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Telegraph
a day ago
- General
- Telegraph
Steve Bannon warns Ukraine risks escalating war after drone strikes
Key Trump allies have condemned the Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian nuclear bombers, warning the attacks risked escalating the conflict at a time when Washington is trying to keep both sides at the negotiating table. Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist during Donald Trump's first term, used a Second World War comparison as he pointed out that Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, launched the operation just a day ahead of talks in Turkey. 'On the eve of peace talks or ceasefire talks he takes the Japanese role in Pearl Harbor – the sneak attack,' he said on his popular War Room show. He called on the Trump administration to immediately condemn the strikes if it had no warning that Ukraine was planning such a huge attack. Mr Bannon and his allies fear the world is hurtling towards a Third World War, as China and Russia deepen ties, and flashpoints ignite around the world. A day earlier, Ukrainian officials said the surprise drone offensive had destroyed or damaged more than 40 warplanes at air bases deep inside Russia. Operation 'Spiders Web', 18 months in the planning, targeted strategic bombers capable of launching nuclear weapons.
NDTV
5 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
The End Is Near? Top Psychics Reveal Shocking Predictions For 2025
Four renowned psychics-Baba Vanga, Nostradamus, Athos Salome, and Nicolas Aujula-have all predicted troubling events in 2025, warning of global chaos. Baba Vanga foresaw devastating earthquakes linked to climate change and a war in Europe marking the start of "humanity's downfall". Nostradamus, in Les Propheties, predicted a cruel war involving the UK, with internal and external threats, and the return of a deadly covid-like pandemic. Athos Salome and Nicolas Aujula have echoed similar concerns, suggesting major unrest ahead. These shared prophecies have raised global concern and intense discussion about what the rest of the year might hold. According to a New York Post report, Brazilian psychic Athos Salome, 38, who has been known as a living Nostradamus for predicting momentous events like Queen Elizabeth's death, also believes that WWIII is on our doorstep and that "the worst is yet to come". This conflict will be perhaps scarier than in years past, as tech and cyber warfare will become the modus operandi for 21st-century combatants. "This is not just a war of men but of machines, and in this aspect, what comes next?" lamented Salome. Another member of this apocalyptic quartet, London hypnotherapist Nicolas Aujula, 38, believes that war could break out by the middle of this year due to a "lack of compassion in the world". Based on his psychic visions, "We will see horrific acts of human evil and violence towards each other in the name of religion and nationalism." These unsettling predictions come at a time of rising global instability. Conflicts continue to escalate, with ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan and no resolution in sight for the Russo-Ukraine war. Recent geopolitical shifts-such as Sweden's NATO membership in March and Finland joining in April 2023-have significantly expanded NATO's border with Russia. Adding to the tension, Moscow recently warned the UK against forming a "coalition of the willing" in Ukraine, cautioning that such actions could trigger a nuclear World War Three. Against this backdrop, the psychics' warnings feel all the more alarming.
Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Ukraine swarms panicked Russia with drones after Putin threatens Trump with WW3
Ukraine's drone attacks caused widespread disruption across Russia, with Moscow's airports being forced to close and damage to residential buildings reported across the capital Ukraine triggered chaos and panic in Moscow as dozens of attack drones swarmed around the Russian capital. Strikes hit a key Putin microchip plant in Zelenograd district, with explosions igniting a drone-making plant, another defence plant in Dubna, as well as a key nuclear research base in Moscow region. Both strikes are seen as causing significant damage to the Kremlin's war machine, as Russian air defences exploded incoming drones to avert more damage. One video showed fearful Russians running for cover under trees as waves of unmanned planes hit the city and surrounding areas. There was major disruption at Moscow's major airports, which were forced to close amid the drone attacks, leading to huge flight delays. Aeroflot state airline flights were among those rerouted and delayed by the mayhem, due to the temporary closure of its Sheremetyevo hub. The hits came soon after the Kremlin sought to slap down Donald Trump who had bluntly told Vladimir Putin that "if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire." Putin sidekick Dmitry Medvedev, a former Kremlin president and prime minister, now a top security and political official, threatened the West with World War Three, declaring on Telegram and X: "I only know of one REALLY BAD thing - WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" The governor of the Moscow Region, Andrei Vorobyov, said some 42 Ukrainian drones had been shot down. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 33 had been destroyed over the city. In all, hundreds of drones were unleashed on Russia after recent brutal attacks by Putin on Ukraine. Damage to residential buildings was reported as one resident said: "What kind of a nightmare is this?" In Troitsk, a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, and in Moscow, there was blind terror as young Russians were heard in panic over the drones. "Get down, get down. Drone's flying," says one voice. "Come here, come here, come here. Diana, under the tree, let's go, let's go. All right, easy, easy." A woman told how "we stood under the trees, where there were cars, private houses, and that's where the shrapnel fell. A friend was hit by shrapnel. The shrapnel, which is large, huge, hit around residential houses. "Everyone scattered to wherever they were going. Fear had taken hold of us." The Mikron microchip plant in Moscow region is key to Russian defence needs amid sanctions, and supplies hi-tech electronics for weapons, as well as counting Putin's feared FSB security service as a customer. The ELMA Technopark - a key microelectronics hub - was also hit. Reports said in Dubna the target was Kronstadt state-of-the-art UAV manufacturing plant that mass produces multiple types of drones used by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, including Orion, Sirius, and Grom. There were also claims of a confirmed strike in Dubna at N.P. Fedorov Machine-Building Plant (DMZ), making aviation and rocket technology. Sergei Markov, director of Russia's Institute of Political Studies, warned: "Dubna became the target of a massive attack by Ukrainian drones. The attack lasted two-and-a-half hours. "The Institute of Nuclear Research is also located in Dubna, and there