The U.S. has been worried for months that Russia was considering using chemical weapons in the ongoing Ukraine War. G7 leaders warned of severe consequences if that happened, and exports of the drug fentanyl to Russia have been scaled back due to fears it would be weaponized by Putin’s military. Despite those concerns, Straight Arrow…

In a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, senior Kremlin officials announced Russia has ordered a retreat from Kherson, a key city in southern Ukraine. It’s the latest in a series of military setbacks, and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth month. The news followed weeks of Ukrainian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine nine months ago. Tens of thousands of people are now dead. This week, the European news outlet Euractiv reported a group of anti-Russian activists and former Russian lawmakers have been meeting for months, discussing various ways of removing Putin from office. Euractiv reported the anti-Putin group…

Germans, like most Europeans, believe that Putin won’t stop if he wins the war in Ukraine. The Russian president will likely keep pushing west, into NATO territory, meaning World War III would be close behind. So the coalition partners to the party in power in Germany, the Social Democrats, want to supply the Ukrainians with…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman with connections to the Kremlin and the nickname “Putin’s chef,” admitted to interfering in American elections. Monday’s admission comes a day before the U.S. midterm elections. “We have interfered, are interfering and will continue to interfere. Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way,” Prigozhin said in remarks posted on…

According to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, Biden administration officials have held private talks with both sides of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to people familiar with the Ukraine talks, the Biden administration officials are encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public…

The deal to ship Ukrainian grain and agricultural supplies through the Black Sea may be sunk, threatening world food supplies. Russia is pulling out of the agreement, accusing Ukraine of using the protected shipping lanes to launch drone attacks. Russia said 16 drones attacked its Black Sea Fleet on Saturday. The Russian Navy said it repelled…

The European Union is following California’s lead and banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars. The ban goes into effect in 2035. EU lawmakers reached the deal Thursday night. It was the first agreement the bloc has reached as part of the “Fit for 55” package, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55%…

The Russian military is losing ground in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin thinks it’s because Western satellites, like those from Starlink, are giving the Ukrainians an advantage. So, naturally, Russia threatened to shoot them out of orbit. Beginning very early on in the invasion, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-based internet provider has been providing internet connectivity to Ukrainians from…

The $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline was built to reduce soaring energy prices for those living in the EU, but the project was controversial from the start. Fears around the EU relying so heavily on Russia’s cheap natural gas supply only increased since Russia invaded Ukraine. Straight Arrow News contributor Larry Lindsey explains that…