Ukraine’s recent military offensives have upended many people’s expectations of how Russia’s invasion will end. Western supporters have been pleasantly surprised by Ukraine’s successes east of Kharkiv.
Ever since the illegal invasion of Ukraine in February, it seems like Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has been looking to provoke a fight with any global power that challenges him. In response to Oslo’s support of NATO expanding its operations in the Arctic, Putin has recently set his sights on Norway.
Sweden has launched a formal investigation into the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines at the end of September and refuses to share the preliminary findings with Russia.
After sending a diplomatic note to Ukraine on Saturday accusing the country of planning an attack on Belarus, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is now partnering with Russian President, Vladimir Putin to reportedly allow Russian troops to amass in Belarus to “deploy a regional grouping” of Russian and Belarusian soldiers to Ukraine.
The visa office of the German Consulate in Kyiv has been struck by Russian missiles amid a recent assault on the city in what is speculated to be retaliation for the destruction of the Kerch Bridge between Crimea and Russia over the weekend. While Ukrainians have not claimed responsibility for the bridge strike, they have celebrated the blast that rocked the Crimea region.
At a Democratic fundraiser Thursday, President Joe Biden cautioned those in attendance that nuclear war with Russia could be a possibility telling the crowd, “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.”
President Biden announced on Wednesday that 10 million barrels of oil will be released from the United States Strategic Oil Reserves in November to keep gasoline prices down after OPEC+ decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day this week. The White House criticized the decision calling it a “mistake” and “short-sighted.”
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Monday marked the fourth day of voting for the referendums taking place in four Eastern Ukraine regions. The referendums are to determine whether or not the areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia will become part of Russia. The vote comes amid rising nuclear threats from Russia and the mobilization of Russian reservists in Putin’s latest escalation of the war against Ukraine.
In response to Putin’s announcement Tuesday that Russia will be mobilizing 300,000 reservists in an escalation of the war on Ukraine, the EU has been scrambling to get on the same page regarding providing asylum to Russians fleeing the draft.