NATO Frontliners
June 24, 2022
Poland Struggles to Assist Millions of Ukrainian Refugees
Poles have generously welcomed refugees from the war in neighboring Ukraine in the past few months. But absorbing more than 3 million refugees is a big challenge for Poland, which has a population of about 38 million. As Greg Flakus reports from Warsaw, other European nations are providing help, but the burden could become untenable for Poles if the war continues much longer.
June 22, 2022
Lithuania failed to prepare response to Russia's transit threats – EU commissioner
Lithuania has failed to properly prepare its strategic communication to respond to Russia’s threats over the restriction of sanctioned goods’ transit to Kaliningrad, Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius has said. (Russian transit train (associative image))
June 1, 2022
Russia’s Ukraine war: Poland's former President Lech Walesa calls for US leadership
"The United States needs to understand that they cannot avoid the leadership role. It is high time for us to give the final blow to Russia and what it represents today," said Walesa, calling Russia "an evil country." Wałęsa says Ukraine's admission to NATO should happen 'very, very quickly'.
West & East Allies
June 30, 2022
Heavy Losses Could Persuade Russia, Putin to Pause Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of relinquishing his desire to control all of Ukraine but appears to understand that his once-vaunted military may not be able to give him what he wants, at least for now.
June 29, 2022
Austin: This @NATO Summit in Madrid is an historic moment for the Transatlantic Alliance
Today, @POTUS
Biden announced the following additional long-term U.S. commitments to bolster European security:
June 29, 2022
'Putin is a dictator and we have to confront him,' Munich Security Conference head | DW Interview
As NATO sets its course in terms of defensive strategy in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine, Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, told DW that NATO's new strategic concept is the right course of action and has come as a result of Russian aggression.
U.N.
PRC (China)
西方和東方盟友
June 29, 2022
China Claims To Own The Taiwan Strait. That’s Illegal.
With the U.S. and Taiwan in trade talks this week, tensions have been rising across the Taiwan Strait. Like a Jedi and a Sith pacing before a duel, the U.S. and Chinese militaries have been engaging in “routine” operations in the Strait.
