The Russian best-selling author Vladimir Sorokin has repeatedly emphasized that political rule in Russia since the reign of Ivan the Terrible has essentially always been exercised in the same way: with brute force. Even the collapse of the Soviet Union did not change this principle. The "dead body of the Soviet", according to Sorokin, was not buried in the 1990s and has been rotting in a corner ever since. Now he has risen and threatens the whole world with annihilation....
Watch the video: Putin is said to have personally threatened British ex-Prime Minister JohnsonSTORY: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently said in a BBC documentary that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile attack in a telephone conversation before invading Ukraine: "He threatened me and said: 'Boris, I doesn't mean to hurt you, but with a rocket it would only take a minute," or something like that. But I think judging by the very relaxed tone of...
fFrance's President Emmanuel Macron has still not decided whether Ukraine should also receive French main battle tanks. So far, however, there has been no international criticism of Macron's position - in contrast to the sometimes violent reactions to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) long hesitation. This should not least be due to Macron's more skilful communication. "Everyone was quick to point the finger at Germany," says Gaspard Schnitzler, a defense expert at the Institute for International and Strategic Relations (Iris) in...
Dhe President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyj has announced timely personnel changes in the government and in the regions. Some decisions have already been made, others would be made on Tuesday, said Zelenskyj in his video speech on Monday evening. He had previously emphasized that he would not tolerate corruption and that he wanted to take action against misconduct in the state apparatus. The background to this are allegations against a deputy minister who has since been fired and arrested. Deputy...
BAnother US citizen has died in the fighting in Ukraine. The former member of the Navy Seals special unit succumbed to injuries he sustained in Dnipro, US officials said on Friday. He did not fight in an official capacity. No further details were given. The US State Department said it could only confirm the recent death of a US citizen in Ukraine and is in contact with the man's family. According to the Navy, the man was a non-commissioned officer...
live ticker Ukraine war Zelenskyj wants to continue "fighting" for German Leopard tanks Status: 08:10 a.m | Reading time: 5 minutes “Germany must finally dare to take the lead” At the meeting of the Ukraine contact group in Ramstein, no decision was made on the delivery of German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Selenskyj advisor Alexander Rodnyansky explains at WELT why German Leopard tanks are much more important than British Challenger tanks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not yet given...
DAccording to Moscow, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the headquarters of an army unit stationed in Ukraine on Tuesday. The commander of the Vostok group and commanders of other units informed Shoigu about the "progress in the fulfillment of combat objectives," the Defense Ministry said. Whether the headquarters of the Vostok group is in Ukraine or in Russia remains open. A video released by the ministry along with the statement shows Shoigu speaking to military commanders, some of whom...
WEconomy Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has spoken out in favor of Germany allowing Poland and other countries to supply Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine. "I think it's right if other countries want to help, that you don't disturb them and stop their assistance," said Habeck at the World Economic Forum in Davos on the WELT news channel. Poland had announced that it would provide Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition. Because of...
Dhe Kremlin has denied any tensions between the Russian army and the Wagner mercenary group. "This conflict only exists in the newsroom," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Russia recognizes its "heroes who serve in the armed forces" as well as those "who come from the paramilitary group Wagner," he emphasized: "Everyone is fighting for their fatherland." The disagreements between the army and the Wagner group had come to the fore in recent days during the battle for the...
DThe Bundeswehr begins relocating its Patriot air defense system to Poland. The first soldiers should set off this Monday with their vehicles from Bad Sülze (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), as the German Press Agency learned from security circles. In the coming days, the weapon systems will also be relocated to the neighboring country. A total of three squadrons are to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure of the NATO ally near the border with Ukraine. After a missile hit Polish territory in...
