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Russia - Ukraine War -- News Round-Up April 26, 2022

 

Daily Mail: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blasts Russia's 'saber rattling' and Sergei Lavrov's 'dangerous' claims that Putin will turn to nuclear weapons: Pentagon chief doubles down on bid to weaken Russia so it can't 'bully neighbors' 

* Sergei Lavrov warned east-west tensions are now worse than they were during the Cold War 

* The foreign minister accused NATO of fighting a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine to 'wear out' its army 

* The Kremlin loyalist said the risk of nuclear war is now 'very significant' and 'cannot be underestimated' 

* Ukraine said Lavrov's 'scaremongering' is a sign he 'senses defeat' in the war 

* But on Tuesday Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hit back, accusing him of 'dangerous and unhelpful' rhetoric 

* 'Nobody wants to see a nuclear war happen,' he said at Ramstein Air Base. 

'It's a war where all sides lose' U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said that 'saber rattling' rhetoric from Moscow and threats of nuclear war were 'very dangerous and unhelpful.' 

During a visit to Germany he hit back at Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov who said that Western leaders risked a third world war by supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. 

'That kind of rhetoric is very dangerous and unhelpful,' Austin said.  

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 Live Updates 

Live: Germany to send tanks to Ukraine in U-turn -- BBC  

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow warns UK of ‘proportional response’ if it continues ‘provoking’ Ukraine to attack – live -- The Guardian 

Live updates | Putin, Guterres discuss steel plant proposals -- AP  

Ukraine: UN chief calls for cease-fire in visit to Moscow — live updates -- DW 

Live: Russia's Gazprom to halt to gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria -- France 24

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia will suspend natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria -- ABC News Australia

Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia cutting gas to Poland, Bulgaria -- Al Jazeera 

Ukraine round-up: UN chief appeals to Putin while Russia cuts gas to Poland -- BBC  

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events on day 62 -- Al Jazeera 

Russia - Ukraine War -- News Round-Up April 26, 2022 

 Russia hits faraway targets; diplomat warns of risk of WWIII -- AP 

 Ukraine’s wish list for the Donbas fight -- Politico  

US urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war -- AP  

‘The race is on’: Britain moves to get heavy artillery to Ukraine -- Defense News  

Germany to send anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in policy shift -- The Guardian  

Germany sending ‘Gepard’ air-defense tanks to support Ukraine defense -- Defense News  

Germany will deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine -- DW  

France’s victorious Macron boosts weapons, stakes in Ukraine -- France 24 

Poland confirms T-72 tank delivery to Ukraine, with Challenger 2 tanks to fill gap -- Defense News 

US State uses first Biden-era emergency declaration to approve ammunition sale to Ukraine -- The Hill 

How Much Can US Howitzers Help Ukraine? -- Defense One 

The battle for Donbas: Why the weapons the US is rushing to Ukraine are so critical -- ABC News  

Western supply lines in Ukraine destroyed – Russia -- RT  

Russia hits rail, fuel facilities in attacks deep in Ukraine -- AP 

Russia targeting Western weapons shipments in Ukraine as Donbas assault begins -- Politico  

Ukraine: Facing the Russian Army on the front line in Donbas -- BBC  

US will move ‘heaven and earth’ for Ukraine – Pentagon -- RT  

How one US intelligence agency is supporting Ukraine -- Defense News  

Ukraine could dissolve into several states – Moscow -- RT  

Vladimir Putin agrees 'in principle' to evacuation of civilians from besieged steelworks in Mariupol -- ABC News Australia  

Military base attacked near Ukraine – Transnistria -- RT  

Moldova urges calm, boosts security after Transnistria blasts -- France 24  

Fears grow over Moldova breakaway region being drawn into Ukraine war -- The Guardian  

Kremlin reacts to ‘terrorist attacks’ in Transnistria -- RT 

 Fears of Ukraine war expanding after Moldova blasts -- France 24

US wants no ‘spillover’ of Ukraine conflict to Moldova – Pentagon -- RT  

Five things to know about Russian-backed Transnistria -- Al Jazeera  

Experts say Russian attacks on train stations were about demonstrating power as much as disrupting Ukraine's war effort -- ABC News Australia  

Russia explains why Ukraine peace talks may fail -- RT  

‘Constantly depressing’: Ukrainian town watches war close in -- AP  

Russian takeover of Chernobyl was ‘very dangerous’: IAEA chief -- Al Jazeera  

U.N. expects another 3 million refugees to flee Ukraine by December -- UPI  

How many Ukrainians have fled their homes and where have they gone? -- BBC



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