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The strike was launched in response to Kiev’s use of Western-made long-range missiles, the president has said

Warning comes as President Vladimir Putin lowers threshold for using Russia nuclear arsenal in move decried as ‘irresponsible’ by the West.

The move comes as Joe Biden heads into his final months in US office, with successor Donald Trump believed to be more favourable towards Russia.

Here’s why the US and its allies are afraid of real military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow

Comments appear to significantly lower the threshold for Russia to use nuclear weapons and come as Western allies consider allowing Ukraine to use weapons inside Russia.

If Washington expands weapons authorisation, NATO will be directly involved in the war, says the Russian leader.

The US and UK had sought to seize the frozen sovereign funds.

"The killing of children is unbearable," Modi says, following a deadly strike on a children's hospital in Ukraine.

The Indian leader navigates a delicate balance between upholding a longstanding relationship with Moscow and seeking closer ties with the West.

The Ukrainian leader has stated that Kiev is suffering significant losses and faces urgent time constraints.

As a strategic measure on the Turkmenistan-Iranian border, the gauge for coal transport was changed to Iranian Railways' wagon width of 1,435 mm, a deviation from the Russian standard of 1,520 mm.

Putin said the Kremlin sees its arsenal as an important form of strategic deterrence to maintain the global balance of power.