Russia and Ukraine are important nodes in the global space industry, nodes that have been disrupted by the recent war and the sanctions that followed. Launches have been cancelled, Mars rovers have been grounded, and engines have remained undelivered. Yet this East-West delinking might also provide a new impetus for growth.
Western leaders have gathered in Brussels for the NATO summit, where the transatlantic defence alliance’s leaders will agree to ramp up military forces on Europe’s eastern flank.
The United States has informally raised with Turkey the unlikely possibility of sending its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine to help it fight invading Russian forces, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine before a packed soccer stadium on Friday but coverage of his speech on state television was unexpectedly interrupted by what the Kremlin said was a technical problem with a server.
Oil prices slid to a two-week low on Tuesday on continued ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine and concerns about demand in China after a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has spoken on the phone with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian about the ongoing Russian conflict in Ukraine.
Oil prices shed as much as $4 a barrel on Monday, extending last week's decline as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine were stepped up and markets braced for higher U.S. rates.
Ukrainian officials negotiating with their Russian counterparts are to ensure direct talks between the countries' leaders that could lead to bringing peace, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Sunday.
Air raid sirens blared across most cities in Ukraine on Saturday morning urging people to seek shelter, local media reported, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said the war had reached a “strategic turning point”.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stated that war is no solution to crises anywhere in the world including in Ukraine or the Vienna talks about Iran's nuclear program.
