Two Russian strategic bomber planes flew over the Sea of Japan for more than seven hours yesterday, as Japan’s prime minister was beginning his visit to Ukraine.
During the flights, which lasted over seven hours, the bombers were escorted by Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets.
The Tupolev Tu-95MS planes are capable of carrying nuclear weapons and Moscow regularly flies them over international waters in the Arctic, North Atlantic and Pacific as a show of strength.
Russian Defence Ministry ministry said that none of the aircraft intruded into the airspace of any other country and that it strictly observed international law iwhile conducting the flights.
Tom Tugendhat deflects questions about the speeding row that has engulfed the home secretary Suella Braverman. Arriving for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, the security minister told reporters "you'll have to ask the Prime Minister I'm afraid". Report by Rowlandi. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Hiroshima, unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi. Taking to Twitter the PM said this bust in Hiroshima gives a very important message. The Gandhian ideals of peace and harmony reverberate globally and give strength to millions.
#PMModi #MahatmaGandhi #Hiroshima
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Imran Khan’s arrest by the Pak Rangers has turned Pakistan into a battlefield. Supporters of the former PM have destroyed government buildings, damaged public and private properties, vehicles and more. The Police have come down heavily on these protestors and many have been detained. The protests against Imran Khan’s arrest are not limited to Pakistan though. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters held a protest outside the Pakistan Embassy in Washington against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest. They called for the release of Khan and even chanted slogans against the Chief Justice and Army Generals.
#ImranKhanArrest #PakistanProtests #PakEmbassy
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Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that if the country continues to have economic and political turmoil then the military may take over the reins.
#Pakistan #ShahidKhaqanAbbasi #ImranKhan
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The overnight drone attacks on Kyiv by the Russian forces don’t seem to stop at all. Last night too, Russian forces carried out overnight drone attacks on Kyiv…continuing a month-long campaign of air strikes against the Ukrainian capital. The top echelons of the Ukrainian military said that Kyiv's air defences destroyed all of the drones during the three-hour air attack last night. This was the twelfth drone attack by Russia this month. The attacks were carried out using Iranian-made Shahed drones, or what the Russian call Kamikaze drones. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv’s military administratio, said that all detected air targets moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed” .
#Kamikazedrone #kyivdroneattack#Russiaukrainewar
In a major development, Russia has accused Kyiv of carrying ot cross-border sabotage in the Belgorod region. Kyiv has denied these accusations by saying that the groups responsible for the attacks don’t follow their orders…and they act on their own. Two groups have claimed responsibility for this cross-border raids….The Freedom of Russia Legion…and the Russian Volunteer Corps. Both have said that they had carried out the attacks and liberated a settlement in the region.The Free Russia legion was formed in March 2022. Reportedly, its first members were soldiers who had defected from the Russian military shortly after Moscow launched its massive, unprovoked Ukrainian invasion on February 24 last year. In their manifesto, they describe themselves as free citizens of Russia who take responsibility for themselves and are beginning to fight for a New Russia. The exact number of fighters in the organization is still a secret, but it is speculated that figures are as high as up to 4,000.
#LegionofRussia#Russiavolunteercorps#Belgorod
A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals – who are aligned with the Ukrainian army – has claimed responsibility for an attack in Russian’s southwestern region of Belgorod…as Moscow said it was fighting a group of saboteurs there. Shelling damaged an administrative building, several residential buildings, and a kindergarten in the area, according to Belgorod’s regional governor who said there were no fatalities. In a Telegram post, groups calling themselves the “Freedom of Russia Legion” and “Russian Volunteer Corps” said they had “liberated” a settlement in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine. Ukraine has disavowed connection to the Russian partisan fighters, saying that they act independently and are not subject to military control. The Freedom of Russia Legion, which describes itself as an anti-Kremlin militia seeking to liberate Russia from Vladimir Putin, said it had crossed the border and overrun the settlement of Kozinka, while sending units into the town of Grayvoron in Russia’s Belgorod region. Another anti-Kremlin militia, the Russian Volunteer Corps, which is led by a prominent Russian nationalist, also said it had taken part in the raid.
