Current Events

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 day ago

“I've been hearing now for the past three months (that) China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia… They haven't yet. Doesn't mean they won't but they haven't yet. I don't take China lightly. I don't take Russia lightly.”

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President of the United States

24 Mar 2023 2 4

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 day ago

“Dear colleagues, do you not feel that we have had fewer successes than delays in our joint actions? Unfortunately, that is the case. And the Kremlin sees that. We cannot keep delaying the transfer of weapons to our soldiers … we need modern aircraft. We talked about this. Is there truly any rational motivation in delays concerning modern aircraft? God forbid anyone in the world should see their cities empty because of the threat of terrorist attacks, such as Kramatorsk or dozens of other cities of Donbas. God forbid anyone should see it happen in his or her own country.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

23 Mar 2023 0 1

Joseph Wu

Inserted 2 days ago

“The marks of Chinese involvement are very obvious. But Taiwan will not engage in dollar diplomacy with China. We've entered a very difficult phase. But we'll work hard until the last minute.”

Aljazeera

Taiwan’s foreign minister

23 Mar 2023 2 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 2 days ago

“In part as a result of having this very different worldview than we do, they have a marriage of convenience. I'm not sure if it's conviction. Russia is very much the junior partner. China had so far declined to provide weapons to Moscow for its war in Ukraine. As we speak today, we have not seen them cross that line.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

22 Mar 2023 3 2

Dmitry Medvedev

Inserted 2 days ago

“It's quite possible to imagine a hypersonic missile being fired from the North Sea from a Russian ship at The Hague courthouse. Everyone walks under God and rockets… Look carefully to the sky...”

Aljazeera

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman

22 Mar 2023 2 2

Lee Chang-yang

Inserted 3 days ago

“Necessary procedures for those issues will be completed within this week. We will also get down to a process of revising rules for swiftly putting Japan back onto our trade whitelist and have consultations with Japan regarding the matter. Korea and Japan were able to resume government-level consultations after a yearslong hiatus, which is expected to boost cooperation between companies of the two nations and to reinvigorate sizeable investment.”

Koreatimes

South Korean Industry Minister

22 Mar 2023 1 1

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

Inserted 3 days ago

“Putin insinuating that they are some sort of nuclear weapon is bonkers. Depleted uranium is completely inert. There is no way that you could create a nuclear reaction or a nuclear explosion with depleted uranium.”

Aljazeera

Former commander of the UK’s Royal Tank Regiment

21 Mar 2023 5 3

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 days ago

“The United Kingdom… announced not only the supply of tanks to Ukraine but also shells with depleted uranium. If this happens, Russia will be forced to react. If all this happens, Russia will have to respond accordingly, given that the West collectively is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

21 Mar 2023 5 3

Alexandra Prokopenko

Inserted 4 days ago

“The de-dollarization of the economy, which the Russian authorities are so proud of, essentially translates into 'yuanization.' Russia is drifting toward a yuan currency zone, swapping its dollar dependence for reliance on the yuan. This is hardly a reliable substitution: now Russian reserves and payments will be influenced by the policies of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Bank of China. Should relations between the two countries deteriorate, Russia may face reserve losses and payment disruptions.”

Aljazeera

Visiting fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations

21 Mar 2023 (approx) 4 3

Edward Chan

Inserted 4 days ago

“Xi's trip to Russia is mainly about maintaining closer Sino-Russian relations in the post-pandemic era when both powers are experiencing hard times. It is fair to expect China and Russia will have a tighter bonding economically and diplomatically.”

Aljazeera

Postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World

21 Mar 2023 3 2

Oleh Zhdanov

Inserted 4 days ago

“There had been fewer attacks along the front line than usual over the past 24 hours. This could be linked to the visit to Moscow by the Chinese leader. Why? Because Putin is hardly likely to put aggression on display on the front lines, particularly as China has spoken in favour of a ceasefire and of an end to the war. So this is likely to continue throughout his two-day visit.”

Aljazeera

Military analyst based in Kyiv

21 Mar 2023 5 3

Oleksandr Kovalenko

Inserted 4 days ago

“They [the Russians] have lost the initiative practically throughout the length of the front line.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian military expert

20 Mar 2023 (approx) 1 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 4 days ago

“I ask you to take all necessary measures to prevent the Wagner private military company being cut off from the main forces of the Russian army, which will lead to negative consequences for the special military operation.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

20 Mar 2023 (approx) 2 3

Xi Jinping

Inserted 5 days ago

“There is no universal model of government and there is no world order where the decisive word belongs to a single country. Global solidarity and peace without splits and upheavals is in the common interests of all mankind.”

Aljazeera

President of the People's Republic of China

19 Mar 2023 2 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 5 days ago

“We have no doubt that they will give a new powerful impetus to the whole bilateral cooperation. Sino-Russian relations are at the highest point.”

Aljazeera

President of Russia

19 Mar 2023 1 1

Josep Borrell

Inserted 6 days ago

“We have a deal. Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on the Implementation Annex of the Agreement on the path to normalisation of relations.”

