Nuclear weapons

"Maybe now is the time to go 'into the streets' to stop this insane President," the Republican lawmaker tweeted.

In 2018, Russia reportedly sent the missiles to the region, which is sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania.

"You are not slaves and cannon fodder. You don't have to die," the Ukrainian leader said on Sunday night.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday voiced his concerns to the Russian president about the "aggressive" actions of Poland and Lithuania.

The retired Russian colonel is reportedly in critical condition after being found shot in his home.

The remarks by the former generals come in the wake of China and Russia vetoing further sanctions against North Korea last month for the first time since 2006.

"The media should be professional enough not to ask such questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti.

The world's nine nuclear-armed countries have increased their nuclear spending by $6.5 billion in 2021 from the previous year, a report by ICAN has found.

The Swedish institute expects the global nuclear arsenal to start growing for the first time since the end of the Cold War.

Head of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said if West sends nuclear warheads to Kyiv, there will be a "conflict in the center of Europe."

"People who speak of nuclear war are always speaking of it from the shadows. They, nor those around them, ever think that they could also be victims."

The withdrawal marks the end of nearly three decades of bilateral partnership with Norway.

China has publicly declared a policy of "no first use," but the Pentagon notes some ambiguity surrounding when it might not apply.

Russia's Ministry of Defense reportedly said Moscow has started nuclear drills, as the U.S. are about to send Kyiv mid-range rockets.

President Vladimir Putin has said the Russian Zircon can fly at Mach 9—nine times the speed of sound.

The Russian leader should not be "underestimated" and is "always thinking about revenge," U.K. foreign policy expert Nile Gardiner said Saturday.

How the Kremlin is using nuclear threats and a looming global food crisis to try and escape sanctions over its Ukraine war.

The latest threat by Margarita Simonyan comes as Russia's space agency has announced Moscow will soon have 50 new nuclear missiles.

Alex Wellerstein, who created the tool, told Newsweek that the NUKEMAP site has experienced a dramatic increase in traffic since February.

Dmitry Rogozin, director of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, shared footage of a large crater created by one of Russia's new Sarmat nuclear-capable missiles.

The Russian president is "pretty well cornered and boxed in" as the Ukraine war continues, retired Admiral Mike Mullen said Sunday.

Putin "only understands force" and will "go as far as the world allows him," said former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a Saturday interview.

There was speculation in 2019 that Raven Rock could be a potential target for Russian strikes on the U.S.

The former adviser to Donald Trump said Putin probably needed glasses and ate and drank nothing at a dinner she attended, where the Russian president "barely gave her a glance."

The NUKEMAP is designed to show the effect of a nuclear detonation, including estimated fatalities and injuries, in any given location across the globe.

The former Democratic Representative also said that the real intention of the U.S. Government was to complete the "destruction of the Russian state."

The conditions for Russia to launch a nuclear strike are written "in black and white" in the country's military doctrine, said the deputy foreign minister.

Scientists in Tennessee have said they are working on what could be the first-ever drug to treat radiation sickness.

Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that he fears Russian President Vladimir Putin is "getting desperate" after several failed military advances.

"The best thing we can do to Vladimir Putin is say, 'it doesn't matter what you do, you're gonna lose,'" former Army General Wesley Clark said.