Nuclear Weapons

This week, Mr Putin announced three things. He will annex the Ukrainian land he has seized, using sham referendums to proclaim it as sovereign Russian territory. That allows him to compel Russian reservists to serve there on pain of prison, with 300,000 of them – perhaps many more – being…

Last Updated: September 22, 2022, 23:50 IST New York, US Guterres told the council ministerial meeting that he was concerned about the plans for so-called 'referenda' (File photo: Reuters) . Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to use nuclear weapons to defend RussiaSecretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council…

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As tensions continue to rise and the rhetoric heats up, we take a look at Russia’s nuclear capabilities. On Wednesday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation while threatening to use “all weapons available” in case of attack. In a pre-recorded speech, Putin accused Western countries of arming…

The United States is taking Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible" veiled threat to use nuclear weapons "seriously," a senior US official said Wednesday. "It's irresponsible rhetoric for nuclear power to talk that way. But it's not atypical for how he's been talking the last seven months and we take it…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart in Kyiv on August 23, 2022. Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian president's decision to order a partial mobilisation was because of the low morale among his forces.Zelensky said he does not…

In a speech to the UN General Assembly, the US president said ‘a nuclear war can not be won and must never be fought’ Credit: JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock What would a Putin nuclear strike look like and could he really do it? At least 700 arrested in Russia during protests  Aiden Aslin…

‘Don’t. Don’t’: Biden to Putin on nuclear weapons in Ukraine WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden is warning his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin against using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the wake of serious losses in his war in Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on his…

London — The risk of nuclear war is at its highest in decades, and nuclear-armed states are confirming what African states have known for decades: that there is no rational explanation for the need for nuclear weapons, and these inhumane weapons of mass destruction are dangerous in the hands of…