President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said he would be able to position tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by the summer, a move that threatened to increase tensions with the United States and Europe while his forces wage war in Ukraine. The Russian leader has repeatedly raised the specter of using nuclear weapons since ordering […]
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Putin Pulls Back From Nuclear Arms Treaty: Russia-Ukraine War News
If much of President Vladimir V. Putin’s 100-minute state-of-the-nation speech on Tuesday sounded familiar, that was by design: Its purpose, it appeared, was to emphasize to Russians that war is the new normal. Mr. Putin’s only major revelation was that Russia would suspend participation in New START, its last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with […]
Are North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Tests as Safe as the Country Claims?
SEOUL — North Korea has long maintained that all six of its nuclear weapons tests were conducted safely. But on Tuesday, a Seoul-based human rights group warned that radioactive contamination may have spread through groundwater from the North’s Punggye-ri nuclear test site, potentially jeopardizing the health of people in North Korea and neighboring countries. The […]
North Korea Vows to Escalate Nuclear Threat Against the South
SEOUL — North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, vowed to expand his country’s nuclear capabilities against rival South Korea “exponentially,” indicating that he would escalate his military brinkmanship in the new year despite sanctions from abroad and economic woes at home. During a five-day meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party that ended in Pyongyang on Saturday, […]
Ukraine Says Nuclear Power Plants Are Back Online: Live Updates
An oil tanker in Novorossiysk, Russia, last month.Credit…Associated Press Diplomats from the European Union did not agree Thursday on final details of a policy to help limit Russia’s revenue from oil, after a setback the day before to efforts led by the United States and Ukraine’s allies to curb the flow of cash financing Russia’s […]
UN Stresses Need to Protect Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant: Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates
The aftermath of a deadly Russian missile attack in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, in July.Credit…Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press At least 437 children are among more than 8,300 civilians who have been killed in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February, the country’s prosecutor general said on Saturday in a grim new accounting of the war’s toll. […]
Biden Says Russian Use of a Nuclear Weapon Would Be a ‘Serious Mistake’
President Biden’s remarks reflect the urgent concern in Washington and among Western allies that Russia may be searching for a pretext to unleash a battlefield nuclear weapon.
Russians Start to Flee City Near Occupied Nuclear Plant, Ukraine Says
Russians are leaving the southern city of Enerhodar, Ukrainian officials said, raising doubts over Moscow’s ability to retain control of the neighboring Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility.
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Workers Face ‘Unacceptable Pressure,’ U.N. Agency Says
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief said he had discussed the “increasingly difficult and challenging work conditions” at the plant during meetings with Russian and Ukrainian officials.
North Korea Says It Is Building Underwater Nuclear Weapons Silos
The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has inspected a recent flurry of missile tests, vowing to increase — and never give up — his nuclear weapons.