Moscow politicians mock European election failures of French and German leaders
Swiss soldiers prepare a heliport in Obburgen next to the Burgenstock resort, which will host a Ukraine peace summit this weekend.
Moscow did not confirm the strikes but big explosions were heard in the early hours of Monday in two of the areas named by Ukraine.Biden aide raises possible increased deployments of US strategic nuclear weaponsand western-supplied missiles to hit military infrastructure in Crimea and sink or damage several warships of the Kremlin’s Black Sea Fleet, forcing most of its remaining vessels to move further east.
However, Russia says it still has the upper hand on the battlefield in several areas of eastern Ukraine, and claimed on Monday to have taken control of the village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk region, which Ukraine liberated last summer in a counteroffensive that ultimately failed. Swiss president Viola Amherd said on Monday that some 90 countries and major organisations had accepted invitations to the summit, and that Switzerland had registered a rise in cyberattacks and anti-Swiss Russian propaganda in advance of the event. Up to 4,000 Swiss soldiers will help police provide security for the meeting.
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