Russia

The leaders of the thirty NATO countries will hold a digital meeting on Friday about the Russian attack on Ukraine.   Diplomats in Brussels have said so. Member States met at the ambassadorial level at the headquarters in Brussels on Thursday. They decided to send more soldiers to Eastern Europe and take "deterrent measures".

"Genius", "wonderful", "very bright". Those are the words used by former US President Donald Trump to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions over the conflict in Ukraine.   During an interview with a conservative radio show, Trump was asked what his opinion is about the actions of the White House regarding the conflict in Ukraine. The former president first insisted that things actually went wrong when the elections were "rigged". But then went on to say that Putin's actions are "genius". Putin declares much of Ukraine independent. Oh, that's beautiful. So, Putin now says that much of Ukraine is independent. I said, "How smart is that?" And he goes in (with troops, ed.) and becomes a peacekeeper. We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peacekeepi...

If the US does not agree to Russia's key security demands, Moscow has no choice but to respond, including militarily. That is what Russia said on Thursday. Moscow, meanwhile, handed over its written response on security in Europe to US Ambassador John Sullivan.   On January 26, the US government had provided Moscow with a written response about Russia's security concerns. However, Washington had not responded to Russia's demand that NATO not expand further east. Instead, the US proposes talks on missile deployment in Europe and mutual restrictions on military manoeuvres. Washington also proposes that Moscow inspect certain military infrastructure of concern in Europe. Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that "in the absence of a willingness on the US side to agree to clear...