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Mike Pence · United StatesFormer Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called on House lawmakers to help push forward further funding for Ukraine, predicting Russian President Vladimir Putin will target a NATO nation should Russia win its war with Kyiv.See the Story
Pence predicts Putin will target a NATO country if he’s successful in Ukraine
57% Center coverage: 7 sources
Marjorie Taylor Greene · United StatesMarjorie Taylor Greene has introduced an amendment to a foreign aid bill to require members of Congress who vote in favor of providing aid to Ukraine to join the country's military.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: members who vote for Ukraine aid have to join army
83% Right coverage: 6 sources
Wagner Group · UkraineRussian prisoners currently recruited by Russian authorities to fight in Ukraine survive at the front for even less time than prisoners serving in Wagner's private military company, BBC News reported in its Russian-language edition. There are also cases of prisoners dying in the first two weeks after leaving the penal facility, indicating that they did not receive even two weeks of training.See the Story
No training, with broken rifles. Some prisoners from Russia last barely two weeks at the front
Europe · RussiaRussia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, according to a secret Foreign Ministry document.
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Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S.
60% Left coverage: 5 sources
Wagner Group · BratislavaMoscow/Kiev - Russian prisoners conscripted currently by Russian authorities into battles in Ukraine survive on the front line for a shorter period of time than was the case with convicts serving in the ranks of the Wagner private military company, according to BBC News in its Russian-language edition. There are also cases where prisoners die in the first two weeks after leaving the penal facility, which speaks to the fact that they did not rece…See the Story
BBC: Russian prisoners recruited to fight sometimes die after two weeks | ČeskéNoviny.cz
United Nations · Central African RepublicNGOs accuse both the rebels and the Central African military and paramilitaries of the Wagner Group of regularly committing wrongdoing.See the Story
In Central African Republic, the UN mission deplores the "massacres" of around thirty civilians over twelve days.
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Wagner Group · RomaniaA record number of Russian soldiers were convicted of murder in 2023, the independent news site Mediazona quoted Russia's Supreme Court data as showing Wednesday, as the increases occurred as the Russian Defence Ministry and the Wagner mercenary group massively recruited from Russian prisons to strengthen their forces in Ukraine, according to Moscow Time.See the Story
After recruiting prisoners to fight on the front, Russia faces record number of convicted soldiers
100% Center coverage: 1 sources
Europe · RussiaRussia and Iran are using Ukraine and Israel as “battlefield laboratories” to probe at Western military vulnerabilities, experts told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee Wednesday.
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Russia, Iran turning Israel and Ukraine into ‘battlefield laboratories,’ experts say
100% Center coverage: 1 sources