Analysis by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News July 12, 2022 Another $1.7 billion of U.S. taxpayer money is being sent by Team Biden to Ukraine, this time to pay the salaries of Ukrainian health care workers and provide other essential services, reports say. The money pledged on Tuesday from the U.S. Agency for International […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Just a year ago, the political odds of comfortably neutral Sweden and Finland joining NATO were a long shot; Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine changed the military threat and jolted the political calculus. At last week’s NATO Summit in Madrid, both countries were fast-tracked to full membership in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 3, 2022 The entire eastern region of Ukraine effectively came under Russian control over the weekend, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Russian forces captured Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian stronghold in the Luhansk region, the ministry said. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russian forces, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2022 The total amount of U.S. taxpayer money either already sent to or pledged by Team Biden to Ukraine is nearing the $50 billion mark. That apparently isn’t enough for President Volodymyr Zelensky. In an address to the 30 leaders of the NATO bloc on Wednesday, Zelensky said Ukraine wants […]
by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News June 15, 2022 Two Americans have been taken prisoner by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kharkiv in Ukraine, reports say. Robert Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, both from Alabama, are the first Americans to be taken prisoner by Russia since the Ukraine conflict began, The Daily […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 12, 2022 The Pentagon on Thursday admitted that the U.S. government has supported 46 biological research facilities in Ukraine over the past 20 years. In a document titled “Fact Sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts“, Pentagon for the first time revealed the specific number of facilities its government has sponsored in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler “If we do not feed people, we feed conflict,” warned UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressing an urgent Summit on Food security in the wake of the ongoing Ukraine war. “Global hunger levels are at a new high. In just two years, the number of severely food insecure […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Our world is beset by unthinkable tragedy; brash military aggression, widening instability and grinding humanitarian suffering. We know the places ranging from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, yet governments and relief agencies face overwhelming crisis fatigue as we lurch from Kabul to Kyiv in less than six months. Cause, effect, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Many people ask, “What’s the UN been doing to stop the Ukraine war?” That’s a fair question given that the conflict has been raging more than two months creating Europe’s most costly conflict and humanitarian crisis since WWII. So where is the UN or more specifically Secretary General […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2022 During a surprise visit to Kyiv last weekend, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States was going to keep arming the Ukrainians “until the fight is done.” Who appointed Nancy? Given the condition of the mind of the occupant of the […]
