During Xi's visit to Moscow, China proposed a peace plan for Ukraine that the West largely dismisses as vague at best, and at worst a ploy to buy time for Putin to regroup his forces.
The pre-dawn barrage on Thursday killed at least nine civilians and cut electricity in several cities, but it was restored after temporary disconnection from Ukrainian grid.
It was the first official mention of the participation by the warship, 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov,' which is armed with Zircon missiles.
Tuesday's schedule at the summit was also disrupted by an emergency meeting to discuss reports of a missile landing in Polish territory near Ukraine and killing two people.
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said, without providing evidence, that 'Russian missiles hit Poland'. The explosion occurred after Russia hammered cities across Ukraine with missiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin remotely observed the annual exercise, called 'Grom' or 'Thunder' that involved nuclear submarines, strategic bombers and ballistic missiles.
Zelenskyy said the attacks had struck on a 'very wide' scale. With winter approaching, the potential for freezing misery looms as Russia continues to attack Ukraine's power grid.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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