Russian Duma passes law to revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treatyRussia's parliament has passed a bill that revokes Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, in line with Preside...
19 Oct, 2023, 12.12 AM IST
No 'practical evidence' Russia plans to use tactical nukes, says CIARussia placed nuclear forces on high alert shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24. Putin has ...
07 May, 2022, 10.58 PM IST
Might Russia use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war?While Washington has not seen any actions suggesting Russian nuclear forces are on high alert, experts and Western officials warned against...
06 May, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
How America watches for a nuclear strikeAnalysts and nuclear experts say the accumulating evidence suggests that Putin’s declaration of “combat readiness” was not an order to prep...
06 Apr, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
West, Russia mull nuclear steps in a 'more dangerous' worldThe default U.S. policy answer, say some architects of the post-Cold War nuclear order, is with discipline and restraint. That could entail...
02 Apr, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
Ukraine conflict: Russia would only use nuclear weapons faced with 'existential threat', says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry PeskovDays after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Putin announced on February 28 that he had put the country's strategic nuclear forces on high al...
23 Mar, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Ukraine envoy to Japan says Putin may be willing to use nuclear weaponsLate last month, Putin ordered his military command to put Russia's deterrence forces - which include nuclear arms - on high alert.
11 Mar, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Russia holds drills with nuclear submarines, land-based missilesRussia's Northern Fleet said in a statement that several of its nuclear submarines were involved in exercises designed to "train maneuverin...
02 Mar, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
NATO sees no need to change nuclear alert level"We will always do what is needed to protect and defend our allies, but we don't think there is any need now to change the alert levels of ...
01 Mar, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
Joe Biden says Americans should not worry about nuclear war after Russian actionsRussia's defence ministry said on Monday its nuclear missile forces and Northern and Pacific fleets had been placed on enhanced combat duty...
01 Mar, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
EU warns Belarus opening door to Russian nukes after voteThe EU is set to impose a new raft of tough sanctions on Belarus as Minsk has facilitated Moscow's invasion of by acting as a staging post ...
28 Feb, 2022, 06.48 PM IST
Oil soars as Russia puts nuclear forces on alert, bank sanctions biteRussia accounts for about 10% of global oil supply.
28 Feb, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
As Russian President Vladimir Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, here are 5 genuine nuclear dangers for us allThis deeply worrying development underscores how high the global nuclear stakes have become in recent weeks. The war in Ukraine should be a...
28 Feb, 2022, 11.19 AM IST
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Does Vladimir Putin's alert change risk of nuclear war?Russian President Vladimir Putin's words amount to the kind of threat rarely heard even during the Cold War period, when vastly larger nucl...
28 Feb, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
Oil surges 6% on Russia nuclear alert as sanctions intensifyOil prices jumped more than $7 in early trade on Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin put the country's nuclear deterrent on high ...
28 Feb, 2022, 08.34 AM IST
Russian President Vladimir Putin puts nuclear deterrent forces on alertSpeaking at a meeting with his top officials, Putin asserted on Sunday that leading NATO powers had made ``aggressive statements'' along wi...
27 Feb, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Vladimir Putin's nuclear alert 'totally unacceptable': US"This is a pattern that we've seen from President Putin through the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exis...
27 Feb, 2022, 09.12 PM IST