Trump, Ukraine and Russia
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Donald Trump warned Vladimir Putin that the US “has a nuclear submarine off your shore” as he condemned a Russian nuclear-capable cruise missile test as “inappropriate”. Putin said Russia had successfully tested its Burevestnik cruise missile,
Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin “is in a weak position” and fearful that the US will finally send Ukraine some Tomahawk missiles that can cut deep into Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Russian President Vladimir Putin is now believed to be more dug in than ever, according to a recent intelligence assessment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet European leaders in London on Friday. They have pledged military support to protect Ukraine from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire occurs.
A British-made Storm Shadow cruise missile slammed into a Russian explosives and rocket fuel plant Tuesday with the help of US intelligence, sources say.
The Tomahawk is the workhorse of the United States’ missile arsenal. It’s been deployed in strikes in Syria and Libya and was used extensively against former dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq,
The Tomahawk cruise missile has been in the U.S. military’s inventory since the 1980s. While slow by missile standards, the cruise missile flies around 100 feet (about 30 meters) off the ground, making it harder to detect by defense systems.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a news report on the United States giving approval to Ukraine to use long-range missiles deep into Russia was false, adding the U.S. "has nothing to do with those missiles.
He said Mr Xi is going to help the US on the matter. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Things are not going as per Donald Trump‘s plan, as his peace talk with China’s President Xi Jinping hangs in the balance, with Vladimir Putin now launching one of the fiercest attacks by Russia on Ukraine in recent times,