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Russia warns 'serious' nuclear war risks should not be underestimated
Russia told the world not to underestimate the considerable risks of nuclear war that it said it wanted to reduce and warned that conventional Western weapons were legitimate targets in Ukraine, where battles raged in the east. Source link
US promises new aid to Ukraine in fight against Russia
Placeholder while article actions load KYIV, Ukraine — Top American officials promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid during the highest-level U.S. visit to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion two months earlier, while Britain said Monday that Moscow has yet to achieve a significant breakthrough in …
President Emmanuel Macron faceoff with Marine Le Pen
The second — and final — round of voting sees centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron face off against nationalist and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images French citizens are heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential election set against the backdrop of war in Ukraine and a cost …
Russia invades Ukraine, battle for Donbas begins
Having regrouped to launch an offensive in the east of Ukraine, Russian forces have started what one Ukrainian official described as the “second phase of the war” — the battle for Donbas. Control of Kreminna, a town in the eastern Luhansk region, has already been “lost” during heavy fighting, a Ukrainian official said. The developments …
If Russia takes Mariupol, forces could be freed to fight in east: Pentagon update Day 54
The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Monday on Day 54. A Russian military convoy moves on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces near …
Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine
A local resident sits next to a fire in a courtyard outside a building damaged in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 14. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters) In his latest Saturday video address to the people of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the situation in the besieged port city of Mariupol and promised a better future once hostilities are …
Russia Shows Off Crew of Sunken Moskva Warship—With Quite a Few Missing
RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY Russia’s Defense Ministry released a brief video on Saturday of the head of the Navy meeting with crew members of the sunken warship Moskva, as social media posts have surfaced that appear to confirm at least one death on board. In a 26-second video—the first public appearance of the crew since Moscow …
Russia invades Ukraine
(CNN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Friday that “all of the countries of the world” should be prepared for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use tactical nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine. Zelensky told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview from the office of the president in Kyiv on Friday that …
Russia promises new attacks on Kyiv after losing warship in what Ukraine says was a missile attack
FILE – In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian missile cruiser Moskva is on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast on Dec. 17, 2015. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) KYIV, Ukraine — A senior U.S. defense official says the U.S. believes the Russian guided-missile …
Zelensky warns Russia could use tactical nuclear weapons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with CNN on Friday that the world should be prepared for the possibility of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons in its unprovoked invasion of his country. Driving the news: Zelensky told CNN that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin could turn to nuclear or chemical weapons because …
