German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that Ukraine “can count” on Berlin’s help, but insisted that that NATO would not engage in a direct military confrontation with Russia. Addressing Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, Scholz responded to Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy’s appeal for German support, saying Ukraine can count on ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the next G20 summit in Indonesia later this year and received valuable backing from Beijing on Wednesday in a pushback to suggestions by some members that Russia could be barred from the group. Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia, which currently holds the rotating G20 ...
