On Sunday, in an interview published by the Swiss daily Blick, the head of the Swiss army said that his country could deploy 200 soldiers in Ukraine if a truce agreement with Russia were confirmed. Thomas Süssli,
In 2023, NBC reported that former U.S. national security officials held secret talks with Russians believed to be close to the Kremlin, with some members eventually meeting with Lavrov, the foreign minister.
Switzerland’s government said the chiefs of the army and the intelligence service are leaving their jobs, setting up a broad revamp of the country’s defense leadership after a series of mishaps.
Dozens of countries rallied behind Ukraine at a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday, a day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that takes a neutral stance on the conflict.
U.S. and russian officials have met in Switzerland for informal talks on the war in Ukraine in recent months, including last week, Reuters reported, citing
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of division and anger who see human rights as a barrier to their quest for power and profit.
Switzerland has confirmed the death of a volunteer serving illegally in Ukraine, the first loss of a national there since 2022.