Lucy Papachristou, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Sat, 10 May 2025 09:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Lucy Papachristou, Reuters, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Russia and Ukraine accuse one another of ceasefire violations https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/05/10/russia-and-ukraine-accuse-one-another-of-ceasefire-violations/ Sat, 10 May 2025 09:29:23 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have made further attempts to breach the Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday as President Vladimir Putin hosted world leaders at a major military parade in Moscow. The Defence Ministry said the attacks occurred during a three-day ceasefire running from May 8-10

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]]> Top Russian official says Moscow has right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by West, TASS reports https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/04/24/top-russian-official-says-moscow-has-right-to-use-nuclear-weapons-if-attacked-by-west-tass-reports/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:52:56 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (Reuters) – Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event it faces aggression by Western countries, Moscow’s top security official, Sergei Shoigu, was quoted as saying in an interview with the TASS state news agency on Thursday. Shoigu’s comments come as U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have warned

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]]> Russia’s Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/04/20/russias-putin-declares-unilateral-easter-ceasefire-in-ukraine/ Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:16:06 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday for Easter, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and called instead for an extended true halt to hostilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had rejected just such a proposal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump last month

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]]> Putin ally tells Xi in Beijing that Russia-China relations are at an unprecedented high, TASS reports https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/02/28/putin-ally-tells-xi-in-beijing-that-russia-china-relations-are-at-an-unprecedented-high-tass-reports/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:18:28 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= (Reuters) – Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that Russia-China relations were at an unprecedented high, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported. Shoigu, who met earlier on Friday in Beijing with China’s foreign minister, said the two countries’ partnership was not directed against other nations.

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