Putin Warns West Over F-16’s, Confirms Nukes Moved to Belarus; Ukraine Intelligence Says May Be Time to Give up East
Russia warns West sending F-16s to Ukraine ‘carries enormous risks’
By Ashleigh Furlong. The West’s effort to potentially send modern fighter jets to Ukraine “carries enormous risks,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko warned on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
The minister’s comments in an interview with TASS come in the wake of the U.S. getting behind a joint international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to use modern fighter aircraft including F-16s. This could also pave the way to eventually send advanced Western combat jets to Ukraine, according to a senior administration official. (Read more from “Russia warns West sending F-16s to Ukraine ‘carries enormous risks’” HERE)
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Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus
By BBC News. Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says.
Russia’s president told a forum they would only be used if Russia’s territory or state was threatened. . .
Belarus is a key Russian ally and served as a launchpad for Mr Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
Mr Putin said transferring the tactical nuclear warheads would be completed by the end of the summer.
Answering questions after a speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia’s president said the move was about “containment” and to remind anyone “thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on us”. (Read more from “Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus” HERE)
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Ukraine Intelligence Officer Recommends Giving up Eastern Provinces
UA POV: Dennis Desyatnik from special Ukrainian intelligence suggests giving up Donbass and Luhansk territories when negotiations happen.
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