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Russia to Station Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus
Russia is planning to deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, announced Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
According to the Russian President, storage units for the nuclear weapons will be completed by July 1. Putin compared...
Europe
International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin
Arrest warrants have been issued for war crimes by judges at the International Criminal Court for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights.
In a statement, the ICC says they are suspected of the war crime of...
Europe
China’s Xi to visit Russia in Show of Support for Putin
China's leader Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry.
It will be Xi's first visit to Russia since Moscow's forces invaded Ukraine last...
Europe
Putin Hails Greater Co-operation with China
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told China's top diplomat Wang Yi that Moscow and Beijing are "reaching new milestones".
"Russian-Chinese relations are developing as we planned in previous years. Everything is moving forward and developing, and we are reaching...
Diplomacy
‘Kyiv Stands Strong,’ Declares Biden in Poland Speech
US President Joe Biden delivered a speech during his brief visit to Poland on Tuesday. He spoke at length about the war in Ukraine and the need for the US and other Western allies to continue to stand behind...
Europe
Putin on War in Ukraine: Defeating Russia is ‘Impossible’
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine stressing that "defeating Russia is impossible."
He accused the U.S. led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it...
Europe
“Live Grenade” Removed From Ukrainian Soldier’s Body by Surgeon
A surgeon was able to successfully extract a grenade from inside a Ukrainian soldier's body, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have claimed on Twitter.
The unexploded grenade remained "live" inside of the soldier's body and could have...
Europe
Scores of Russian Soldiers Killed by Missile Strike in Occupied Ukraine
Ukraine says it killed around four hundred Russian soldiers in a missile attack in the occupied Donetsk region just after midnight on New Year's Day. Russia has said that sixty-three of its troops were killed.
The missile targeted a building...
Europe
Russia Warns the US Against Assassination Attempt on Putin
Russia warned the US on Tuesday against ordering a “decapitation strike” on President Vladimir Putin.
“Some 'unnamed officials' from the Pentagon actually threatened to deliver a 'decapitation strike' against the Kremlin,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia’s TASS news agency...
Europe
Russia Intensifies Bombing as Ukraine Braces for New Offensive
Russia fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, striking the capital Kyiv and other cities as Kyiv says Putin is preparing a major offensive in the new year.
Power was completely down in...