Author: Steven Sahiounie

Peter Szijjarto warned that if Kiev did not remove OTP Bank from this list, then Budapest would not allow the allocation of a 500 million euro tranche from the European Peace Fund and also would not agree to other proposals to finance the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian army Hungary will not allow the European Union to use funds from the European Peace Fund to finance arms supplies to Ukraine until OTP Bank is removed from Ukraine’s list of “international sponsors of the war,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said at a press conference in Budapest after a meeting…

The units of Syrian Arab Army destroyed military equipment and weapons that were used by terrorist organizations in Aleppo and Idleb countryside to attack safe areas. “In the framework of its national duties and after precise monitoring and follow-up operations, the units of armed forces destroyed a 122 mm artillery that was used by terrorist groups to attack villages and towns surrounding Idleb countryside.” Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The statement added that a unit of combating armed forces in the direction of western Aleppo countryside, shot down three drones equipped with explosive ammunition through which the terrorists…

Russia will only enter into Grain Deal talks if the UN meets its obligations towards Russia in 3 months. Russia has given the United Nations three more months to fulfill its memorandum with Moscow on the export of Russian grain and fertilizers, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Radio Sputnik on Wednesday. “The UN has three more months to implement [the memorandum with Russia on the export of Russian grain and fertilizers] to achieve concrete results,” Zakharova said. The Russian diplomat added that the door is still open to discuss the grain deal only in the event that obligations towards Russia are met,…

“Either the European Commission will agree to work out a common solution that extends this ban, or we will do it ourselves,” Mateusz Morawiecki stressed Poland will not open its borders to grain from Ukraine and will unilaterally extend the ban on its supply to the country after September 15, if the European Commission refuses to do so. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki made this announcement at a press conference following a meeting of representatives of the ministries of agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. According to him, in less than two months – on September 15 -…

Ukrainian forces used two surface drones to carry out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge in the early morning hours of Monday, the National Antiterrorism Committee told TASS Moscow fully understands that the West has been and will continue to turn a blind eye to any crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Commenting on the reaction of Western countries to the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, the spokesman said: “The West is ready to turn a blind eye to any terrorist attack organized by the Kiev regime in our country. In this case…

The Turkish President began his tour in Saudi Arabia on Monday and will end his tour in the United Arab Emirates. During his 3-nation Gulf visit to bolster regional ties, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Qatar’s capital Doha on Tuesday. Qatari Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, and other officials welcomed Erdogan, who was accompanied by Cabinet members and other high officials, in Doha. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani greeted Erdogan afterward with an official ceremony, which was followed by a close-up meeting. Before the talks, Erdogan presented to Al Thani…

The first time his term was extended was in October 2022 until September 30, 2023, due to the Ukraine crisis. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s term of office has been extended for the second time since last year due to his contribution in facilitating Sweden’s accession into the alliance as well as his role in guiding NATO’s response in the Ukraine conflict, Sputnik reported on Wednesday citing sources close to the matter. The first time his term was extended was in October 2022 until September 30, 2023, due to the Ukraine crisis. Earlier this month, NATO extended his term for a second time…

Over 2,000 people from four different villages located near the training ground are planned to be evacuated shortly. The fire which erupted in a Russian training ground in Crimea was the result of an offensive planned by Ukraine’s intelligence service and armed forces, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Kyrylo Budanov told Ukrainian news agency Strana.ua on Wednesday. Earlier this morning, the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said that a section of the Tavrida Highway in Crimea was blocked due to a fire at a military training ground in the Kirovsky district. Over…

Trump thinks this witch hunt is all about “election interference and a complete and total political weaponization of law enforcement.” Former US President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that he had received a letter from prosecutors indicating that he is likely to be criminally indicted in connection with the violence at the US Capitol on January 6. On Trump’s Truth Social platform, he wrote that “Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter… stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6 Grand Jury investigation.” The President, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, claimed that…

The US administration confirmed on July 17 that Lai Qingde would visit the United States Beijing strongly opposes plans by deputy head of the Taiwanese administration Lai Qingde to transit the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said at a briefing on Wednesday. “China strongly opposes any sort of official communication between Taiwan and the US,” she said in response to a Western journalist’s question about whether Beijing planned to hold drills in the Taiwan Strait or take similar measures in protest. “We are strongly opposed to separatist elements, who represent the so-called Taiwan independence movement, making transit visits…