At least 23 people have died in an attack on the central Ukrainian town of Vinnystia, according to Chief of Ukraine’s National Police, Ihor Klymenko. The Thursday, July 14 attack was carried out with Russian Kalibr cruise missiles that were launched from submarines stationed in the Black Sea, according to …
Read More »Songs, stories and sea kayaking: a writer returns to the Outer Hebrides
One reason that I love going to Howmore in South Uist – the second-largest island of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides – is that it reminds me of aspects of my childhood. Growing up in my home village in Ness near the Butt of Lewis at the northern tip of the Western …
Read More »Russia threatens to send nuclear weapons to the Baltic Sea if Finland and Sweden join NATO
Russia has warned NATO that if Sweden and Finland joined the military alliance then the Kremlin would have to bolster its nuclear defences in the Baltic. ‘There can be no more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic – the balance must be restored,’ said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council. ‘Naturally, …
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