Amid emerging differences between the US and its European allies on the Ukraine conflict, President Donald Trump's close adviser and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk has publicly supported the withdrawal of the US from both NATO and the UN.
Envoys from European countries gathered to light candles in a show of solidarity, marking the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 24.
The phone conversation between Presidents Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin has set the stage for a potential diplomatic breakthrough in the Ukraine war.
The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will face a "decisive response," including military-technical countermeasures, should they make new missile threats against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.
The West is pushing Russia towards its red line, leaving Moscow no choice but to respond, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Russian Defence Ministry.
The 2022 Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) annual conflict study reported that in 2021, 54 state-based conflicts occurred in 35 countries, with nearly 85,000 battle-related deaths.
Germany, as yet, is not directly involved in the war. But it is separated from Ukraine and Russia by just a few hundred kilometres of Polish territory. Therefore, it is Poland that is bearing the brunt of the war. Several million Ukrainian citizens, mainly women and children have taken refuge in Poland alone. The number of Ukrainian refugees in Germany is almost a million and they are there at most places. They have refugee status, are allowed to work and draw social benefits. This of course causes some amount of envy in other immigrant groups
NATO Secretary said that it was probably a Ukrainian missile that hit Poland earlier this week resulting in the deaths of two civilians.
While Kiev has not claimed responsibility for the Kerch Strait bridge blast, it has previously taken credit for a series of strikes on targets in Russian-occupied Crimea over the summer.
This would also be a continuation of the important role played by India in promotion of non-alignment in earlier days, although the overall conditions then were somewhat different. However, only a country with firmly rooted internal strengths can aspire to such a leadership role among non-aligned countries which together comprise the majority of the world’s countries.
