Author: Curtis Holt

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out giving up any of his country’s territory in a potential peace deal with Russia. In a BBC interview to mark a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion, he warned conceding land would mean Russia could “keep coming back”, while Western weapons would bring peace closer. Mr Zelensky also said a predicted spring offensive had already begun. “Russian attacks are already happening from several directions,” he said. He does, however, believe Ukraine’s forces can keep resisting Russia’s advance until they are able to launch a counter-offensive – although he repeated his calls for more military…

The official authorities in Kabul assure Dushanbe that there is no need to expect threats from the territory of Afghanistan. The situation in the Central Asian region remains tense. The threats come from militants of terrorist organizations who have taken refuge in Afghanistan. The number of the “Islamic State” (IS) banned in the Russian Federation in Afghanistan is estimated at 6.5 thousand people. Most of them – 4 thousand – are concentrated on the border with Tajikistan. Such data was provided by the head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, summing up the activities of the military alliance for 2022 and outlining…