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Putin: Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient’ cluster munitions for tit-for-tat
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had enough cluster munition to answer if Ukraine was to use the weapons, in an interview published…
Russia’s Wagner fighters are training soldiers in Belarus
MOSCOW: Fighters from Russia‘s Wagner mercenary group are training soldiers in Belarus, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Friday.The ministry released a video showing Wagner…
Vladimir Putin: Putin says Russian mercenary group has no legal basis so ‘doesn’t exist’ | World News
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Wagner private military company ‘simply doesn’t exist’ as a legal entity, in comments adding to the series…
Russian Invasion: US cluster munitions delivered to Ukraine
KYIV: Ukraine’s armed forces have received cluster munitions promised by the United States to help boost Kyiv’s slow-moving counteroffensive, senior military officials from the two…
Wagner: Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt
As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of…
Lukashenko: Wagner chief still in Russia, not Belarus: Lukashenko
MINSK: Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia’s Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but…
Putin: Did Xi warn Putin against using nukes? Kremlin says ‘fiction’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed as “fiction” a Financial Times report that Chinese President Xi Jinping had personally warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against…
Putin: Putin uses meet to show solidarity with China, India
In his first appearance at an international forum since the Wagner mutiny, President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Tuesday projected domestic stability and international solidarity…
Jens Stoltenberg: Nato agrees to extend boss Stoltenberg’s term by a year | World News
BRUSSELS: Nato decided on Tuesday to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s contract by a further year, opting to stick with an experienced leader as war…
Iran joins SCO, the China-founded regional security grouping
Iran joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, another step toward ending its global isolation as it builds warmer ties with Russia and China.Iran’s membership was announced…