The United States and South Korea mobilized warplanes and fired off several surface-to-surface missiles following the latest weapons test by the North, which saw three projectiles launched into the ocean. Seoul’s military mobilized around 30 F-15 fighter jets and fired a Hyunmoo-II missile into the East Sea, its Joint Chiefs …
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Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia announced on Friday that they had decided to expel a number of Russian diplomats from their respective missions in the four EU countries. Russia said the move would not go unanswered. Bulgarian authorities have declared persona non grata ten Russian diplomats, the Russian embassy in …
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“Our recent actions were proportionate and appropriate to Russia’s harmful activities. Today’s announcement by the Russian government was escalatory and regrettable,” a State Department spokesman said in a statement on Friday evening. “It is not in our interest to get into an escalatory cycle, but we reserve the right to …
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Russian General staff, publicly called the conditions under which Russia may use nuclear weapons, RBC reports with reference to the document “On state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence.” One of the authors of the document is the chief operational Directorate of the General staff …
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