After Russia's Donbas Offensive What's Next For Ukraine?

The Guardian: What’s next for Ukraine after Russia’s Donbas offensive?   Analysis: Indiscriminate tactics of Russia’s grinding progress ...

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The Ukraine City Of Severodonetsk Is About To Fall To Russian Forces

  SKY News: Ukraine war: Russians now control 'around 70%' of key city of Severodonetsk as governor says life is 'hell' f...

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley Reveals Possible Outcomes For Russia-Ukraine War

  WNU Editor: General Milley tries to give the impression in this interview that the U.S. is not really involved in the Russia - Ukraine ...

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Taiwan President Announces Cooperation Deal With The U.S. National Guard

President Tsai Ing-wen (right) made the comments during a meeting in Taipei with Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Taiwan Presidential Office via AP   ...

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Russia Shrugs Off EU’s Partial Oil Embargo. Says It Will Find Other Customers For Its Crude

  CNBC : Russia hits back at the EU’s partial oil embargo, says it will find other importers for its crude   * The European Union on Mon...

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Editor's Note

Montreal had a planeload of Ukrainian refugees arrive two days ago, and there is a shortage of volunteers to help these families. Of course...

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Russian Ambassador To The UK (Full BBC News Interview)

  WNU Editor : Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin is trying to defend the indefensible.  I only wished the BBC reporter asked this question ...

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Tweets Of The Day

Preliminary results in Colombia's presidential election first round showed 62-year-old Gustavo Petro, a former Bogota mayor, leading wi...

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Mapping The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine -- May 29, 2022

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Picture Of The Day

Teak Net  An Air Force Air Force MC-130J Commando II, left, and a New Zealand air force C-130H Hercules fly in a dissimilar formation duri...

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Is Ukraine Losing The War In The Donbas?

Daily Mail: IS Ukraine LOSING the war in Donbas? Defenders fall back to avoid capture as Russians advance after blasting towns to wastelan...

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Is The Anti-War Movement Making A Difference In Russia?

  Washington Post: Putin’s war grinds on, with dissent from Russian hawks and peace-seekers   Russian President Vladimir Putin has made ...

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Editor's Note

 Too much to do today. Blogging will return later today.

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Turkey's Erdogan Digging In On Rejecting Admitting Sweden And Finland To NATO

Turkey seeks concrete action from Sweden, Finland for NATO bids - Copyright Thomson Reuters 2022   Euronews: Turkey's talks with Swe...

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Russia Test-Fires Its Latest Hypersonic Zircon Missile Near Finland And Sweden

  Reuters: Russia shows off Zircon hypersonic cruise missile in test-launch at sea   (Reuters) - Russia successfully test-fired a hypers...

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Samoa Signs China Bilateral Agreement

  Reuters: China signs deal with Samoa as Australia vows Pacific Islands plan   SYDNEY — China’s foreign minister signed a deal with Sa...

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Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Says He Was Blocked From Leaving Ukraine

RFE : Ex-President Poroshenko Says Blocked From Leaving Ukraine   Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on May 28 that he was b...

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Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Caught On Video

To their bewilderment, they spotted a SLBM emerging from the sea below their previously intended flight path!! PLAN Missile Submarine launc...

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards Convert A Cargo Ship Into A 'Base Ship'

Social Media  Maritime Executive: Iran's IRGC Turns a Panamax Boxship Into a Warship   Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Gu...

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Iran Seizes 2 Greek Tankers in Persian Gulf After U.S. Seizes Iranian Oil From A Tanker Off The Coast Of Greece

#BREAKING A second Greek-flagged oil tanker, Prudent Warrior, has also been seized by the Iranian military, according to @LloydsList . Th...

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Devastating Press Conference From The Texas Department Of Safety On The Failure Of Police In The Uvalde Elementary School Shooting

  Daily Mail: 'Clearly it was the wrong decision': Top Texas cop breaks down in tears as he reveals 19 officers stood outside cla...

