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Russian bombers intercepted by NORAD near Alaska

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia defence ministry says frigate tests strike capabilities in Atlantic

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the frigate Admiral Gorshkov tested its strike capabilities in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Russian warship holds drills in Norwegian Sea

A Russian warship armed with hypersonic cruise weapons has held exercises in the Norwegian Sea, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

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Ukraine school spurns Russian claim of troops killed there

Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city are dismissing claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin announces launch of ship armed with hypersonic nuclear missiles

Putin was seen ordering warship Admiral Gorshkov to sail to the Atlantic and Indian oceans as well as the Mediterranean equipped with one of the world’s most deadly weapons

Daily Mirror

Russia and China hold joint naval drills

Russian and Chinese warships have practiced joint action in the East China Sea, continuing a series of drills that reflect a growing defense cooperation between the two countries

The Independent UK

Russia, China to hold joint naval drills

Russian warships have set off to take part in a joint naval exercise with China, an exercise that showcases increasingly close defense ties between the two countries

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“We haven’t gone mad”: Putin warns risk of nuclear war ‘growing’ but insists Russia won’t strike first

Russian president said “we realise what nuclear weapons are”, in address to Human Rights Council

The Independent UK

Russia deploys defence missile system on Kuril island near Japan

Russia's defence ministry has said it has deployed mobile coastal defence missile systems on a northern Kuril island, part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between Japan and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.

Reuters

Russian, Chinese Bombers Fly Joint Patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers on Wednesday flew a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Tu-95 bombers of the Russian air force and the Chinese H-6K bombers flew over the Sea…

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Russian, Chinese bombers fly joint patrols over Pacific

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries

The Independent UK

Russian troops forced to front line 'battling serious health problems' like tuberculosis

Many of the soldiers currently fighting on the front line in Ukraine have inadequate training and equipment and suffer major casualties as they dig “ambitious” trench systems

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Troops Prepare to Reclaim City Abandoned by Russians

Russia relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine on Friday, clearing the way for victorious Ukrainian forces to reclaim the country’s only Russian-held provincial capital that could act as a springboard for further advances into occupied territory. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its troops finished withdrawing from…

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Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry says it has finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region

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Russia says world’s nuclear powers are ‘on brink of armed conflict’

Putin previously said he was ‘not bluffing’ when he said Russia was prepared to use ‘all available means’ to defend its territory

Reuters

Russia: West must stop 'encouraging provocations' to avoid nuclear disaster

Russia said on Wednesday that avoiding a nuclear clash between the world's nuclear powers was its first priority, but accused the West of "encouraging provocations with weapons of mass destruction".

Reuters

No indication Russian nuclear drills are 'cover activity'- Pentagon

The United States has not yet seen any indications that Russia's ongoing annual "Grom" exercises of its nuclear forces may be a cover for a real deployment, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.

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Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

The Kremlin is standing by its allegation that Ukraine may be preparing to detonate a so-called dirty bomb, which disperses radioactive material, even though Ukraine, the United States, Britain and France have dismissed Moscow’s claim

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Putin places nuclear umbrella over annexed Ukraine regions

It comes as Nato and Moscow conduct test nuclear exercises this week

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Fireball engulfs apartment block as Russian warplane crashes in Yeysk

A Russian warplane has crashed in a residential area near a domestic port, sparking a fire in an apartment block, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

The Independent UK

Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

The Russian Defense Ministry says that two men fired at other troops at a Russian military firing range near Ukraine

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2 attackers opened fire on volunteer troops preparing to deploy to Ukraine

The Russian Defense Ministry called the shooting a terrorist attack and said the shooters were from former Soviet republics. Eleven soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in the incident.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's generals could kill him if he tries to use nuclear weapon, claims expert

Professor Peter Duncan at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) said that Putin was "isolated from reality" and if he attempted to pull the nuclear trigger he would probably be killed

Reuters

Russia says it launched strikes on Ukrainian troops in several regions

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces had launched strikes on Ukrainian positions in several parts of Ukraine, and accused Kyiv of carrying out shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Reuters

Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska

Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow's readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters, the defence ministry said.

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