Vladimir Putin
Russia takes steps toward mobilizing economy for war; air alerts cover almost the whole of Ukraine
The battle for Sloviansk is fast approaching, UK says A market in Sloviansk was struck on July 5, 2022, following a suspected missile attack amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Miguel Medina | AFP | Getty Images Britain’s Ministry of Defense said a battle for the major city of Sloviansk on the front line in […]
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Putin may propose a cease-fire after taking all of the Donbas, says analyst
With the Luhansk region under Russian control, President Vladimir Putin may now focus on seizing all of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine before offering a cease-fire, a defense policy analyst told CNBC’s “Capital Connection” on Tuesday. “Putin [may] offer the potential for a cease-fire if only to give him[self] an opportunity to fortify the […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 29, 2022. Source: NYSE Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock slump persists U.S. investors returned from the three-day July Fourth holiday weekend to find stock futures down yet again. The market wrapped up its worst first […]
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Mayor tells civilians to flee as Russian forces approach; Ukraine warns it will need ‘colossal funds’ to rebuild
‘We have no alternative’ but to fight, Zelenskyy says “We have no alternative. It is about our independence, about our future, about the fate of the entire Ukrainian people,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (pictured here on June 16). Ludovic Marin | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his forces have no option […]
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Russian forces shift target to Donetsk as Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will win back captured Luhansk
A grain silo destroyed by Russian airstrikes in the Donbas. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated troops for “liberating” Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province after several weeks of brutal fighting. A huge proportion of the area’s infrastructure, including residential buildings, is destroyed, and numerous civilians have been killed, […]
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The G-7 is considering a price cap on Russian oil. But energy analysts think it’s impossible
The G7 has floated the idea of an oil price cap, but experts are doubtful about how effective this would be. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The world’s seven-largest industrialized economies have floated the idea of a price cap on Russian oil to further squeeze the Kremlin’s ability to fund its onslaught […]
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Russian defence minister tells Putin Ukraine’s Luhansk region has been ‘liberated’
A Ukrainian soldier on a destroyed Russian tank on the frontline in Luhansk oblast, Ukraine, on June 09, 2022. Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that all of Ukraine’s Luhansk region had been “liberated” by Russian and separatist forces, the defence ministry said […]
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Op-ed: In Putin’s evil vs. good war against Ukraine, the forces of good prevailed at NATO this week
Frederick Kempe is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Atlantic Council. This is a story of evil versus good. It’s the story of a despot’s ruthless attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, versus the historic, but nonetheless insufficient, rallying of democratic states to save the country. At midday on Monday, in the central Ukrainian […]
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Russia’s messages with missiles tell West to back off
The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in Ukraine’s east is hidden from sight, the […]
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‘Everything was going fine between us’ Putin says of NATO expansion; war grinds on in Ukraine with one city under ‘constant shelling’
City of Lysychansk under ‘constant shelling’ as battle rages to control wider region Ukrainian soldiers in the eastern Luhansk region on June 23, 2022. On Wednesday, Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region where the fighting is most severe, said that the city of Lysychansk is under “constant shelling.” Anatolii Stepanov | Afp | […]
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