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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warned in an interview for BBC World released today that Russia is trying to destabilize the European Union in various ways in order to lead to its disintegration, and one of the ways of this destabilization is the migration crisis.more

The United States is deeply concerned about evidence that Russia is planning significant aggressive military action against Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Riga yesterday. If Russia invades Ukraine, it will face serious economic consequences, he added.more

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia that any attempts to invade Ukraine would have consequences, the Associated Press reported.more

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Russia yesterday that it would be making a "grave mistake" if it attacked Ukraine and pointed out that London was working closely with its NATO allies to support Ukraine.more

Russia maintains around 90 000 troops on the border with Ukraine, and has recently stepped up cooperation with Belarus and increased its military presence there. At the same time, according to experts, serious regular forces are ready to act at any time. 130 tactical battalion groups (each consisting of around 800 soldiers) are on constant alert.more

The heads of large coronavirus hospitals in Russia in an open letter to vaccine opponents suggested that they would show them wards for patients with Covid-19, intensive care units and mortuary. "Maybe after that you will change your position" - the doctors inform.more

Russia is preparing an attack on Ukraine from several directions at the beginning of 2022, informed Kyryło Budanov, the head of the main intelligence board of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.more

We do not rule out that Russia will deliberately "let" a large number of illegal migrants through Belarus to Ukraine, assessed the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrski. He stressed that the parliament should be ready to introduce a state of emergency, but at present there is no such necessitymore

Russia must know that the cost of any wrong calculation at the borders of Poland and Ukraine will be enormous, and it would be a mistake if it thought that it could gain anything through military adventurism, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.more

The Kremlin is behind everything, says Nedim Useinow, a political scientist from the University of Warsaw and a specialist in eastern issues, referring to the goals of the Belarusian dictator who led to the escalation of the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.more

Russia has claimed that “Britain is to blame” for the migrant crisis on the Polish border after foreign secretary Liz Truss called on President Vladimir Putin to intervene. more

A task force of up to 600 UK troops is ready to deploy in Ukraine amid fears Russia is poised to invade its neighbour. Units from the SAS and Parachute Regiment have been warned they could be sent to the country within hours.more

Russia is ready to help solve the migration crisis on Belarus' borders with the EU, said President Vladimir Putin. At the same time, he rejected the accusations against Russia and announced that the West was trying to shift the responsibility to it.more

EU authorities have pursued an energy policy in recent years that has increased Europe's dependence on natural gas from Russia, and now we will pay the price, according to Spanish media.more

The United States has warned its allies in Europe that Russia may well be planning an invasion of neighboring Ukraine as Moscow amasses forces on its western border, according to a report published Thursday.more

Satellite images show that Russia is once again gathering its troops at the border with Ukraine, reports the Politico portal. He stresses that the movements of the forces take place against the background of "growing tensions between Moscow and the West".more

The rallying of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border has raised concerns among some US and European officials, and Russia has sharpened its rhetoric towards Ukraine, notes the Washington Post.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring forward by 10 years Russia's target for achieving net zero carbon emissions, Johnson's office said on Monday after the two leaders spoke by phone.more

A decision on the possible EU approval of Russia's Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine will not be made until the first quarter of 2022 at the earliest, Reuters reported yesterday, citing an anonymous source linked to the European Medicines Agency (EMA).more

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday that a prison commission had designated him an extremist and a terrorist. Navalny said on Instagram that he had been summoned before a commission which voted unanimously in favour of the change of status.more

A Russian agent swiped the formula for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to use for the country’s Sputnik jab, ministers have reportedly been told.more

The fact that in recent weeks our attention has been focused on Afghanistan does not change our assessment that Russia remains the main threat - British Defense Minister Ben Wallace told PAP on Tuesday.more

The Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny commented on the next - already the fourth - criminal case against him, judging that he was facing 23-30 years in prison. "Don't worry, I will be released by the spring of 2051 at the latest," said the politician.more

Russia will begin clinical trials for a new vaccine against Covid-19, a preparation called Betuvax-CoV-2; the appropriate approval was given by the Ministry of Health. 170 people will take part in the tests. Phase I and II are scheduled to be completed on August 31, 2022.more

British police today identified and charged a third Russian military intelligence officer in connection with the attempted murder of former Russian agent Siegiej Skripal in March 2018 in Salisbury.more