By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley Problems of adolescence — understanding South Africa’s Russia (and BRICS) policy 5 min 17 27 October 2024
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 OCTOBER 2024 Nato to be briefed about North Korean troops in Russia; civilians killed in Kherson attacks 7 min 0 By Reuters
KAZAN OUTCOMES Putin hails BRICS summit as ‘great success’, invites several new countries to become ‘partners’ 7 min 20 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 25 OCTOBER 2025 Russia detains two officials linked to energy ministry in fraud probe; Russian attacks on Kharkiv kill four 6 min 0 By Reuters
DIPLOMACY Ukraine's new Foreign Minister to strengthen ties during visit to South Africa this weekend 3 min 9 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED How to blow up your own economy — the cost of SA’s Rheinmetall indecision 4 min 21 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 OCTOBER 2024 Kremlin seeks more than €1bn in damages from Shell; EU energy ministers discuss Russian LNG imports 6 min 0 By Reuters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OP-ED Ramaphosa’s Russia flirtation imperils more than South Africa’s image 4 min 24 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
UKRAINE UPDATE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2024 Putin flexes nuclear muscles at the West; Zelensky derides China and Brazil’s alternative peace proposal 8 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2024 Russia strikes apartment block in Kharkiv; Kyiv air defence units destroy 71 Russian drones 5 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2024 Putin ally warns West of nuclear war; Indian ammunition enters Kyiv and raises Moscow’s ire 8 min 8 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2024 Stoltenberg weighs in on Kyiv using Western missiles on Russia; Putin orders increase in army size 6 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 SEPTEMBER 2024 Russia’s Kharkiv bomb strike injures over 40 people; Zelensky decries slow supply of Western weapons 7 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2024 Zelensky, ICC discuss arrest warrants for Kremlin officials; Putin issues stark warning to West 11 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2024 Zelensky to meet Scholz in Germany; Putin ready to continue sending gas to Europe via Kyiv post-2024 6 min 1 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 SEPTEMBER 2024 Zelensky renews air defence plea after Russian missile strike; three Kyiv Cabinet ministers offer to resign 8 min 1 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 AUGUST 2024 Russian army presses on with offensive; nuclear watchdog worried about fighting near Kursk reactor 6 min 2 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 22 AUGUST 2024 Chinese premier meets Putin; Scholz says Germany will keep supporting Kyiv 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 19 AUGUST 2024 Drone explodes close to Russian-occupied nuclear plant; Poland’s Tusk weighs in on Nord Stream controversy 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
