
Finland: Are the (Defecting) Russians Coming?
While hundreds of thousands of men eligible to serve in the army have fled Russia, not many of them have applied for asylum in Finland yet.
While hundreds of thousands of men eligible to serve in the army have fled Russia, not many of them have applied for asylum in Finland yet.
Just days after claiming to have been tortured in jail and wanting to escape Ukraine to seek political asylum in Hungary, Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has allegedly been rearrested by Ukrainian security forces.
The Norwegian foreign minister said the move was a “result of Russia’s war on Ukraine.”
Despite being an EU outsider, Norway already has strong cooperation agreements with Brussels on defence.
Having accused North Korea of providing Russia with military aid—a claim denied both by Pyongyang and Moscow—it is certain that the West will be keeping a steady watch on an upcoming meeting.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has promised that Italy, “with its unique expertise in restoration,” was “ready to get involved with the reconstruction of Odesa’s cathedral and other treasures of Ukraine’s artistic heritage.”
This is the first admission from a humanitarian organisation confirming long-standing rumours.
For the first time since Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed march on Moscow, the Wagner boss reappeared. In a new video, the 62-year-old told the mercenary forces they would no longer fight in Ukraine but would “help train the Belarusian army,” which he was certain they could turn into “the second best army in the world,” after, naturally, Wagner itself.
Important defence agreements were reached at the Vilnius summit, accompanied by a unanimous joint statement of support for Ukraine.
His mission is more humanitarian than political since Zuppi intends to communicate and take action on two issues in particular: the exchange of prisoners and the repatriation of Ukrainian children deported to Russia.