During a meeting in Pyongyang in June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact stipulating mutual military assistance if either country is attacked, in what was considered the two countries’ biggest defense deal since the end of the Cold War.
In his book "War", Woodward said Trump ordered an aide away from his office at his Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago in early 2024 so he could conduct a private phone call with Putin, according to The Washington Post's summary of the book.
Lavrov and Jaishankar discussed key matters on the bilateral cooperation agenda, as well as urgent international matters, including preparations for the upcoming BRICS Summit in Kazan, the Ukraine settlement, as well as the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The Chinese establishment is able to produce drones including the G3 at scale at a factory in China so the weapons can be deployed in the "special military operation" in Ukraine, the term Moscow uses for the war.
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was attacked by any state, and that any conventional attack on Russia that was supported by nuclear power would be considered to be a joint attack.
During his speech at the United Nations, Zelenskyy said proposing "alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles" would give Russian President Putin the political space to continue the war.
During the meeting, Zelenskyy appreciated India's attention to the conflict in Ukraine and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in finding a way out of it.
Prime Minister met Zelenskyy in the last leg of his three-day visit to the US where he also addressed the UNGA on Monday. He reiterated India's support for the early resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
US President Joe Biden commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic visit to Ukraine last month and his message of peace as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks that figured pressing global challenges, including the situation in the war-ravaged country.
Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha called on the world to prevent Russian scenarios involving strikes on nuclear power facilities. This came after a Russian overnight strike killed three in central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.
Can Russia-Ukraine war conflict lead to nuclear war: A senior Russian lawmaker has cautioned that if Ukraine were to launch strikes on Russian territory using missiles supplied by the West then it could result in a "worldwide war involving the use of nuclear arms."
The prime minister's first destination will be Wilmington, the hometown of Biden where he will join the US president, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the Quad summit on September 21. Modi will hold separate bilateral talks with the trio.
MEA underscored that India has an impeccable track record of compliance with international obligations on the export of military and dual-use items.
Notably, the telephone conversation between both leaders came before PM Modi's scheduled trip to the United States, where he will be meeting the QUAD leaders, including US President Joe Biden on September 21.
Ryan Routh, the reported suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday, stayed in Kyiv in the summer of 2022 to encourage people to fight for Ukraine, he told a news outlet that year.
Western countries have long been reluctant to allow Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russia out of fears of escalating the two-and-a-half-year conflict. However, the US is reportedly moving towards a shift in that policy, which would mark a dangerous escalation in the conflict.
Russia would be forced to take what Putin called "appropriate decisions" based on the new threats."If this decision is taken, it will mean nothing less than the direct involvement of NATO countries, the United States and European countries in the war in Ukraine," said Putin.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced that Moscow's forces had regained control of 10 settlements in Kursk, providing a list of the locations but not characterising the operations as a counter-offensive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed India hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced more than $700 million in support for Ukraine in its war against Russia as he visited Kyiv with his British counterpart David Lammy.
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