Russian-Ukraine tension

Insights 02/28/22, 01:56

Russia sent troops into Ukraine, a sovereign country, triggering a slew of sanctions from numerous countries against Moscow. However, China refused to condemn Russia. In a regular press conference in Beijing on Feb. 24, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying gave speeches around the Russia-Ukraine issue. When AFP reporters asked whether China ...

China 02/27/22, 16:27

A video released on social media by the Ukrainian website HB, a Ukrainian news outlet, shows a Ukrainian man urgently trying to stop a Russian military convoy—valiantly trying to stop an armored convoy running beside him. HB tweeted on their account, "Ukrainian rushes under enemy equipment so that the occupiers do ...

U.S. 02/22/22, 15:46

The President of the United States announced this Tuesday afternoon, February 22, tough sanctions against Russia for the military advance of its troops inside the territory of Ukraine. Joe Biden said that no Russian institution will be able to carry out financial transactions in the West and that the United ...

U.S. 02/21/22, 20:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent states by signing a decree, raising the chances of war, Reuters reported. Putin made the announcement during a speech where he stressed that Ukraine has historically been part of Russia and is now under Western control. Prior ...

U.S. 02/21/22, 11:42

The Kremlin warned on Monday (Feb. 21) that there are no concrete plans for a summit on Ukraine between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, Reuters noted.  The White House on Sunday night had announced an agreement to meet with Putin in the coming days on the ...

China 02/20/22, 05:30

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a 7-day visit to the Asia-Pacific region on Feb. 10. It was the first trip by a U.S. Secretary of State in nearly four decades and amid a hyped-up crisis in Ukraine. A report by German newspaper Die Welt on Feb. 18 viewed that ...

Opinion 02/16/22, 20:00

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, an expert on China's military security policy, wrote to the Wall Street Journal that U.S. should prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine. He also stated that China should not take the United States' distraction in Ukraine as an opportunity to invade Taiwan. According to the ...

Australia & Oceania 02/14/22, 16:40

As the situation on the Russia-Ukraine border deteriorates rapidly, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged China not to remain "chillingly silent" on the crisis. Reuters reported that China had criticized the U.S., Australian, Japanese, and Indian foreign ministers for meeting in Melbourne last week. Morrison told a news conference, "The Chinese ...

D.C. 02/04/22, 15:35

The United States believes Russia is reportedly planning a pretext to invade Ukraine by producing a propaganda video that would show a fake attack on Russians by Ukrainian forces, according to a Washington Post report. "We do have information that the Russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for ...

U.S. 02/02/22, 16:32

The United States is sending 3,000 troops to Europe amid escalating escalation between Russia and Ukraine, amid fears of a possible Russian military invasion of Ukraine, according to the Associated Press.  The Pentagon said Wednesday (Feb. 2) that 1,000 U.S. troops will be redeployed from Germany to Romania, while in the ...

China 02/02/22, 10:41

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Feb. 1, accused the United States and its allies of ignoring Russia's main security demands and fomenting the crisis with neighboring Ukraine. During a press conference in Moscow after receiving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Putin lashed out at the U.S. and NATO, considering it ...

Politics 01/31/22, 13:16

Today, Monday, Jan. 31, members of the UN Security Council will meet for the first time to discuss the current situation between Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. is expected to increase pressure on Russia to avoid an armed conflict. This Monday, members will discuss the presence of Russian troops near the ...

Europe 01/28/22, 14:26

Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister again criticized the U.S. and NATO backlash to his proposal and while he assured that Moscow will not start a war, he stressed that he will not allow the West to ignore Moscow's security interests  "If it depends on Russia, then there will be no war. ...

World 01/27/22, 21:38

On February 1, Russia will assume the presidency of the UN Security Council based on the standard protocol that rotates the presidency every 30 days following the alphabetical system. Amid the tension created between Russia, Ukraine and NATO members, notably the United States, over the alleged imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, ...

Insights 01/26/22, 13:59

Beijing’s billions of dollars of investment on the Winter Olympics is facing another challenge besides the uninvited COVID-19 outbreaks nationwide. According to Bloomberg, analysts are warning that China’s Olympic dream could be sabotaged if Russia chooses to invade Ukraine and divert international attention away. The paper wrote that current Chinese leader ...

World 01/25/22, 14:02

While acknowledging that the threat is real, Ukrainian leaders are asking the nation for calm, assuring that a Russian invasion was not imminent, according to the Associated Press. Although Russia denied that it was preparing an attack, it has gathered near the Ukrainian border approximately 100,000 soldiers, which has provoked the ...

Politics 01/25/22, 06:41

The Biden administration has threatened to use export control measures to damage Russia’s key industries if Moscow invades Ukraine. The administration is eyeing the foreign direct product rule to control exports to Russia of all microelectronics designed with U.S. software or technology or produced using U.S. equipment, The Hill reported, citing ...