Aljazeera

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

18 Mar 2023 2 3

James Bays

Inserted 1 week ago

“There are many who welcomed the announcement but there are others who raised questions whether this would be a problem for diplomacy going forward. Now you have the head of state of Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, who is now a wanted man by the ICC. This is going to be a headache for some of those who are going to have to deal with President Putin. How are other countries going to deal with him? Will President Putin be able to travel? Will the UN meet a man who is now wanted with an arrest warrant for him to be sent to The Hague?”

Aljazeera

Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor

17 Mar 2023 6 1

Piotr Hofmanski

Inserted 1 week ago

“According to the ICC [International Criminal Court] statute, which has 123 state parties, two-thirds of the whole international community, the court has jurisdiction over crimes committed in the territory of a state party or a state which has accepted its jurisdiction. Ukraine has accepted the ICC twice - in 2014 and then in 2015. The court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on anyone on the territory of Ukraine from November 2013 onwards regardless of nationality of the alleged perpetrators.”

Aljazeera

ICC President

17 Mar 2023 4 1

Maria Zakharova

Inserted 1 week ago

“The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view. Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and bears no obligations under it.”

Aljazeera

Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman

17 Mar 2023 2 1

Sergei Markov

Inserted 1 week ago

“The awards for the pilots are a clear sign that Russia will keep downing US drones. This decision will receive a strong support from the Russian society that wants the government to toughen its policy.”

Aljazeera

Pro-Kremlin political analyst

17 Mar 2023 2 2

Steffen Hebestreit

Inserted 1 week ago

“We are also in regular and close contact with China and the Chinese leadership. The visit that the minister for education and research is making to Taiwan now doesn't call into question our stance in any way.”

Aljazeera

German government spokesperson

17 Mar 2023 3 5

Jeff Kingston

Inserted 1 week ago

“Yoon is coming to seal the recently concluded deal on wartime forced labour with Kishida, an accord driven by security concerns and Washington's desire to have its allies collaborate on current threats rather than dwelling on shared history. But in both countries there is little support for the deal so it is unlikely to paper over differences for long, thus increasing chances yet again of disappointing and sowing seeds of mutual recriminations. Like the 2015 comfort women deal, the forced labour accord is not getting traction because it is trying to diplomatically sidestep the lingering trauma of serious human rights abuses and fails to offer a grand gesture of contrition or reconciliation.”

Aljazeera

Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan

16 Mar 2023 3 2

Mark Milley

Inserted 1 week ago

“We're quite confident that whatever was of value is no longer of value.”

Aljazeera

US Army general and the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

15 Mar 2023 2 2

Nikolai Patrushev

Inserted 1 week ago

“I don't know whether we will be able to retrieve it [MQ-9 Reaper drone] or not but it has to be done. And we'll certainly work on it. I hope, of course, successfully.”

Aljazeera

Secretary of Russia's Security Council

15 Mar 2023 3 2

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 1 week ago

“Saying that they will surely annihilate the enemy if they fight it, the commander of the unit resolved to thoroughly have the ability to fully carry out its duty of fire assault any time by further intensifying the training of every fire assault company.”

Aljazeera

Report by Korean Central News Agency

15 Mar 2023 1 2

Chun In-bum

Inserted 1 week ago

“More missile launches with variations in style and scope should be expected, with even a nuclear test. More acts of intimidation from North Korea should not come as a surprise.”

Aljazeera

Retired South Korean army general

14 Mar 2023 1 3

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 week ago

“An inflection point in history, where the hard work of enhancing deterrence and promoting stability is going to affect the prospect of peace for decades to come. I'm proud to be your shipmates.”

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President of the United States

13 Mar 2023 1 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 week ago

“In less than a week, starting from the 6th March, we managed to kill more than 1,100 enemy soldiers in the Bakhmut sector alone, Russia's irreversible loss.”

Reuters

President of Ukraine

12 Mar 2023 2 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 1 week ago

“The closer we are to the centre of the city, the harder the fighting ... The Ukrainians throw in endless reserves. But we are advancing and we will be advancing. Yesterday, we got 15 truckloads, today we got 12. And I think we will continue to receive them.”

Reuters

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

12 Mar 2023 3 1

Diako Hosseini

Inserted 1 week ago

“Saudi Arabia will likely still be cautious in economic dealings with Iran because it does not want to be exposed to US sanctions. And normalisation does not necessarily mean that the two sides trust each other. Regardless, reducing tensions in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq can still entail wide-ranging interests for both sides. The high level of distrust and the intensity of geopolitical rivalries may render the trend of reducing tensions reversible. To achieve success, both countries need to begin continuous and long-term efforts and try reliable ways that would guarantee mutual interests.”

Aljazeera

Tehran-based political analyst

11 Mar 2023 1 2

Oleksandr Syrsky

Inserted 1 week ago

“The real heroes now are the defenders who are holding the eastern front on their shoulders, and inflicting the heaviest possible losses sparing neither themselves nor the enemy. It is necessary to buy time to build reserves and launch a counteroffensive, which is not far off.”

Aljazeera

Commander of Ukraine’s ground forces

11 Mar 2023 1 1

Mykhailo Podolyak

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Russia has changed tactics. It has converged on Bakhmut with a large part of its trained military personnel, the remnants of its professional army, as well as the private companies. We, therefore, have two objectives: To reduce their capable personnel as much as possible and to fix them in a few key wearisome battles, to disrupt their offensive and concentrate our resources elsewhere for the spring counteroffensive. So, today Bakhmut is completely effective, even exceeding its key tasks.”

