French National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen believes blocking Russia’s imports of oil and gas would mean hara-kiri for Europe, but would do no harm to Russia itself. “We cannot commit hara-kiri with the hope of hurting Russia,” she said during a televised debate with French President Emmanuel Macron ...
Russian forces have fully captured the key Black Sea port-city of Mariupol, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. However, more than 2,000 Ukrainian “militants” still remain entrenched at the Azovstal steel plant in the city, the minister added. When Mariupol was encircled in early March, some ...