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Kremlin Expects Kyiv To Accept Its Demands At Any Future Peace Talks

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a joint news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Luka...

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US Seizes 600,000 Barrels Of Smuggled Iranian Crude Oil From A Formerly Russian-Flagged Tanker

A Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy on Thursday transfers crude oil from the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Lana, off the shore of Karysto...

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UN Report Says Nearly 20 Million Afghans Are Facing Acute Hunger

Women move food from a distribution site on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan in 2021. © WFP/Marco Di Lauro   Afghanistan: Nearly 20 mi...

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Ukrainian Energy Minister Adviser Threatens Hungary's Oil Supply From Russia

LB.ua: Ukraine has a powerful lever of influence on Hungary - the Druzhba pipeline - Zerkal   The adviser to the Minister of Energy belie...

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EU Proposes Plan To Make Breaking Russian Sanctions A Crime And To Confiscate Frozen Russian Assets To Help Rebuild Ukraine

Reuters: EU to make breaking sanctions against Russia a crime, seizing assets easier   BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission propo...

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US And Japanese Warplanes In Show Of Strength Following North Korean Missile Launches And Russia - China Military Exercises

In this photo provided by the Joint Staff of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, three F-15 warplanes of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, fron...

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Global Oil Inventories Down To Dangerously Low Point

Only China appears to have a reasonable inventory cushion against the unexpected, according to a new BofA Global Research report.  Rigzone...

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CNN Says Their Investigations Show Israeli Forces Targeted And Murdered Star Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. We interviewed 8 eyewitnesses, reviewed 11 videos from different angles and worked with an exper...

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Ukraine’s Top Military Iintelligence Official Says Russia Will Be Defeated By The End Of This Year

  Daily Beast: The Moment Putin’s Ticking Time Bomb of Failure Could Explode   Ukraine’s top military intelligence official says he kno...

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Chinese Military Researchers View Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starlink Network As A Threat

A recent Starlink satellite launch by SpaceX. China needs a surveillance system to monitor every satellite belonging to Elon Musk's spa...

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New Satellite Images Hint At China's Taiwan Invasion Plans

A satellite photograph taken by Planet Labs appears to show a mockup of a Japan Air Self-Defense Force E-767 aircraft among other dummy tar...

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China Admits Its Military Exercises Around Taiwan Is A Warning To Taipei To Limit Its Contacts With The U.S.

WZ-10 attack helicopters attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army lift off for a flight training exercise on May ...

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$40 Billion in US Aid To Ukraine Is Not All Going To Be Spent In Arming Ukraine

  Mark F. Cancian, CSIS : What Does $40 Billion in Aid to Ukraine Buy?   Congress has approved $40 billion in aid for Ukraine and other ...

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Ukraine Flag Was Upside-Down During Yesterday's Pentagon Ukraine Defense Contact Group Conference

Moon of Alabama: Flag Abuse And Other Bits On Ukraine   The Pentagon reports about the continuing efforts to sell new U.S. weapons to tho...

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Who's Profiting From The War In Ukraine?

Who's profiting from the war in Ukraine? Russian, American as well as German weapons manufacturers have been making gains ever since ...

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With President Biden's Support Colombia Becomes Major Non-NATO Ally To US

GOA Chronicle: Colombia becomes major non-NATO ally to US   Washington: US President Joe Biden said in a memorandum that he officially de...

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AP-NORC Poll Says Americans Are Becoming Less Supportive On imposing Severe Sanctions On Russia

Photo by David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News   WNU Editor : Details on the AP-NORC poll are here .... Economy bigger pr...

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Former US Secretary Of State Kissinger Says Ukraine Must Give Up Land To Russia To End The War

  The Telegraph : Henry Kissinger: Ukraine must give Russia territory   Veteran US statesman Henry Kissinger has urged the West to stop t...

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