Latest news with #nuclearblackmail
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia plans overnight intercontinental missile launch to intimidate NATO and Ukraine
Russia plans to conduct a demonstrative training and combat launch of an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile on the night of 18-19 May. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Details: Ukrainian intelligence noted that the purpose of the launch is to intimidate Ukraine and exert pressure on EU and NATO member states, a tactic seen as part of nuclear blackmail. Quote: "A missile equipped with a training munition has been ordered to be launched from a mobile ground-based system by the 433rd Regiment of the 42nd Division of the 31st Army of the Strategic Missile Forces of the aggressor state." Details: The launch site is near the village of Svobodny in Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast, with training ammunition planned for use. The three-stage solid-fuel missile has a range exceeding 10,000 km. Background: On the evening of 9 May, the US Embassy in Ukraine warned American citizens to exercise caution due to the risk of a large-scale airstrike in the following days. Subsequently, Russia announced that it will close its airspace over the Kapustin Yar missile testing range for two days on 12 and 13 May to allow for the potential launch of ballistic missiles. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Free Malaysia Today
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Modi warns Pakistan of more strikes if there is a ‘terrorist attack'
A live telecast of Prime Minister Modi's Narendra comments on last week's cross-border strikes draws viewers in Mumbai. (AP pic) NEW DELHI : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Monday that New Delhi would target 'terrorist hideouts' across the border again if there were new attacks on India and would not be deterred by what he called Islamabad's 'nuclear blackmail'. Modi's first public comments since Indian armed forces launched strikes on what New Delhi said were 'terrorist camps' across the border last week indicated a hardening of India's position on ties with its neighbour, which were icy even before the latest fighting. Pakistan denies Indian accusations that it supports militants who attack it and says the locations hit by India last week were civilian sites. Modi was speaking two days after the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump. The truce was reached after four days of intense exchanges of fire as the old enemies targeted each other's military installations with missiles and drones, killing dozens of civilians. The military confrontation began on Wednesday, when India said it launched strikes on nine 'terrorist infrastructure' sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir following an attack on Hindu tourists by Islamist militants in Indian Kashmir last month that killed 26 men. Islamabad denied any links to the attack and called for a neutral investigation. 'If there is a terrorist attack on India, a fitting reply will be given… on our terms,' Modi said, speaking in Hindi in a televised address. 'In the coming days, we will measure every step of Pakistan… what kind of attitude Pakistan will adopt.' 'India will strike precisely and decisively at the terrorist hideouts developing under the cover of nuclear blackmail,' he said, and listed New Delhi's conditions for holding talks with Islamabad and lifting curbs imposed after the Kashmir attack. 'India's position is clear: terror and talks cannot go together; terror and trade cannot go together. And water and blood cannot flow together,' he said, referring to a water sharing pact between the two countries New Delhi suspended. There was no immediate response to his comments from Islamabad. Military talks Hindu-majority India and Muslim Pakistan both rule part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but claim it in full. They have fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over the region and there have been several other more limited flare-ups, including in 2016 and 2019. The latest military conflict between the South Asian neighbours spiralled alarmingly on Saturday and there were briefly fears that nuclear arsenals might come into play as Pakistan's military said a top body overseeing its nuclear weapons would meet. But the Pakistani defence minister said no such meeting was scheduled. Military analysts said this may have been Pakistan's way of hinting at its nuclear option as Islamabad has a 'first-use' policy if its existence is under threat in a conflict. Modi's address came hours after the military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan spoke by phone, two days after they agreed to the ceasefire. 'Issues related to continuing the commitment that both sides must not fire a single shot or initiate any aggressive and inimical action against each other were discussed,' the Indian army said. 'It was also agreed that both sides consider immediate measures to ensure troop reduction from the borders and forward areas,' it added. There was no immediate Pakistani readout of the military operations chiefs' talks. In Washington, Trump said the leaders of India and Pakistan were 'unwavering', and the US 'helped a lot' to secure the ceasefire, adding that trade was a 'big reason' why the countries stopped fighting. 'We are going to do a lot of trade with Pakistan… and India. We are negotiating with India right now. We are soon going to negotiate with Pakistan,' he said, just ahead of Modi's speech. Pakistan has thanked the US for brokering the ceasefire while India, which opposes third-party involvement in its disputes with Pakistan, has not commented on Washington's role. Markets soar Pakistan's international bonds rallied sharply on Monday, adding as much as 5.7 cents in the dollar, Tradeweb data showed. Late on Friday, the International Monetary Fund approved a fresh US$1.4-billion loan and also the first review of its US$7-billion programme. Pakistan's benchmark share index closed up 9.4% on Monday, while India's blue-chip Nifty 50 index closed 3.8% higher in its best session since February 2021. In Beijing the foreign ministry said China, which also controls a small slice of Kashmir, was willing to maintain communication with both its neighbours, and play a 'constructive role in achieving a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire' and maintaining peace. India blames Pakistan for an insurgency in its part of Kashmir that began in 1989, but Pakistan says it provides only moral, political and diplomatic support to Kashmiri separatists.