Aljazeera

Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

10 Mar 2023 3 2

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“In spite of the colossal resistance of the Ukrainian armed forces, we will go forward. Despite the sticks in the wheels that are thrown at us at every step, we will overcome this together.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

10 Mar 2023 2 1

Wen-Ti Sung

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“China's politics has extended into the era of winner takes all. Xi Jinping is the biggest winner.”

Aljazeera

Expert in Chinese politics at the Australian National University

10 Mar 2023 1 2

Kyrylo Budanov

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Russia has wasted huge amounts of human resources, armaments and materials. Its economy and production are not able to cover these losses. … If Russia's military fails in its aims this spring, it will be out of military tools.”

Aljazeera

Head of Ukraine's military intelligence service

09 Mar 2023 (approx) 1 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The occupiers can only terrorise civilians. That's all they can do. But it won't help them. They won't avoid responsibility for everything they have done.”

Reuters

President of Ukraine

09 Mar 2023 1 1

Avril Haines

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Putin most likely calculates that time works in his favour and that prolonging the war … may be his best remaining pathway to eventually securing Russia's strategic interests in Ukraine, even if it takes years. If Russia does not institute a mandatory mobilisation and identify substantial third-party ammunition supplies, it will be increasingly challenging for them to sustain even the current level of offensive operations. We don't see the Russian military recovering enough this year to make major territorial gains. … They may fully shift to holding and defending the territory they currently occupy.”

Aljazeera

US Director of National Intelligence

08 Mar 2023 3 2

Wen-Ti Sung

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Some may be concerned about whether another visit at this time may be too unnecessarily provocative, as partners are already stretched thin with helping Ukraine. They may think that there is better timing than this current moment to be pursuing another US Speaker visit to Taiwan. And Taiwan wants to be seen as an understanding friend. as long as Tsai [Tsai Ing-wen] receives upgraded protocol treatment on her next trip, it can be considered a win for Taiwan.”

Aljazeera

Political scientist who teaches at Australian National University’s Taiwan Studies Program

08 Mar 2023 3 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“I think it is more of a symbolic value than it is strategic and operational value. The fall of Bakhmut won't necessarily mean that the Russians have changed the tide of this fight.”

Aljazeera

US Secretary of Defense

06 Mar 2023 2 1

Nikolay Mitrokhin

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The city remains important as a centre of Ukrainian forces' secondary line of defence in Donbas. But after the loss of Soledar and a virtual surrounding of Bakhmut from three-and-a-half sides out of four, its significance decreased significantly. So, its loss will reflect on the war insignificantly.”

Aljazeera

Research Fellow at Bremen University

06 Mar 2023 3 1

Park Jin

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Cooperation between Korea and Japan is very important in all areas of diplomacy, economy, and security amid the current grave international situation and complex global crisis. I believe that the vicious circle should be broken for the sake of the people at the national interest level, rather than leaving the strained relationship unattended for a long time. I hope Japan will positively respond to our major decision today with Japanese companies' voluntary contributions and a comprehensive apology.”

Aljazeera

South Korea Foreign Minister

06 Mar 2023 1 2

An Ho-young

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“It's a day of shame. Japanese companies embroiled in war crimes received indulgence without even budging, and the Japanese government managed to remove a trouble by having the grace to repeat past statements.”

Aljazeera

Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) spokeperson

06 Mar 2023 1 2

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“For now, we are trying to figure out the reason: is it just ordinary bureaucracy or a betrayal. If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse. The situation will not be sweet for all military formations protecting Russian interests.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

05 Mar 2023 3 1

Keqiang Li

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Global inflation remains high, global economic and trade growth is losing steam, and external attempts to suppress and contain China are escalating. At home, the foundation for stable growth needs to be consolidated, insufficient demand remains a pronounced problem, and the expectations of private investors and businesses are unstable.”

Aljazeera

Premier of the People's Republic of China

05 Mar 2023 1 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“This military assistance package includes more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS and howitzers, which Ukraine is using so effectively to defend itself, as well as ammunition for Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridges, demolitions munitions and equipment, and other maintenance, training, and support.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

03 Mar 2023 4 3

Karine Jean-Pierre

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“We haven't yet seen China do anything yet, as it relates to lethal weapons. Every step China takes toward Russia makes it harder for China with Europe and other countries around the world.”

Aljazeera

White House spokeswoman

03 Mar 2023 3 3

Volodymyr Nazarenko

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“They take no account of their losses in trying to take the city by assault. The task of our forces in Bakhmut is to inflict as many losses on the enemy as possible. Every metre of Ukrainian land costs hundreds of lives to the enemy. We need as much ammunition as possible. There are many more Russians here than we have ammunition to destroy them.”

Reuters

Deputy commander in the National Guard of Ukraine

03 Mar 2023 2 1

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Units of the private military company Wagner have practically surrounded Bakhmut. Only one route (out) is left. The pincers are closing.”

Reuters

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

03 Mar 2023 3 1

Antony Blinken

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I told the foreign minister what I and so many others said last week at the United Nations and what so many G20 foreign ministers said today: End this war of aggression Engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce a just and durable peace.”

