On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department accused the Russian military of using prohibited chemical weapons against Ukrainian targets as the war between the two nations approaches its 27th month. In a press release, the agency stated that chloropicrin, an insecticide that was used as a choking agent in WWI, and riot control aerosols were used
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Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine overnight, of which 21 […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine []
Russia has violated an international ban on the use of chemical weapons, the US State Department announced Wednesday, May 1, as it laid out new sanctions against Moscow. The US diplomatic agency alleges that Russian troops have used chloropicrin, an irritating substance, against Ukrainian soldiers. Consequently, the new US sanctions list includes the Russian Forces of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection of the Ministry of Defence, the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Applied...
Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Rosneft Refinery In Russia By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Just as Russia had started to bring back some refinery capacity damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks earlier this year, a new wave of drone attacks hit a major refinery owned by Rosneft, for a second time. Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery southeast of Moscow caught fire after the overnight drone attack, an anonymous Ukrainian military source with knowledge of the situation told Bloomberg News on...
Six arrests in quick succession show Germany is being targeted by spies but also that it is fighting back.
Russia's air defence system repelled a drone attack in the Krasnodar region overnight into Saturday, April 27, according to the region's Governor Veniamin Kondratyev. He stated that "more than ten drones" had been intercepted in several districts, targeting oil refineries and infrastructure facilities. There were no casualties or significant damage, and emergency services continue to extinguish fires caused by the falling drones, the governor assured. The head of the Slavyansky district in...
Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested.
Prosecutors say trio are accused of passing on technical military knowledge and export of a laser without permissionsThree German citizens, a married couple from Düsseldorf and a man from Bad Homburg, have been arrested on suspicion of spying on behalf of China, prosecutors have said, in the second high-profile alleged espionage case reported in the country in days.The three are accused of passing on technical military knowhow to Chinese authorities in return for money. The head of Germany’s...
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses through the voice of its spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, that Romania is trying to “cancel” Russian culture after the broadcast in Bucharest of two Russian films considered propaganda was canceled, reports TASS. “The National Film Archive (ANF) of Romania, for political reasons, broke the rental agreements for cinemas concluded […]
A German army captain says that he became a spy for Russia over concerns that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war could escalate to involve nuclear weapons.The man accused of espionage, a 54-year-old army captain identified only as "Thomas H." due to Germany's strict privacy laws concerning criminal suspects, said that "it was wrong" of him to share German state secrets with Moscow, as the trial commenced in Düsseldorf on Monday, according to The Kyiv Independent.The captain was arrested in August...