2 days ago - We use Google reCaptcha to protect ... Policy and Terms of Service apply. ... In the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin frequently invoked Moscow’s nuclear arsenal, the world’s biggest, repeatedly pledging to use all means necessary to defend Russia. He later seemed to moderate his rhetoric, but officials close to the Russian president have recently warned Nato countries ...

6 days ago - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, warned on Friday that Moscow's nuclear weapons are in "full combat readiness." Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, tensions between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and the Kremlin ...

December 18, 2023 - In interview with Russian state television, Russian president warns of ‘problems’ with Finland now that the Nordic country has joined NATO. ... Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow has “no interest” in attacking a NATO member and called U.S.

January 22, 2023 - Medvedev said NATO and other defence leaders, due to meet at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday to talk about strategy and support for the West's attempt to defeat Russia in Ukraine, should think about the risks of their policy. Putin casts Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine as an existential battle with an aggressive and arrogant West, and has said that Russia will use ...

2 days ago - Putin, who casts the West as a decadent aggressor, and US President Joe Biden, who casts Russia as a corrupt autocracy and Putin as a killer, have both warned that a direct Russia-NATO confrontation could escalate into World War Three.

2 weeks ago - Putin said the move from the West would 'change the very nature of the conflict', and issued a severe threat against giving Zelensky access to more military might.

2 weeks ago - Russia started the conflict in Ukraine and can end it "straight away”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. It comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow would regard Western missiles being fired into Russia as a serious escalation of the war. Putin told Russian state television that this would “mean nothing other than the direct participation of Nato countries - the US ...

February 25, 2022 - Also read: 'Covid restrictions ... as Putin orders military operations in Ukraine · But it is hard to see Ukrainians accepting any new leadership installed by Moscow. “I think we must fight all those who invade our country so strongly,” said one man stuck in traffic trying to leave Kyiv.

March 2, 2022 - He accused the U.S. and its allies of ignoring Russia’s demands to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and for security guarantees, saying the military action was a “forced measure.” · Anticipating international condemnation and countermeasures, Putin issued a stark warning to other countries ...

August 18, 2022 - He recognized the independence ... by Ukrainian forces, and had parliament grant him authority to use military force outside the country. Putin laid out three conditions that he said could end the standoff, urging Kyiv to renounce its bid to join NATO, to partially demilitarize ...

February 25, 2022 - He accused the U.S. and its allies ... joining NATO and for security guarantees. He called the military action a “forced measure” stemming from rising security risks for Russia. Anticipating international condemnation and countermeasures, Putin issued a stark warning to other countries ...

2 days ago - He later seemed to moderate his ... recently warned Nato countries they risk provoking nuclear war if they were to give the green light for Ukraine to use long-range weapons. Earlier this month, Putin said the west would be directly fighting with Russia if it gave such permission to Ukraine – and that Russia ...

November 30, 2021 - Context: Russia warned by U.S., NATO as military buildup stokes fear of Ukraine invasion · Speaking to participants of an online investment forum. Putin said that NATO’s eastward expansion has threatened Russia’s core security interests. He expressed concern that NATO could eventually use the ...

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November 30, 2021 - Your support enables me to be in ... and accountability. Without your contributions, we wouldn't have the resources to challenge those in power. Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election ... Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sternly warned NATO against deploying ...

November 30, 2021 - Ukraine, Nato and the United States warned on Tuesday as the Western military alliance met to discuss Moscow's possible motives for massing troops near the Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin countered that Russia would be forced to act if US-led Nato placed ...

2 weeks ago - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO on Friday that he will go to war if the West lift its ban on long-range missiles being used in Ukraine. · The Russian dictator has vowed to make “appropriate decisions” after President Joe Biden and other world leaders suggested they would ...