Aljazeera

U.S. Secretary of State

02 Mar 2023 4 2

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“His [Kim Jong Un] concluding speech based on profound originality and scientific accuracy is a weapon of change that provided a springboard for an epochal leap in pushing forward with the gigantic process for implementing the programme for rural revolution in the new era.”

Aljazeera

Report by North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

01 Mar 2023 1 2

Serhiy Rakhmanin

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“I believe that sooner or later, we will probably have to leave Bakhmut. There is no sense in holding it at any cost. But for the moment, Bakhmut will be defended with several aims: firstly, to inflict as many Russian losses as possible and make Russia use its ammunition and resources. Lines of defence should not be allowed to collapse. There are two ways to approach this - an organised retreat or simple flight, and we cannot allow flight to take place under any circumstances.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian member of parliament

01 Mar 2023 2 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Winter is over. It was a very difficult one and every Ukrainian, without exaggeration, felt the difficulties. But we managed to provide Ukraine with energy and heat. The threat to the energy system remains and work goes on to ensure the energy system keeps functioning.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

01 Mar 2023 2 1

Ihor Romanenko

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“We are allowed to deliver strikes on the aggressor nation in principle, but we stick to the rule that if and when it happens, [the strikes] should target military sites firstly. But because of many circumstances, at this stage, we won't declare what and how we are doing on enemy territory.”

Aljazeera

Lieutenant General - Former deputy chief of Ukraine’s general staff of armed forces

01 Mar 2023 2 2

Yoon Seok-youl

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Now, a century after the March 1 Independence Movement, Japan has transformed from a militaristic aggressor of the past into a partner that shares the same universal values with us. Today Korea and Japan cooperate on issues of security and economy. We also work together to cope with global challenges.”

Koreatimes

President of South Korea

01 Mar 2023 1 2

Zhou Hao

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“While we need to treat these numbers with caution as there might be significant seasonal and event factors, the overall trend still points to a solid recovery at the beginning of 2023. The decent PMI [Purchasing Managers' Index] readings provide a positive note for the upcoming National People's Congress. We expect the government to roll out further supportive policies to cement the economic recovery.”

Aljazeera

Economist at Guotai Junan International

01 Mar 2023 2 2

Nicholas Burns

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The US has a unique responsibility to Taiwan and is obligated to maintain a military presence in the region. The passing of the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979 meant that the US has the obligation to ensure that Taiwan is able to deter possible Chinese invasion, present or future.”

Taipeitimes

US ambassador to China

28 Feb 2023 4 4

Chiang Wan-an

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“As Taipei mayor, I give my sincere apology about the cigarette confiscation incident that occurred in front of the Tianma Tea House in Taipei's Dadaocheng area 76 years ago, which led to the historical pain of the 228 Incident across the nation.”

Taipeitimes

Mayor of Taipei and member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)

28 Feb 2023 2 2

Sergei Aleksashenko

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The sustainability of the Russian economy is determined by its place in the global division of labour: it stands at the very beginning of technological chains as a supplier of natural resources. Since the global economy cannot grow without increasing its consumption of natural resources, the demand for Russian raw materials is maintained. This, to a large extent, has protected the Russian economy from the impact of sanctions.”

Aljazeera

Russian deputy finance minister in the 1990s

28 Feb 2023 5 3

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“He [Kim Jong Un] expressed the fixed determination and will of the Party Central Committee to bring about a revolutionary turn in the agricultural production without fail, saying that nothing is impossible as long as the strong leadership system is established in the whole Party and there is the united might of all the people.”

Aljazeera

Report by North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

28 Feb 2023 2 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect our positions for fortification and defence. Our soldiers defending the area around Bakhmut are true heroes.”

Aljazeera

President of Ukraine

27 Feb 2023 1 1

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“They have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part - the Russian Federation.”

Reuters

Russian president

26 Feb 2023 2 1

Boris Pistorius

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“When I hear reports - and I don't know whether they are true - according to which China may be planning to supply kamikaze drones to Russia while at the same time presenting a peace plan, then I suggest we judge China by its actions and not its words.”

Reuters

Minister of Defence of Germany

26 Feb 2023 3 3

Jake Sullivan

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance - but if it goes down that road it will come at real costs to China.”

Reuters

US National Security Adviser

26 Feb 2023 3 3

Simon Miles

Inserted 1 month ago

“This policy is definitely sustainable. While the assistance seems significant in terms of the dollar amount when put in the context of the entire US government budget, the numbers are not overly large pieces of the whole pie. The amounts of money we're talking about are, I think, a pretty small price to pay if you look at what the alternative is - what it would mean for Vladimir Putin to succeed, for not just the United States and its place in the world but in fact for the entire global commons.”

Aljazeera

Assistant professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy

25 Feb 2023 3 3

Mirela Kumbaro

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“As minister of tourism and environment there is a kind of check and balance [to my role]. I may be proud that we have 7.5 million tourists but, to be sincere, I am not asking for more. I am asking for quality, for people to stay longer than the average three to four nights, and to come all year round. Beaches aren't unique. What's unique [about the country] is virgin, untouched, undiscovered. What we want is tourism that is friendly to the environment, responsible and sustainable. We don't want tourism concentrated only in certain areas, but tourism that focuses on cultural heritage, gastronomy, hiking, rafting, nature … there are so many little farms that people can go to and enjoy all of this.”

