Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Belarusian armed forces have begun a series of drills to practice peace to wartime transition, the country’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. “The main thrust of the drills is to carry out a whole set of consecutive training sessions involving all categories of army personnel, military units and command centers, who are to practice concerted measures for peace to wartime transition,” the ministry said on its Telegram channel, TASS reported. It explained that the measures were being taken in accordance with the Belarusian armed forces’ training plans for 2021-2022. “The combat readiness training sessions are being held after another…

A top State Department official said ‘the entire world’ would react harshly to any nuclear test by Pyongyang A senior US official has vowed a “forceful response” should North Korea conduct a nuclear test. The response follows Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile launch over the weekend, which was matched by a similar show of force from Washington and Seoul. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with her South Korean counterpart, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman argued that any nuclear test would violate United Nations Security Council resolutions and warned of a massive international reaction. “There would be a swift and forceful response to…

The Donbass town where a wooden monastery was torched during fighting has been “liberated” from Ukraine, Sergey Shoigu says Russia and its allies have made more progress towards fully capturing the Donbass, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported on Tuesday. Some 15 communities were recently taken, including Svyatogorsk – the town where Ukrainian forces allegedly torched a wooden church as they retreated last week. Svyatogorsk is located on the left bank of the Severny Donets river and is claimed by the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) as part of its territory. Last week, the Skete of All Saints, a historic wooden…

Earlier, Kirill Stremousov said that the authorities of the Kherson Region intended to initiate a motion in the near future in favor of joining Russia in the capacity of a full-fledged constituent territory of the federation The authorities of the Kherson Region believe that the territory will most probably decide to follow in Crimea’s footsteps with respect to the idea of reunification with Russia, the deputy chief of the Kherson Region’s military-civilian administration, Kirill Stremousov, told the media on the sidelines of the 15th international festival Great Russian Word in Yalta on Tuesday. The leader of the Republic of Crimea,…

NATO has launched the BALTOPS 22 naval drills in the Baltic Sea, which involve Prospective NATO members Sweden and Finland. In total, the exercises involve about 7,000 troops, 75 aircraft and 45 warships and put NATO’s amphibious operations, anti-submarine capabilities, air defences and mine clearance to the test over 10 scheduled days of war games. According to the statements by NATO officials, the annual drills are not being held specifically to counter the Russian threat, but in order to strengthen the NATO eastern flank and potentially admit two new members who face Russia across the Baltic. Russia did not keep…

Washington’s initial explanation could evaporate with the forthcoming findings. The US military is looking into whether a US soldier is responsible for the explosion which occurred at a small US base in Deir-Ezzor, northern Syria, on April 7. The explosion injured four US occupation soldiers, according to three defense officials. One official confirmed that the suspect is no longer in Syria. The Criminal Investigation Division of the US army, along with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, are looking into the attack. “Army CID and Air Force OSI are conducting a joint investigation of the incident. A possible suspect, a US…

The United States claims to be keeping up efforts to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, despite its policies being in line with those of the Zionist regime as well as the recent anti-Iran resolution pushed by Germany, the UK, and France, all parties to the nuclear accord. Spokesman for US Department of State Ned Price on Monday afternoon addressed reporters on the recent report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the US shares many data with the UN nuclear watchdog and has faith in it. Noting that assessment made by the Director General of the IAEA…

The supplies are expected to make up for Brussels’ embargo on Russian oil, Reuters says Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could start shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month, Reuters reported on Monday. Washington believes Caracas will not benefit financially from these cashless transactions, and that the money will be used to pay Venezuela’s debt, according to the report. The US, which has imposed economic restrictions on the Latin American nation, gave the green light to the two companies to resume shipments, Reuters says, hoping that the crude from the sanctioned nation can…

On June 1, Washington announced that it would provide a new military aid package to Ukraine that would include the delivery of HIMARS weapons and ammunition The longer the range of weapons that Western countries will supply to Ukraine, the further Moscow will move away the line of threat from its territory, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at an online press conference on international issues on Monday. “Russian President Vladimir Putin has already commented on the situation that will emerge with the arrival of new armaments and I can only add that the longer the range of armaments that…

The previous government scrapped a contract with France’s Naval Group last September, which would have given Canberra advanced diesel-electric submarines by the end of the decade. Instead, it opted for nuclear subs developed by Australia, the US and the UK under the AUKUS security arrangement. Australia’s new defence minister, Richard Marles, has claimed to have an “open mind” over filling the expected “capability gap” in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) created by the AUKUS pact. Speaking Monday, he expressed concern over the 2040 deadline for Canberra to get its first AUKUS-sponsered nuclear submarines. The RAN is reportedly set to start…