Ukraine is expected to launch a large-scale attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) overnight, a senior Russian atomic energy industry official warned late on Tuesday. Kiev may also strike the plant with a missile stuffed with radioactive waste, he added. The warning was voiced by Renat Karchaa, a …
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F-16 fighter jets promised to Ukraine by its Western backers are not the only military aircraft that Kiev wants, Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesman Yury Ignat said on Tuesday. “Ukraine considers and will consider other aircraft types that could enhance combat capabilities,” Ignat told national broadcasters when asked about Kiev …
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Russia-China trade and economic cooperation has been expanding, with over 80% of settlements between the two nations currently made in rubles and yuan, President Vladimir Putin has revealed. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
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Kiev does not keep “any secrets” from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), President Vladimir Zelensky has admitted. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN, aired on Monday, expressing “surprise” that his recent meeting with CIA boss William Burns got into the media limelight. “My communication with …
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The US is preparing Syrian jihadists for possible chemical weapons attacks in order to derail Damascus’ diplomatic reengagement with other Arab nations, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed. The goal of the purported operation and subsequent media campaign would be to “show the Arab world that their choice …
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said Berlin is reluctant to provide longer-range munitions to Kiev out of concern over a possible escalation should Ukraine decide to use them to strike Russian territory. In a wide-ranging interview with the German state-TV channel ARD on Sunday, the chancellor was asked why Berlin …
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The US State Department released its long-awaited after-action report on the botched 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan on Friday. The assessment blamed the snafu primarily on the insistence of Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden on going ahead with a full military withdrawal. The decision to “end the US military …
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Australia, Canada and the UK have rebuked Israel over its decision to create thousands of new settlement units in the West Bank. They also decried a surge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. In a highly unusual joint statement on Saturday, the foreign ministers of the three countries said they …
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Two Colombian Air Force T-27 Tucano planes collided mid-air during a training flight near the Apiay air base on Sunday, the military said. According to the statement released by the Air Force, one pilot, lieutenant colonel, has died. “An inspection commission was sent to the scene of the incident in …
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Mass rioting continues to grip France after the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. Multiple videos circulating online show rioters carrying military-grade weapons. Around 45,000 officers have been deployed to quell the unrest, which has spread throughout the country. …
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