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Minister of Tourism and Environment of Albania

24 Feb 2023 2 3

Antony Blinken

Inserted 1 month ago

“There are countries that have long-standing, decades-long relationships with Russia, with the Soviet Union before, that are challenging to break off in one fell swoop. It's not flipping a light switch, it's moving an aircraft carrier. India for decades had Russia at the core of providing military equipment to it and its defenses, but what we've seen over the last few years is a trajectory away from relying on Russia and moving into partnership with us and other countries.”

Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State

23 Feb 2023 4 1

Tai Ming Cheung

Inserted 1 month ago

“One of the assessments is that Putin acted very impulsively because of his imperial ambitions, and he has his own worldview. Xi, I think, he's much more pragmatic. He's very cautious. I don't think he's hot-headed enough and he's not a risk taker, and an invasion against Taiwan is one of the biggest acts that he would do. It's a very high-wire act and the chances of success are not clear.”

Aljazeera

Director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, San Diego

23 Feb 2023 6 2

Yu Jie

Inserted 1 month ago

“Isolation from the West is not something (Beijing) wants to risk. President Xi and his colleagues have begun to realise that cooperation with Russia comes with substantial limits to avoid undermining China's own political priorities and longer-term economic interests.”

Aljazeera

Senior research fellow for China in the Asia-Pacific programme at Chatham House

22 Feb 2023 3 3

Yi Wang

Inserted 1 month ago

“Chinese-Russian relations aren't directed against any third countries and certainly can't be subject to pressure from any third countries.”

Aljazeera

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

22 Feb 2023 1 1

Iulian Groza

Inserted 1 month ago

“It is a strong message of support and positioning of the US concerning Russia's threats in the region, but especially those that have been increasing recently regarding Moldova. It matters a lot in the current context.”

Balkaninsight

Executive Director, Institute for European Policies and Reforms

22 Feb 2023 3 3

Lilian Carp

Inserted 1 month ago

“Russia has never respected the treaties it concludes regarding Moldova. Let's remember the decision of 1999 at the OSCE summit in Istanbul, by which Russia undertook to withdraw its troops from the territory of Moldova by 2002. In 2021, they promised again, without respecting this, what they also promised in 1999.”

Balkaninsight

Head of Parliament’s Defence and Security Committee

22 Feb 2023 2 3

Yi Wang

Inserted 1 month ago

“Chinese-Russian relations are mature in character: they are rock solid and will withstand any test in a changing international situation.”

Aljazeera

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

21 Feb 2023 1 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 month ago

“One year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of Kyiv. I can report: Kyiv stands strong, Kyiv stands proud, it stands tall and, most important, it stands free.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

21 Feb 2023 2 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 month ago

“One year later, Kyiv stands, and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

20 Feb 2023 4 2

Yang Moo-jin

Inserted 1 month ago

“Tension on the peninsula is likely to reach its peak in coming months as North Korea is accelerating its military actions with higher frequency, and her [Kim Yo Jong's] statement indicates that it would continue impromptu missile tests using the Pacific as its shooting range.”

Aljazeera

Professor at the University of North Korean Studies

20 Feb 2023 2 2

Andrei Lankov

Inserted 1 month ago

“You have to keep in mind that if they only care about defending themselves, they don't need tactical nukes. Their existing nuclear forces are sufficiently large to provide absolutely reliable deterrence, so what they are doing now is for offensive operations - for attack. Not now. Maybe many decades later, maybe never. But they have passed the defensive stage and they are actually now getting weapons whose only conceivable task is to be used as tools for aggression.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University

20 Feb 2023 1 3

Kim Yo-jong

Inserted 1 month ago

“We are carefully examining the influence it would exert on the security of our state. The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces.”

Aljazeera

North Korean politician serving as the Deputy Director of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea

20 Feb 2023 2 2

Liu Fu-kuo

Inserted 1 month ago

“Public opinion is on the move as seen in the last two local elections. The government has made a number of quite serious mistakes which have already shaken the support of younger generation. Last year after the missile crisis - the Fourth Strait Crisis - the younger generation understands that if we don't improve things with China, Taiwan will be preparing with war.”

Aljazeera

Professor and research fellow at the Institute of International Relations at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University

20 Feb 2023 2 3

Kharis Templeman

Inserted 1 month ago

“The KMT, of course, is going to jump at the chance to demonstrate that they can cooperate with Beijing they can play nice together. And if in a year [Taiwanese] elect a KMT candidate as president, cross-strait relations will improve a lot. That's clearly what they think will be the most effective pitch to voters and if Beijing helps them make that pitch that's smart from Beijing's perspective.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the US Hoover Institution and a member of its Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region

20 Feb 2023 2 2

Leonid Ragozin

Inserted 1 month ago

“An important factor is the enormous difference in social expectations in Russia and Ukraine with regards to the outcome of war. The Russian society is lukewarm about Putin's military adventurism and territorial expansion. It will accept a broad range of outcomes that are not manifestly humiliating or costly. Ukrainian expectations, on the other hand, are extremely inflated. Almost any kind of compromise could threaten Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, which took a lethal gamble by refusing to implement the humiliating Minsk agreements and resolving to put up a fight instead of succumbing to Putin's ultimatums.”

