TOKYO — Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles. The contentious decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in the joint fighter jet project and part of …
US’ Antony Blinken has said that China may provide ‘lethal aid’ to Moscow amid the Russia-Ukraine war, warning that this would be a clear crossing of a ‘red line’. Blinken also confronted China’s foreign minister Wang Yi — at a time when tensions between the two countries was high over the US shooting down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon — …
Russia-Ukraine news from February 28: UN General Assembly held its first emergency session in decades over Ukraine. EU headquarters said those listed include “oligarchs and businessmen active in the oil, banking and finance sectors,” government officials, top military brass and “propagandists who contributed to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda and promote a positive attitude towards the invasion of Ukraine.” 28 Feb 2022 …
CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin has built military capacity on the border of Ukraine that is “much larger and on a much more lethal scale” than preceded Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland said Tuesday, warning of severe risks to Moscow if it invades Ukraine. “Much of this comes right out of Putin’s 2014 playbook,” …
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