The Ukrainian-Russian war has been going on for 8 years, but the countries of the West, until February 24, 2022, did not believe that Putin would launch a full-scale offensive on all fronts in Ukraine. The destruction of civilian infrastructure, the obliteration of entire cities off the face of the Earth and, the murder of…
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Ukraine is Protecting Europe from the Russian Plague
For nearly a month, Ukraine has held back the onslaught of a full-scale war unleashed by Putin on February 24. This war, forecast by the Kremlin dictator to be a cakewalk in which the Russian army would meet with no resistance, has turned into a deadly war that has already claimed more than 15,000 Russian…
Clarifying the Status of the Moroccan Sahara
The Royal Office of His Majesty the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI has issued the following statement “Spain considers the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco as the basis, the most serious, realistic and credible, for the resolution of the dispute” about the Moroccan Sahara. In a message addressed to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the…
Putin and the Russian Horde
Putin’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine has forced all of us to take another look at the Russian ideology, on which the Kremlin’s foreign policy actions are based. If initially the “special operation” was presented by the Kremlin as a defence of “Donbass” and “liberation of Ukraine” from the “Nazis”, today Putin’s war is…
Belgium can help peaceful Ukrainian citizens and refugees
As a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine, thousands of civilians have already been killed over 21 days of the war, including more than a hundred children. Millions of Ukrainians are forced to hide in basements to avoid being torn apart by Russian bombs and rockets raining on their homes every day. Many are forced…
Russian allegations of Ukraine planning “offensive” on Crimea, Donbass
The Russian Federation is trying to discredit Ukraine in the international arena by claiming it has at its disposal what turn out to be hoax planning documents about an alleged preparation by Ukraine for an offensive that was to be launched on 8 March against Crimea and the so-called “LPR/DPR”. The allegation was voiced by…
Lies and Fascism. Have They Become The New Normal?
24 February. Morning. Phone call. Kyiv is being bombed, sirens are wailing all over the city. Following the unprovoked Russian attack in Ukraine, martial law is introduced, the President announces the severance of diplomatic relations with Moscow. Feeling of surrealism. Today is the 20th day of the war, and Russia continues to deny that it…
The Third Reich Revisited
What do the totalitarian policies of the Third Reich 80 years ago have in common with the modern imperial dimension of the Kremlin? In 2008 in an interview with Die Welt, the political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski equated the foreign policy of the then Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin with the actions of Hitler in…
Russia Seeks to Cut Off Ukraine by Sea
In the coming week, the Russian army will focus its main strategic efforts on the southern regions of Ukraine, seeking to directly threaten the country’s territorial integrity. The tactics of the Russian troops during the invasion revealed two strategic directions in which the Russian army concentrated its main forces and resources: an attack on Kyiv…
Further Sanctions Against Russia
The following statement has been issued by President von der Leyen on the fourth package of restrictive measures against Russia; “Russia’s ruthless invasion of Ukraine continues. Civilians are relentlessly attacked, including in schools, apartment buildings, and hospitals. And despite repeated offers by the Ukrainian side, Russia has not shown any willingness to seriously engage so…