Author: Steven Sahiounie

Syrian Deputy FM contends that there is evidence that the US is transferring extremist militants from one place to another. In the wake of reactionary forces (including a neo-Nazi battalion and possible Israeli mercenaries) fighting Russia in Ukraine, Syrian deputy foreign minister, Bashar Al-Jaafari, told Sputnik that there may be a possibility that US special services could be sending ISIS members and Jabhat Al-Nusra (Al-Nusra Front) soldiers to Ukraine. On Sunday, Syria’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Sunday “The hysterical escalation campaigns of the US and the West” against Russia, a ministry source told Syrian news agency SANA. The source pointed out that “The Syrian Arab Republic affirms that Russia…

NATO confirmed that the Alliance is not a party to the military conflict in Ukraine. The Kiev’s official claims that Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia are sending warplanes to support Ukrainian soldiers were denied. NATO member states are not sending military aircraft to Ukraine. On March 1, Polish President Andrzej Duda at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that Poland does not send its planes to Ukraine. “Gentlemen, as Secretary General has now said, we are not sending any jets to Ukraine because that would open a military interference in the Ukrainian conflict. We are not…

Ayatollah Khamenei said foreign powers’ influence brought Ukraine to a tragic tipping point The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, claims that Ukraine fell victim to American policies aimed at creating crises around the globe. Khamenei cited Washington’s influence as the “root cause” of the current military conflict in Ukraine. In a series of statements published on Tuesday both by Iranian media and on the supreme leader’s Twitter page, Khamenei said the “US dragged Ukraine to where it is now.” Among Washington’s actions that he thinks led to the military confrontation with Russia were America’s alleged interference in the Eastern…

The EU will wage a total “economic and financial war” against Russia, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Info radio on Tuesday. Russian Security Council deputy chairman Dmitri Medvedev has cautioned French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire to “watch his words” after the official vowed that the EU will wage a total “economic and financial war” against Russia. “Some French minister out there said today that they have declared “economic war” on us. Watch your speech, gentlemen! And do not forget that economic wars in the history of mankind often turned into real ones,” Medvedev wrote on Twitter.…

Bulgaria, Poland, and Slovakia are said to be delivering 70+ airplanes for the Ukrainian military Three NATO countries will deliver more than 70 warplanes for the use of Ukraine, military representatives in Kiev announced on Tuesday morning. According to a statement published on Facebook, Poland, Bulgaria, and Slovakia will provide over 70 Soviet-era MiG-29 and SU-25 aircraft that can be based at Polish airfields. Sixteen MiG-29 fighters and 14 SU-25s will be provided by Bulgaria. Poland will send 28 MiG-29 warplanes, and Slovakia can deliver 12 MiG-29 jets, the officials stated. “Our partners gave us MiG-29 and SU-25! If needed,…

On Monday, Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova accused Russia of using a vacuum bomb in the northeastern Ukrainian town of Okhtyrka. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch further alleged that Russia has deployed banned cluster munitions, supposedly using them to target a preschool containing civilians.Reports accusing Russia of using cluster and vacuum munitions in the conflict in Ukraine are “false,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “Russian troops do not carry out any strikes on civilian infrastructure or residential complexes. This is out of the question. We are talking only about the demilitarization of Ukraine, about military…

Moscow seeks to “demilitarize and denazify” Kiev, ambassador tells the UN General Assembly Russia seeks to save lives in the Donbass and punish those responsible for eight years of genocide and atrocities, Moscow’s envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzia told the General Assembly during a session called to denounce the invasion of Ukraine. The Russian military launched an attack on its neighbour on Thursday of last week. “Occupation of Ukraine is not part of our plans. The purpose of this special operation is to protect people, who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for the…

The US State Department has urged Americans to get out while commercial travel options still exist American citizens should “consider departing Russia immediately,” as options for commercial travel narrow, the US State Department said on Monday. Washington has previously warned Americans in Russia to prepare “evacuation plans.”“US citizens should consider departing Russia immediately via commercial options still available,” read a State Department advisory. “Due to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, an increasing number of airlines are cancelling flights into and out of Russia, and numerous countries have closed their airspace to Russian airlines,” the advisory continued. “In addition, air space around southern Russia is restricted and…

The Russian army and Donbass militia forces began a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday after months of escalation and weeks of artillery, mortar and sniper attacks by Ukrainian forces in the Donbass conflict zone. The US and its allies responded by slapping Russia with new sanctions and promising to send over $1 billion more in arms to Kiev. Moscow has no plans to “occupy” Ukraine, and Russian forces do not pose any threat to Ukrainian civilians or civilian infrastructure, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, has said.”The occupation of Ukraine is not part of our plans.…

Russia says foreign minister’s working trip to Geneva will not go ahead due to airspace closures Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s working trip to Switzerland has been canceled due to an “unprecedented” airspace ban, imposed by several EU countries as a response to the Russian attack on Ukraine. Lavrov was due to attend the session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 1, as well as to give a speech at the Conference on Disarmament. “FM Lavrov’s visit to Geneva for the session of the UN HRC and the Conference on Disarmament has been canceled due to…