A shooting was reported on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border / On Thursday, July 8, a shooting has been reported between the Kyrgyz and Tajik forces on the border between both states.
Pfizer reacted to the report of death of a Ukrainian citizen after a COVID vaccination / The coronavirus vaccine manufacturer, Pfizer/BioNTech, reacted to the death of a 47-year-old Ukrainian a few hours after he received a shot of a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on July 2, 2021.
Russia brought all its ships to the Black Sea because of the Sea Breeze international exercise / On June 28, the annual international exercise "Sea Breeze" started in Odesa. In response, Russian warships have carried out a live fire training exercise in the Black Sea, the country's Black Sea fleet said on Thursday, as Ukraine and NATO countries held military drills in the same wider area.
Belarus closes border to Ukraine over coup claim: what is happening / Belarus has closed its border with Ukraine, claiming that arms are being smuggled into the country.President Alexander Lukashenko says it is part of an attempt by outside powers to overthrow his authoritarian regime, as was reported by Belta.
Belarus is set to become the first country to leave the Eastern Partnership / Belarussian Foreign Ministry on Monday, June 28, said it was suspending its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership, an initiative to boost ties between the EU and its ex-Soviet neighbours, a move condemned by Brussels as “another step backwards” after the skyjacking of a European Ryanair flight last month.
The European Union has extended Crimea-related sanctions against the Russian Federation / On Monday, June 21, the European Council decided to renew sanctions introduced in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation for a further year until 23 June 2022.
Nuclear power build-up: the Russian Federation has increased its nuclear capability / Russia has increased its overall military nuclear stockpile by around 180 warheads, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute stated in SIPRI Yearbook 2021, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security.
"I have been clear and direct": Biden about his upcoming meeting with Putin / On June 16, U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.
NATO warns Russia, Belarus against threatening allies / NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned Russia and Belarus against threatening the alliance's alliesand trying to destabilize the situation in the region, following the forced landing of a passenger plane within the European Union.
Another leak of Medvedchuk's scandalous tapes has surfaced / The third part of Medvedchuk’s telephone conversations was published by the investigative journalists for the Bihus.infoproject.