Aljazeera

Freelance journalist based in Riga

19 Feb 2023 4 2

Park Jin

Inserted 1 month ago

“If North Korea conducts the seventh nuclear test, which could happen at any time, it will be a game changer in a sense that North Korea could develop and deploy tactical nuclear missiles.”

Aljazeera

South Korea Foreign Minister

18 Feb 2023 3 2

Kim Yo-jong

Inserted 1 month ago

“I warn that we will watch every movement of the enemy and take corresponding and very powerful and overwhelming counteraction against its every move hostile to us.”

Aljazeera

North Korean politician serving as the Deputy Director of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea

18 Feb 2023 0 3

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 1 month ago

“The surprise ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launching drill … is an actual proof of the DPRK strategic nuclear force's consistent efforts to turn its capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack on the hostile forces into the irresistible one.”

Aljazeera

Statement by Korean Central News Agency

18 Feb 2023 3 3

Yi Wang

Inserted 1 month ago

“To have dispatched an advanced fighter jet to shoot down a balloon with a missile, such behaviour is unbelievable, almost hysterical... What we hope for from the US is a pragmatic and positive approach to China that allows us to work together.”

Aljazeera

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

18 Feb 2023 2 2

John Kirby

Inserted 1 month ago

“The mercenary group [Wagner] had made incremental gains in and around Bakhmut over the last few days but those advances had taken many months to achieve and came at a devastating cost that is not sustainable. It is possible that they may end up being successful in Bakhmut but it will prove of no real worth to them because it is of no real strategic value.”

Aljazeera

Pentagon spokesman

17 Feb 2023 2 1

Austin Strange

Inserted 1 month ago

“Given Sri Lanka's role at the epicentre of the 'debt trap diplomacy' narrative and the well-documented troubles of the Hambantota seaport, it is not surprising that residents in Colombo or elsewhere are sceptical of flashy projects like this [Port City Colombo (PCC)] one - they have good reason to be.”

Aljazeera

Assistant professor of international relations at the University of Hong Kong and co-author of Banking on Beijing

17 Feb 2023 3 3

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 1 month ago

“To take Bakhmut you have to cut all supply routes. It's a significant task. Progress is not going as fast as we would like. Bakhmut would have been taken before the New Year, if not for our monstrous military bureaucracy.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

16 Feb 2023 3 2

Ben Wallace

Inserted 1 month ago

“A whole Russian brigade was effectively annihilated. Moscow lost over 1,000 people in two days. The losses in Vuhledar showed the result of a president and a Russian general staff that defies reality or ignores reality and simply doesn't care how many people they are killing of their own, let alone of the people they are trying to oppress.”

Nytimes

UK Secretary of State for Defence

15 Feb 2023 4 1

Mark Milley

Inserted 1 month ago

“Russia is now a global pariah and the world remains inspired by Ukrainian bravery and resilience. In short, Russia has lost. They've lost strategically, operationally and tactically.”

Aljazeera

US Army general and the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

14 Feb 2023 1 2

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 1 month ago

“NATO is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day. It is trying its best to make its involvement in the conflict around Ukraine as clear as possible.”

Aljazeera

Kremlin spokesman

14 Feb 2023 2 2

Lloyd Austin

Inserted 1 month ago

“We do know Russia has substantial aircraft … and a lot of capability left. We want to make sure they have the ability to protect themselves in the event Russia decides to introduce its air force into the fight.”

Aljazeera

US Secretary of Defense

14 Feb 2023 3 1

Ned Price

Inserted 1 month ago

“The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard's reported use of laser devices against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard ship. The United States reiterates, pursuant to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, the 2016 arbitral decision is final and legally binding on the PRC and the Philippines, and we call upon the PRC to abide by the ruling.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

13 Feb 2023 5 5

John Kirby

Inserted 1 month ago

“We assessed whether they posed any kinetic threat to people on the ground; they did not. We assessed whether they were sending any communication signals; we detected none. We looked to see whether they were manoeuvering or had any propulsion capabilities; we saw no signs of that. And we made sure to determine whether or not they were manned; they were not.”

Aljazeera

Pentagon spokesman

13 Feb 2023 0 1

Pavlo Kyrylenko

Inserted 1 month ago

“There is not a single square metre in Bakhmut that is safe or that is not in range of enemy fire or drones.”

Reuters

Donetsk regional Governor

13 Feb 2023 1 1

Melissa Dalton

Inserted 1 month ago

“We have been more closely scrutinizing our airspace at these altitudes, including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase in objects that we've detected over the past week.”

Nytimes

Pentagon official

12 Feb 2023 0 1

Patrick Ryder

Inserted 1 month ago

“A US F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory using an AIM 9X missile following close coordination between US and Canadian authorities.”

Aljazeera

Pentagon spokesperson - Military officer and United States Air Force brigadier general

11 Feb 2023 3 1

Dimitar Bechev

Inserted 1 month ago

“The war may and probably will last years. So long as there is fighting, it is hard to envisage any form of productive diplomatic engagement, let alone rekindling political and economic links. Certainly, until Putin is in office relations will be confrontational. In case of de-escalation, a new line will be drawn across Eastern Europe leaving Ukraine and possibly Moldova and Georgia on the “Western side”, Belarus on Russia's, and Armenia and Azerbaijan in no-man's land. A Cold War-like scenario will materialise, with the pro-Western countries drawn into EU and NATO's orbit and Russia entrenching itself in whatever parts of Ukraine it might succeed to keep.”

