Author: Steven Sahiounie

The presidential adviser called Westerners urging concessions in the name of peace ‘dumb f**ks’ High-profile Ukrainian presidential adviser Alexey Arestovich has resorted to obscene language to criticize those in the West urging Kiev to cede part of the country’s territory to Russia for the sake of peace. “Go f**k yourselves with such proposals, you dumb f**ks, to trade Ukrainian territory a little bit! Are you f**king crazy? Our children are dying, soldiers are stopping shells with their own bodies, and they are telling us how to sacrifice our territories. This will never happen,” he insisted in an interview on Wednesday. Arestovich criticized the…

The Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and African Mikhail Bogdanov expressed his country’s hope for real progress in the next meeting of talks on Syria in the “Astana” format, which will be held from June 14 to 16. Russia Today quoted Bogdanov as saying that “the new meeting in Nur-Sultan is very important in order to discuss what must be done to expedite these processes and secure the future of the Syrians and the future of all of us from potential threats by terrorists.” Bogdanov also made it clear that a full…

Japanese and US forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the Sea of Japan, Japan’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in an apparent response to a Russia-China joint bomber flight while US President Joe Biden was in Tokyo. The Japan-US joint flight on Wednesday was meant to “confirm combined capabilities of the Japanese SDF and the US forces and to further strengthen the Japan-US alliance,” the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force said in a statement. “In order to respond to any emergency, we are taking utmost readiness,” AP reported. The flight was also held hours after North…

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the Texas Department for Public Safety said. The 18-year-old gunman is dead, officials said. He shot his grandmother before the mass shooting, authorities say, and she remains hospitalized in critical condition. The shooter’s motive remains unknown, officials say. President Biden said he will travel to Texas to visit the victims’ families “in the coming days.” He called on the US to turn its collective pain into political action following the deadliest elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. The suspected gunman bought two rifles on his…

The corridor was established on Wednesday and is open every day, the Russian military said A safe way for ships has been established through the Sea of Azov, according to the Russian military. The route was opened after Moscow reported sweeping sea mines from the area and making the port of Mariupol safe for operation. The passage from the Azov Sea to the Black Sea is 115 miles long and two miles wide, according to the military’s statements. First opened on Wednesday, it is available for traffic every day between 8:00 am and 7:00 pm local time, according to the…

The bombers were escorted by the Japanese and South Korean jets during certain parts of their patrolling route. No incidents in the air have been reported. Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS (NATO reporting name: Bear) and Chinese Xian H-6 strategic bombers have successfully completed the 13-hour-long patrol during which the aircraft crossed over parts of the Sea of Japan (also known as East Sea) and the East China Sea. The Russian and Chinese bombers were covered along their path by Russia Air Force 4+ generation fighter jets Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO reporting name: Flanker-H). The ministry stressed that the patrolling was not conducted against any…

“China-Russia cooperation has significant internal driving force and independent value, it is not directed against any third party and is not influenced from outside,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out The cooperation between China and Russia is not directed against any third party and is not influenced from outside, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Tuesday, commenting on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s words on the development of economic ties between the two countries. “We highly appreciate the corresponding statement by [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov,” the diplomat said. As he pointed out,…

On May 24, the first video officially confirmed the participation of the US Armed Forces as a party to the conflict in Ukraine. An American military trainer was spotted in the city of Krivoy Rog in Ukraine. A local resident captured on video a US Army serviceman from California. The video of a conversation with an American officer was published by the Ukrainian telegram channel “Kherson Bulletin”. This video is the first clear confirmation of the participation of US military personnel in combat operations against the Russian army on the side of Ukrainian armed formations. Officially, the United States and Europe…

Ankara says it wants a 30-kilometer “safe zone” along entire Syrian border Turkey will soon launch a new military operation in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Though he did not provide any specifics, the illegal incursion is likely to target areas held by US-backed Kurdish militias. “We will soon take new steps regarding the incomplete portions of the project we started on the 30-km deep safe zone we established along our southern border,” Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting, according to AP. “The main target of these operations will be areas which are centers of attacks to…

Moscow and Ankara announced a new phase of negotiations on replacing the foreign brands that left Russia with the Turkish ones. The first phase of negotiations took place back in April 2022, the second was in mid-May, when the Turkish United Brands Association came to Russia. The Russian Federation hopes that Turkish brands will stay in Russia for a long time.Turkish companies that are not yet represented on the Russian market will be provided with all the necessary conditions for trade. The reason why foreign brands are leaving the Russian market following the sanctions imposed before and after the launch…