Russia wants to test NATO’s resolve by hostile steps beyond Ukraine, as some Russian officials believe the alliance’s collective defense principle no longer works, German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl told the Table Media news outlet in an interview published on June 9. “There are people in Moscow who no longer believe that NATO‘s Article 5 […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed skepticism on May 30 that the next round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, tentatively scheduled for June 2 in Istanbul, will produce any results due to what he described as Moscow’s deliberate inaction. “The Russians have been unable to present the so-called ‘memorandum’ for over a week, which they […]