is a [synchrotron particle accelerator] and a cyclotron. These are huge structures for nuclear processes, many tens of metres long. An attack on Dubna carries the threat of nuclear contamination of large areas." Footage showed the moment of the strike in Dubna. The Medvedev threat on a new world war led to an angry riposte from Trump special presidential envoy Keith Kellogg. "Furthering fears of World War III is an unfortunate, reckless comment by Dmitry Medvedev, unbecoming of a world power," he said. "President Trump is working to stop this war and end the killing. We are awaiting the memo you promised a week ago." Kellogg said the combined losses in the 39 month war exceed 1.2 million. "President Trump is absolutely right. We have to stop this killing," he told Fox News. "When you look at the numbers, this is mass murder - on an industrial scale. The losses on both sides are already 1.2 million." This is more than US losses in World War Two. Russia carried on its onslaught on Ukraine, aiming Iskander missiles at Kremenchug, and drones at Poltava region, overnight. Residents in Poltava heard sonic booms from missiles exceeding the speed of sound. It comes after we revealed that a ban on Ukraine using western-supplied weapons to attack Russia was secretly lifted months ago under Joe Biden. Kyiv military sources say permission was quietly granted as long back as in November 2024 for troops to fire deadly missiles at Russian targets. It means NATO countries such as the UK could face a major escalation in tensions with the Kremlin and hostilities could be more open. The Daily Mirror warned earlier this month that tension with Moscow was making the UK particularly vulnerable to Russian-backed sabotage attacks. Three recent arson attacks on cars linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer may have links to Russia, police believe, although Moscow has denied this. For months now Ukraine has been hammering targets deep with Russian territory, particularly ammunition and kamikaze drone factories. It had been believed Ukraine was restricted to. firing missiles into Russia only if they were in defence of Ukrainian positions in Kursk. But in fact the wider ban was lifted at that time, an action that was kept secret, according to Kyiv sources.
NDTV
7 days ago
- Politics
- NDTV
US Scolds Russia For Stoking World War 3 Fears After Trump's 'Playing With Fire' Remark
Moscow: US President Donald Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg, on Wednesday scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of World War Three after Trump warned President Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" over Ukraine. As Russian forces advanced in Ukraine, Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said that Putin was playing with fire and cautioned that "REALLY BAD" things would have happened already to Russia if it was not for Trump himself. "What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened in Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He's playing with fire," Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. Top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev, a former president, dismissed Trump's criticism. "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing - WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Medvedev wrote in English on the social media platform X. Regarding Trump's words about Putin "playing with fire" and "really bad things" happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this! — Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) May 27, 2025 US envoy Kellogg quoted Medvedev's post and said it reckless. "Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment... and unfitting of a world power," Kellogg said on X. Stoking fears of WW III is an unfortunate, reckless comment by @MedvedevRussiaE and unfitting of a world power. President Trump @POTUS is working to stop this war and end the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you promised a week ago. Cease fire now. — Keith Kellogg (@generalkellogg) May 27, 2025 "President Trump @POTUS is working to stop this war and end the killing. We await receipt of RU Memorandum (Term Sheet) that you promised a week ago. Cease fire now." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Mint
7 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
‘I know REALLY BAD thing—WWIII': Russia reacts to Trump's criticism of Putin; Moscow gathers 50,000 troops for offensive
Top Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev responded to former US President Donald Trump's criticism of President Vladimir Putin by warning that the only truly serious concern was the potential outbreak of World War Three. "Regarding Trump's words about Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this!" Medvedev wrote in English on the social media platform X. Trump issued a warning via Truth Social, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'playing with fire' and that 'really bad things' would have already occurred in Russia if not for Trump's earlier actions. Trump's comments followed a recent call between him and Putin, during which the Russian leader expressed willingness to engage with Ukraine on a peace memorandum and possible ceasefire terms. In response to escalating tensions, US envoy Keith Kellogg criticized Medvedev's remarks about the potential for World War III, calling them 'reckless' and 'unfitting of a world power.' Kellogg emphasised Trump's active efforts to bring an end to the conflict and urged the Kremlin to deliver the ceasefire proposal it promised a week earlier. While Russia confirmed ongoing work on the memorandum, Ukrainian and European leaders accused Moscow of using delay tactics to gain further ground on the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russia has amassed approximately 50,000 troops near Ukraine's northern Sumy region, Reuters reported. However, he emphasised that Kyiv has implemented defensive measures to prevent Moscow from launching a large-scale offensive in that area. "Their largest, strongest forces are currently on the Kursk front," Zelenskiy told reporters on Tuesday. "To push our troops out of the Kursk region and to prepare offensive actions against the Sumy region." Their largest, strongest forces are currently on the Kursk front. Vladimir Putin has expressed a desire to establish a "buffer zone" along the border with Ukraine, which Ukrainian President Zelensky believes could extend around 10 kilometers (6 miles). In recent weeks, Russian forces have captured at least four villages near the border and have been gradually advancing near the eastern frontline, particularly close to the city of Kostyantynivka. I only know of one REALLY BAD thing — WWIII. I hope Trump understands this! Key Takeaways Russia has significantly increased troop presence near Ukraine, raising concerns of an offensive. Ukrainian leaders are implementing defensive strategies to counteract potential Russian advancements. International tensions are heightened, with political leaders warning against reckless rhetoric that may escalate conflicts.
