Ukraine can and must create a “retaliation”, “deterrence and attack” weapon in order to “adequately respond” to Russia, Oleh Starikov, a retired colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine, said on News One TV channel.

According to him, “retaliation” weapons are short-range missiles with a range of 500–1000 kilometers.

“This is a weapon for deterrence and attack,” Starikov said.

At present, Ukraine does not possess such missiles but it can create them at the Yuzhmash plant. The former colonel …

The operational situation around Russia is changing for the worse, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech to the board of Russia’s Federal Security Service. There is a continued expansion of NATO military infrastructure close to the border, the US is withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and foreign intelligence has ramped up its activity, he noted.

According to Putin, foreign intelligence agencies are “trying to influence processes” in Russia, and “ …

At least nine tankers delivered 3.19 million barrels of Russian oil and oil products to American ports during the week between 23 February and 1 March, RBC news agency reports, citing a notice sent out by the investment bank Caracas Capital Markets, which specializes in Venezuela. The bank believes that the increase in Russian oil shipments to the US is a result of “the US market adapting to the loss of Venezuelan oil”.

Most of the shipments in the last week of February were either naphtha or …