• War The Cold War fossil that threatens dozens of Russian bases

Russian

President

Vladimir Putin

has reassured that his country does not have a mandate to launch a

preemptive nuclear first strike

- unlike the United States - but that

Russia

's

advanced

hypersonic weapons

would ensure that Moscow could respond forcefully if any was once attacked.

In addition, Putin has admitted this Friday that agreements will have to be reached on

Ukraine

, and has reiterated what he has said on many occasions that

Russia is ready for it

, but has expressed doubts about the West's position after the failure of the agreements Minsk peace for Donbas eight years ago.

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10:40

Odessa is disconnected from electricity after tonight's Russian attacks

All subscribers in the Ukrainian city of

Odessa

, except for critical infrastructure, have been cut

off from electricity

due to

Russian attacks

on power facilities last night, the DTEK energy consortium reported today.

"Tonight there was another

Russian attack against energy infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region

. Several facilities were destroyed at the same time," DTEK said in a statement on Telegram, quoted by "Ekonomichna Pravda."

It adds that "due to the magnitude of the destruction of the energy infrastructure in Odessa,

all consumers, except critical infrastructure, have been disconnected

from electricity."

"The power supply situation in the region and in the city of Odessa is complicated," he says.

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9:20

The delivery of the Nobel Peace Prize, a protest ceremony in defense of Ukraine

The

Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian trio

awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize

will collect the prestigious award on Saturday in Oslo (Norway), in a ceremony marked by its claim against Moscow's invasion of the neighboring country.

The Nobel Peace Prize will bring recognition to the Belarusian militant

Ales Bialiatski

, the Russian organization

Memorial

and the

Center for Civil Liberties

(CCL) of

Ukraine

.

It will do so at a difficult time for all three: the

Belarusian militant is in prison

, Memorial was

outlawed last year

and the Ukrainian organization operates in the middle of a country at war.

Despite this, none of the representatives of the three winners falters in their fight against the Russian government of

Vladimir Putin

and the Belarusian government of

Alexander Lukashenko

.

"Putin will only stop when we stop him," said the head of the Ukrainian organization, Oleksandra Matviichuk, during a press conference at the Nobel Institute on Friday.

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8:50

Australia announces sanctions against Russia and Iran over the war in Ukraine

The Australian

government

announced on Saturday a new round of

targeted sanctions against individuals and entities in Russia and Iran

for violating human rights and their links to the

war in Ukraine

.

Foreign Minister

Penny Wong

said in a statement that economic sanctions will be imposed

against three Iranian individuals and a company

involved in supplying Russia with drones for use against

Ukraine

, where they have been used to attack civilians and critical infrastructure.

"The supply of drones to Russia is

proof of the role Iran plays in destabilizing global security

. This list highlights that those who provide material support to Russia will face consequences," Wong remarks.

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8:30

US warns of 'large-scale military partnership' between Russia and Iran

The United States

on Friday expressed

alarm at a "large-scale military partnership"

between

Russia and Iran

, describing it as

"harmful" to Ukraine

, Iran's neighbors

and "the international community

. "

Iran is being accused by Western powers of

supplying Russia with drones

for its

war against Ukraine

, as Moscow pummels the country's energy infrastructure for an advantage in the conflict.

Washington has previously condemned security cooperation between Iran and Russia, but on Friday outlined a

sprawling relationship involving equipment such as drones, helicopters and fighter jets

.

"Russia is looking to collaborate with Iran in areas like weapons development, training," White House national security spokesman John Kirby

told reporters

.

Moscow "is offering Iran an unprecedented level of military and technical support, which is transforming their relationship into a full defense partnership," he said.

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7:15

Putin talks about modifying his military doctrine to include pre-emptive strikes

Russian

President

Vladimir Putin

said Friday that his country was considering

modifying its military doctrine

to include the possibility of

carrying

out preemptive strikes

to disarm an enemy.

The Kremlin leader was responding to a reporter's question about some of his statements this week in which he warned that the

risk of nuclear war

was increasing, but that Russia would not attack first.

In his reply, Putin said that Moscow was considering adopting what the United States calls a preemptive strike.

"First of all, the United States has the concept of preemptive strike. Second, it is developing a system of disarming strikes," Putin told reporters in Kyrgyzstan.

The Russian president assured that his country needed to think about adopting these "ideas (Americans) to guarantee its own security."

"We're just thinking about this," he added.

"If a potential adversary believes that it is possible to use the concept of preemptive attack but we don't, then this makes us think about the threats that these ideas pose to us," he explained.

Putin argued that

Russian

cruise missiles

and hypersonic weapon systems

were "more modern and even more efficient" than American ones.

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7:00

Putin threatens Europe to cut oil production due to price ceiling

Russian President

Vladimir Putin

warned on Friday that

Russia

may reduce

oil production

as one of the response measures

to the cap of 60 dollars per barrel imposed by the European Union (EU), the G7 and Australia

on Russian crude.

"As for our reaction, I already said it: we will simply

not sell to those countries that make such decisions

. We will perhaps even think about the possibility (...) of reducing production," he said at a press conference after participating in the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Bishkek.

"We have an agreement with OPEC+ on a certain level of extraction. We will think of something additional, if necessary," he said, referring to

Russia

.

The Kremlin chief indicated that the price cap imposed by the West does not affect only Russia, but "all producers".

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