By Agence France-Presse Ukrainian forces have pushed back Russian troops from a highway outside the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, and were clearing away the burnt-out wreckage of cars, AFP journalists reported Wednesday. The gains by Kyiv’s forces come after Moscow said it would focus its military efforts on capturing the eastern Donbas region of […]
By Bob Brigham Donald Trump’s history with Vladimir Putin was the focus of a new story by CNN’s Marshall Cohen. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine didn’t just happen out of nowhere,” he noted. “Russian President Vladimir Putin has ratcheted up tensions with the West for the better part of the last decade – he annexed […]
By Bob Brigham After harsh criticism from Ukraine’s foreign minister, a major car manufacturer has pulled out of Russia. “Renault SA, the Western carmaker most exposed to the Russian market, said on Wednesday it would suspend operations at its plant in Moscow while it assesses options on its majority stake in Avtovaz, the country’s No. […]