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19 December 2024
This week, the commander of Ukraine's drone forces revealed that they possess a laser weapon that can shoot down airborne targets more than 2 kilometres away. According to experts, such a weapon could be effective against low-flying drones like the Iranian Shahed-136 that Russia uses in its war against Ukraine.
20 December 2024
THIS is the powerful moment a British journalist bravely challenges Vladimir Putin and labels him as a "weaker leader" than Donald Trump. Fearless Keir Simmons launched the rare full-frontal attack on the mad despot at his bizarre annual call-in event with Vlad left red-faced with rage.
ЭТО мощный момент, когда британский журналист смело бросает вызов Владимиру Путину и называет его «более слабым лидером», чем Дональд Трамп. Бесстрашный Кир Симмонс начал редкую лобовую атаку на безумного деспота на его странном ежегодном мероприятии, в ходе которого Влад остался с красным от ярости лицом.
19 December 2024
The BBC's Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, has challenged Vladimir Putin on whether he has "taken care" of Russia during his 25-year rule. At the president's annual end-of-year press conference, Rosenberg reminded Putin about how his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, told him to take care of the country when he handed over power. In response, Putin said Russia had "regained its sovereignty".
17 December 2024
"What a blow to Russia."
The assassination of Putin's key general is a "totally surprising" shift in momentum in Ukraine's favour, says is senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Elisabeth Braw.
16 December 2024
The Ukrainian navy is reporting that Russia has pulled it's Black Sea Fleet back to the Sea of Azov.
Since the War in Ukraine began, Ukraine's navy has sunk or destroyed at least a quarter of the fleet.
Targeted attacks by Ukraine have killed a large number of the fleet's commanders. In November, a Russian commander in charge of missile batteries for the fleet was assassinated. In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are advancing on several fronts. Russian forces are within one-and-a-half kilomters of the town of Pokrovsk -- a vital road and rail junction.
For months, the strategic town has been the focus of Russia’s attempts to take the region. The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces also took control of two villages in the Donetsk region. Al Jazeera's Alex Gatopoulos has more from Kyiv on the withdrawal of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
13 December 2024
NATO warplanes were scrambled as Vladimir Putin's bombers launched an enormous blitz on Ukraine. The Russian tyrant launched 93 missiles and some 200 drones overnight in strikes that has left the country freezing. Read more https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3226899...
13 December 2024
Russia is said to be nearing an agreement with Syria's new leadership to keep two vital military bases in the country.
Also on the show: Asian equities under pressure with a lack of details from a Chinese economic conference disappointing some traders; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East as the Biden administration tries to shape the unfolding situation in Syria; South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating has fallen to the lowest level since he took office as he tries to push back against impeachment efforts;
China's top leaders set domestic consumption as their top economic priority for next year; Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to lower tensions over a deal that would allow Ethiopia to build a military base in Somaliland, in exchange for a stake in Ethiopian Airlines; focus on central bank actions with a surprise 50 basis point cut from the Swiss National Bank and a less surprising 25 basis point reduction by the ECB;
African countries facing climate-related disasters are turning to a non-traditional insurance product known as 'parametric' coverage to help with their recovery; French President Emmanuel Macron says he will name a new prime minister on Friday; fears post-election crisis in Georgia could escalate further;
EU is struggling with low productivity and failure to invest have led to trillions in lost growth; the identification of a mystery illness that's caused dozens of deaths in the DRC has been delayed.
Guests include: Ayman Abdelnour, Syrian Christians for Peace, Founder; Tarek Fadlallah, Nomura Asset Management, Middle East, CEO; Rachel Ziemba, ZIEMBA Insights, Founder; Ayesha Tariq, MacroVisor, Co-Founder.
9 December 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said he can end the war in Ukraine in one day. This is unlikely. But with his recent appointment of a retired general to be his envoy in the region, we now know a bit more about how America could approach negotiations. Michael Clarke offers his analysis.
4 October 2024
CNN's Fred Pleitgen sat down for a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister.
3 December 2024
Ukraine has insisted that NATO membership would be the only "real guarantee" for its security, but foreign ministers from the alliance sidestepped Kyiv's push for an invite ahead of Donald Trump's return to the US presidency.
For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade welcomes Dr Gavin Hall, NATO expert and Teaching Fellow in Political Science and International Security at the University of Strathclyde. He says that although the formal position of NATO is to be open to a Ukrainian membership, it's uncertain whether every member is willing to accept it into the alliance.
4 December 2024
Rebels in Syria are closing in on the city of Hama, pushing ahead with their assault against government forces. The regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad vowed to counterattack when the fighters broke out of their enclave in Idlib and took Syria's second-largest city of Aleppo last week.
It's causing a massive humanitarian crisis, sparked by the fighting and as Russia carries out airstrikes in support of government forces. Moscow has been Assad's main supporter in the past. But with Russian forces now fighting in Ukraine, questions are mounting over the Kremlin's commitment to its Syrian ally. #Syria #Russia #Assad
3 December 2024
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels.
3 December 2024
September 28, 2022: Seven months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleksiy Goncharenko spoke at a side event hosted by the U.S. Helsinki Commission at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.
Goncharenko discussed Russia’s pattern since 2000 of waging wars of imperial aggression against its neighbors, colonizing those neighbors, and then using conquered populations to wage further wars of conquest. Oleksiy Goncharenko is a member of the Ukrainian parliament and the president of PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees, and Displaced Persons.
2 December 2024
"The way that Trump has been talking up until this point is that he can just force it through an agreement, whether Putin likes it or not." Without the lifting of sanctions and the isolation of Russia from the world economy, ending the war in Ukraine won't do much to lift the economic and political pressure from Putin's regimes,
The Times' Maxim Tucker tells Frontline on #timesradio
1 December 2024
In an interview with Euronews, Salome Zourabichvili talks about the current wave of unrest happening across Georgia and what could happen next.
READ MORE: https://www.euronews.com/2024/11/30/p...
30 November 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Friday for NATO to offer guaranteed protections to parts of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv in order to "stop the hot stage of the war."
Zelensky also implied he would be willing to wait to regain the almost one-fifth of his country that Russia's army has seized, if such a deal could offer security for the rest of Ukraine and end the fighting.
29 November 2024
Romania's presidential election was thrown into chaos Thursday as a court ordered a recount of first-round results and security officials alleged that interference via TikTok had boosted a little-known far-right candidate.
The Romanian presidency said security officials had detected "cyberattacks" intended to influence the outcome of Sunday's vote.
FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Oana Popescu-Zamfir, Director at GlobalFocus.
29 November 2024
Russia unleashed its second big attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure this month on Thursday, triggering deep power cuts across the country. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on Russia's war on Ukraine,
FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih is joined by Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasian Democracy Initiative.
28 November 2024
A massive aerial bombardment of Ukraine's energy facilities was in response to Kyiv striking Russian territory with Western-supplied missiles, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
Pledging Moscow would always respond to Ukraine's use of US-supplied ATACMS missiles, Putin said his military was considering a strike on the heart of Kyiv in retaliation to any future attacks.
For more, FRANCE 24 journalist, Andrew Hilliar.
