Russia-Ukraine War – Live: Putin threatens NATO with World War III as “highest nuclear risk in decades”

South Korea’s defense minister said Monday that North Korea has shipped about 7,000 containers filled with ammunition and other military equipment to Russia since last year to help support the war in Ukraine.

Shin Won-sik shared this assessment at a press conference hours after North Korea announced it had launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters and announced a spate of weapons displays amid heightened tensions with its rivals. did.

Since early 2022, North Korea has stepped up its weapons tests, using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a distraction, and the conflict comes as leader Kim Jong Un seeks to break out of diplomatic isolation and join a united front. We are also keeping pace with Russia. Against the United States.

Three men were killed in an explosion while disassembling a drone in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, according to reports.

The men, aged 45, 55, and 67, discovered a first-person view (FPV) suicide attack drone and began disassembling it. “As a result, the ammunition exploded,” said Kherson Blast Military Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

He said the men died on the way to the hospital and urged people not to pick up suspicious objects.

Russian authorities say he died of natural causes. Navalny’s supporters say he was killed.

The swift and bloodless capture of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and a popular holiday destination, sparked a wave of patriotism and sent Putin’s popularity soaring. “Crimea is ours!” became a popular slogan in Russia.

Now anointed for another six years as president, Putin is determined to expand his interests in Ukraine amid Russian battlefield successes and declining Western support for Kiev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country would not relent to invading Ukraine, announcing plans to create a buffer zone along the country’s border to protect against long-range attacks and cross-border attacks.

Senior US officials visited Montenegro on Monday to offer support to the small Balkan country as it seeks to join the European Union.

At a press conference in the capital Podgorica, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar said Montenegro should be the next to join the 27-nation bloc.

“There is absolutely no doubt in our minds…the strategic goal of this country is to become a full member of the European Union,” Escobar said after a meeting with Prime Minister Milojko Spažić.

Knowing the outcome of the vote in advance may make it tempting to turn a blind eye to the proceedings, writes Mary Dejevsky. However, following the death of Alexei Navalny and the uncertainty surrounding the situation in Ukraine, things may not be as predictable as they seem…

The Kremlin claimed Vladimir Putin won more than 87% of the vote, the biggest landslide in post-Soviet history in Russia. This comes after years of repression and a crackdown on opposition accelerated after Moscow invaded Ukraine two years ago and took control of the entire electoral process. In claiming victory, Putin said a potential conflict between Russia and NATO would take the world “one step” away from World War III, and urged Western powers against sending troops to Ukraine. He tried to threaten me again.

The British Embassy in Ukraine is forced to deny rumors of Charles III’s death after Kremlin-approved state media outlets, some with millions of followers on social media, begin spreading fake news. I no longer get it.

The first false claim appeared out of nowhere on the Telegram messenger service on Monday afternoon. The Photoshopped image featured the Buckingham Palace logo at the top and read: “The following announcement was made by Royal Communications. The King passed away suddenly yesterday afternoon.”

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that foreign ministers from European Union member states strongly support using revenue from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

“I’m not saying there was unanimity, but (there was) a strong consensus to take this decision,” Borrell told reporters after a meeting with ministers in Brussels on Monday.