Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has crossed a point of ‘No Return.’ Before six o’clock this morning, Moscow time, an hour earlier in Ukraine, the Russian leader announced a special military operation in Donbas. A few minutes after the speech of the Kremlin chief broadcast on all Russian state channels....
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that the government of Japan imposes sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine. It includes a ban on Russian bond issuance in Japan and a freeze on the assets of certain Russian individuals. Before the media, Kishida again condemned Russia’s violation of international...
A senior US administration official said the surge makes Russia’s claim of withdrawal ‘false’ and warned that President Vladimir Putin’s public overture to diplomacy was a disguise. The official said all the leads we have now are publicly offering to speak and make de-escalation claims while privately mobilizing for war....