Russia Emerge From Ukraine War a 'Shattered Military Power': Pentagon
It looked "dire and pessimistic" for Ukraine when Putin's forces invaded, Colin Kahl said, but a year later, it's clear that "Russia has lost."
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Iran can make fissile material for a bomb 'in about 12 days' - U.S. official
Iran could make enough fissile for one nuclear bomb in "about 12 days," a top U.S. Defense Department official said on Tuesday, down from the estimated one year it would have taken while the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was in effect.
Seabirds deliberately avoid wind turbine rotor blades offshore, new study finds. During two years of monitoring using cameras and radar, not a single bird was recorded colliding with a rotor blade.
Seabirds deliberately avoid wind turbine rotor blades offshore – that is the main finding of a new study that mapped the flightpaths of thousands of birds around wind turbines in the North Sea. Most importantly, during two years of monitoring using cameras and radar, not a single bird was recorded colliding with a rotor blade.
UN atomic agency confirms Iran has enriched uranium close to weapons grade
Corroborating earlier reports, IAEA says inspectors found traces of material at 83.7% purity in Fordo; Tehran says it's only enriched to 60%, which already has no civilian use
Nearly 2 million barrels of Russian diesel are stranded at sea because no one wants to buy them
That's the largest at-sea buildup since October 2020, when global energy markets were still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finland begins building $597 million barbed wire fence on Russian border
The 200km fence will be over 3 metres tall with barbed wire, night-vision cameras, lights and loudspeakers.
Putin unexpectedly mentions the risk of Russia’s collapse
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the possibility of Russia facing a breakup in the future, with its population to be divided into separate nations, the country's news agency TASS reported on Feb. 26.
Putin paying Palestinians in Lebanon refugee camps to fight in Ukraine
Poland to launch EU scheme for tracing Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
Russia: Flights turned back from St. Petersburg
Several domestic flights headed for St. Petersburg had been turned back to their destinations before traffic was resumed. The Russian Defense Ministry later said it had carried out air defense drills in the area.
Flurry of drone strikes hits Russia as TV, radio are hacked
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the border with Ukraine tightened Tuesday after several drones attacked inside Russian territory, including one that crashed just 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Moscow in an alarming development for Russian defenses.
Japan to add Russia's Wagner Group, others to sanction list over invasion
The Japanese government has decided to add more individuals and institutions, including the Russian private military company Wagner Group, to its list of sanctions in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
NATO chief says Ukraine will ultimately join alliance
Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance's secretary general, stressed on Tuesday the priority for Ukraine remains to fend off Russia's aggression.
Russia has just one tank factory churning out 20 tanks a month, with demand outstripping production by a factor of ten, says report
Russia's sole tank factory is producing around 20 tanks each month. But data suggests that Russia is losing about 150 tanks a month in Ukraine.
China says US overstretching concept of national security on TikTok ban -Chinese foreign ministry
Explosions heard in Krasnodar Krai in Russia, oil refinery on fire
There were explosions overnight in the Russian city of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, followed by a fire at a Rosneft oil refinery.
Kremlin complains of Scholz and Macron not contacting Putin at all lately
Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian President, has stated that Vladimir Putin remains open to negotiations about Ukraine, but neither German Chancellor Olaf Scholz nor French President Emmanuel Macron, with whom the Kremlin wants to be in touch, are contacting Russia at the moment at all.
Iran schoolgirls poisoned as "some people" seek to stop education for girls, Iranian official says
Since late November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported among schoolgirls mainly in Qom.
Ukraine war: Zelensky says situation in Bakhmut worsening
Russian forces have been trying to capture the eastern city of Bakhmut for over six months.