The Kremlin said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus.
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Russia holding Belarus as nuclear hostage, claims Ukraine
Officials in Kyiv yesterday said Russia was holding Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
US releases video showing Russian jet dumping fuel on drone
The US today released a minute-long declassified video footage of an armed Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting what it called “an unsafe/unprofessional intercept” of a US Air Force MQ-9 in international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14.
Russia hits Kyiv’s largest oil refinery in fresh attack
Russia bombarded Ukraine with missiles and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said.
US shoots down four ‘unidentified objects’ in a week
The US military shot down an unidentified object flying above Michigan, making it the fourth airborne object downed by American forces in just over a week.
US recovers parts of Chinese spy balloon; triggers row
United States authorities have begun collecting remnants of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down on Sunday, sparking a diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing.
US to help Ukraine with seized Russian capital
United States’ Attorney General Merrick Garland said that he had authorised the United States to begin using seized Russian money to aid Ukraine, according to US media.
One killed as Russia launches fresh attack in Kharkiv
Russian missile hit an apartment building on Sunday in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one person, injuring at least three and causing widespread damage.
Russia warns it will destroy tanks supplied to Ukraine
Russia said that if Western countries supply Ukraine with heavy tanks they will be destroyed on the battlefield, as Kyiv awaits a decision from Berlin on deliveries of Leopard 2 tanks.
PM Modi names 21 Andaman islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony yesterday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas.
