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Military
Putin says Moscow has deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons there -Tass
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – RUSSIA-DEFENCE/NUCLEAR (URGENT)Putin says Moscow has deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons there -Tass Source of data and images: indiatimes
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USA
Putin forces Russian conscripts to remain at frontline under death threats if they flee Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s commanders are forcing his conscript soldiers at gunpoint to remain at the frontline. They are using a brutal Stalin tactic to prevent Russian reservist troops leaving their positions, say men who have seen the horror of the cannon-fodder killing fields. ‘People are abandoned in the trenches as if homeless and littered with corpses,’ complained Russian reservist draftees in…
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World
No Letup in Bakhmut as Ukraine and Russia Brace for Battles Elsewhere
Despite the high cost in lives, Ukrainian and Russian leaders said that the battle for Bakhmut would rage on, even as they brace for a war that they expect to widen and intensify as the weather warms. Officials in both Kyiv and Moscow predicted that Ukraine, taking delivery of Western tanks, missiles and other arms, would soon launch a renewed…
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World
Russia finally admits ones of its ships was destroyed by Ukraine – a year later
Exactly one year ago, Ukraine launched an attack on a captured Russian seaport in the occupied city of Berdyansk, in Zaporizhzhia. The attack destroyed the Russian landing ship Saratov and caused damage to two more ships, the Novocherkassk and Caesar Kunikov. Around a dozen sailors were killed in the attack across all three landing ships, along with an unknown number…
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USA
Ukrainian children ‘taken by Russia’ finally hug families after returning from ‘camps’
The 17 youngsters were taken to Crimea when Russian forces took over their towns. They said they were told their families had abandoned them, and were beaten with iron rods if they voiced support for Ukraine. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen praised the children’s release, which was organised by NGO save Ukraine. She said: ‘It is a horrible reminder…
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Breaking News
Russia claims it will nuke Ukraine over any attempt to retake Crimea in horror escalation
Dmitry Medvedev’s nuclear sabre rattling is not the first time the Kremlin has threatened the West with nukes over the war in Ukraine. Russian Security Council Deputy Head Medvedev has insisted that a Ukrainian takeover of Crimea would justify the use of nuclear weapons by Russia. He has issued a barrage of such strongly-worded statements in the past, blasting the…
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USA
Arresting Putin will be seen as a declaration of WAR: Russia’s threat after ICC warrant
Arresting Vladimir Putin would be a declaration of war, Russia has warned, after the International Criminal Court issued an international arrest warrant for him. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former president, said should Germany – or any other nation – arrest the despot, it would trigger a nuclear strike on the offending country. Medvedev specifically…
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Breaking News
Ukraine LIVE: Zelensky to unleash critical blow on Russia with key counter-offensive
Ukrainian Commander’s declaration of an imminent counter-offensive comes as a significant boost to Ukrainian morale, after months of defending their territory against Russia’s aggression. Ukraine’s top ground forces commander has announced that his forces will soon launch a counter-offensive against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, who have been leading Moscow’s brutal winter campaign in eastern Ukraine. According to Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Wagner…
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Sports
Russia make their return to international football in Iran amid Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia face Iran in Tehran in their first football match outside the old Soviet Union since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with the nation banned by UEFA from participating in Euro 2024 qualifiers Russia were hosted by Iran in an international friendly in Tehran on Thursday The nation is banned from Euro 2024 by UEFA following the invasion of Ukraine…
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Reports
What the hell is wrong with TikTok? – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Western governments are ticked off with TikTok. The Chinese-owned app loved by teenagers around the world is facing allegations of facilitating espionage, failing to protect personal data, and even of corrupting young minds. Governments in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and across Europe have moved to…
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