Early in the morning on the 7th of August, Russian border guards closed all the security checkpoints on the border between Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in March 2014, and the rest of Ukraine. Witnesses reported the sounds of shots fired near the administrative border. The Russians re-opened the security checkpoints later but offered no […]
Paul Manafort has been linked to payments of over $2 million to US lobbying firms via a non-profit organization acting as a front for the Party of Regions.
FSB and National Guard personnel cordoned off the apartment block on Leninsky Prospekt this morning.
There are reports of up to 57 dead in the Aleppo area.
Russia received permission to use Iran’s Hamadan Air Base and Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have already made strikes on Aleppo.
The Ukrainian military reports the use of 152 and 122 mm artillery, in addition to heavy mortars.
Russian Defense MInister Sergei Shogu has claimed that Russia’s actions prevent NATO from striking Syria with 624 cruise missiles, even as Russia asked Iran and Iraq for permission to send cruise missiles over their territories.
Russia is not planning to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavovr said today in Yekaterinburg.
Ukrainian news sites have come up with the name of the Russian soldier reportedly killed in the clash on the night of August 6-7 on the border of Russian-occupied Crimea and the Ukrainian mainland.
The Ukrainian government may be preparing for a war militarily, but it appears to be trying to defuse tensions rhetorically.
