Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump John Bolton, Ukraine’s offensive failures and Russia’s defensive successes share a common cause: the slow, faltering, nonstrategic supply of military assistance by the West The policy of US President Joe Biden’s administration in relation to Ukraine just postpones Kiev’s defeat, former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump John Bolton wrote in an article published on The Wall Street Journal’s website. According to Bolton, “Ukraine’s offensive failures and Russia’s defensive successes share a common cause: the slow, faltering, nonstrategic supply of military assistance by the West. The serial debates over…

An air alert was also announced in the region Explosions were heard in Odessa for the fourth time over the night, according to Obshestvennoye Ukrainian publication. No further details were given. Klimenko Time reported explosions in Odessa earlier. An air alert was also announced in the region. An air alert has been declared in a number of regions of Ukraine – in Vinnitsa, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, and Cherkassy regions and was later cancelled. The alert lasted about an hour and a half on average. Source: Tass

According to the spokesman of Russia’s Battlegroup East Oleg Chekhov, the enemy is sustaining losses Artillery units of Russia’s Battlegroup East have destroyed a pontoon crossing Ukrainian troops were trying to build across the River Mokrye Yaly near the settlement of Urozhainoye, the battlegroup’s spokesman Oleg Chekhov said on Sunday. “Ukrainian troops’ attempt to build a pontoon crossing across the River Mokrye Yaly was thwarted west of Urozhainoye. The pontoons were destroyed by artillery fire. Apart from that, artillery units hit a stronghold of nationalists near Makarovka and an observation post of militants north of Priyutnoye,” he said in a…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned today the terrorism practiced by Israeli settlers against Palestinian schools. In a statement, the ministry said this terrorism against Palestinian schools falls within the framework of what has become a behavior of settlers and their organized “terrorist gangs”. It affirmed that this terrorism is a result of incitement campaigns and positions of the Israeli extremist right led by Ben Ghaffir and Smotrich, which has provided more protection for the settlers and their terrorist elements. The ministry condemned settler militias’ raid into the Ras Al-Tin school, east of Ramallah, which is threatened with…

The former US president is likely to face Joe Biden in next year’s election, recent polling data indicates Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has boasted that he believes he can dominate longtime political rival Joe Biden in next year’s election should the legally embattled former president secure the GOP nomination. Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, a state in which he comfortably defeated Biden during his unsuccessful attempt to regain the White House in 2020, Trump said he sees himself as holding a near-unassailable advantage over the 80-year-old US commander-in-chief. “Close to 100%,” Trump told the Sunday Times when asked…

Warsaw’s PM has warned of the dangers of allowing “thousands” of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa across Polish borders Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Sunday that he intends to hold an October referendum in which voters will be asked if they support an influx of illegal immigrants as part of a European Union (EU) migrant relocation proposal. “Do you support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa under the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy?” Morawiecki asked in a Sunday social media video. The brief clip also featured scenes…

Under protection from occupation forces, scores of Israeli settlers have again stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Al-Quds. Under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), scores of Israeli settlers have once again burst into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds. According to Palestine’s official WAFA news agency, the radical settlers entered the holy site’s courtyards through the Mughrabi Gate and conducted a provocative tour of the grounds early on Sunday. According to the Islamic Endowment Department in Al-Quds, settlers performed provocative rituals and Talmudic prayers in the Bab al-Rahma area, and IOF troops barred Palestinian worshipers from entering the mosque. Violence against…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, is scheduled to visit Riyadh in the coming days, according to a report. The visit is poised to focus on bilateral matters, constituting a response to the recent diplomatic visit by Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan, to Tehran, Iran Nuances revealed, citing a source. Farhan’s trip to Tehran on June 17, 2023, included meetings with Iran’s foreign minister and President Ebrahim Raisi. The source said the visit has been arranged for Thursday, August 17. On August 6, the Saudi Embassy in Tehran conveyed a diplomatic communication to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reaffirming the uninterrupted…

– Russian air defense systems destroyed another Ukrainian drone in Russia’s Belgorod Region on Sunday afternoon after similar attempted attacks earlier in the day, with no casualties or damage reported, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said. “On August 13, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Moscow time [10:30 GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation has been thwarted. Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed the Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod Region. There are no casualties or…

The price of WTI crude oil for September delivery also rose by 0.52% to $84.72 per barrel MOSCOW, August 10. /TASS/. The price of futures contracts of Brent crude oil for October delivery rose above $88 per barrel on London’s ICE on Thursday for the first time since January 27, 2023, according to trading data. As of 10:21 a.m. Moscow time the Brent price was up by 0.63% at $88.06 per barrel. As of 10:35 a.m. the price of Brent oil was up by 0.48% trading at $87.93, whereas the price of futures contracts of WTI crude oil for September…