Aljazeera

Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe

11 Feb 2023 9 4

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Inserted 1 month ago

“Bakhmut is needed so our troops can operate comfortably. Why is it called the meat grinder? Because the Ukrainian army is sending more and more and more units. It is probably too early to say that we are close. There are many roads out and fewer roads in. Ukrainian troops are well trained … and like any large city, it is impossible to capture it from head-on. We are managing very well. First, we have to quietly take Artyomovsk [Soviet-era name of Bakhmut] and then we can say loud and clear that we have taken it.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private mercenary force

10 Feb 2023 5 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“Europe will be with us until our victory. I've heard it from a number of European leaders … about the readiness to give us the necessary weapons and support, including the aircraft. I have a number of bilaterals now; we are going to raise the issue of the fighter jets and other aircraft.”

Aljazeera

09 Feb 2023 4 2

Melissa Dalton

Inserted 1 month ago

“The balloon was 60m (200 ft) tall with a jetliner size payload. The PRC's irresponsible actions were visible for the American people and all of the world to see. Ultimately, we were able to collect intelligence from the balloon; we are recovering its contents; and we sent a clear message to the PRC that activities such as this [are] unacceptable.”

Aljazeera

Pentagon official

09 Feb 2023 3 3

Ipse Dixit

Ipse Dixit

“I've been hearing now for the past three months (that) China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia… They haven't yet. Doesn't mean they won't but they haven't yet. I don't take China lightly. I don't take Russia lightly.”

“The marks of Chinese involvement are very obvious. But Taiwan will not engage in dollar diplomacy with China. We've entered a very difficult phase. But we'll work hard until the last minute.”

“It's quite possible to imagine a hypersonic missile being fired from the North Sea from a Russian ship at The Hague courthouse. Everyone walks under God and rockets… Look carefully to the sky...”

“Putin insinuating that they are some sort of nuclear weapon is bonkers. Depleted uranium is completely inert. There is no way that you could create a nuclear reaction or a nuclear explosion with depleted uranium.”

“Xi's trip to Russia is mainly about maintaining closer Sino-Russian relations in the post-pandemic era when both powers are experiencing hard times. It is fair to expect China and Russia will have a tighter bonding economically and diplomatically.”

“They [the Russians] have lost the initiative practically throughout the length of the front line.”

“I ask you to take all necessary measures to prevent the Wagner private military company being cut off from the main forces of the Russian army, which will lead to negative consequences for the special military operation.”

“There is no universal model of government and there is no world order where the decisive word belongs to a single country. Global solidarity and peace without splits and upheavals is in the common interests of all mankind.”

“We have no doubt that they will give a new powerful impetus to the whole bilateral cooperation. Sino-Russian relations are at the highest point.”

“We have a deal. Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on the Implementation Annex of the Agreement on the path to normalisation of relations.”

“The decisions of the International Criminal Court have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view. Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and bears no obligations under it.”

“The awards for the pilots are a clear sign that Russia will keep downing US drones. This decision will receive a strong support from the Russian society that wants the government to toughen its policy.”

“We are also in regular and close contact with China and the Chinese leadership. The visit that the minister for education and research is making to Taiwan now doesn't call into question our stance in any way.”

“We're quite confident that whatever was of value is no longer of value.”

“I don't know whether we will be able to retrieve it [MQ-9 Reaper drone] or not but it has to be done. And we'll certainly work on it. I hope, of course, successfully.”

“Saying that they will surely annihilate the enemy if they fight it, the commander of the unit resolved to thoroughly have the ability to fully carry out its duty of fire assault any time by further intensifying the training of every fire assault company.”

“More missile launches with variations in style and scope should be expected, with even a nuclear test. More acts of intimidation from North Korea should not come as a surprise.”

“An inflection point in history, where the hard work of enhancing deterrence and promoting stability is going to affect the prospect of peace for decades to come. I'm proud to be your shipmates.”

“In less than a week, starting from the 6th March, we managed to kill more than 1,100 enemy soldiers in the Bakhmut sector alone, Russia's irreversible loss.”

“The closer we are to the centre of the city, the harder the fighting ... The Ukrainians throw in endless reserves. But we are advancing and we will be advancing. Yesterday, we got 15 truckloads, today we got 12. And I think we will continue to receive them.”

“The real heroes now are the defenders who are holding the eastern front on their shoulders, and inflicting the heaviest possible losses sparing neither themselves nor the enemy. It is necessary to buy time to build reserves and launch a counteroffensive, which is not far off.”

“In spite of the colossal resistance of the Ukrainian armed forces, we will go forward. Despite the sticks in the wheels that are thrown at us at every step, we will overcome this together.”

“China's politics has extended into the era of winner takes all. Xi Jinping is the biggest winner.”

“Russia has wasted huge amounts of human resources, armaments and materials. Its economy and production are not able to cover these losses. … If Russia's military fails in its aims this spring, it will be out of military tools.”

“The occupiers can only terrorise civilians. That's all they can do. But it won't help them. They won't avoid responsibility for everything they have done.”

“I think it is more of a symbolic value than it is strategic and operational value. The fall of Bakhmut won't necessarily mean that the Russians have changed the tide of this fight.”

