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Nuclear threats by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ‘should not be taken seriously,’ says Ukrainian president

Russian leader says decision to partially mobilize was ‘fully adequate to the threats we face’

Russia is looking to accept payments in UAE dirhams for oil exports to some Indian customers, as the latest efforts by Moscow to bypass western sanctions and to move away from the US dollar, reports Reuters today, citing three sources. An invoice seen by the news agency purportedly shows the bill for supplying oil to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Iran’s capital Tehran on July 19 to take part in a trilateral meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency. Putin will also hold a separate bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Dmitry Peskov told a press briefing […]

Russia claims to have used an advanced electromagnetic weapon for the first time to neutralize Ukrainian drones. The development comes as Moscow’s invading forces continue to carry out offensives in Kyiv and neighboring cities. According to a report by the state-run TASS News Agency, the weapon is the Stupor anti-drone system, which cuts the connection […]

Ukraine has deployed the Harpoon anti-ship missile system provided by Denmark last month, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced last week. Ukraine has fielded the land-based version of the Boeing system to strengthen its coastal defense, as it currently relies on the domestically-produced Neptune anti-ship missile. The Neptune is a Soviet-era system reportedly copied from the […]

Researchers believe use of sonars and constant underwater noise caused by military activities may explain rise in deaths

Strikes came the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday without being able to boast of major new battlefield successes

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on the Victory Day anniversary commemorating the end of the World War II, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The King and Crown Prince both wished Putin good health and wished prosperity for the Russian people […]

Russia’s defense ministry said on Sunday it destroyed weapons and military equipment supplied by the US and other Western countries at a railway station near the Ukrainian town of Soledar, state news agency TASS reported. Russian air force used “high-precision air-launched missiles” in the strike, Russian defense ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said. He […]