Tag: Russia

“US expanding biological warfare activity across Africa” – Russia

Aminu Imam
Russian on US

Documents available to the Russian Ministry of Defense indicate that the United States is significantly increasing its biological warfare activities on the African continent, Deputy Chief of Russias Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, revealed yesterday. “The documents at our disposal confirm that the US biological warfare presence on the African continent is growing at a rapid pace. Research institutes of the US Department of Defense actively work in the region,” Rtishchev indicated during a briefing. He highlighted that branches of the US National Naval Medical…

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BRICS adds Nigeria, 12 new nations as partner countries

Aminu Imam
BRICS adds Nigeria

BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, has officially expanded its alliance, adding 13 new nations as partner countries, though not as full members. The announcement was made during the BRICS summit, which was held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, 2024. The 2024 summit, themed: Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global Development and Security, marked the sixteenth annual gathering of the bloc, with a focus on enhancing economic integration with key emerging nations. A post on X (former Twitter) from the bloc on Thursday read, BRICS…

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Israel-Hamas conflict: The unjust UN Security Council structure

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By: Nurudeen Dauda To start with, in my thought, the “unjust” “structure” or “arrangement” of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is essentially the “reason” that the two- state solutions and other UN resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian conflict is increasingly becoming practically unimplementable. In my thought, the way the UNSC is structured currently lacks the “objectivity” and the “sense of belonging” to various continental interests in order to function as a body representing global diverse interests. Unless and until this “lopsided” and or “unjust” arrangement is quickly changed the world has…

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Ukrain says it repelled drone attack on Odessa

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ukraine said on Monday that it had repelled a major Russian drone attack on the Black Sea region of Odessa overnight. The air defence of the southern Ukrainian region shot down nine drones, military governor Oleh Kiper wrote on Telegram. In the harbour area, falling debris damaged the roof of a building and caused a fire, which has since been extinguished, Kiper wrote. At first, there was no information about possible victims. A total of 14 drones and one missile were repelled throughout the country, according to the Ukrainian military.…

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Middle East, Ukrain: EU Foreign Ministers discuss situations

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

European Union (EU) foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday will discuss the Middle East crisis and continued support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, top official Josep Borell said. When it comes to the Middle East, the main question is how the EU can help prevent a regional escalation of the conflict. With regard to Ukraine, the panel needs to clarify in the coming months how the EU should participate in planned security commitments from the West. EU foreign policy Chief, Josep Borrell has suggested making longer-term financing…

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Ukraine accuses Russia of torturing informants to death – UN Commission

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A United Nations commission said on Monday it is gathering more and more evidence in Ukraine that the Russian army is torturing and attacking civilians. There is continuous evidence that Russian armed forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, the commission reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. It said the findings point to widespread and systematic use of torture by Russian forces against individuals accused of being informants for the Ukrainian armed forces. In some cases, torture was inflicted with such brutality that it caused…

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Ukrain-Russia War: Zelensky confirms arrival of Abrams Tanks from U.S

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ukraine war: Zelensky confirms arrival of Abrams tanks from U.S.The first U.S. Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine and are already being prepared for deployment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram on Monday. In total, the United States had announced the handover of 31 battle tanks of the type to Ukraine. Zelensky did not provide details on the number of U.S, tanks already in the country. He thanked the allies for their arms assistance. The U.S. is considered Kievs most important military supporter. Since the beginning of Russias full-scale…

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Ukraine: Food crisis may worsen in Nigeria, as Russia pulls out of grain export deal 

Aminu Imam

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has pulled out of a deal to allow the supply of grain from Ukraines Black Sea ports. This is coming three months after both the Ukrainian and Russian military delegations signed an agreement to allow Russia to export its grain and fertilisers. The deal, which also involved the United Nations (UN) and Turkey, was to re-start grain exports from Black Sea ports which have been blocked since Russias invasion, in a bid to ease the ravaging global food crisis; as it would enable Ukraine to…

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Ukrainian forces advance in south as Russia yields on second front

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ukrainian forces were reported to be recapturing towns along the west bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine on Monday, with Moscow forced to yield territory along a second major front line just days after claiming to have annexed it. The scale of the Ukrainian advance was unconfirmed, with Kyiv maintaining all but complete silence about the situation in the area. But Russian military bloggers described a Ukrainian tank advance through dozens of kilometers of territory along the bank of the river. In one of the rare comments by…

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Putin calls on Kiev to agree to ceasefire, negotiation

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Friday said Ukraines government needed to agree to a ceasefire and return to the negotiating table. We are ready for this, Putin said as he declared the parts of Ukraine occupied by Moscows forces to be part of Russia. Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions were to be incorporated through treaties signed with the states, which Moscow had recognised as independent. Putin stressed that the people in these regions had become our citizens forever. He stressed that there would be no negotiations with Ukraine concerning…

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