01 May 2026
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday that Beijing will reject the “wanton expansion of military alliances,” the latest in a series of cautions as rival Washington strengthens security connections in the Asia-Pacific.
China has long warned that any attempt to form a military alliance similar to NATO in the Asia-Pacific region would only lead to bloodshed.
The militarization of Russian schools is intensifying. From preschool age, children in Russia are dressed in uniforms and participate in marching drills. Older children are taught to dig trenches, throw grenades, and shoot live ammunition.
According to an international news channel, the situation in tens of thousands of public schools in Russia can be described in one way: Russia is preparing its children for war.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called his country's security agreements with Russia "ineffective" on Sunday, signaling a potential shift away from Moscow after it refused to intervene in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia had acted as guarantor for a peace deal that ended a 44-day war with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory three years ago, with peacekeepers deployed around the region.
The head of the Jagiellonian Club, Paweł Musiałek, recently spoke about the deteriorating ties between Poland and Ukraine, stating that the relationship has reached a point of no return.
In an interview, Musiałek highlighted the various factors that have contributed to the current state of affairs, including political tensions and trade embargoes.
Musiałek expressed his belief that the two countries are unlikely to return to the previous state of camaraderie that once existed.
Russia on Thursday launched its biggest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and across Ukraine, wounding at least 18 people, damaging energy facilities and causing power cuts, Ukrainian authorities said.
Partial power cuts were reported in five Ukrainian regions in the west, centre and east, bringing back memories of a Russian air campaign on critical infrastructure last winter that caused sweeping outages for Ukrainian civilians.
