Ukraine: Concerns mount over influx of weapons and growing civilian casualties

Ukraine: Concerns mount over influx of weapons and growing civilian casualties

Since her last briefing in May, said Izumi Nakamitsu, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, reports from open sources indicate an influx in the transfer of heavy conventional weapons, including battle tanks, combat aircraft, artillery and missile systems. “There are reports that the supply of arms and ammunition has accelerated and expanded ahead of the…

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Russia to install short-range nuclear weapons in Belarus after July 7, President Putin

Russia to install short-range nuclear weapons in Belarus after July 7, President Putin

Russia will begin deploying short-range nuclear weapons in Belarus after July 7-8. Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko this in a meeting held in Sochi today. According to a statement issued by the Kremlin, Putin said that everything is going according to plan, everything is stable. Earlier, the two figures had…

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ISIL terror threat still high and increasing in conflict zones, Security Council hears

UN investigative team outlines findings around ISIL chemical weapons use

Senior officials with the UN Investigative Team promoting accountability for ISIL crimes, UNITAD, presented some of their findings to Member States meeting at UN Headquarters in New York.  For the past five years, UNITAD has been gathering evidence of crimes committed during ISIL’s self-proclaimed caliphate from June 2014 to December 2017, which could be used…

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