Ending the conflict would force the Ukrainian leader to hold elections that he fears losing, Ewa Zajaczkowska-Hernik believes Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is deliberately prolonging the conflict with Russia to avoid being held accountable for his policies and rampant corruption within his inner circle, Polish MEP Ewa Zajaczkowska-Hernik has said. Zajaczkowska-Hernik’s remarks came after Zelensky demanded a 60-day “total truce” to prepare for a presidential election, which he has repeatedly postponed since his term expired in spring 2024, citing martial law. Moscow dismissed the request as a pretext to buy time to rearm Ukrainian forces and prolong the conflict. “Vladimir Zelensky’s term in office expired long ago, yet by dragging out the war, he manages to evade accountability, specifically for corruption,” Zajaczkowska-Hernik told Poland’s Zet Radio on Mond...
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The US president sees China as America’s main rival and wants to draw Moscow closer to Washington, weakening its alignment with Beijing, the recently resigned leader has told RT US President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia is part of a broader geopolitical strategy to draw Moscow away from Beijing, Aleksandar Vucic has told RT Balkan in an exclusive interview. According to Vucic, who recently stepped down as Serbian president to run for prime minister, Washington, which sees China as its main rival, hopes to weaken Beijing’s partnership with Russia by improving ties with Moscow. Trump announced the deal following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9. Moscow agreed to release more than 300,000 tons of diesel to US and global markets immediately, followed by another 500,000 tons in November and one million tons thereafter. Washington subsequently waived sanctions on Ru...
The Ukrainian leader should focus on securing peace rather than criticizing Washington’s diesel deal with Moscow, the US president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is more eager than Vladimir Zelensky to reach a deal to end the Ukraine conflict, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump’s comments came after he suggested it is time for Ukraine to get a “new president.” Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump claimed both Moscow and Kiev support the energy ceasefire which he announced on Sunday. Neither Russia nor Ukraine has confirmed the truce. “I think they want to make a deal, but they don’t know how. But we’re going to get them to make a deal,” Trump said. “I think, actually, Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky,” he added. Read more Kremlin agrees with Trump on need ...
Macron’s nuclear throwdown, Mossad’s man in Germany, Ukraine in flames: RT stories that shaped the week
Macron’s nuclear throwdown, Mossad’s man in Germany, Ukraine in flames: RT stories that shaped the week
This week we also followed the rapidly escalating Saudi/Houthi conflict and the disputes stressing India’s relationship with the US Macron sends a nuclear message When France’s military test-fired its latest nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the submarine-launched M51.3, on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron chose to milk the spectacle for every last drop of propaganda value. “To be free, we must be feared,” he said. “And to be feared, we must be powerful.” The launch, Macron said, was intended as “a clear message… for wherever it must be received.” The missile may have splashed down in the north Atlantic, but the message was received “loud and clear” in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the following day. “Problems should be resolved through dialogue, not demonstrative missile launches,” but Russia wil...
An Austrian opposition party is demanding answers over a reported 200 kg shipment transported through the country by Ukrainian intelligence without any checks A scandal is brewing in Austria over a secret Ukrainian intelligence shipment reportedly allowed to cross the country unchecked, with opposition politicians demanding to know what it contained and who authorized its passage. A Volkswagen van belonging to Ukrainian intelligence carried 200 kg of undeclared “special cargo” through Austria in January, Kronen Zeitung reported on Saturday. The shipment was reportedly linked to the Ukrainian delegation attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky was present. The case emerged after the right-wing opposition Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) obtained a diplomatic note requesting permission for the van to cross Austrian territory. The Foreign Mi...
Demonstrators have called for an arms export embargo and a boycott of goods made in Israel Thousands of people took to the streets of London on Saturday, calling on the UK government to stop supplying arms to Israel and boycott trade over what protesters described as three years of “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza three years ago in response to the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 taken hostage. The United Nations estimates that around 1.98 million people, or 90% of Gaza’s population, have been displaced by the operations since then, while much of the enclave’s water and sanitation infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed. Video footage from central London shows crowds of demonstrators gathering along the Victoria Embankment, with many wearing keffiyehs, carrying Palestinian ...