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Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin issues stark warning to Nato over F-16s – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning regarding the potential deployment of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, saying that Russia would target and destroy these jets just as it has with other Western-supplied military equipment. This declaration comes amidst discussions among several Nato countries about donating F-16s to Kiev and training Ukrainian pilots, although no deliveries have occurred yet.Putin, during his visit to the Torzhok Air Base in the Tver Region, asserted the potential introduction of F-16 jets into the conflict would not alter the battlefield dynamics. “If they deliver the F-16s, I think you know better than others that this will not change the situation on the battlefield,” he remarked. “And we will destroy these planes just as we ...
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Why Russia finds it ‘hard to believe’ that Isis attacked Moscow – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the harrowing attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall, which left at least 140 people dead, the Russian Foreign Ministry is casting doubt on the involvement of Islamic State, despite its claim of responsibility. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova expressed skepticism on Wednesday, saying it was "extremely hard to believe" that Islamic State could orchestrate such a massacre, marking the deadliest assault on Russian soil in two decades.Amidst a cloud of suspicion and grief, Zakharova suggested, without providing evidence, that Ukraine, backed by Western powers, might be behind the catastrophe. "In order to ward off suspicions from the collective West, they urgently needed to come up with something, so they resorted to ISIS, pulled an ace out of their sleeve," she clai...
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‘Isis issues fresh threat to Putin, Russia’ – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An Islamic State (IS) poster has recently emerged on social media, heralding a fresh threat against Russia. This development comes just days after the group acknowledged orchestrating an assault on Moscow's concert center. The ominous poster, highlighted by Iranian media and linked to IS-Khorasan's propaganda network, Al Azaim, displays a masked individual wielding a knife with a menacing message directed at Russia and specifically Vladimir Putin, a Newsweek report said.IS-Khorasan, established in Afghanistan back in late 2014, has openly claimed responsibility for the harrowing attack on Moscow's Crocus Center, resulting in at least 137 fatalities. Following this incident, four Tajik nationals were charged with terrorism, with all admitting guilt as reported by TASS news age...
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Putin says radical Islamists attacked Moscow, still seeks Ukraine link – Times of India

Vladimir Putin blamed Islamist militants for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall for the first time, even as he persisted in seeking to tie Ukraine and the West to the worst atrocity in the Russian capital for two decades.The Russian president said radical Islamists carried out the assault that killed 139 people at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow on Friday night, but that investigators were digging deeper to establish who was behind it.“We know whose hands committed this atrocity against Russia and its people,” Putin told a meeting of top officials late Monday. “We are interested in who ordered it.”Putin had avoided mentioning Islamists on Saturday in his first public comments on the violence late Friday, even as Islamic State claimed responsibility. Ukraine has flatly rejected an...
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Vladimir Putin accuses IOC of ‘ethnic discrimination’ against Russians – Times of India

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee of "ethnic discrimination" ahead of the 2024 Paris Games, from which Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from competing under their national flags.The IOC still has to make a final ruling on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus, a key ally for Moscow in its offensive on Ukraine, will be permitted to compete next summer."Thanks to some heads of the modern International Olympic Committee we found out that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right for the best athletes, but some kind of privilege and you can get it not on sports results but by some political gestures," Putin said at a sports forum in the Urals city of Perm."The Games themselves could be used as an instrument of po...
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Andrey Rublev leads Russian Wimbledon return with easy win – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a confident display, Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed from Russia, eased into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-set 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Max Purcell of Australia on Monday.Rublev's achievement is particularly significant as he is among the 17 Russian and Belarusian players participating in the men's and women's singles draws.These players were previously banned in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam tournament that enforced this ban, resulting in the loss of ranking points for the event according to the ATP and WTA Tours.As part of their return, Russian and Belarusian players are competing as neutrals and are required to sign a "waiver" denouncing support for Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime. They are als...