In a provocative proposal, Dmitry Suslov, a senior member of the Moscow-based Council for Foreign and Defence Policy, has suggested that Russia should consider a “demonstrative” nuclear explosion. The suggestion comes amid escalating tensions with the West over Ukraine use of Western-supplied arms against Russian targets. The proposal from Suslov, whose think tank’s ideas occasionally...
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Russia threatens to attack British targets as World War 3 fears explode
Moscow has issued a stark warning, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stating that Russia will target British sites if UK-supplied weapons are used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory, sparking World War 3 fears. Zakharova stressed that British targets “on Ukraine‘s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit. This follows an earlier warning...
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World War 3 fears erupt after Kremlin warns it will strike British targets if UK weapons are used to hit Russian territory
Russia will strike British targets if weapons from the UK are used by Ukraine to hit Russian territory, a Kremlin spokesperson has warned. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said that British targets “on Ukraine’s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit if required. It comes after Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine had...
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Russia declared ‘direct threat to peace and stability’ by UK and ally
Russia has been branded the “most significant and direct threat” to European security and peace, as tensions between Moscow and the Western world continue to ramp up. The UK renewed its strong condemnation of Vladimir Putin‘s unlawful aggression against Ukraine as it struck a Strategic Partnership with Finland. One paragraph in the joint declaration read:...
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World holds breath as Russia ‘begins’ use of nuclear weapons
Russia has begun training for the “use of nuclear weapons” in response to “threats” from The West, the country’s defence ministry has announced. In a Telegram post published on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced: “In accordance with the instructions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian...
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UK issued chilling Falklands warning as Putin and Xi risk intensifies
The UK has been urged to stay focused on Ukraine amid growing concerns about Russia’s activities in the Arctic and the South Atlantic. Concerns have mounted over Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping‘s interest in the Falkland Islands – with the pair reportedly eyeing up treasure under the frozen seas. But Stepan Stepanenko, a director of...
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Out of the slaughterhouse, into the ‘meatgrinder’ for Ukraine’s recruits
In such an environment, it is no surprise that today’s Ukrainian army now also has psychologists as well as old-school chaplains. “A lot of people have just seen too many dead or injured,” says Julia (not her real name), 28, the 22nd’s resident shrink, who operates from a practice in an abandoned home. “It’s especially...
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Ukraine-Russia war live: Russia takes 100-square-miles of Ukrainian territory in a week
China-Russia trade has boomed since the Ukraine invasion and hit $240 billion in 2023, according to Chinese customs figures. Xi Jinping, the Chinese President, has rebuffed Western criticism of his country’s ties with Moscow, enjoying cheap Russian energy imports and access to vast natural resources, including steady gas shipments via the Power of Siberia pipeline....
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Russia finds massive oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory
Russia has reportedly discovered billions of barrels worth of oil and gas reserves in the British Antarctic territory, prompting fears it could lead to drilling in the protected region. The vast reserves equate to around 10 times the entire North Sea’s oil production for the last half century. According to documents discussed in Parliament last...
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Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory
The EAC decided to challenge the Foreign Office’s management of the UK’s Antarctic interests following reports in the Daily Maverick, a South African online journal, which discovered Moscow’s activities after its survey ship docked in Cape Town. Such issues will likely come to a head in India later this month at the annual meeting for...