“It's a day of shame. Japanese companies embroiled in war crimes received indulgence without even budging, and the Japanese government managed to remove a trouble by having the grace to repeat past statements.”

“For now, we are trying to figure out the reason: is it just ordinary bureaucracy or a betrayal. If Wagner retreats from Bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse. The situation will not be sweet for all military formations protecting Russian interests.”

“We haven't yet seen China do anything yet, as it relates to lethal weapons. Every step China takes toward Russia makes it harder for China with Europe and other countries around the world.”

“Units of the private military company Wagner have practically surrounded Bakhmut. Only one route (out) is left. The pincers are closing.”

“I told the foreign minister what I and so many others said last week at the United Nations and what so many G20 foreign ministers said today: End this war of aggression Engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce a just and durable peace.”

“His [Kim Jong Un] concluding speech based on profound originality and scientific accuracy is a weapon of change that provided a springboard for an epochal leap in pushing forward with the gigantic process for implementing the programme for rural revolution in the new era.”

“Winter is over. It was a very difficult one and every Ukrainian, without exaggeration, felt the difficulties. But we managed to provide Ukraine with energy and heat. The threat to the energy system remains and work goes on to ensure the energy system keeps functioning.”

“We are allowed to deliver strikes on the aggressor nation in principle, but we stick to the rule that if and when it happens, [the strikes] should target military sites firstly. But because of many circumstances, at this stage, we won't declare what and how we are doing on enemy territory.”

“The US has a unique responsibility to Taiwan and is obligated to maintain a military presence in the region. The passing of the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979 meant that the US has the obligation to ensure that Taiwan is able to deter possible Chinese invasion, present or future.”

“As Taipei mayor, I give my sincere apology about the cigarette confiscation incident that occurred in front of the Tianma Tea House in Taipei's Dadaocheng area 76 years ago, which led to the historical pain of the 228 Incident across the nation.”

“The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect our positions for fortification and defence. Our soldiers defending the area around Bakhmut are true heroes.”

“They have one goal: to disband the former Soviet Union and its fundamental part - the Russian Federation.”

“When I hear reports - and I don't know whether they are true - according to which China may be planning to supply kamikaze drones to Russia while at the same time presenting a peace plan, then I suggest we judge China by its actions and not its words.”

“Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance - but if it goes down that road it will come at real costs to China.”

“Isolation from the West is not something (Beijing) wants to risk. President Xi and his colleagues have begun to realise that cooperation with Russia comes with substantial limits to avoid undermining China's own political priorities and longer-term economic interests.”

“Chinese-Russian relations aren't directed against any third countries and certainly can't be subject to pressure from any third countries.”

“It is a strong message of support and positioning of the US concerning Russia's threats in the region, but especially those that have been increasing recently regarding Moldova. It matters a lot in the current context.”

“Chinese-Russian relations are mature in character: they are rock solid and will withstand any test in a changing international situation.”

“One year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of Kyiv. I can report: Kyiv stands strong, Kyiv stands proud, it stands tall and, most important, it stands free.”

“One year later, Kyiv stands, and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

“Tension on the peninsula is likely to reach its peak in coming months as North Korea is accelerating its military actions with higher frequency, and her [Kim Yo Jong's] statement indicates that it would continue impromptu missile tests using the Pacific as its shooting range.”

“We are carefully examining the influence it would exert on the security of our state. The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces.”

“If North Korea conducts the seventh nuclear test, which could happen at any time, it will be a game changer in a sense that North Korea could develop and deploy tactical nuclear missiles.”

“I warn that we will watch every movement of the enemy and take corresponding and very powerful and overwhelming counteraction against its every move hostile to us.”

“The surprise ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launching drill … is an actual proof of the DPRK strategic nuclear force's consistent efforts to turn its capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack on the hostile forces into the irresistible one.”

“To have dispatched an advanced fighter jet to shoot down a balloon with a missile, such behaviour is unbelievable, almost hysterical... What we hope for from the US is a pragmatic and positive approach to China that allows us to work together.”

“To take Bakhmut you have to cut all supply routes. It's a significant task. Progress is not going as fast as we would like. Bakhmut would have been taken before the New Year, if not for our monstrous military bureaucracy.”

“Russia is now a global pariah and the world remains inspired by Ukrainian bravery and resilience. In short, Russia has lost. They've lost strategically, operationally and tactically.”

“NATO is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day. It is trying its best to make its involvement in the conflict around Ukraine as clear as possible.”

“We do know Russia has substantial aircraft … and a lot of capability left. We want to make sure they have the ability to protect themselves in the event Russia decides to introduce its air force into the fight.”

“There is not a single square metre in Bakhmut that is safe or that is not in range of enemy fire or drones.”

“We have been more closely scrutinizing our airspace at these altitudes, including enhancing our radar, which may at least partly explain the increase in objects that we've detected over the past week.”

“A US F-22 shot down the object in Canadian territory using an AIM 9X missile following close coordination between US and Canadian authorities.”

“Europe will be with us until our victory. I've heard it from a number of European leaders … about the readiness to give us the necessary weapons and support, including the aircraft. I have a number of bilaterals now; we are going to raise the issue of the fighter jets and other aircraft.”

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