Shorouk Express At the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York in late September 2025, Belgium’s newly appointed Prime Minister Bart De Wever dismissed the European Commission’s proposal to use profits from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, declaring flatly that such a move “will never happen.” Standing before global leaders in New York,…
Shorouk Express Zelensky and Macros sign air defence deal as Russian strikes intensify On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A Russian attack on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region sparked fires at a major port and energy…
Shorouk Express The measures, announced on Oct. 22, were “a result of Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine,” the U.S. Treasury said. Lukoil subsequently announced it would sell its overseas assets but has yet to find a buyer after a deal with Swiss-based firm Gunvor fell through when Washington blocked it. U.S. private…
Shorouk Express Transition troubles Technically, securing exemptions or appointing a state-backed manager to the refineries shouldn’t be an issue. That said, the worst-case scenario — where the refineries cease operations — would play out very differently for the two countries. For Bulgaria, where the Russian-owned refinery provides up to 80 percent of the country’s fuel…
Shorouk Express Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian port and oil tanker, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone attack set ablaze the Russian port of Tuapse and an oil tanker, the administration of Russia’s southern region of Krasnodar said today. “In the port of Tuapse, fragments of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) fell on an oil tanker,…
Shorouk Express “There are no spies” in this court, said Camille Di Tella, a lawyer for 28-year-old Kiril Milushev, who said he only agreed to the short Paris trip for recreational purposes and filmed the red handprints while drunk without realizing where he was. Georgi Filipov, 36, who painted the red hands on the memorial’s…
Shorouk Express One person familiar with Friday’s discussion pointed out Surgutneftegas, Putin’s personal company, has not been targeted yet and predicted: “If their [Russia’s] entire oil sphere could be squeezed it would have some chance of bringing Putin to the table.” A senior U.K. official separately added that the U.S. action had been “a really…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Allied nations have pledged to act to take Russian oil and gas off the global market, Sir Keir Starmer said, after leaders gathered with…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Hundreds of starving and marooned Russian troops are being killed by Ukrainian drones in the “death zone” of the Dnipro delta, according to a report. The river,…
Shorouk Express In western Georgia’s Guria region, the village of Shukhuti begins with an unmarked turnoff that leads to a rough, winding road. At the end lies a fenced-off plot of land, guarded by Russian security personnel. They are protecting the site of what is slated to become a spaceport, or cosmodrome. Plans are underway…
