TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, that the military had proposed mobilizing 450,000-500,000 more Ukrainians into the armed forces in what would mark a dramatic escalation of Kyiv’s war with Russia. The Ukrainian leader said at a year-end press conference that this was a “very sensitive” issue … Read more
Jakarta – Party Ukraine announced that his troops had recaptured Klishchiivka. This city is an important city on the front line near Bakmut. “Klishchiivka was cleared of Russians,” Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of Ukraine’s military ground forces, said on social media, reported by AFP, Sunday (17/9/2023). Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff, added: “Klishchiivka is … Read more
Jakarta – Russia said it fired warning shots at cargo ships headed for the Port of Izmail, Ukraine. Warning shots were fired from the Russian warships. Reported by AFP, Sunday (13/8/2023), the Russian Ministry of Defense said the patrol boat Vasily Bykov spotted a cargo ship sailing under the Palau flag on its way to … Read more
Jakarta – President of Russia Vladimir Putin said the African initiative can be the basis of peace in Ukraine. But according to Putin, the Ukrainian attack made that difficult to achieve. The remarks were made by Putin at a press conference on Saturday (29/7) after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg on Friday. He heard … Read more
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that counteroffensive measures are currently underway in response to recent incursions by Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has reported increased attacks and shelling in the Donbass region, where a ceasefire has been in place since 2015. The recent increase in hostilities has led to concerns of a … Read more
Ukraine denied, on Wednesday, Moscow’s allegations of destroying the “Patriot” missile defense system in the capital, Kiev, which is a valuable weapon owned by its army, stressing that it “works well.” “No worries, everything is fine with the Patriot system,” Yury Ignat, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, told AFP. “The Patriot system is … Read more
The head of the Russian paramilitary “Wagner” group announced on Saturday that he had asked Moscow for permission to hand over his group’s sites in the city of Bakhmut, the center of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, to the forces of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in protest of the lack of ammunition. Yevgeny Prigozhin said … Read more
Jakarta – Governor of the Bryansk region, Russia, said a pre-dawn Ukrainian attack on a Russian border village killed 2 people. Two other people were injured. Reported AFP, Monday (1/5/2023), the attack on the village of Suzemka, located dozens of kilometers from the Ukrainian border, occurred after a suspected drone crashed into a fuel depot … Read more
Former US President Bill Clinton has warned that Brexit has threatened peace in Northern Ireland. In an interview with Prime Time, Clinton stated that the decision to leave the European Union (EU) has “aimed right at the heart” of peace efforts in the region. His comments come as tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol continue … Read more
As the current holder of the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has come under fire from critics for its handling of various matters. The country has been accused of using its position to shield allies from international condemnation and ignoring global concerns about everything from human rights abuses to conflicts in … Read more