(Reuters) - March 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said a Russian fighter plane clipped the propeller of one its spy drones and made it crash into the Black Sea in the first such direct encounter
Putin has yet to travel beyond borders since sending his armed forces into Ukraine in February last year, and missed November’s G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
Plans for a visit come as China has been offering to broker peace in Ukraine, an effort that has been met with scepticism in the West given China's diplomatic support for Russia.
The RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled missile, nicknamed 'Satan 2', was first announced by Putin in 2018. The missiles were supposed to have been deployed last year.
At the meeting on Wednesday, the US President plans to reaffirm commitments over their security and discuss support for Ukraine before he returns to Washington.
As per security analysts, it could complicate delicate calculus that underpins mutual deterrence, while also spurring powers like China and India to build their nuclear arsenals.
Putin also vowed to continue with the year-long war and told the country's military elite that Russia would 'carefully and consistently resolve the tasks facing us'.
PM Modi’s significant reliance on NSA Ajit Doval and their shaping, especially, of India’s neighbourhood policy, seems to have tipped the balance in Russia’s mind.
Michael Oren’s ‘Six Days of War’ portrays the former president of Israel, Levi Eshkol, as understated and under-appreciated. The man, however, ensured Israel won the war in just six days.
2024 was a one-candidate election. Modi was the only candidate for whom BJP sought votes, and he was the only opponent most of its rivals wanted defeated.
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