Author: Steven Sahiounie

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced the shipment of the US-made M270 multiple-launch rocket system to Kiev Britain is going to supply Ukraine with long-range missile systems that can strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away, Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. The shipment is going to consist of several US-made M270 launchers. The UK stopped short of revealing the number of units it is planning to provide; however, the BBC claimed on Monday that “it will be three initially.” “These highly capable multiple-launch rocket systems will enable our Ukrainian friends to better protect themselves against the brutal…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Hundreds of Syrians took to the streets in the city of Afrin on June 3 to protest against routine blackouts and a sharp hike in the prices of electricity provided by Turkey. The electricity is available a mere 10 hours per day, while the summer temperatures are 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) in recent days. Afrin, in the Aleppo province, has been under Turkish military occupation since 2018, after President Trump gave Turkish President Erdogan the green light to invade Syria. The protesters stormed the main building of the local electricity company, “Turkish-Syrian Energy”…

Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council noted with irony that now the West in the future could embrace “other progressive family rules as well.” Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has criticized the West for illegitimate sanctions against family members of Russian politicians. “It seems that the West decided to reproduce the best practices of the past,” he said on Telegram. “Let’s take sanctions. They are doubly illegal. Now, according to their model, not only participants in political events – statesmen or deputies – but also their families, who are in no way capable of influencing their relatives,…

British authorities will be granted immunity with this new bill. Although the British authorities have been killing, stealing and torturing for hundreds of years, now is the time for a bill to emerge, legitimizing overseas murder… Because Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, need more of it. A human rights charity, in addition to a Tory cabinet minister, warned that ministers and spies will be given immunity from accusations regarding assisting crimes abroad, under a new national security law which will be debated by MPs next week. According to the Home Office, the law being discussed was “far too slack” and would…

The commanding general of the California National Guard has called on Washington to provide Kiev with Soviet-designed MiG warplanes The commanding general of the California National Guard has suggested that the US government and officials in other Western nations should consider providing Ukraine with combat aircraft – something Kiev has long been asking for. Major General David Baldwin told American media outlet Politico on Friday that Soviet-designed jets, which Ukrainian pilots are familiar with, are the best choice in the short term. “MiGs are the best immediate solution to support the Ukrainians, but US or Western fighters are options that should…

South Korea and the United States staged their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years, Seoul’s military said on Saturday, amid reports that North Korea was preparing for a nuclear test. The three-day drills took place in international waters off the Japanese island of Okinawa until Saturday, including air defense, anti-ship, anti-submarine, and maritime interdiction operations, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, Reuters reported. The exercises came amid signs that North Korea is gearing up to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017. Seoul officials have said Pyongyang…

Modern weapons and speedy decisions are key to “common victory” over Russia, the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament says Berlin might provide Kiev with submarines, the Ukrainian parliament’s chairman, Ruslan Stefanchuk, revealed during a visit to Germany amid the ongoing Russian military operation in his country. Speaking ahead of a meeting with German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht on Friday, the head of the parliament said the “supply of the most modern equipment to Ukraine” and speedy decision-making on the matter will bring “common victory” over Russia closer. Stefanchuk expressed hope that IRIS-T surface-to-air missile systems will be promptly delivered to…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed the Czech-made RM-70 MLRS in Severodonetsk. In mid-April, it was revealed that the Czech Republic had sent two dozen RM-70 MLRS to Ukraine. The first evidence of the RM-70 MLRS deployment near the combat zone only on May 10. The RM-70 (Raketomet vzor 1970) is a Czechoslovak version of the Soviet MLRS BM-21 “Grad”. The first RM-70 was brought into service in 1971. The Czech Republic has long since decommissioned its RM-70 and has now found a way to get rid of such equipment in storage providing it to the Ukrainian Army.

The embassy believes that the United States, pursuing its geopolitical objectives, provoked interfaith tensions in the countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Yugoslavia The United States continues to politicize freedom of conscience and religion by labeling unwanted countries in order to interfere in their internal affairs, Russia’s Embassy in Washington said regarding the annual report of the US State Department on religious freedoms around the world. “Washington continues to politicize freedom of conscience and religion. They unceremoniously label unwelcome countries in order to get a pretext for interfering in their internal affairs,”the Russian diplomats stressed. “We…

Ukrainian special forces are targeting relatives of the Donbass and pro-Russian activists, according to DPR officials Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) officials have accused Ukrainian special forces of conducting mass kidnappings against relatives of the Donbass and pro-Russian activists and politicians since the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. The accusations were made by DPR Human Rights Commissioner Daria Morozova during a briefing on Friday, in which she stated that the daughter of a DPR people’s militia officer had been abducted by Ukrainian Special Operation Forces in Kharkov. According to the ombudsman, on April 16, Aleksandr Demchenko, the officer, was…