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Metro
4 days ago
- Politics
- Metro
Russians flee to shelter amid fears of 'imminent Ukraine nuclear strike'
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Bus passengers in Moscow were ordered to take cover in bomb shelters over warnings of a 'nuclear bombardment' from Ukraine. A video filmed in Russia's capital earlier today captured the moment an alert was broadcast over the bus intercom system. The announcement said: 'Attention, attention! Ukraine is threatening us with a nuclear bombardment. 'I repeat! Attention, attention! Ukraine is threatening us with a nuclear bombardment! 'Everyone to the shelters! Attention! Attention! Ukraine is threatening us with a nuclear bombardment!' But transport officials in Moscow say the alert was broadcast by hackers, who have not yet been identified. The video was filmed on board a 191 service to Grachevskaya station which is run by the Transavtoliz company, which operates hundreds of services. It's not yet known how many bus intercoms were hacked and played the fake warning. Authorities rushed to reassure passengers that they did not need to go to a bomb shelter, and that the threat was false. A Moscow transport spokesman said: 'Audio messages that did not correspond to reality were played in the buses. 'Currently, specialists are checking the network infrastructure and eliminating the consequences of unauthorised access.' Unlike Russia, Ukraine does not have any nuclear weapons, having given up its arsenal in the 1990s as part of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances. The memorandum saw Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees from Russia, the US and the UK to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and borders. It comes as US president Donald Trump prepares to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss the ongoing war with Ukraine and try to negotiate an end to the conflict. More Trending They will not be meeting alongside Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, despite Trump's comments suggesting otherwise. Relations between the US and Russian presidents are fraught, with a Putin stooge warning Trump has made 'another step towards war with Russia' and Trump responding by moving US nuclear submarines. Ukraine stepped up its strikes against Russia this year, causing chaos at Moscow's airports and destroying warplanes. But with the death toll of both soldiers and civilians creeping higher, Mr Zelensky is still calling for a ceasefire in order to bring about a 'just peace'. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Meet Britain's Doomsday preppers stockpiling for World War Three MORE: Trump should give Putin a gift in Alaska – then an order MORE: Putin red-faced after new Russian navy boat sinks during final building work
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Letter: Consider some important history involving Ukraine
Just after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States, Ukraine and Russia signed an agreement to control nuclear weapons and respect each other's borders. It was called the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances and was respected until 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Since then, Russia has been subjected to punishing sanctions in response to its violation of the agreement. Here are key terms of the agreement, according to Wikipedia: • Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act). • Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. • Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. • Seek immediate UN Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they 'should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression. • Not to use nuclear weapons against any non–nuclear-weapon state. • Consult with one another. Jay Belanger Alsace Township
