By Joe Sommerlad Old school Soviet relic Alexander Lukashenko increasingly dependent on Vladimir Putin’s patronage for survival as grip on power slips and economy teeters on brink of disaster Source: Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine? Category: Europe, World
By Nebi Qena and Cara Anna/AP (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia, where some may be used as “hostages” to pressure Kyiv to give up. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s ombudsperson, said 402,000 people, including 84,000 children, had been taken to […]
By War News Updates Editor Axios: Where 100,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Europe President Biden will meet Friday with U.S. troops stationed in Poland, a key NATO ally currently housing 10,500 of the 100,000 American service members now deployed across Europe. Why it matters: Russia invaded Ukraine with a force estimated at 190,000. […]