May 5, 2022 Sweden says it received US security assurances if it submits NATO application Sweden’s foreign minister says her country has received security assurances from the U.S. if it decides to forge ahead with the process of joining NATO – a move that has been met with nuclear threats from Russia.
May 5, 2022 UK, Japan leaders meet with security, Russia on agenda UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Thursday at 10 Downing Street in London to discuss a new defense agreement amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
May 5, 2022 Russian filtration camps are 'ghettos' of Mariupol, official says Mariupol’s advisor to the mayor said Thursday that the filtration camps set up by Russian forces outside the southern port city have become “ghettos” where men face torture and forced labor.
May 4, 2022 Pope Francis suggests the 'barking of NATO at Russia's door' may have forced Putin to invade Ukraine Pope Francis appeared to partly blame the West for Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an interview published this week, suggesting that the “barking of NATO at Russia's door” may have forced Putin's hand.
May 4, 2022 Top US military official relays 'worst thing' Russia did before invading Ukraine A top U.S. military official in charge of joint training between American and Ukrainian troops in Germany said Wednesday that “the worst thing the Russians did was give us eight years to prepare” for its invasion of Ukraine.
May 4, 2022 Russia's top general visited Ukraine as Putin's military falters, US says Russia's top military general visited Ukraine over the weekend, a U.S. official says.
May 4, 2022 Czech Republic in talks on EU oil embargo exemption, PM says The Czech Republic has announced they will seek an exemption period from the EU's proposed Russian oil embargo.
May 4, 2022 Image appears to show bodies of Russian soldiers arranged in letter 'Z' after Ukraine recaptures village A grisly image has emerged purportedly showing bodies of Russian soldiers arranged in the letter “Z” after Ukraine’s military recaptured a village in the country’s east.
May 4, 2022 Hunter Biden laptop repairman sues Schiff, CNN, Politico, Daily Beast John Paul Mac Isaac, the Delaware computer repairman who was left with Hunter Biden's laptop, has launched a flurry of defamation lawsuits.
May 4, 2022 Ukraine says it is 'ready' as Belarus suddenly announces military exercises to test combat readiness Ukraine is vowing Wednesday that it’s “ready” after its northern neighbor Belarus – which Russia used as a springboard for its invasion – announced military exercises to assess the combat readiness of their armed forces.
