Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that the Kremlin planned to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, prompting accusations of “nuclear blackmail” from Ukraine and condemnation from the United States and NATO. Putin said the move would thwart nuclear weapon deployments by the United States in various European countries, placing nuclear weapons across the border … Read more
Ukraine calls for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday after Russia said it had reached an agreement to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, calling on the United States and other world powers to counter the “nuclear blackmail” of the Kremlin. “Ukraine awaits effective measures to counter the nuclear blackmail of … Read more
Officials in Kyiv and Berlin condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The Kremlin “has taken Belarus as a nuclear hostage”, Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, tweeted on Sunday. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a wanted man, but his chances of avoiding trial are high. It is a sad realization for many who seek to hold the Russian leader responsible for launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and face responsibility for unimaginable horrors allegedly committed by Russian forces. Yet global justice advocates say the … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for an “immediate” end to the war in Ukraine during a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Erdoğan “stressed the importance that Türkiye attaches to the immediate cessation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflicts through negotiations” and “thanked President Putin for his positive position regarding the extension of the … Read more
An hour ago Several civilians killed in Russian night strikes: Ukrainian news agency A residential building damaged after Russia carried out a drone attack in the town of Rzhyshchiv in kyiv, Ukraine, March 22, 2023. Oleksii Chumachenko | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Several people were killed in Russian strikes on different parts of Ukraine … Read more
CNN — Russia is unable to meet its arms delivery commitments to India due to the war in Ukraine, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has said, which could put a strain tests New Delhi’s relationship with its biggest defense supplier as Moscow tries to increase arms production. An IAF representative told an Indian parliamentary committee … Read more
Yevgeny Prigozhin is preparing to distract his Wagner Group mercenaries from the war in Ukraine, according to a Bloomberg report that cites sources familiar with the matter. His current plan is to refocus the attention of private mercenaries on countries in Africa, such as Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic, where Wagner has deployed … Read more
CNN — Russia unleashed a wave of deadly attacks on cities across Ukraine on Wednesday as Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow after talks with President Vladimir Putin. Xi left the Russian capital pledging to deepen ties with Putin, but the meetings failed to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine. As Xi returned to Beijing, the … Read more
EKOK, Cameroon – It was just before 5 a.m. local time when two pickup trucks allegedly carrying mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group pulled up in front of Zaza and five other men, who were patrolling areas near the gold mine of Chimbolo in the Central African Republic. . The militiamen – who are among … Read more
