An Su-34 fighter jet crashed in Bryansk Region, Russia near the Ukrainian border, minutes after reports that an unidentified helicopter also went down in the area, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, citing sources. The agency provided no details on casualties, saying the authorities are working to clarify the situation. …
Read More »Biden lays out US chemical weapons plans
The US will destroy its last remaining chemical weapons by the fall of 2023, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, ahead of next week’s international arms control conference in The Hague. “We are on track to complete the destruction of our chemical weapons stockpile by this fall – a disarmament …
Read More »Erdogan scolds rival over ‘Russian interference’ claim
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu for claiming without evidence that Moscow is interfering in Türkiye’s upcoming elections. Erdogan claimed that the West, and not Russia, is “manipulating the elections in Türkiye.” “[Kilicdaroglu said that] Russia is manipulating the elections in Türkiye. Shame on you!” Erdogan …
Read More »Russia wins appeal against Paralympic suspension – committee
The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) has announced that it has succeeded with its appeal against suspension from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The IPC’s appeals body “has confirmed that the decision of the IPC General Assembly to suspend the RPC’s membership in the IPC is being canceled,” the RPC said …
Read More »Russian military clarifies frontline situation in Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry has denied rumors of a large-scale Ukrainian counterattack, noting in a statement late on Thursday that the situation along most of the frontline appeared to be relatively calm, with the only heavy fighting in and near Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut. “Reports by certain Telegram channels …
Read More »Ireland visit was to make sure ‘Brits don’t screw around’ – Biden
US President Joe Biden said at a Democratic Party event in New York on Wednesday that his four-day visit to Ireland last month was designed to make sure that “the Brits didn’t screw around” when it came to London’s commitments towards Northern Ireland and its relations with the leadership in …
Read More »‘Little chance’ China would agree to top-level talks with US – FT
China’s newly appointed defense minister is highly unlikely to meet his US counterpart in Singapore next month due to sanctions that Washington has placed on him over his alleged involvement in the transfer of Russian advanced weapons, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. According to the British newspaper, US Secretary …
Read More »Kremlin not worried about ICC warrant for Putin – spokesman
The International Criminal Court is a puppet of the collective West and Russia finds it hard to imagine any country would dare enforce its writ against a sovereign nuclear power, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on Wednesday. The Bosnian Serb outlet ATV asked Peskov about the ICC …
Read More »Russian pipeline supplying oil to EU bombed by Kiev’s forces – Transneft
A loading station of the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk Region, near Ukraine, was shelled early on Wednesday, its operator – the Transneft oil company – has claimed. The incident was first reported by the Baza Telegram channel, which said that the facility in the village of Sven had …
Read More »EU country arrests 26 people for celebrating Victory Day
More than two dozen residents of Latvia were arrested on Tuesday for violating a law against celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. The EU and NATO member’s police even seized a “Russia” jacket from a man in a wheelchair, and arrested another for wearing Soviet medals in public. …
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