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Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski announced that Ukraine will send specialists to the Middle East in the near future to provide support in combating Iranian Shahed drones. The mission is expected to begin as early as next week and comes after a request for assistance from the United States. The announcement was made on Sunday, during a press conference. The Ukrainian leader explained that the specialists will analyze the situation directly in the region and provide technical expertise in the fight against drones. “I believe that next week, when the experts will be on the ground, they will assess the situation…
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, explains to NBC the reasons for the attacks on Gulf states and rejects the involvement of other countries in the selection of the supreme leader. The Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, defended on Sunday Tehran’s decision to strike targets in neighboring Gulf states, presenting these actions as a response to operations by the US and Israel against Iran. “The Americans are the ones who started this war against us, attacking us, and we are defending ourselves. So it is obvious that our missiles cannot reach American soil”, Araghchi declared for the American…
Tensions between Ukraine and Hungary have reached a peak after Hungarian authorities detained two armored vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank, transporting cash and gold worth a total of approximately 80 million dollars and 9 kilograms of gold. On March 5, seven bank employees, including a former general of the Ukrainian secret services, were detained. They were later released and returned to Ukraine. According to Oschadbank, the vehicles and goods remain “illegally detained”, and the bank intends to follow legal paths to recover them. The bank will challenge the restrictive measures imposed by the Hungarian migration authorities and…
By the end of 2027, an online system for the recovery of debts for utility services will be launched throughout Russia, writes RIA Novosti, citing government documents. Within this mechanism, service providers will transmit data about outstanding payments to the state information system for housing and communal services (GIS ЖКХ). The platform will automatically prepare the necessary documents and transmit them to the courts in electronic format. Russian citizens will be informed about their debts and all stages of the recovery procedure through their personal account on the government portal Gosuslugi. The implementation of the system is coordinated by the…
Poland begins to gradually reduce the support given to Ukrainian refugees, following a new law that limits access to certain social benefits which came into effect on Thursday, more than four years after the outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres. The regulatory act, adopted at the end of January, introduces additional restrictions on the access of Ukrainian refugees to social services, health insurance, the right to stay and education. The new rules target people who arrived in Poland after the start of the Russian invasion in 2022. According to the new legislation, social services will…
Russia has announced that it is ready to act as a mediator in the conflict around Iran. The statement was made by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov. “If necessary, Russia is ready to offer mediation services. We have the necessary experience,” said the Russian diplomat. According to Ulyanov, Tehran would be willing to accept such mediation from Russia in the current situation. At the same time, he believes that the United States is not interested in involving mediators and that in Washington, D.C. it is believed that the issue can be…
Ancient world leaders anticipate with concern the potentially far-reaching consequences of a rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East, as the United States and Israel’s air campaign continues. The offensive, which took place just three days after the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has sparked fears of rising energy prices, political instability, and a potential wave of refugees. Iran has retaliated by targeting Gulf nations, Lebanon, and Cyprus with missiles and drones. The conflict tests the ability of countries to navigate a volatile geopolitical landscape, according to a NYT analysis. Just three days after the fourth anniversary of…
Spain has urgently dispatched its top frigate, Cristóbal Colón (F105), to support the air defense of Cyprus, following drone attacks on the British base RAF Akrotiri. The warship will join a multinational European naval force led by the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91), along with ships from the Netherlands, Greece, and Italy, to protect the island and for possible civilian evacuations. The Spanish frigate will operate in the eastern Mediterranean, approximately 150 miles off the coast of Israel, and will contribute to the protection of Cyprus against aerial threats, according to The Telegraph. British officials have stated that…
The sudden slowdown of the Russian economy and its division between a growing military sector and a declining civil one have led to a significant increase in income inequality among the population, according to a report by Rosstat on the socio-economic situation. The Gini coefficient, an indicator that reflects income concentration (the smaller it is, the more equal the income distribution), reached 0.419 last year — the highest level since 2010. In 2024 it was 0.41, and the increase in the last year is the largest in the entire observation period that began in 1995. The report was published on…
The lack of oil kills no one. However, the lack of drinking water could cause the death of tens of millions of people in just a few days. While the world’s attention is focused on oil prices and the risks to maritime transport through the Strait of Hormuz, another strategic vulnerability in the rivalry between the United States and Iran remains almost ignored: drinking water. According to Bloomberg analyst specializing in energy and commodity markets, Javier Blas, the CIA has considered water a “strategic resource” essential for the Middle East since the 1970s. Vital dependence on desalination Gulf States -…