Category: Putin

What Xi’s 3-Day Moscow Visit Means: Analysts

The world is watching closely, now that Chinese leader Xi Jinping touched down in Moscow for a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Ukraine is on the table, as well as whether Xi Jinping can broker a ceasefire before the west. But on the backdrop of China’s reported weapons sales to Russia, questions arise. Will the…


China’s Xi Providing ‘Diplomatic Cover’ for Russia With Moscow Meeting: Blinken

WASHINGTON—By visiting Moscow to boost ties with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is demonstrating to the world his disregard for the “atrocities committed in Ukraine” and providing the isolated Russian leader with “diplomatic cover,” according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinken made the remarks at a press conference on March 20 as…


Putin Visits Crimea on Anniversary of Its Annexation From Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on Saturday on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine. Putin was greeted by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and taken to see a new children’s center and art school on what the official said was a…


Putin Rejects Theory About Ukrainian Role in Pipeline Blasts

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that Ukrainians could be behind the blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year, and again pointed the finger at the United States. Putin spoke after The New York Times, The Washington Post, and German media published stories…


US Announces New $400 Million Ukraine Security Aid Package

Amid rising tensions as Kyiv allegedly prepares an assault on Crimea and struggles to hold Bakhmut, the United States will transfer military equipment worth up to $400 million to Ukraine to aid its defense against the Russian invasion, including high-mobility rocket systems, mortars, and anti-vehicle rounds, the Department of Defense announced on March 3. “Pursuant…


US, Norwegian Officials Concerned Russia Could Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Response to Ukrainian Counteroffensive

A U.S. State Department official and two Norwegian defense-focused politicians are concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin might deploy a nuclear weapon in response to Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive, set to begin in weeks. The Ukrainian military plans to go on the offensive as soon as Western tanks and long-range rockets arrive, which could be…


Putin Says Ukrainian Group Attacks Border Region, Kyiv Denies Russian ‘Provocation’

LONDON—President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia had been hit by a “terrorist attack” in the southern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, and vowed to crush what he said was a Ukrainian sabotage group that had fired at civilians. Ukraine accused Russia of staging a false “provocation,” but also appeared to imply some form of operation…


[Premiering at 9:15 PM ET] Oust Putin? Defend Democracy? Scare China? What Is Biden’s Goal in Ukraine

The White House has sent billions of dollars to Ukraine to fight off Russia’s invasion. But what’s in it for America? A full year into a war that’s set fire to Eastern Europe, President Joe Biden has yet to articulate U.S. strategic purpose for involving America in a conflict that may yet drag in U.S….


[PREMIERING NOW] Oust Putin? Defend Democracy? Scare China? What Is Biden’s Goal in Ukraine

The White House has sent billions of dollars to Ukraine to fight off Russia’s invasion. But what’s in it for America? A full year into a war that’s set fire to Eastern Europe, President Joe Biden has yet to articulate U.S. strategic purpose for involving America in a conflict that may yet drag in U.S….


Oust Putin? Defend Democracy? Scare China? What Is Biden’s Goal in Ukraine

The White House has sent billions of dollars to Ukraine to fight off Russia’s invasion. But what’s in it for America? A full year into a war that’s set fire to Eastern Europe, President Joe Biden has yet to articulate U.S. strategic purpose for involving America in a conflict that may yet drag in U.S….