Nukes

/ Europe ON THE GROUND Issued on: 07/12/2022 - 08:57 02:45 An apartment building gutted by a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol. © FRANCE 24 screengrab The city of Nikopol in southern Ukraine lies just across the Dnipro river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, exposed…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions rocked two air bases in Russia on Monday, Russian media reported. One of the explosions reportedly happened at a base that houses nuclear-capable strategic bombers that have been involved in launching strikes against Ukraine. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian authorities immediately commented on the possible cause…

Two explosions at major Russian military bases, including the Dyagilevo base near Ryazan just 150 miles from Moscow, mean the war in Ukraine has come right to Vladimir Putin’s doorstep. The explosions—which were unmanned drone strikes, a senior Ukrainian official told The New York Times—suggest Ukraine wanted to strike fear…

United States will on Friday unveil the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons.— Twitter The United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a…

PALMDALE , Calif. -- America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost…

Published December 3, 2022 1:55am WASHINGTON, United States —The United States will unveil on Friday the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board. The B-21 -- which is on track to…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to keep pressing all countries to implement a resolution aimed at keeping nuclear, chemical and biological weapons out of the hands of terrorists, black marketeers and others. The council resolution approved by a 15-0 vote extends the mandate of…

By Matthew Luxmoore Updated Nov. 28, 2022 6:17 pm ET KYIV, Ukraine—Fierce fighting rumbled on in east Ukraine, as Moscow denied Kyiv’s claims that Russia was preparing to abandon a nuclear-power plant in the country’s south that it has occupied since March. In the eastern Donetsk region, Russia is struggling…

UK intelligence report says nuclear warheads being removed from 1980s-vintage cruise missiles to be repurposed published : 26 Nov 2022 at 17:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits a site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile attack, in the town of Vyshhorod, near Kyiv, on Friday. (Photo: Ukrainian…

/ Europe As it happened Issued on: 26/11/2022 - 10:36 01:53 In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena pay tribute at a monument to victims of the Holodomor, also known as the Great Famine, which took place in the…