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For purposes of U.S. foreign policy, Europe consists of the European Union and non-EU states in Europe. President Barack Obama plans to increase American troops in Europe to their highest levels since 2003, and station more special operations aircraft and Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System ships there to provide quick access to Africa and the Middle East.
As Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border in early 2022, Western leaders urged Moscow not to invade its smaller neighbour. French President Emmanuel Macron met Putin three weeks before the ...
Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine at the fastest rate since the early days of the 2022 invasion, taking an area half the size of London over the past month, analysts and war bloggers say.
In March, 2010, the U.S. and Russia agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals. [5] In May 2010, major powers including the U.S., China, and Russia agreed on sanctions against Iran. Three days later, the Obama administration cancelled sanctions against the Russian state arms export agency, which had been sanctioned for exporting arms to Iran. [6] [7]
President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria and ISIL, September 29, 2015. In 2012, Obama, who had previously demanded the resignation of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad, said that the use of chemical weapons by the Assad government would be crossing a red line and would entail U.S. military action. [195]
Western officials say Putin’s forces are facing serious shortages of food, fuel and cold weather gear, with soldiers suffering frostbite, while Ukraine’s defenders have been going more on the ...
In April 2022, Russia supplied 45% of EU's natural gas imports, earning $900 million a day. [470] Russia is the world's largest exporter of natural gas, [471] grains, and fertilisers, and is among the world's largest suppliers of crude oil, coal, and steel and other metals, [472] including palladium, platinum, gold, cobalt, nickel, and aluminum.
BY JULIE PACE TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - President Barack Obama will stand shoulder to shoulder with Baltic leaders Wednesday in a show of solidarity with NATO allies who fear they could be the next ...