32 h. ago Lithuania says it will shoot down smuggling balloons from Russia’s ally Belarus

PM blames Alexander Lukashenko for not stopping ‘hybrid attacks’, which closed Vilnius airport four times last weekEurope live – latest updatesLithuania’s prime minister has authorised the shooting down of smuggling balloons that cross the border from Russia’s ally Belarus, calling them “hybrid attacks” in an echo of the term used to describe Moscow’s destabilisation efforts.Incursions by balloons carrying contraband cigarettes prompted the Nato and EU member state to close Vilnius airport four times last week and shut its border crossings with Belarus temporarily. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago European airport shuts after smuggler balloons enter airspace

Some 30 flights and more than 4,000 passengers were affected

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5 d. ago Putin ally accuses Trump of an 'act of war' against Russia after US president imposed new oil sanctions

Medvedev said on Thursday it was now absolutely clear that the United States was Russia's adversary.

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5 d. ago Putin ally accuses Trump of an 'act of war' against Russia after US president imposed new oil sanctions 

Medvedev said on Thursday it was now absolutely clear that the United States was Russia's adversary.

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5 d. ago Kremlin issues chilling WW3 threat as ranting Putin ally accuses Trump of an 'act of war' against Russia after US president imposed new sanctions

Medvedev said on Thursday it was now absolutely clear that the United States was Russia's adversary.

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1 week ago Syrian president in first visit to Moscow as former enemies hold talks

Ahmed al-Sharaa in effort to diversify alliances while Putin seeks to safeguard military interests in SyriaThe Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, travelled to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Vladimir Putin, marking their first meeting since the fall of the Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad and his subsequent exile in Russia.The talks underscored Moscow’s efforts to safeguard its military foothold in Syria and forge relations with the new rulers in Damascus, with both sides taking a pragmatic approach despite having been enemies only a year ago. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia's World War 3 threat to UK as Putin ally says 'burn down satanic island'

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has stirred up more World War Three fears with a tirade against the UK which he has branded a "satanic island" which Russia should "burn down"

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4 w. ago Trump's nuclear warning to Moscow: President tells Kremlin America has more nukes than anyone else and confirms he sent 'lethal' submarine to the coast of Russia after Putin ally's WW3 threat

Donald Trump has threateningly reminded Russia that the US has the most nuclear weapons in the world. 

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