Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 862 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 862 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 862nd day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Fighting Multiple Russian attacks killed at least seven people and wounded more than two dozen others in the eastern Donetsk oblast of Ukraine, according to officials. Russia has centred…

Russian-born US citizen sentenced to over 12 years in prison | Drugs

Russian-born US citizen sentenced to over 12 years in prison | Drugs

NewsFeed A lawyer for Robert Woodland, a Russian-born US citizen, says he will be appealing his client’s 12.5-year sentence. Woodland was sentenced in a Moscow court on Thursday for attempted drug-trafficking. His lawyer believes Woodland is suffering from mental health issues that should be taken into account by the court….

Russia poses as peacemaker, stepping up attacks on Ukraine’s east | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia poses as peacemaker, stepping up attacks on Ukraine’s east | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia has sought to paint itself as a peacemaker in the war it started in Ukraine, calling NATO and Ukraine warmongers and storming out of the Organization for Security and Co-pperation in Europe (OSCE). Russia formally withdrew the country’s delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday, after citing “discriminatory…

China and Russia highlight ‘tectonic shifts in global politics’ | Politics News

China and Russia highlight ‘tectonic shifts in global politics’ | Politics News

Comments come at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit – a regional bloc that Moscow and Beijing see as a counterweight to US ‘hegemony’ on the world stage. The presidents of China and Russia urged allies to resist external influence saying the global centres of power are changing and a multipolar…

Putin and Xi hail ‘stability’ of China-Russia partnership on SCO sidelines | Xi Jinping News

Putin and Xi hail ‘stability’ of China-Russia partnership on SCO sidelines | Xi Jinping News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have hailed their country’s “partnership” on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (CSO), a regional security bloc founded by the duo as a counterpoint to Western might. Speaking on the sidelines of the summit in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, both…