Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed criticism over the UK’s donation of 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, particularly objecting to the potential deployment of depleted uranium (DU) tank rounds. Putin characterized this move as a dangerous escalation towards nuclear war. The technical details of the Challenger 2 tank’s armament include a 120mm rifled gun with ammunition unique to... 

Russia’s Wagner group is reportedly now turning its focus to Africa after suffering heavy losses in Ukraine amid the mercenary group boss’ fall-out with Vladimir Putin. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the group, has been in a long-running dispute with the Kremlin, particularly with defence minister Sergei Shoigu. He has accused Shoigu of blocking the supply of ammunition and personnel to... 

Deputy Head of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has intensified nuclear sabre-rattling, emphasizing that a Ukrainian attempt to retake Crimea could justify the use of nuclear weapons by Russia. This is not the first time the Kremlin has made such threats, with Medvedev criticizing the West and NATO allies, accusing them of attempting to dismantle Russia. In an interview with Russian... 

Arresting Vladimir Putin would be a declaration of war, Russia has warned, after the International Criminal Court issued an international arrest warrant for him. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former president, said should Germany – or any other nation – arrest the despot, it would trigger a nuclear strike on the offending country. Medvedev... 

A Russian missile blew up a Ukrainian apartment building this morning hours after a drone strike on a Kyiv high school killed seven people, terrifying video has shown. The strikes came as part of Vladimir Putin’s latest missile barrage against the country, despite the Kremlin insisting its forces are not targeting civilians. Shocking footage from Zaporizhzhya and posted by Ukraine’s President... 

An overnight attack destroyed a shipment of Russian cruise missiles on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, Kyiv’s military agency has claimed. Footage posted to social channels showed a large fireball lighting up the sky above the town of Dzhankoi in what was reportedly an attack by drones on a train transporting Russian Kalibr missiles to Vladimir Putin’s fleet in the Black Sea. Ukraine’s... 

A Romanian general claimed that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) was never closed down but is continuously being improved and upgraded over the years. Geo-engineering expert Gen. Emil Strainu discussed the dangers of HAARP to members of the media Serbia. He dubbed it as the “weapon of the apocalypse,” telling journalist Dragan Vujicic that it can potentially be used for... 

China’s President Xi Jinping told a grinning Vladimir Putin ‘change is coming’ in an ominous parting message as he departed Moscow on Tuesday evening following talks with his Russian counterpart. ‘Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years. And we are driving this change together,’ Xi told Putin via his interpreter – words sure to set alarm bells ringing... 

The US has approved use of the world’s first vaccine for honey bees. Earlier this year, biotech company in Georgia received conditional approval for the vaccine from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The vaccine was engineered to prevent fatalities from American foulbrood disease, a bacterial condition which is known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae. As pollinators, bees play a... 

Russia has warned there are ‘fewer and fewer steps’ to a potential ‘nuclear collision’ and warned Britain it will ‘respond’ to its ammunition supplies to Ukraine. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that there were fewer and fewer steps left before a potential ‘nuclear collision’ between Russia and the West, Interfax news agency reported. Shoigu was responding... 

If Ukraine fails to defend its “independence,” Poland may end up “joining” the ongoing battle between Russia and that country, according to the Polish ambassador to France, Jan Emeryk Rosciszewski. On Saturday, the senior diplomat made the comments in a live interview with broadcaster LCI. Rosciszewski pointed the finger firmly at Moscow for the hostilities, which have been... 

Furious Vladimir Putin has condemned the International Criminal Court’s ‘outrageous’ decision to issue an arrest warrant for him over war crimes in Ukraine, that one expert said could hasten his removal as Russia’s leader. The ICC on Friday called for Putin’s arrest and accused the despot of committing war crimes by abducting Ukrainian children from their homes and deporting... 

The Chinese embassy in Washington DC denies involvement in the Ukraine crisis and asserts it has not supplied weapons to either side. However, data from ImportGenius reveals that Chinese companies, including one linked to the Beijing government, shipped equipment, including 1,000 assault rifles, to Russian entities. The shipments took a convoluted route via NATO member Turkey and the UAE between June... 

Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev offered a $15 million bounty to kill Italy’s defence minister Guido Crosetto, a newspaper is claiming. Italian Il Foglio newspaper said the country’s intelligence service intercepted an order from Medvedev – a former Kremlin president – to private military company Wagner. Medvedev – deputy head of Russia’s powerful... 

Kremlin forces are reported to have found the downed US MQ-9 Reaper drone at a depth of up to 2,953ft in the Black Sea off the major naval port of Sevastopol, according to Russian media. A source close to the Russian defence ministry reportedly told ForPost, a publication in annexed Crimea: ‘An underwater robot has descended to the seabed and detected the MQ-9 Reaper at a depth of about 850-900...