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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicRussia-Ukraine conflict

Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

Human Rights Watch calls on Russia, Ukraine to stop using cluster bomb; urges US to halt supply

Over 120 countries have joined an international treaty prohibiting the weapons, while Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. have chosen not to endorse the agreement.

China’s stand on Russia’s nuclear threat to Ukraine important, says top Zelenskyy adviser

Andriy Yermak wrote on the Telegram messaging app, ‘(This is) an important position of (China) regarding the nuclear threat from the insane Russian terrorist.’

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of plotting attack on nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia region

The plant which is Europe's largest nuclear facility was seized by Russian troops following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia says it has brought 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones to its territory

In July 2022, the US estimated that Russia ‘forcibly deported’ 260,000 children, while Ukraine says 19,492 Ukrainian children are currently considered illegally deported.

Ukraine charges Russian politician with war crimes over ‘deportation’ of orphans from Kherson

According to prosecution documents obtained by Reuters, 48 orphans were abducted from Kherson Regional Children's Home last year and sent to Moscow and Russian-occupied Crimea.

Human Rights Watch reports Ukraine used banned landmines against Russian troops

Since Russia's February 2022 invasion, HRW has published four reports documenting the use by Russian troops of 13 types of anti-personnel mines that killed and injured civilians.

Kremlin dismisses UN report on detention of children in Ukraine, says its army saved them

In another report, commissioned by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which was published last week, Russia stands accused of having killed 136 children in 2022.

Jet linked to Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin arrives in Belarus following mutiny

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address on Monday night that the mutiny leaders had betrayed their motherland, although he did not mention Prigozhin by name.

‘Aware of destabilising impact’ of Russia’s war, ready for any scenario, says UK PM Rishi Sunak

The attempted mutiny by Wagner mercenary group left countries that are both friendly and hostile to Russia wondering about what could happen next in the country.

After Wagner mutiny, Russian defence minister visits troops fighting in Ukraine war

Wagner paramilitary group's mutineers moved towards Moscow this weekend to remove Russia's 'corrupt and incompetent' military leadership.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.