#Legionofrussia #Belgorodsabotage#Russiaukrainewar
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The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. It said that as a result of offensive actions by Wagner assault units, supported by artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of Artyomovsk has been completed, referring to Bakhmut by its Soviet-era name. Earlier on Saturday, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had also reported the capture of Bakhmut. Bakhmut, which is located in Ukraine's Donetsk province, has been the site of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces for months. Russia controls around half of the province and claimed to have annexed it in the autumn of 2022. But Kyiv has disputed the Russian claims and has said that Bakhmut has not fallen into the hands of Russians.
#Bakhmut #Vladimirputin#Wagnergrup
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Elon Musk's start-up Neuralink on Thursday said it has gotten approval from US regulators to test its brain implants in people. Neuralink said that clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its first-in-human clinical study is ‘an important first step’ for its technology, which is intended to let brains interface directly with computers.
#Neuralink #ElonMusk #FDA
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Former Pakistan PM and PTI Chief Imran Khan added to no-fly list; Guinea’s suppression of protests stokes anger against military; Germany, world's fourth largest economy, enters Recession; Wagner Group starts withdrawing from Bakhmut
#ImranKhan #NoFlyList #PTI #BushraBibi
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The Indian Navy achieved a historic milestone after the MiG-29K fighter jet conducted a successful night landing on the indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The video of the same was shared by the Indian Navy on its official Twitter account.
#MiG29K #INSVikrant #IndianNavy #RajnathSingh
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The first of the three Russian hypersonic missile scientists to be arrested on suspicion of treason will go on trial next week in a case which apparently involves accusations of betraying secrets to foreign adversaries. The criminal case against Anatoly Maslov, 76, will open in Saint Petersburg’s city court on June 1. The St. Petersburg City Court also ruled on May 24 that Maslov's detention would be extended until at least November 10. Soon after his arrest, authorities had flown him to Moscow and put him in pre-trial detention in Lefortovo prison…a former KGB interrogation site where Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is also being held. The details of the case are classified, but some local media reports cited sources close to scientific circles as saying that the three scholars are suspected of handing information related to their research to China.
#Russiascientisttreason #russianmissile #russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
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The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops have started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.
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Days after claiming full control of the war-ravaged city of Bakhmut, Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has started withdrawing fighters from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said. "We are withdrawing the units from Bakhmut. From today at five in the morning, May 25 until June 1, most of the units will rebase to camps in the rear. We are handing our positions to the military," Prigozhin announced.
#WagnerGroup #Bakhmut #RussiaUkraineWar
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Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick says net migration is “far too high” after newly published figures for 2022 showed around 606,000 more people are estimated to have moved to the UK than have left. The Office for National Statistics said factors contributing to relatively high levels of immigration over the past 18 months include people coming to the UK from non-EU countries for work, study, and for humanitarian purposes, including those arriving from Ukraine and Hong Kong. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
In what is believed to be a stunning military operation for Kyiv, two Russian jets and two military helicopters were shot down near the Ukrainian border, while a fifth aircraft crashed on Saturday on the Russian side. A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter, and two Mi-8 helicopters that had made up a military raiding party were “shot down almost simultaneously” in an ambush in the Bryansk region, adjoining northeast Ukraine.
#RussiaUkraineWar #RussianMilitary #MilitaryAircrafts
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Russia is planning to move its newest nuclear submarine… Generalissimo Suvorov to a permanent base in the Kamchatka Peninsula in August this year as Moscow is trying to step up its military presence in the Pacific. Generalissimo Suvorov, which entered service at the end of 2022, can carry up to 16 nuclear-tipped Russian Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles, each of which can carry more than one nuclear warhead. This nuclear submarine will make an inter-naval transition from the Northern Fleet in the Arctic to the Pacific Fleet in August. The transition will be carried out along the Northern Sea Route including in a submerged position.
#Generalissiomosuvarov #Russiasubmarine #Russiafleet
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Belgium is among the largest wholesale buyers of rare gems from Moscow, and local professionals fear that a Western ban on Russian diamonds could result in less oversight.
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Finland crowns its reindeer king as 14 reindeer and jockeys compete for the title in the season's final race in the Arctic, with reindeer racing a growing sport.
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