#russia

#russia

For the last few months, there has been much talk about peace in Ukraine, with meetings, pre-meetings and briefings about the meetings, and meanwhile, Russia continues its brutal attacks. It must be clear to everyone now: Russia will not stop until they are forced to do so. She adds that we have one major task ahead of us: we have to make our common Europe so strong that war against us becomes unthinkable, and we have to do it now.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned NATO and the EU that any aggression against my country will be met with a decisive response. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday, Lavrov insisted that Moscow had no plans to attack the West, but that it was prepared to act if provoked. His comments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russia for recent drone and plane incursions in Europe.

Police said one to two drones were observed on Friday at about 8.15 pm (7.15pm local time) near and over Karup airbase, the country's biggest base that houses all of the armed forces' helicopters, airspace surveillance, flight school and support functions. Karup is also home to parts of the defence command, according to the military's website. A police spokesperson, Simon Skelkjaer, said police could not comment on where the drones came from, adding: We didn't take them down.

Early on Thursday, Danish authorities reported that more than one drone had been spotted near Aalborg airport in the Jutland region of northern Denmark. The airport is used for both commercial and military flights, and its closure disrupted military operations, according to the police. The Danish police said the drone sightings in Aalborg followed a similar pattern to those that halted flights at Copenhagen airport for four hours on Monday, when several large, unidentified drones were spotted near the capital's airport.

There are other countries that treat us loyally, positively, maybe even kindly. We need to work with them, not wait for someone to hand us something on a silver platter. Sport is diplomacy, just a different form. Let out officials practice this diplomacy instead of drinking coffee in their offices and telling us how hard life is for them because they're not allowed to compete in the Olympics.

It has been suggested that Vladimir Putin could be preparing for war with NATO and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said 292,000 recruits signed contract between January and September this year, according to a Russian source. The ISW said the Russian source has "consistently provided accurate reports about changes in the Russian military command". Several thousand of the new recruits have joined reserve forces and since July Putin has been quietly building this up.

Although Russia has been a member of the convention since 1997, civil rights activists have always complained that torture and degrading treatment are widespread in Russian police stations and detention centers. Formally, the convention allowed international monitors access to Russian prisons, but this effectively stopped following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.