The current Ukrainian and US leadership effectively function as an “organized crime ring,” Andrey Derkach has claimed Ukraine has been plagued by high-profile corruption, which is being actively covered up by top US officials, former Ukrainian MP Andrey Derkach claimed in an interview with Italian-US journalist Simona Mangiante published on Wednesday.

The former president said any attacks against Russian missile launch sites could trigger a devastating reaction Moscow could use nuclear weapons if its missile launch sites are attacked, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned. Currently deputy chairman of the country’s Security Council, Medvedev made the comments in response to calls in Ukraine to target such facilities inside Russia.

The single-currency bloc suffered an economic contraction in the third quarter of 2023, according to the central bank The Eurozone probably failed to grow at the end of last year early indicators suggest, European Central Bank’s (ECB) Vice-President Luis de Guindos has stated.