Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda told LRT TV that NATO countries should not have "red lines" and supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win the war against Russia.
The president explained that many of the so-called red lines that the West is afraid to cross were drawn by Russia.
Nausėda also pointed out that Ukraine’s EU candidacy, which was once considered non-negotiable, is now a serious possibility.
According to the Lithuanian president, the threats of Russian escalation only serve to frighten the west from sending more fighter jets, tanks, missiles, and other necessary weapons to Ukraine.
“Because fighter jets and long-range missiles are essential military aid, and at this crucial stage in the war, where the turning point is about to happen, it is vital that we act without delay,” he said.
Lithuania recently pledged to transfer L70 anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine. The country has also committed to training Ukrainian soldiers and restoring Ukrainian military equipment.
Nausėda and Polish President Andrzej Duda recently visited Ukraine and reaffirmed both countries’ commitment to aiding Ukraine in the long term.
Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of US Army Europe, has stated that the fight for Crimea will be key in Russia's war against Ukraine. Source: Hodges in an interview with Insider Quote: "The decisive terrain for this war is Crimea.
President Biden says "no" to sending Ukraine warplanes even as allied nations consider sending Kyiv fight jets ahead of a looming Russian offensive.
Ukraine for its defense needs to replace obsolete Soviet warplanes of various types with a single multipurpose fighter, perhaps the F-16, Air Force Command spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told French TV channel La Chaîne Info, NV’s sister publication UkrainskaPravda reported on Jan. 31.
The Biden administration has stopped approving licenses for U.S. companies to export most items to China's Huawei, according to three people familiar with the matter. Huawei has faced U.S. export restrictions around items for 5G and other technologies for several years, but officials in the U.S. Department of Commerce have granted licenses for some American firms to sell certain goods and technologies to the company.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Azerbaijan on Tuesday called on judges at the World Court to order Armenia to help demine areas it previously controlled and stop planting explosive devices which prevent Azeri nationals from returning to their former homes. Azerbaijan asked the court, as part of an ongoing larger case, to issue an emergency ruling to order Armenia to give information about the location of the devices to allow for safe demining and stop putting in new mines. "Azerbaijanis are continuing to suffer serious injuries and die because Armenia refuses to share the information that could save them," Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister Elnur Mammadov told the court.
STORY: The American diplomat's visit comes after a Friday attack in Jerusalem where a Palestinian gunman killed seven Israelis, and last week an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin that left 10 Palestinians dead.Blinken also re-affirmed American support for "the vision of two states," meant to grant Palestinians self-rule."As I said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that vision, is , in our judgement, detrimental to Israel's long-term security and its long-term identity as a Jewish and democratic state," Blinken said.Netanyahu, a hawkish conservative, has disdained calls to restart negotiations with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, while Netanyahu's current government plans to increase Jewish civilian settlements in the West Bank, areas Palestinians hope will someday be part of a future Palestinian state.
Forecasters now expect Lake Mead to finish this year around 1,027 feet elevation, about 19 feet lower than its current level.
Northwest Louisiana can expect two to four inches of rainfall throughout the week and local waterways are expected to crest above flood stage.
The president of EU and NATO country Croatia has taken a wildly different stance to its allies regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that any peace negotiations must be conditioned on Russia's withdrawal of its troops from the territory of Ukraine. Source: Scholz at a press conference with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, reported European Pravda, referring to DPA Details: In addition, no peace agreement can be concluded with Russia behind the backs of Ukrainians, Scholz said.
The United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry this week said that Russian forces are unlikely to achieve a breakthrough in movement within the borders of southeastern Ukraine as its nearly year-long conflict with the neighboring country continues. In a Twitter thread, the British Ministry of Defense noted that in the last three days, Russian forces were able…
Ukraine will receive 120-140 modern Western tanks in the first wave of deliveries, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at a briefing on Jan. 31.
France will transfer 12 additional Caesar self-propelled guns to Ukraine, French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Jan. 31.
"The financial channel between Iran and the world is being repaired," Mohammad Farzin, Iran's chief central banker said on Twitter.
Gun safety advocates on Tuesday called on President Biden to announce a comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence at his State of the Union address next month. “While Congress must continue to prioritize gun violence prevention, you have the opportunity to act boldly by announcing a comprehensive plan of action to reduce gun deaths at…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce said. The firms and other organizations were added to a U.S. export control list for those engaged in activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. The additions to the Commerce Department's "entities list" were posted in a preliminary filing in the U.S. Federal Register, the government's daily journal, and will be officially published on Wednesday.
"He is obsessed with retaking Ukraine," former Secretary Gates said of Putin, who launched the war in Ukraine last February. "He will hang in there."
Serhii Haidai, Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, has said there is no decision on his possible appointment to other positions, but he is ready to work somewhere else, if the president decides so.
Olympic gold medalist Wladimir Klitschko has joined Ukraine’s fight against IOC plans to let some Russians compete at the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The former heavyweight champion suggested in a video message published Monday that sports leaders will be accomplices to the war if athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus can compete at the next Olympics. The International Olympic Committee set out its preferred path last week for Russians and Belarusians who have not openly supported the war to qualify for Paris and compete in 18 months’ time as neutral athletes with no flag or anthem.
A fleet of more than 60 Bradley fighting vehicles departed South Carolina for Ukraine last week as part of the latest $2.5 billion package in military aid.