The Russian president said the US has ‘long placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of their allies’ and that Russia and Belarus ‘agreed that we to do the same’. Source link
Read More »US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone
42-second video shows Russian plane approaching drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes. Then a jet, possibly a different one, strikes the drone’s propeller. Source link
Read More »Moldova police claim they foiled Russia-backed unrest plot
Police said an undercover agent had infiltrated groups of ‘diversionists,’ some Russian citizens, who had been promised US$10,000 to disrupt a protest in the capital Chisinau. Seven people were detained. Source link
Read More »Documentary about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny wins BAFTA after security row
Bulgarian investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Christo Grozev, a key contributor to the film, said he had been ‘banned’ from attending in person. BAFTA said the safety of its guests and staff was a priority. Source link
Read More »‘Global indecision killing more of our people’: Ukraine blasts allies
On Friday, some 50 nations agreed to provide Kyiv with military hardware. On Saturday, Germany refused to supply its vaunted Leopard tanks. ‘Every day of delay is the death of Ukrainians,’ tweeted Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak. Source link
Read More »Russia’s RT France to close after French accounts frozen
Xenia Fedorova, the channel’s director, said 123 employees were at risk of not being paid for January and could lose their jobs because of the freeze – part of EU sanctions against Russia. Source link
Read More »Russia claims attack killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers; Kyiv denies any casualties
A spokesman for Ukraine’s forces said Russian strikes on Kramatorsk damaged only civilian infrastructure, adding: ‘The armed forces of Ukraine weren’t affected.’ Source link
Read More »Ukraine places dozens of Russian artists on sanctions list
In the decree published on Saturday by the Office of the president of Ukraine, those on the list will have any assets in Ukraine frozen. Opera singer Anna Netrebko is among the 119 public figures on the list. Source link
Read More »Russia steps up artillery attacks on liberated Kherson and eastern Ukraine
Russia fired 33 missiles from multiple rocket launchers at civilian targets in Kherson, Ukraine said. Russia denies targeting civilians. Source link
Read More »2 killed after Russian missiles strike Nato ally Poland: US defence official
Polish media reported that two people died after a projectile struck an area where grain was drying in Przewodów, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine. Source link
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