[ad_1] A former commander in Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, who fled to Norway to seek asylum after crossing the country’s arctic border, has been arrested by Norwegian immigration authorities. Andrei Medvedev said he feared for his life after refusing to renew his service with Wagner, according to an interview with Vladimir Osechkin, head …
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[ad_1] Two Leopard 2 A6 heavy battle tanks and a Puma infantry fighting vehicle of the Bundeswehr’s 9th Panzer Training Brigade participate in a demonstration at the Bundeswehr Army training grounds on February 7, in Munster, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Berlin says it will soon make a swift decision on …
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[ad_1] A Spanish army Leopard 2 tank fires during the final phase of a military drill Latvia on September 29, 2022 (Ints Kalnins/Reuters/FILE_ Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk has expressed his frustrations as Germany is yet to decide whether or not to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Speaking to CNN’s …
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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the goal of what he calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine is to “end the war” in the eastern Donbas region, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. Speaking at a meeting with World War II veterans and survivors of the siege …
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[ad_1] US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke on the phone Tuesday night, with the conversation focusing on support for Ukraine, according to Germany’s chancellery. Both leaders agreed that their support ”must be effective, sustained and closely coordinated,” said Steffen Hebestreit, government spokesman for Scholz, in a …
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[ad_1] A former commander in Russia’s Wagner private military company has fled to Norway and is seeking asylum after crossing that country’s arctic border, according to Norwegian police and a Russian activist. Andrei Medvedev, in an interview with a Russian activist who helps people seek asylum abroad, said that he feared for …
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[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to destroy German industry amid his war in Ukraine, Germany’s economy minister Robert Habeck told a Monday conference. “It was Putin’s plan to cause a meltdown of German industry, but his plan has failed,” Habeck told the energy conference in Berlin, hosted by …
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[ad_1] The cooling towers of the Rivne nuclear plant in Varash, Ukraine. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post/Getty Images) The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will travel to Ukraine next week to set up a constant presence of safety experts at all of the country’s nuclear power plants. “Director …
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[ad_1] Wagner, the Russian private military company, posted a video on Telegram Thursday evening directly disparaging the Russian defense ministry’s claim that regular Russian military forces have participated in the assault on Soledar. A day after Russia’s defense ministry reshuffled the command of its so-called “special military operation,” Wagner’s post doubled down on …
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[ad_1] A Ukrainian soldier in the contested eastern town of Soledar told CNN Wednesday evening that he and his comrades remained in the settlement, but the situation was “very difficult” and the next 24 hours or so would be critical. “It is tough here, but we are more alive than anyone else,” …
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