Ukraine’s counteroffensive on the battlefield may only be inching forward but the formidable western alliance backing Kyiv is gaining in strength. News broke the night before the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit opened in Vilnius that Turkey had withdrawn its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, marking a big stride towards a united front […]
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Since he first took office in 2012, President Vladimir Putin appeared to face the strongest challenge to his rule over Russia so far during the weekend as the head of the Wagner Private Military Company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suddenly seized control of Rostov-on-Don, one of the main cities in the country’s south, and sent his fighters […]