The Guardian
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Modi says India has only ‘suspended' military action against Pakistan
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has said that his country wouldn't tolerate nuclear blackmail from Pakistan and 'will strike precisely and decisively at the terrorist hideouts'. Addressing his country for the first time, Modi said India had only suspended military action against its nuclear-armed neighbour adding that New Delhi 'will measure every step of Pakistan' and respond in kind. Modi was speaking days after the nuclear-armed neighbours initiated armed action against one another, exchanging missiles and airstrikes. A ceasefire was agreed following US mediation
Russia Today
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
India won't tolerate nuclear blackmail
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Monday to deliver a 'befitting response' to terrorism, stating that New Delhi could also resort to military action if threatened by a nuclear power – in a veiled reference to its neighbor, Pakistan. In his first public address to the nation days after New Delhi launched Operation Sindoor against targets in Pakistan, which it accused of supporting cross-border terrorism – a claim Islamabad denies – Modi highlighted the change in New Delhi's security policy. 'Operation Sindoor is India's policy against terrorism. Operation Sindoor has carved out a new benchmark in our fight against terrorism and has set up a new parameter and new normal,' he said, adding that India will not differentiate between 'terrorists and their state sponsors.' 'We will give a befitting response on our terms only. We will take strict action at every place from where the roots of terrorism emerge,' he vowed. Modi went on to say that 'no nuclear blackmail will be tolerated anymore.' ⚡️Modi: No Nuclear Blackmail Will Be AcceptedIndia will strike down any terror hubs that functions under the shadows of this 'nuclear blackmail,' the 🇮🇳PM noted.#IndiaPakistan#OperationSindoorhttps:// India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed nations, have exchanged a series of strikes in the past five days, following a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in India's union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were killed. Following the attack, Modi instructed the military to respond to any 'provocations' from Pakistan. Weeks later, on May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor, striking nine cites in Pakistan, including locations in Bahawalpur, Muridke, and Muzaffarabad, which were believed to host terrorist camps. This triggered a response by Islamabad, which launched drone and missile strikes on Indian military sites. Both nations claimed they achieved their military goals, while accusing each other of targeting civilians, with fatalities declared on both sides. On Saturday, the two nations announced a ceasefire. On Monday, the Director Generals of Military Operations of the two countries held talks and discussed their commitments under the ceasefire. It was also agreed that both sides would consider immediate measures to ensure troop reductions from the borders and forward areas, ANI news agency reported, citing the Indian Army. In his address, Modi claimed that New Delhi destroyed 'the terror camps established in the heart of Pakistan.' 'Therefore, when Pakistan appealed and said that it will not indulge in any sort of terror activities or military audacity further, India considered it. And I am repeating again, we have just suspended our retaliatory action against Pakistan's terror and military camps,' Modi said. The Indian military earlier stated that it eliminated around 100 terrorists and 40 Pakistani security personnel and destroyed 11 air bases in Pakistan, with significant damage inflicted on the country's military capabilities.
