As Russia faces setbacks in Ukraine and the prospect of economic isolation, the country might “increasingly rely on its nuclear deterrent to signal the West and project strength to its internal and external audiences,” Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, said in a report to Congress on Thursday. The war—and stringent sanctions...
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Ukraine’s Public Biological Research Labs Are Not Secret Bioweapons Labs
There are labs in Ukraine, backed by the United States, the European Union, Canada and the World Health Organization. These labs work with a number of pathogens, including the ones that cause anthrax, plague and hemorrhagic fever in humans. They study viruses that affect birds and pigs.That does not make them bioweapon facilities. Source: Russia,...
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How Does This End? Paths to Ending Ukraine’s Tragedy
First, Ukraine must survive as an independent country, and its path to European Union membership should be accelerated. A time-bound term of neutrality for Ukraine – and an indefinite voluntary suspension of its NATO membership bid – would be a price worth paying for stabilization. In addition, the status of Crimea, which Russia annexed in...
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China to Aid to Russia in Ukraine War, U.S. Officials Fear
However, the Americans walked away from the Rome meeting pessimistic that the Chinese government would change its minds about backing Moscow.“The key here is first to get China to recalculate and re-evaluate their position. We see no sign of that re-evaluation,” said another US official familiar with the discussions. “They’ve already decided that they’re going...
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