Head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), Lt Gen Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed when device hidden in scooter exploded Tuesday.
Russian authorities graft probe in armed forces kicked up a notch with arrest of dy head of army’s general staff on bribery charges. Number of senior officials arrested now five.
Russian state media says the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane was shot down near Belgorod on Ukrainian border. Ukraine says it’s looking into claims the plane was carrying PoWs.
Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian pro-war blogger, had nearly 6 lakh Telegram followers. At an event organised by Putin last year, he called for 'killing all Ukrainans'.
Russian commanders have made the capture of Soledar a key objective in a campaign to take the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine's larger eastern Donbas region.
The announcement of Russia's first public mobilisation since World War II for its 'special military operation' in Ukraine, has triggered a rush for the border by eligible men.
Meanwhile, the international community has slammed plans by separatist regions in Ukraine to hold referendums, calling it an attempt to divert attention from Russia’s battle reversals.
For Indian foreign policy, a weakened Russia is a mixed bag: it is likely to be more beholden to Beijing, but its support to China in the Indo-Pacific would matter less.
High-ranking Russian officers killed in Ukraine reportedly include four major generals & one lieutenant general. Russia said to have deployed 20 generals to lead Ukraine war.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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