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Russia conducts exercises with nuclear submarines and land-based missiles

The Russian navy sailed into the Barents Sea on Tuesday for drills, and mobile missile launchers moved through a snowy forest in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s nuclear forces placed on high alert amid West-Russia tensions stemming from the invasion of Ukraine.  Several of Russia’s nuclear submarines…

Western intelligence estimated 5000 Russian soldiers killed or captured

On Tuesday, a senior Western intelligence official briefed by multiple intelligence agencies estimated that more than 5000 Russian soldiers have been captured or killed, and that Ukrainian forces estimate significant numbers of aircraft and tanks and some air defense systems have been captured or destroyed.   The official said that Russian…

NATO allies to supply more weapons to Ukraine, says Secretary General Stoltenberg

According to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance is deploying parts of its combat-ready response force and will send weapons to Ukraine, including air defences, while claiming that Russia was trying to overthrow the Ukrainian government.  “We see rhetoric, the messages, which is strongly indicating that the aim is to…

Russia has launched full-fledge invasion of Ukraine, says Kyiv

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter on Thursday that Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is now targeting cities with weapons strikes.  Rocket attacks were reported on military installations throughout Ukraine by Interfax Ukraine, while Russian troops landed in the southern port cities of Odessa…

China sanctions Lockheed and Raytheon over Taiwan arms sales

Governments in China have placed Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Technologies Corporation under sanctions for arms sales to Taiwan, officials announced Monday. This was the third time China has declared such sanctions against American companies.  In a regular news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the sanctions countermeasures…